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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VflL. XXII, NO. 31 S2.0Q A Year ? 5c Copy TAX LISTING WILL BEGIN IN COUNTY MONDAY, JAN. 12 Property Owners Required To List! All Property Holdings During January Jennings A. Bryson, Commis sioner o h Finance for Jackson County,! has announced that tax listing ini Jackson county will be gin Moroday, January 12 and con tinue through the month oi Jan uary witA the listers on duty in I each towiiship. The st<Jte laws require each property /owner to list all real and personal Jtaxable holdings. Failure to submit estimated valuation ;s a misdemeafnor and the tax assessor has authority to add 10 per cent to previous listings. Businesses and industries are required to file copies of /their inventories. Mr. Bryson has distributed the necessary forms to the tax listers in each township and they will be gin their work on the 12th. Tax payers art? urged to list early. List takers for the county are: Ben Jone*, Barkers Creek; J. C. Shular, Cuney Fork; R. J. Shelton, Canada; Mrs. Hortense Bryson, Cashiers; r^illowhee Township (not appointed); Mrs. W. P. Kin ea^-.^Jillsb%ro; L. G. Green. Greens Creek; Frank X?. Bryson, Hamburg; Pea^lfc 'Istewart, Moun tain; W. L. Enloe, Qualla; Fred.C. Smith, River; Homer Jones, Sa vannah. Mrs. Allen Sutton, Scotts Creek; Mrs. Ollie Banks, Sylva; and W. N. Cook, Webster. N. 5 ? The Beta Par association will meet rs. Allen Ginn, presi Calendar of Events Monday, January 5 ? The Wesleyan IService Guild of the Methodist [church will meet with Mrs. Juanuta Davis at 7:30 P. M. Dr. Noraceflla Wilson, pre?>ident. MONDAY, JTAN. 5 ? The Carrie .Rhodes cirile of- the W. M. 3. ' I the Baptist tchurch will mO*t with Mrs. O. E.l Brookhyser jut 7:30 p. m. Mra. Raymond Stovall, chairman. / MONDAY, /an. 5? The Qaynelle Murray cijrcle of the W. 11. S. of the Baptist church wilt meet with Mrs.yHoward Ball at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. ^esse Buchanan, presi dent. MONDAY, J ent Teache at 2 p. m. dent. MONDAY, ?^AN. 5 ? The Woodmen of the World will meet in the W. O. \W. hall at 7 p. m. Jeff Hedden, (council ctynmander. TUESDAY, ' JAN. 6 ? The Rotary club will have a dinner meeting Allisons building at &30 p. m. D. Hooper, president. WEDltoAY, JAN. 7? The Hal cyohlwaftjian's club will meet with Miss \Rebecca Sue Cannon. Mrs. Claube Campbell, presi dent. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7? The Wom an's Missiolnary Society of the Baptist chJ&rch will meet with Mrs. Oliv? Farmer at 3 p. m. Mrs. Crawford Smith, president. THURSDAjl JAN. 8? The Twen tieth CeAary club will meet with Mrp W. Q. Grigg at 7:30 p. m. M^s. R. U. Sutton, presi dent. Three Deacons To Be Ordaineti At Cullowhee Baptist Sunday A. M. The regular morning worship at the Cullowtee Baptist church Sun day will feature an ordination ser vice for thyee deacons elect, J. B. Painter, Taylor Hampton and Nor man Willi ajms. The service will be conducted/ by the pastor, Rev. M. R. Osborfce, Jr., and. Rev. G. B. Henry, ^ho will bring a special appropriate to the occa Henry resides at Hen e and is business manag ^tland Assembly of ^jg^follila Baptist State on' messag sion derson s. Stores Will ;n Thursday ily business places taking jar's Day as a holiday in rill be the bank and post stores and other busi will remain open as >rding to an announce le Merchants Associa C OF 0 DIRECTORS TO MEET FRIDAY TO ELECT OFFICERS Mr. Felix Picklesimer, president of the Chamber of Commerce has announced that there will be a joint meeting of the old and new boards of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce in the office in Lloyd Hotel on Fri day evening at 7:30 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to elect a president and other office^ name committees and map out the year's work. Mr. Picklesimer said. All members of both the old and new boards are urged to re member the meeting date and be present. Old Father 1947 Sounds Off With Sound Advice Old Father 1947 was be^ng evict ed. He snapped shut his suitcase, straightened up and smoothed down his beard as the bells and whistles began to clamor outside. "So,ayou want my advice, do you, son?" he said to the new tenant, a little fellow named Baby 1948. "Not much I can tell you ? kinda flopped on the big program myself. -But folks might be a little better off if you. passed along this tip ffom the National Salety Council: Don't drive if you drink! Happy New