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VOL. XXII, NO, 33
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, January 15, 1948
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Farm Bureau Has Dominant
v Part In Shaping Agricultural
Legislation, Write States
Several Thousand Farm1
Men And Women Hear
Farm Problems At
Chicago Convention
By GEObGE FATHERING
Field Representative Farm Bureau
If anyone in the entire United
States doubts .that the American
Farm Bureau Federation is truly
the nation's dominant voice in the
field of agriculture that belief
would have been dispelled if he
could have attended the recent j
annual convention which was held
at Chicago, Illinois, December 14
to 18 and which was attended by
several thousand farm men and
women from 45 states. He would
have learned that this organization
o< more than a million and a quar
ter farm families, the largest or
ganization of farm people in the
world, is not only the nation's
leading voice in the field of agri
culture, but that its influence ex
tends into practically every phase
of the nation's complicated eco
nomic structure.
A good idea of the influence of
this organization may be obtained
from the list of speakers of nation
al and international prominence
who addressed the general sessions
of the convention. The list includ
ed such men and women as James
Turner, President, International
Federation of Agricultural Prgduc- I
era, and President, National Farm
ers Union of England; Mrs. Ray
mond Sayre, President, Associat
ed Country Women of the World;
Honorable Warren R. Austin,
United States Representative to
the United Nations; Honorable Ed
ward J. Thye, Senator from Minn
esota; North Carolina's own Con
gressman, Honorable Harold D.I
Cooley, who delivered one of ttyeJ
best addresses of the entire con
vention; David E. Lilienthal, Chair
man, Atomic Energy Commission;
Charles F. Kettering, former Re
search Director for General Motors !
Corporation; and Henry P. Rusk,
Dean and Director of Extension,
(Continued on page 10)
Town Plans To Build
Sidewalk Leading To
Sylva High School
* In order to provide a safer walk
way for school children and others
who have to walk along that sec
tion of highway from Lewis Esso
Station to Sylva High school cam
pus entrance, the town board has
. announced that plans are under
way to build a sidewalk between
the highway and Southern Rail
way tracks, to start this spring.
The town a^so plans to build a
sidewalk from Hooper Motor Com
pany to Fulmer Motor Company at
the east end of Main Street, if
funds are available, Mayor Jack
Allison, announced Monday.
Mr. Allison also stated that the i
board is receiving numerous com
plaints about the condition of sec
ondary roads and streets in the
city. He stated that there is little
that can be done to these streets
at this time due to lack of funds
and the high cost of stone and grav
el. The town is, however, opening
a short street on Freeze Hill sec
tion into the Morris property.
6RIGG AND HOUTS
TO HEAD JACKSON
OVERSEAS RELIEF
Appointment of Rev. W. Q.
Grigg, Sylva, as chairman and
Rev. Tom Houts, Cullowhee, as
his assistant of the overseas re
lief drive in Jackson county was
announced today by the North Car
olina Council of Churches, which
is sponsoring the statewide "Fill
a Ship vith Friendship" campaign,
January 25-31. .
Rev. Mr. Grigg and Rev. Mr.
Houts are among 100 chairmen who
will organize community collec
tions throughout the state to gath
er clothing, bedding, shoes and
household goods lor shipments
through Church World Service, of
ficial Protestant overseas relief
agency.
To be packed fdr shipment, the
materials will go to New Windsor,
Maryland, where the Church World
Service Center for this area is lo
cated. Oldest and largest of nine
CWS Centers scattered throughout
the United States, the New Wind
sor Center has capacity for proces
sing nearly a million pounds of re
lief supplies a month.
During the year just passed, 3,
712,764 pounds of goods were pro
cessed at the Center. Of that a
mount, North Carolinians, who
have been in the front rank of A
merican giving ever since the war
ended, contributed 661,641 pounds.
Other donations were from Vir
ginia, West Virginia, the District
of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware
TXinnsylwania, as well as from
scattered states outside the area.
Not content to rest on their
laurels, the people of North Caro
lina are now out to build world
friendship and save the lives of
suffering millions by collecting a
whole shipload of relief supplies.
Civic and service organizations
are uniting fyith the churches of
the state to make the drive a suc
cess. Gifts will be channeled
through Church World Service to
fche destitute overseas, distribution
will be on the basis of need, not i
according to religious, racial or !
political discrimination. ? ?
