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AMERICA First, Last and Always Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXII, NO. 13 Sylva. N. C. Thursday, August 28, 1917 $2.00 A Year?5c Corv SylvaHigh School Band Organized; Committee Discusses Plan Of Work Beacham Is Director Seeks Cooperation In Building Good Band At the meeting of the commit tee of the Sylva school band,i which met Tuesday evening in the Allison building of the Meth-; odist church, more definite plans for a permanent and efficient band were made. It was decided that monthly meetings of this com mittee will be held and to which any interested patron or citizen is welcome to attend. By motion the committee estab lished a 25 cent per month per| student maintenance fee, collecta-! ble each semester, by which music | can be purchased through the school at a saving. This will also enable the band to purchase music that otherwise could not be had. I The committee voted to get certain! equipment that is badly needed and to fix up a good practice place at the band room in the agriculture building of the school1 unit. Mr. Beacham is enthusiastic about the prospects for a good band in Sylva. "The students are very talented and interested," said Mr. I Beacham, "and if we can get a few more instruments and other nec essary things, we'll have a good band." He also stated that much progress is being made in organi-; zational work and in getting more boys and girls interested in se-! curing instruments and joining the band. Other plans of the committee are to be announced later, but parents and friends are urged to notify the band of any available instruments, get horns for their children, and in any way possible help this band which will be a source of pride to the citizens 01 Sylva ana Jackson county. ? Calendar of Events FRIDAY, AUGUST 29?The Amer ican Legion Auxiliary will meet ? with Mrs. O. E. Monteith at 7:3() p. m. wr.ii Mrs. F. M. Williams in charge of the program. Mrs. Tompkins, pie.-ident. SUNDAY, AUGUST 31?The four groups of the Baptist Training Union of the Baptist church will have a supper meeting a: the church at 6:00 p. m. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1?The, Carrie Rhodes circle of the'Meih odist church will meet with Mrs. Carma Crawford at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Raymon Stovall, president. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1?The Gaynell Murray circle, scheduled to meeM??ia<y<,- will meet instead on/^Monday evening, Sept. 8,' w/ith Mrs. Harry Ferguson. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1?The Woodmen of the World .will meet /in the W.O.W. Hall at 7:30 p. m. Jeff Hedden, Council .com mander. s MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 ? The Beta Parent-Teacher association will meet at 2 o'clock in the school lunch room. Mrs. Allen Ginn, president. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2?The Rotary cluo will have a dinner' meeting in Allison building at 7:00 p. m. Dr. D. D. Hooper, president. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3?' The Halcyon Junior Woman's club will meet with Mrs. Ed Baldridge at 8:00 p. m. Mrs. Claude Campbell, president. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 ? The Diilsboro Masonic lodge will meet in the Masonic haU, Diils boro, at 7:30 p. m. Ed Bum garner, W. P. Tenn. Governor Names Group On Committee Governor Jim McCord of Tenn essee has named a five-man com mittee to cooperate with a similar group from North Carolina and the Federal Park service in an ef fort to ,-ecure additional funds for development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The men come from Chattanooga, Knoxville and Morristown. TUCK MCCONNELL TO HEAD PHYSICAL ED. DEPART. AT WCTC Dr. H. T. Hunter of Western Carolina has announced the ap pointment of E. R. (Tuck) McCon nell, of Cornelius, N. C., who will serve as Instructor in Physical Education Department and will be head coach of basketball. Coach McConnell will be assistant to Coach Tom Young in football and baseball. He has had wide experi ence in both fields, having com pleted his M.A. in Physical Educa tion at the University of North Carolina. Prior to the war he was head coach at Spartanburg, S. C. High school for eight years. * In 1943 he was commissioned in U. S. Navy in Capt. Tom Hamilton's Pre-Flight Training Program. He served as assistant coach to Bernie Bierman at Iowa Pre-Flight. His basketball team there won the regimental championship. He was later sent to Colgate in the V-12 program and served in the pacific area as recreational direc tor. While completing his M.A. at U. N. C. he in Coach Snavely's staff and is well versed in the Snavely system. Coach Mc Connell graduated from Davidson 4 t ?Continued on page 4 Galloway Translat ing French Articles For Publication Carl W. Galloway, son of Mrs. Sarah J. Ray of Whittier, has just completed translation of: 4,Con tributions to the Knowledge oi the Marine Phyeomycetes" from orig inal French. This article of 50 page.