Year, bud!" MRS, LILLIAN GASS IS PRESIDENT OF QUALLA PTA GROUP Association Organized At December 19 Meeting, Committees Named The parents, homemakers and teachers met Friday, December 19, 1947, at the Qualla school house and organized a Parent Teacher association. Mrs. Mary Kinsland acted as Chairman white officers were be ing elected. The officers are as | follows: Mrs. Lillian Gass, presi- j dent; Mrs. Heten Cathey, vice- 1 president; Mrs. Helen Cooper, secretary; and Mrs. June Shelton, reporter. Mrs. Gass appointed the follow ing committed to serve on the membership drive: Mrs. Mary Kinsland, Carrtp Creek; Mrs. Ruth ! Bradley and Mrs. Cora McDonald, I Olivet; Mrs. Florence Seamon, I Qualla; Mr^ Florence Gunter, Hyatt's Chapel; Mrs. Leona Mc Donald, King's Hill; Mrs. Kate Smith, Soco; and Mrs. Evelyn Blankenship, Union Hill. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, January 16 at 2 p. m. The sixth and seventh grades will serve 2s hosts and hostesses. A prize if being offered to the grade having the highest percentage of parents pre ent. The USDA proposes to amend the reflations of its meat inspec tion service by adding to them a list o| foreign countries Eligible to export meat and meat food pro ducts to the Umte| States. m rate."; When the clock's enthusiastic hands wend their way to 12, midnight . . . and the bells intone the New Year . . . resounding throughout your home, the party you are attending . . . are our best wishes for a New Year full of happiness, attainment and good health! Mrs. Samatha " Aunt Sis' " Collins , 90 Taken by Death on Savannah I 6Y LARRY W. MULL i Mrs. Samantha Collins, 90 years old, prominent woman of Jackson county, died in her sleep at her Savannah home at 1 o'clock p.m. Sunday following an illness of * several weeks. j Funeral services were held at Zion Hill Baptist church Tues | day afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Thadeus F. Deity of Beta of ficiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Barron, Willard Guy, and Howard Crisp, Pink Wiley, Jess and William C. Collins, all grandsons^ of the de ceased. Granddaughters served as flower bearers. Mrs. Collins, more intimately known to her nieghbors and friends as "Aunt Sis", was bom Septem ber 7, 1857, and was a native of Macon county. She was the widow of William P. Collins of Jackson county, for whom William C. Col lins, part owner ol M/.ple Sprins cafe was named. Despite her impaired vision and hearing, Aunt Sis w;>.s active until about ten months ago, doin? al! her housework and cooking. She had a very good menv ry and was an excellent conversationalist. Al ways industrious, Aunt Sis for 8 1 years never mi.-scd .1 summer working in her garden. A* the time of her death two .grand>??ns, Jim and Pink* Collins, were living with her. She had reared them since their childhood. Mrs. Collins is survived by two sons. Robert of Beaumont, Texas, and George of Savannah town ship; 5 daughters, Mrs. H. B. Crisp and Mrs. Frank Henry of Franklin, Mrs. R. B. Hyatt and Mrs. Fred Barron, both of Gay, Mrs. John Gregory of Hazel Pal*k, Mich. Also surviving are 42 grand children and 17 great-grandchil dren. Large Number of Farms Do Not Have Electricity According to survey results re-1 cently announced by the Rural Elec t r i c a t i o n Administration 129,831 farms in North Carolina, or 45 per cent of all the farms in the State, do not have electric service. The study, which analyzes the Nation's rural electrification prog ress up to June 30, 1947, shows that 2 1-4 million farms ? or 39"" per cent of all farms in the U. S. ? were not electrified at that time. The survey ranks North Caro lina 19th on its State-by-State listing of unelectrified farm totals. Compared with other States, there fore, North Carolina is faced with the challenging job of catching up with the rest of the Nation's prog ress in rural electrification. The report carries with it the as surance that a minimum of $6, 393,439 in new REA loans will be available io rural electric groups in North Carolina June 30, 1948. Congress had made available $225,000,000 in loan funds for national use during this fiscal year, of which half is allotted to the va rious States in direct proportion to their needs. The otr.er half is available on a flexible bi?sis, with no single State to get more than 10 percent of it. y The rural electrification pro gram, which has been instrumental in raising the Nation's average of electrified farms from 1 out of 10 in 1935 to 