Cub Scout Meeting Called |
For Tuesday Evening
On Tuesday evening, January
20, at 7:30 a special cub scout meet
ing will be held in the Scout hall
in the Methodist church. All of
ficers, including the cub master,
assistant cub master, committee
members, den dads and mothers,
and den chiefs, are especially urged
to be there. Avery Means, field
executive of the Daniel Bdone
council, will be present and will
conduct a school of instruction for
these officers.
The meeting is open to the public j
and all interested persons are wel- ;
come.
Many Farmers
For Rat Bait ,
iTie Campaign to deal the rats
a i Jackson county a death blow
during the drive planned lor the
last week in January i? coming
along in fine shape with a large
number of farmers placing their
orders for bait each day. How
ever, in order to mix the proper
amount of bait we must know in
advance the number of people that
wiah to participate in the fight
against the rats. The cost will be
40 cents for the one pound carton;
75 cents for the two pound car
ton; and $1.00 for the three pound
carton, the amount of bait recom
mended for the average farm. Or
ders may be placed with the Vo
cational Agriculture Teachers, at
*thf> Health Department off.ce, or
at the County Agent's office. Rats
travel Trom farm iz frnn ---
courage your neighbors to or dor
bait, too!
SOSSAMON'S
In Sylva
Placing Orders
Says Snipes
Fortified. Red Squill, the poison
which will be used, is harmless to
people and domestic animals, but
has proven deadly effective on
rats in the control campaigns which
have been conducted by the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service for a
number of years.
The bait will be prepared on
campaign day and put up in pack
ages with complete instructions
for using the bait with each pack
age. In order to be more convenient
for the people ordering bait ar
rangements are being made to
leave the bait at a number of
places throughout the county.
Again we wish to urge everyone
? those living on farms and those
living in town to put in their or
ders for bait immediately.
0*un?y Ag^nt'e office
Health Department office
Vocational Teachers |
U. S. MARINES EMBARK FOR MEDITERRANEAN AREA
A DETACHMENT OF SOME 1,000 0. 8. Marines to shown staring to board the attack transport V.S.S. Bexar
at Mnrehead City. N C? ready (or their Mediterranean area Bisignment According to a U S. Navy Deparx
ment announcement, the Marines are being sent to rectore'flie norma) complement on an aircraft carrier
and three tight cruisers now operating in Italian and Greek waters. The State Department emphasized that
"nothing tn the way of foreign policy toward Greece orfcny other country called for increasing naval
?tr#?n<-th there." and that it was "just a matter of routinf." (International Soundphoto)
FARM BUREAU TU
HOLD IMPORTANT
MEETING SATURDAY
The Jackson County Farm Bur
eau will hold its first county-wide
meeting of the New Year at the
courthouse next Saturday, Janu
ary 17, at 11:00 o'clock a. m. All
members, prospective members, the
board of directors and other of
ficers, are urged to be present as
this is to be a most important meet
ing with much business to be
transacted.
Geo. Farthing district field rep
resentative of the bureau, will be
present and help with the busi
ness meeting.
Tilt Jaci.&Ai Jounty unit of the
Bureau was organized in the late
fall and has grown rapidly since.
More farmers of the county are
needed, however, if the organiza
tion is to become as effective " as
it should.
T. A, PARKER RITES
HELD AT CANTON ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Former Resident Of
Jackson County Was
90 Years Of Age
| the candles burned low for
1 "Grandpa Parks" as he sat quiet
| ly enjoying the birthday dinner
given for him by his daughter, Mrs.
J. E. Battle, at her home, Sunday,
January 1, in honor of his 90th
birthday anniversary. Those were
some of his last few happy mo
ments on earth.
Saturday morning, January 10th,
the kindly light that glowed in his
heart flickered into darkness.
Though his passing was sad, it
was far from tragic; instead, it
was a triumph ? a triumph of 90
full and happy years of existences
A few days be lo re his death he saw
his youngest relative ? the infant
son of your reporter. He remark
ed: "There aren't many men who
live to see their great-great grand
son." And so there isn't.
Tnomas Alexamder Parks was
born December 28, 1858, in the
Qualla township of this county and
lived most of his entire life in this
section. Seventeen years ago he
moved to Haywood county, but he
remained^ member of the Whittier
Methodist Church.
A large gathering of friends and ?
relatives attended funeral services
held at Canton by Rev. T. S. Roden
and Rev. J. E. B. Houser, after
which the body was transported to
the Camp Ground Cemetary where
graveside services were held by
Rev. R. L. Hyatt.
Suvivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. E. Battle of Whittier,
Mrs. H. G. Moody of Waynesville,
and Mrs. Ed Hall of Canton; four
sons, Harley of Canton, James and
Joe of Greensboro, and John of
Sedro Woolley, Washington; a sis
ter, Mrs. Ed King of Los Angles; a
half-brother, Charlie Gibbs of Bry
son City; 31 grandchildren, 34
great-grandchildren, and 1 great-J
great-graftdthild.
Duncan Held ?
On Forgery Charge
Sheriff Griffin Middltton reports
that he is holding Jaqk Duncan,
of East LaPorte, in t^ Jackson
county jail on a charge of check
forgery pending postiityl of $200
bail. He was arrested affer passing
two checks, one at an5 the
other at Schulman's. The two
checks amounted to arqund $80.00
but~whicli~have been repaid by the
defendant.
W. R. COTTER 16,
DIES SUDDENLY
HERE WEDNESDAY
Cullowhee Citizen 111
Short Time; Funeral To
Be Held Friday A. M.
Mr. Willie Roger Cotter, 46, died
suddenly about noon, Wednesday,
while undergoing an examination
in a local physician's office here in
Sylva. 'Relatives stated that he
had been in his usual good health
except for the past few days when
he complained of his" arms hurting!
him. He consulted a physician at
that time and was advised to enter
a hospital, which he planned to do.
While coming to Sylva Wednes
day with his brother. Mr. oCtter's
condition grew much worse and
he died of a heart attack shortly
after arriving in Sylva. ? |
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 1 1 o'clock at
the Cullowhee Methodist church
with the Rev. R. T. Houts, Jr., of
ficiating. Burial will be in the
family burial plot on t lie Speedwell
road.
Mr. Cotter is a son of the late
John and Ida Rogers Cotter who
spent all their married life at Cul
lowhee.
Mr. Cotter was well k'nown
throughout this section as an ex
pert painter and interior decorator,
his services being in great demand
due to the high quality of h.s work.
Surviving are the widow, the for
mer Miss Leo la Hopper, of Clayton,
Ga.; three brothei.-. John, Robert j
ar.d David Clair Cotter, of Cullo- j
whee, and Hugh Th-una- Cotter,
of Asheville. Also eiuhl nieces1
? ,
and nephews.
County Records Show
26 Marriages And 19 ,
' Divorces For 1947
According to court records of
Jackson County there were only
seven more marriages than there
were divorces in the county dur
ing 1947. This, however, isn't a
true picture or comparison, as a
large number of our young peo
ple go to 8outh Carolina or
Georgia to get married. Records
of the Clerk of Court show that
there were 19 divorces granted
to couples in Jackson county dur
ing the past year, while the Reg
ister reports on 26 marriage li
censes issued.
Nineteen broken homes in a
small county like Jackson in one
year is too great a percentage.
Perhaps the warning at the cross
roads might hold good here too:
"8top, Look, and proceed with
caution." *
FUNERAL RITES FOR
i THOMAS H. BRYSON
CONDUCTED MONDAY
Funeral rite^ for Thomas H.
Bryson. 81, who died at his home
at Cashiers at 3:35 o'clock Sunday
morning, were conducted at the
jCashieis Baptist church Monday
' at 2:00 o'clock p. m. Interment
i
I was in the Zachary cemetery. Mr.
Bryson had only been ill a short
time.
Osborne-Simpson Funeral Home
of Brevard was in charge of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers were grandsons of
the deceased, and the flower girls
we e granddaughters.
Honorary pallbea ers wore: II.
A. Pell, Sr., H. A. Pell, Jr., Burns
Alexander, Edward Fowler, Chris
Passmore, W. S. Alexander, K. K.
Bumgarner, Cr to McCnll and C.
B. Fugate.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Fanny Fowler Bryson; three sons,
Walter, Carl ; nd (iene, all of C,.s!i
i c : " - : !'(.u? daughters, Mrs. K. (I.
Lombard, Casine.s, '.Vhs. Wil'mm
Mo:ris, Brevard; Mrs. 1J>? >n O'Kel
lev, Candler, ar.d Mr<. C. Bo>we:l.
04 Richmond, V; nrsTr~brottre. ,
N. T. Bryson. of Cashiers; one
si.^ler, Mr.-. Franei.-. Wilson, of'
Gienv.lle; 24 grandchildren and
5 gre;.t grandchi I li en.
Mr. Bryson was the son of the
| late James Bryson and Nancy Mor
gan Bryson, pioneer settlers of
this county. He was a member of I
the Cashiers Baptist church of
which he was one of the founders.
