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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.