6 out of 10 today, is ex pected to more forward at a rec ord rate during coming months. More rural power lines are being built today than ever before. REA borrowers alone constructed ap proximately 72,000 miles of dis tribution lines and connected near ly 300,000 rural consumers to their systems between July 1, 1946 and June 30, 1947. Webster Manual Arts Class Repairs Toys As a part of the Christmas work of the Woman's club of Sylva, each year the members collect toys, have them repaired to distribute j to less fortunate children in | the county. ? This year more than 50 toys were collected and five students from the manual arts, class of the Webster High school repaired them. These students were Alvin Potts, Columbus Ashe, R. L. Madi son, II, Mary Bob Clements and j Frances Bryson. The club then joined with other civic organiza tions of the county in distributing | them and other things to the needy families. &O88A M OK'8 In 8ylva OVER 50% OF 1947 ilftXES COLLECTED According to Mr. Jennings A. Bryson, Com m is&ioner of Fi nance for Jackson county, over 50 per cent of the 1947 taxes have been paid up to last Friday, December 19. Payments up to this date totaled $90,836.30. The tctal tax levy for the county is $169,495.36, based on a total I county property valuation of $11,059,691.00. Mr. Bryson said that this is a very good show ing in collections, considering some of the larger corporations have not paid. The Southern Railway, one of the big taxpay ers of the county, usually pays in February, which amounts to over $20,000.00. Most of the 1946 taxes have been collected. Funeral Services For Mary Alice Bishop Funtral services for little Mary Alice Bishop, who died as a re sult of burns received when she fell into a tub of hot water, which had been prepared for doing the family washing, were held at the Zion Hill Baptist church on Fri day, December 2 fi. Rev. Joe Bis hop, pastor, officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Little Mary Alice, aged 3 years and live months, was taken to the Angel clinic in Frriaklin immedi ately following her accident and died there on December 25 at 11:30 a. m. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Bishop; two brothers, Lee Irvin and Dwight; one sifter, Ldwina; her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. David Bishop; and a number of uncles and aunts and other relatives. Pallbearers were Carrol Bis hop, Clifton Jones, Billie Sorrels, Jewel Bishop, Benny Johnson and B. C. Jones, all selected from the Junior department of the church. Girls from the primary department acted as flower girls. They were Maxine Hyatt, Magdaleen Ridley, Shelby Jeane Jones, Helen Wood ard, Pauline Bishop, Dixie John son, Arline Bishop, Kathleen Rid dey, and Jeannette Jones. The practical solution of the in testinal parasite problem in poul try does not lie in the continued use of deworming products, but in the rearing of chickens under conditions which will prevent or at least limit the degree of infec tion. \ CRAWFORD TO LEAVE SYLVA SCHOOL AT END OF THIS YEAR Mr. W. H. Crawford has an nounced to this newspaper that he has resigned as principal of the Sylva High school to become effective at the end of the pres ent session this spring. In mak ing his announcement Mr. Craw ford stated that he accepted the position for a period of two years but is now serving the third year. He plans to remain in the county, probably connected with another school, he stated. Mr. Crawford's friends will regret to learn of his decision to rj i v o i'\) his wo?*k he^e.. to j '/hich he has given his full time and energy, and in which he has been very successful. Sylva Choristers Sing For Patients At Oteen Joining a large group of Ashe ville j- ingers Monday evening, Dc c? nibrr 22, the members ol' tho Sy.va Choi inter, wont in two large Lus'.-s to the United States hospi ? I at (Keen where they entertain- i iii tae patients with Christma> CJnio's and other songs. , On arriving at Oteen each of | the eight groups of entertainer?