Higdon. Calls For 1947
AAA Farm Reports
D. C. Higdon, Chairman of Jack
son county AAA, urges that all
farmers who have not made a re- I
port on their farm practices for
1947 do mj at once. Farmers who
received conservation materials
through AAA in 1947 must repor"
fin the use o fthese materials if
they wish to participate in the
1948 program.
Any farmer who bought seed for
his; ;j. sture, or for winter cover
crop, may receive a refund amount
ing to approximately 80 percent
of the cost of the seed, if the seed
were bought without assistance
from the AAA. Bills must be pre
sented lor such seed bought and
seeded. There is- ; N' a rnf'j** '
Ion allalfa seeded in 1*947 under
! these conditions.
There is a payment for small
grain turned under in the spring
of 1947 at the rate of $2.00 per acre.
Mr. Higdon urges that all farmers
attend these matters at once so
1 that records for 1947 may be clear
| ed in the State office.
1
Fricks And Stovall To
Open Man's Store
1 Sylva is to have a new Man's
Store in the near future, accord
ing to an announcement Monday
morning by Messrs. Frank Fricks
and Phil Stovall. These gentlemen
are now in process of remodeling
the Stovall building, formerly oc
cupied by Stovall's cafe, for the
new store. The store is to be equip
ned with modern fixtures and
j stocked with quality merchandise,
the owners stated.
Hugh Monteith Given
Silver Beaver Award At
Annual Scouters Meet
JUOGE DON PHILLIPS
WILL HOLD JACKSON
FEBRUARY COURT
Jurors Drawn For Two
Weeks Term Beginning
Monday, February 16
j John Henson, Clerk of Court for
Jackson county, has announced
that Judge Don F. Phillips will
preside over the February term of
Jackson Superior court which will
convene Monday, February 16.
Solicitor Dan K. Moore, will rep
resent the state.
This will be a two weeks mLxed
term.
The Jury Commission of the
county has drawn the following
names to report for jury duty at
this term:
First week: Lee Fisher, Glen
vi lie; Clinton Hooper, Cullowhee;
Kenyon Moody, Sylva; Miss Mag
gie Hunter, East LaPorte; John
Green, Sylva; Henry Hall, Jr.,
Greens Creek; Alvin Burrell, Ar- j
gura; Mrs. Claude Parker, East |
Laporte; E. M. Lloyd, Sylva; Mrs.!
Ben Cathey, Sylva; L. T. Watson, '
Sylva; Mrs. Carl Buchanan, Sylva. j
I Frank G. Bryson, Glenville, Rob
l ert Jones, Gay; W. C. Hennessee,
Sylva; Clyde Fisher, Sylva; C. D.
, Carnes, Dillsboro; Mrs. Jessie Cor
nell, Whittier; D. D. Cogdjll, Sylva;
Ernest Jones, Sylva; J. M. Price,
Cullowhee.
David H. Rogers, Cashiers; J. F. '
Bentley, Glenville, .John Arrin^
ton, Sylva; Sam F. Buchanan,
Greens Creek; D. G. Hi?don, Sylva;
| Bedford Ensley, Sylva; Walter Mel
ton, A rgu.ii; Mrs. Bennie Recce,
Sylva; Henry L. To; ! r, Speedwell;
I C. L. Wike, hasi LaPorte; Fred
? Barren, Gay; Homer .Jones, Gay.
j Clyde Bryson, Glenville; Lee
Leopard, Sylva; Lawrence Wilson,
Speedwell; Fred McC'onnell, Web
;? -tor; Dillaid Cope. SvKa; Boyd
Hn wn, Dillsboro; H. L. Hoyle.
Whit-tier; Burch MtConntll, Web
ster; Charlie Calhoun, Glenville. j
Second Week: Mi>. Sam Bry- ;
son, Glenville; .rim Shook, Jr.,
CJlenville; D;ive Shuiar, Dillsboro;
Lewis Montieth, Glenville; Nelson
Buchanan, (J. Creek; .1. T. Revis,
Whittier; C. N. Mills. Sylva; C. P.
Dillaid, Sylva; Chas. Gufley, Sylva. j
J. F. Fowler, Calenvjllc" E, M.
Carroll, Era>tus; John H. Hooper,'
Sylva; J. L. Jones. Sylva; Lewis
Ashe, Whittier; Roy C. Allison, 1
Sylva; Frank Allman, Sylva; W. !