- was written by Henniny Eiler Peterson and constitutes re search done in Danish Waters, Greenland, Feroe Islands -r.d Nor way. This translation was done on a U. S. Department oi Agriculture Request and will be short hikvu filmed by the Bureau o: Documents of Washington, D. C. Mr. Galloway is currently trans lating: "Fluorine Emanations of Industrial Origin?The Action of Fluorine on Plants and- 'Animals''/ This paper was given at Rome on invitation of the Permanent Committee of the International Institute of Agriculture by H. Cristiani wlap^.is Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Bacteriol ogy of the University of Geneva, The latter article will receive publication in the same mariner as the 'first. These articles will be reviewed by Mr. Fred Allred, Conference Supervisor, and Mrs. Ruth Hall, of the N. C. State College Faculty where Mr. Galloway,is enrolled as a Graduate Student. Mr. and Mrs. Galloway have just spent a week visiting with Mr. J. H. Middleton of East LaPorte and Mrs. Sarah J. Ray of Whittier. Jacksen And Swain School Heads Meet Administrative conference for principals of the schools of Swain and Jackson counties was held Tuesday afternoon at the Sylva Elementary school. The theme of the conference was Tentative Sug gestions in Use of Conference Time. Miss Hattie Parrott and Dr. Weaver of the Division of Instruc tional Service of trie State Depart ment of Public Instruction were present and addressed the meet ing. Miss Parrott spoke on Im provement of Instruction and -SfihooL. Organisation, and Dr. Weaver used for his subject, "U^e of Community Resources in Im proving the School Program." Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sutton and son. Charles Richard, of Knox j ville. will arrive today to remain over Labor Day with Mr. Sutton's i mother, Mrs. George Sutton, and 1 family. Sylva Legionnaires In New York Shown here are the four legionnaires representing the William E. D/iIarci Post 104 American Legion at the 29th annual Legion Con vention being held in New York City this week. They are: left to right, Joe Clyde Fisher, Dexter Hooper, Felix Picklesimer, veterans of World War II and D. M. Tallent, veteran of World War I. The party left Sylva at 8 o'clock Monday night in Mr. Picklesimer's automobile which is shown in the picture with the banner that will be on the car during the trip and stay in New York. 40 Candidates Turn Out For Football Practice At Sylva Hi Coach Guy Sutton has announced that forty boys have reported lor practice -with the Sylva High school football team, 35 of the boys reporting on last Thursday to begin practice and training for the 1947 grid schedule, which will in clude ten games. The first and opening game will be played with Hayesville in Sylva September 12 at 7:30 in the evening. Coach Sutlon put his charges through drills oi calisthenics and fundamentals during the first week iijk'. ^"epared 10 go into extensive trailing lor the season's opener with Hayesville. The early open ing date causes practice to be rushed becau>e of the lack of iw perience ot many on the team. Only 12 (>: the forty men arc hold overs irom la.-t year's te, :n. Tiie holdovers include: Jack Cunning; m, Ernt>t Iium:?arner. Carol Amk\ Zollie Fincannon, Wal-J PINE SEEDLINGS MADE AVAILABLE TO FARM YOUTH i Members enrolled in 4 11 Clubs and FFA chapters in Person, Ala mance. Guilford, Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, and all counties east and south of this line who wi'.l agree to plant and pro tect from one to five acres of pine; seedlings, are being offered 230, 000 lcblolly pine seedlings by the North Carolina Pulp Company, R.j W. Graeber, inr charge of Forestry1 Extend;m at State College, an nounced this' week. "Wi'h a possible future shortage of timber products facing us, and at the same time hundreds of thou sands of acres of- idle, non-produc tive land available, it is important that farmer-, especially young farmers, become interested in a program of reforestation," Mr. Graeber said. Each boy can apply for 1.000 trees and plant them on his home farm if his parent or guardian ap proves and furnishes the land for planting, he said. In making an application, he should have it ap proved by his parent or guardian, and by the county agent if he is a 4-H Club member or by the voca tional teacher if he is an FFA mem ber. Then he should mail the ap plication to R. W. Gaeber, in charge, Forestry Extension, State College, Raleigh. Applications will be" numbered in order of their receipt, Mr. Grae ber said, and will be filled as long as the supply of trees lasts. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie White of Gastonia announce the birth of a son, Michael Johnnie, on Friday, August 22, weight, 6 pounds 14 ounces. Mrs. White is the former Miss Ruth Pannell o?-Sylva, Rt. 1. SOSSA MON'8 ... IN SYLVA ! ter Allison Jones, Bill Caglc, Clyde Bumgarner. Hillary Wiggins, Edd Dillard, Lewis BOmgarner, Ken neth Pressley, and Dennis Norton. The other candidates are; Bob ShUier, R. L. Warren, Karl War lick, Roy Dillard,? D. C. Hughes, ui man Cogdill, Charles Cunning ham, Tnurman Dillard, Laurence Ca.-e, Perry Rho.Ies, Dorsey Moon, Harold Morgan, Bill Mason, Ben ny Recce, Rand;,11 Goldman, Clar ence Frizzell, Dt-nnis Knsley, Haze Queen, Kenneth Hoyle, Harold Parr.s, Cooper 'Jowan, Doyle Cow an, Louis Gufley, Tommy Fisher, kaymond Hooper. and (). V. Caglc. Coach Sutton stated that all new equipment has been bought, in cluding suits, shoes, pads, and oih tr 'lom.s which should do much l tfkoui age ihe boy>?to develop into ?' i'"c a 1 u team :;iiyear. l.u- ;n> 1 home .^une w:l! !><? played who Wayne.>v?Iio i,a : ? t. ! home held Sept. 11). ;Ini|iro\ cd Farmim? I Methods ( )I>sct\ r*| By GI Trainoc\s By Jo;in G. Fai'ley, Asst. Agriculture Tea< he. j Tiie tour and method of ???learn j ing by >eein 14 by the Cullowhee G. I. farm program took place la.st week in the Speedwell section. The first farm visited was that of Mr. Bumgarner. This is one of the j most outstanding and progressive I farms in the section. Mr. Bum I garner showed the group a noted | difference in fields where lime had been applied and where none was used. Farmers realize more than ever i before why liming of land is often j reiened to as the backbone of I profitable and permanent agricul 1 ture. Thousands of tests have , brought about a general and thor ! ou?h realization among farmers of | tiie need for lime and its benefits. I We stopped on our way to the ! next farm to see Clifton Crisp's ! and Oscar Ashe's hybrid corn. This has pi oven to be a satisfactory ex periment with most of the G.L. who are growing it. The la.-t farm visited was that j of Mr. Henry Taylor. The first thing that caught our eye was a modern, "'HI-planned home under 1 consti uction. vVe also observed j his corn and hay and again saw the | benefit.- of lime and learned that j the "legumes best in quality of foliage and -oil building, such as I alfalfa ar.d clover, grow sa'tisfae ! torily oniy when the soil is well j supplied wttrr hrr.e. "* | I would Lrie to stress that the cost of hmjng hind is a very small fraction o{ toe value of the benc i fits it produces. ? * i Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Curry of Big Island, Va., after a'visit with rel atives in Pert St. Joe, Fla., are now I visitmg Mrs. Curry's parents, Mr. ? and Mrs. Charles Crawford. HEAVY RAIN CAUSES DAMAGE IN BALSAM AND BETA SECTIONS 4,L> Inch Fall In Three Hours Sends Creek To High Stage; Sylva Has Two and Halt' In. The Beta and Balsam h'/'i ?ns of the county received ><? r111? ,-i . r. age last Thursday night when one of the hardest rains hit ?th;.~ . .r.. since tile flood of 1940. to the Tennessee Valley Aut;. ,.tv' rain guage 4 1 j inches oi' waVr fell on the BaNam area in a lareo r,.iui' period. w:th 21 j inelies lallii.g a' Syiva. sending Scotts Creek to a 312 l'i?.it stage, the second highest s.nce the flood of August 3l), li)4l). Repi.its st.de that considerable erosion resulted u^the upper co es. Debris washed .n on a railroad trestle c..used delay in train ser vice iur several hours. Tiie down pour extended a> lar as H.izelwood, with no rain i.til ing in Waynesvdle. .The Svlva \ area has had an abundance of rain during the entire month. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Van Epp Today At Cashiers Mrs. Winnred M. Van Epp, 7.'