- 1 were assigned a hall by Mr. Sam Fox, director of recreation at Oteen. The groups went from floor to floor of the halls singing Christ mas carols and other vocal num bers bringing joy and pleasure to the hundreds of patients. Following their appearance in the halls, the singers gathered in the large recreation hall for group singing, under the direction of Mr. Fox. Refreshments were serv ed at this time. Members of the Sylva Choirster making the trip were: Mr. and Mrs. Mark Osborne, Jr., and Miss Ruth Hooper, of Cullowhee; Mrs. Paul Ellis, Mrs. Robert Allison, Mrs. Grover Wilkes, Messrs. Charlie Reed, Tom Davis, and N. R. Beach am. On returning one of the Sylva singers remarked that he could enjoy Christmas much more after having visited the hospital where so many were confined to their beds and knowing the joy that had been given by their singing for the patients. ! REEVES NOLAND IS NAMED TO HIGHWAY COMMISSION BODY Governor Cherry has announced the appointment of D. Reeves Noland, of Haywood county as new ; division highway commissioner to succeed John A. Goode, of Ashe ville, who has resigned. Mr. Noland is a farmer and dairyman and a member of the state board of agriculture. He will resign the board position to accept the highway job. The United States cotton ^rop* is now estimated at 11,5?S, 000 bales which compares with 8,640, 000 bales in 1946. 1 I ALLEY TO RETIRE AS 20TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JURISr Dan K. Moore Slated For Successor, B. C. Jones Mentioned For Solicitor Superior Court Judge Felix E. Alley, Waynesville, announced Tuesday that he will retire in Feb ruary or early March. Judge Alley said that he had advised Governor Cherry of his plans to retire. On January 20, the Waynesville jurist will complete 15 years' service as resident judge of the 20th judicial district. This district embraces Haywood, Swain, Cherokee, Macon, Graham, Clay and Jackson counties. Unofficial reports from Raleigh suggest that Governor Cherry will elevate Solicitor Dan K. Moore oi I this city to the judgeship and name State Senator Baxter C. Jones, of Bryson City, to succeed Mr. Moore as solicitor. These appointees would serve until their successors are elected next November. Judge Alley was appointed by Governor Ehringhaus on Jan. 26, 1933, to fill the unexpired term* of Judge Walter E. Moore. He w^p elected to a regular term in 1934 and reelected in 1942. A native of Jackson county, he was clerk of Jackson county Su perior court from 1898 to 1902, and represented the county in the 1905 legislature. In 1910 he was elected solicitor of the district, but did not seek a second term. THREE JAILED IN GUN DEATH OF PATROLMAN Thomas B. Whatley Shot Fatally At Robbinsville While Making Arrest ROBBINSVILLE ? Thomas B. ! Wl.^Ucy, ?- : e.\r-old Mate high way patrolman n!om Klkin. ciied early tiii> m<-in.ng at an Andrews ho.-pital from . bullet wound near the heart. inflicted when he went to a residence near the Graham county courthouse last night to arrest a man for assault. Sherriff Booth Crisp *)f Graham county said he is holding Boone Carver, 32, Carter Riddle 25, and Cl.'iude Jones, 31, all of Robbins ville, in connection with the shoot ing. What ley. Crisp and Rural Police ?> mi:n George Sawyers had gone to the Jones heme to serve a War rant on Carver, according to the sheriff, when a high calibre rifle bullet, fired through the door of the darkened house, struck What ley. The sheriff summoned aid, and threw a cordon of some 25 deputiz ed citizens and officers about the house. Riddle, he said, came out with his hands up after several shots had been fired into the build ing; Jones fled but was taken into custody a short time later; and Carver was arrested in the house. The patrolman was seeking to arrest Carver on a warrant sworn out by Perry Stewart. Stewart suffered a scalp wound earlier in the day and in the warrant charg ed Carver with shooting him. Sheriff Crisp said Riddle and Jones are in the Graham county jail, and Carver was taken to Bry son City but will be returned to Robbinsville today. Jones, he said, had been living in the house by himself. He described , all three men as unemployed, and said they had been drinking at the time of the shooting. Whatley, who graduated from the state highway patrol school at Chapel Hill several months ago, had been assigned to Murphy for additional training and was trans ferred to Robbinsville three or four weeks ago. He was unmarried and SHP of ficials here said his parents reside at Allendale, S. C. Leadership Conference To Meet In Bryson City ? The Bryson City Di vision alXead ership conference will meet at the Bryson City Baptist church Sat urday, January 10 beginning at 10 a. m. It is urged that all W.M.U. officers of the Tuckaseigee associa tion attend and all others are w$l Mrs. E. H. Corpening. Jr. dtvfcp* ional r r intendent of Tapoca, will be in rge of the mee
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