H. Saunders, East LaPorte; J. T.
Gribble, Sylva; C. W. Mont.eth,
Glenville; Lawrence Reed, Sylva.
Ernest Shuiar, Sylva; Miss Jane
Coward, Sylva; Mrs. Ranson Hoop
er, East LaPorte; Frank Coward,
Cowarts.
Traffic Light To Go Up At
West End Of Main And Mill
Mayor Jack C. Alli.-on announc
ed this week that the town of
Sylva has purchased a second traf
I fie light which will be installed
! this week at the intersection of
Main and Mill streets at Lewis
Ksso Station.
Hennessee Leads Smoky
Mt. District In Winning
Attendance Trophy
The annual Scouter's Conven
tion of the Daniel Boone Council
of the Boy Scouts of America was
held Monday afternoon at the
First Baptist church in Asheville.
Frank Dix, deputy regional di
rector of the Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca, and Horace Williamson addres
sed the group during the afternoon
session. The discussion dwelled on
the subject of operating the various
districts in the council.
The banquet was held at 6:30
p. m., attended by some 250
Scouters including their ladies, of
the Daniel Boone council. The
principal speaker at the banquet
was Abbott Nix, prominent attor
ney of Athens Georgia, and one
time district governor of Rotary
International. Mr. Nix spoke on
the high idealistic advantages made
possible to the young people of
our country, and the world as
well, through the Boy Scout move
ment, stressing the important op
portunity to train the youth of to
day to be the leaders of tomorrow.
Mr. Nix highly complemented the
splendid work done by the Scout
leaders of the Daniel Boone coun
cil for their work with the youth
of this area. The report for the
year 1947, showed that very much
material gains were made by the
Smoky Mountain district, and
much progress was noted for the
entire council.
The Smoky Mountain district,
under the leadership of W. C. Hen
nessee who attended with a group
of 50 Scouters of Smoky Mt. Dis.
trict, for the third time was award
ed the attendence trophy. A rath
er amusing incident happened
during the award. A dejected
member of another district and a
close contender for the cup re
marked: "We might as well let
them keep the cup and just go out
and get another one.-' An alert
member of the Daniel Boone coun
cil retorted, in true scouting spirit,
"Yes, and we'll win that one too!"
Hugh Montieth, vice president
of the Daniel Boone council and
resident of this city, and B. E. Col
kitt, of Waynesville were present
ed with the award of the Silver
Beaver, which is the highest honor
to be confered on a Volunteer
Scouter. The award is, for long,
faithful, and meritorious service
and devotion to the scouting move
ment.
Car Inspection Lane
Will Be Set-Up In Sylva
The State of North Carolina's
new law, requiring all motor ve
hicles to be inspected during 1948,
went into effect January 1. This
inspection will be carried on ill
each county as the program gets
underway, State Highway Patrol
man Charles Lindsay, stated this
week. An inspection lane 15 by
150 feet will be provided in or
near Sylva for Jackson? county.
Just how soon tho lane will be In
operation here Mr. Lindsay did
not know. Some "lanes" have al
ready opened in the Eastern part
of the state.
Jackson Farm Cooperative
Pays 10 Per Cent Dividend
| Farmers Cooperative -
Docs $35,000 Business
In Four Months Period
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Jackson County
Farmers Cooperative held the last
of December the directors author
ized the payment of 10 per cent
to all stockholders for the pur
chases made at the local store. This
1 means that if a stockholder has
| purchased $100 worth of merchan
j di>?e at the store he has been paid
|>$10.00 in cash, which is his part of
! the profits made on sales during
the four months the store has'beeri
j in operation. This was ba^ed on
' the profits after all operating costs |
1 had been deducted. Also it has been
announced that 6 per cent is being
paid on all stock held by members i
1 of the cooperative. The directors j
I announced total business for the
four months at 535,000.00
These few rhonths, they said,
"have been pretty tough, but it
r looks brighter now and we * sk
the continued cooperation of the
j farmers of the county."
"This is truly a long awaited
Farmers Cooperative and the busi
ness invites your participation.*
"Mr. A. L. Southard is doing a
splendid job as manager of the
1 business and we urge you to tell
him so when you go in to offer
him your help."
J. S. Mitchell, chairman of the
Jackson County Farmers Coopera
tive, announces vthat a business
meeting of the organization will
be held in the courthouse on Sat
urday, January 17, at \fi a. m.
Every farmer in Jackson couAty is
urged to attend this meeting.