}, of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Cashiers, died at her summer home j at Cashiers on Monday evening, following an illness j>f three ; months. She was the widow of | the late Dr. Owen Bayard Van Epp. I Dr. and Mrs. #Van Kpp came to Cashiers about 27 years ago and have spent much o; their time since then in that community. She i< survived by two m,h>, | Capt. Richard Van Epp and C'apt. Crowin Van Epp; one daughter, Mrs. J. 13. La w>; and > \ grand - children, all ol West Palm Beach. Funeral services will he held tfiis (Thursday) altcrnoon al H o clock at tiie Cashiers Methodic chiucn. T.he oo;I\ will 1 e *n lie at the ciiurth : i.? in 2 > .i oV! i k Bural w.i: ?;*. r, . /r. . Cashk . ceiljeii-jy. v. ac:e I)i Y. :i Epp is buried. Moody Fune ' .. i ,<? ; eharge a: ; angenier. Cop." \ ]ilv \ >?;.< 1 I'll j .-1 ^ .1? J \ ? Losrs L VS'I W \-rrt ! 'fry/'-'sA W'f'M W0. 9jl' hard fought battle f*hi.- y ,r m the Senate last ye r. io.>t an o.i last Thursday w.- i-:? death ended his fiery political career. The Mississ.p.an wa.- <r '< r continual fire for his radical beliefs, al though he never la-t 'he faith of his home-state vot<>. The M year-old senat??r-e .e< nave up his lignt for his .-e.il .a Lac senate due to ill healtn, Dr. Bowers Will Kill Baptist Pulpit In the absence of <? pastor, Rev. C. M. Warren, who i ponding th; week in Ehrhardt, S. assisting in a revival meeting. t::e puipit o; the Sylva Bapti. t. t aurc.i will be filled by Dr. B. A. Bowers of R.dge ere. t at both the morrang and eve ning services. Mr. Warren will return home ru x' Mor.'lay. Kent Coward. Jimmy Gray, and Haf\Vi Ison returned home Sunday after spending last week at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Stores Will Close Labor Day, Continue Half Day Closing Through Sept. PASTURES NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT GRAIN SHORTAGE Faced witn ,i National grain sup ply that will be 71)0 million buM.els sho; t d1 ];i>l year's pr? dlicti' n. North Cart Una dairymen are *''I by I\.\\I'.nsii?n Agr??n?'my . nd Annual Husbandry specialists at State College to grow more t. !1 and winter pasture,*. ?? > It has been pr?>ved that ? , >ilai>e. and hay ean be saved bv fall and winter pastures, they .-ay. ? ind every pound of nutrient.- pro videti by pasture saves buy:ng a pound in the feed sack. Sinee many farmers and dairy men will want to extend their gra/. ini4 season this year, the Exten sion Ser\ iee has prepared a small i eireular for general distribution' which offers recommendations oni what to seed, when to seed, and analysis and amounts of fcrtl./.crl to use. | The 1 (J47 agricultural conserva-i lion pi ogram^ provides payment* toi establishing or improving pei manent pastures amounting to about 80 per cent of the cost . : the seed. Kven though a farmer may have already carried out practices to the I'xlint approved for his I.a ;n. special prov ision has been marie whereby the payment for any fai m can be increased an addition al amount to c?ver approximately HO per cent o| the seed used in seeoing up to "> acres - f permanent p?*-ure, <i] :t ? r seeding ryegi ass *to i >e li.-ed lor gi a/ing. j ^ <>p.e oi iii? ? ( ircular m; y be I >1/ ?r<\l up 'ii request to: Agricul I ' *' 1 ' 1 i > ? " , ?*) t a t e C < 11 ?' L' < S' t i f i ? ? ? ? I ''-'it; i. I'iease re:ju? ?; !\\te: j. i j : ' " ?^rmr-tnti:|. ,| - j.', ut vVjn ? 1 . C>i i\ T S.,\ i I < i I I . I 1 Ft t I I ?h Season And f v.:- Jackson j* 1 ? i !-.!.?! i. . :;. ? : i. ? ? an- .it.fi ,.p, t ?1 "11 : t' a: i| i.,,- j ? . ? ! ?1 ? o e. .?:. ,ii! ,i! .,?J j;, > n county havi1 been bi<u. ? ^, ?' 1 ? ? I'' ? ? 1 ? i ' ill! .11'!,? , (;; i j ' j , i _ " are., l.y W. ii (' ;,t\ N * ? ? , | . ' ?' aii.i r i.-.i ..in i (I nic '? ' ' i ro:.s j euu 1 - V.'< ?; f .dupled by the Nulla Vvildhlc Resources C'om "ii -Mm* .;i Raleigh, Augu II and 12. Hunters an ?v.iiriefi that hunting on Sunday i> "?nii:.,wi'ui. A ii.-t o! i he ~ open dates for unt.n. ..a ech. n \ i.-, as fol ??w,. Hear O, Vl,e; IT, through .I.UtUa ry 1;. Doer ( male) ? Deer 1 *' ? |!*g i- allowed in Buncombe, ! lender.-oi i, Haywood, and Tr,.n .'ylvama counties (except as out line! ; ironr ?>.*o\ i-mber if/ tnroii^.. Nov emijer 2!>. Ail ol each ''' , a ? "0.e c<ji?;itie.-> are open * hunting except tiiat portion Ilincomiie lyiny southeast of Aa e". ... a a no ounn.icd ,,r. the noil!, ny L. Iij^away 70 and on tin : U. S. Hiynw..y 2.*>. An oi I fay wood county except that pr.r i?'?n lyintf north of U. S. Highway 19-2:5. Exception: Deer hunting JS pcrmi'ted in that j?or'ion of Mc Dowell county lyintf north of U. S. Hi^riway fi4-70 except. (>n the Ml M..c:ie,I i Id life Management Aiea. rl in Yancey county ex V<*pt m Mil. Mitchell State Park and Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Manage nien4 Area on November* 10, 11, 12. 20, 21, and 22, (Deer must have antlers plainly visible to the hunt er ). Opossum-Raccoon ? W%h dogs and gun? Octobei* 15 through Feb ruary 15; Quail?The open season I in and west of Alleghany, Wilkes, ( aldwejl, ISurke, and Rutherford counties is lrom November 27 through January 1; Rabbits?In and west of Alleghany, Wilkes, Cald well, Burke and Rutherford coun t:e-vrabbits m>iy be taken Novem ber 27 through January 1; Squir rels?Hunting for squirrels is per mitted in and west of Alleghany, (Continued to page 10) 'Merchants Urged To Vote tor Or Against Closing Stores Remainder Of Year At a luncheon meeting of the Sylva Mercnant. Association held at the Can lina Hotel Tuesday at 1 o clock with 20 ( j- more members esent, it was votco > close their business places all day Labor Day, Sept. 1, and continue the Wednes day aiteinoon closing hours at 1 0 clock through the month of Sep tember. Ii was decided that be tween now and the last Wednes day, Sept em be r 24. a i iverrcsr ?ill the bu sines.- places of the city would be made for a vote on whether the closing period will be continued on a yearly basis, or ieiriain tinoujjn the kill and win? tei months. I his. step was taken in order to give every merchant a chance to make known his wishes in the matter. The majority will rule either way. The meeting opened Tuesday with Pi esident iioyd Sossamon piesiding alter not.ces had been mailed to all the merchants stating the date, time and the purpose of the meeting. President Sossamon mentioned the fact that now that Sylva lias its new street washer it is hoped that the business places will co operate with tin* .street cleaning department in we? ping out their places o I bus.in alter closing hours in the evening, r.ither than wait until the tiexL morning. The 1 streets are washed after 1 I o'clock at night and, ii thi paper and oth er trash is swept <>ut on the streets in the inoi ning, <in'i? would [)?? no ^se in washing the streets. The street department i> trying to keep oui streets clean. It can only be done tl.n ugh the cooperation of 4?he 1 people. Cniel of police. Karl Warlick, w,?- present and a>ked the busi ness men to !<ei p a light, burning in their pi..<<?>. o! business all "1'1'? -"'ii ,11 i .isked tii.tt the " 1'' ? m.iiiag* r. 1 ?r person in. ( ' 1 -1' 1'' ? t 1 i u ii I -- p|ace his 1 ? ? 1"1 t? u p.-jo;.(? 11umber at . oiik- pi. 11* i i h .in; . ?; e . tore ? . M l'?' ilir p. :. If ( ; 11 I'i'Ti I 11) in oidci 11o111;'. ii, ,i jK )? on in case ?: ? l tie; i mergt ? cy. Hilda i\Ialeta Ashe Passes At Harris Comm. Hospital Ml ? 11ild.i Malt I,i A>oe, 21, ti;?ugi,li?r ol Mr. at.d Mrs. W. T. A le-ot Sylv.>, passed away at the ^ Harris Community hospital m Sylva Wed no- day morning fol lowing a severe illness of several wt eks. Miss Ashe is survived by her parents and two brothers, William and Orvill ol Chicago, and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. James A-he of ^>y 1 va Funeral arrange ments are incomplete. Moody Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. 1-11 Achievement The farm men and., women oi - the county and the 4-H clubs will observe annual Achievement Day ..t the community house on Satur day. Sept. 27. Various phases of the work on the farms and in the homes and the projects of the 4-H boys and girls ill be represented in the exhibits. The county agents, \j. M. Snipes and George Conrad, and the Home agent, Miss Helen Sossamon are working with the farm people to make this day a grand success. They urge all farm men and women, members of the home demonstration clubs and the 1 4-Hers to begin now to make plans i? ! to have their exhibits at the Com munity house on Friday, Augu^ 26, so that all the exhibits' can be set up on that day and-^hot have to take the time for this on Satur day morning. AU exhibits must I ? *? ? be called for by their owners by I 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. ! The public is invited to come j to the Community house and see | these exhibits and learn about the fine work being done by this group in the county. Sandwiches and drinks will be sold by the 4-H club members for the benefit of the 4-H club camp. The prize list will be published in a later issue of The perald.