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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald VOL. XXII, NO. 35 Svlva. X. C Thursday, January 29, 1948 The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack' son ... A progressive, well balanced county. $2.00 A Year ? 5c Copy Two-State Group Asks More Smoky Park Funds Jackson County Bank Pays Dividend, Reports Best Year In History Officers And Directors Elected For Coming Year, W. R. Enloe Is President According to reports submitted to the stockholders of the Jackson ^County Bank at their annual meet ing on Tuesday, January 20, the bank had one of the best years of business in its history. The report showed that a 10 per cent dividend was paid on the common capital stock, $5,000 was added to the sur plus account and approximately $15,000 was left in the undivided profits account. The common capital stock of the bank was increased from $50,000 to $100,000 during the year cf 1947 which was through the sale of new stock. The bank now has a capital of $100,000 and surplus of $100,000. pirectors elected for the year were: S. W. Enloe, E. L. McKee, R. W. Harris, R. L. Ariail, E. P. Stillwell. Dr. D. D. Hooper and W. H. Snyder. Immediately following the stock holders meeting the directors elect ed the following officers: S. W. Enloe, president; R. L. Ariail, ex ecutive vice president; E. L. Mc Kee, first *vice president and chair man of the board; R. W. Harris, 2nd vice president; W. J. Fisher, cashier and assistant secretary and W. W. Bryson, assistant cashier. MASS MEETING Tuckaseigee Baptist Association. There will be a called mass meeting at the Sylva Baptist church, Saturday, January 30, at 2:30 P. M. AlcoJioL beer and wine . . . what a curse to Jackson coun ty, North Carolina, and to our na tion! Let us help to make Jackson county a better place in which to live . . . free from this evil. The people of Jackson county are urg ed to attend. C. M. Warren, Moderator Calendar of Events Saturday, January 31 ? The Lead ership conference of the Wom an's Missionary Union of the Tuckaseigee Baptist association will meet with the Sylva Baptist church at 10:15 a. m. Mrs. B. S. Hensley, asso. pres. Monday, February 2 ? The Wood men of the World will meet in the W.O.W. hall at 7 p. m. Jeff Hedden, council commander. Monday, February 2 ? The Wesley an Service Guild will meet with Misses Martha Barnett and Dair Swanson at their apartment at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Noracelle Wilson, president. Monday, February 2 ? The Gaynelle Murray circle will meet with Mrs. Joe Deitz at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Jesse Buchanan, president. Monday, February 2 ? The Carrie Rhodes circle will meet with Mrs. Fred M. Williams at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Raymond Stovall, pres. Tuesday, February 3 ? The Rotary | club will have a dinner meeting in Allison building at 6:30 p. m. Dr. D. D. Hooper, president. Wednesday, February 4 ? The Hal- j cyon Woman's club will meet with Mrs. Grayson Cope at 7:30, p. m. Mrs. Roger Dillard, pres. i Wednesday, February 4 ? The ? Woman's Missionary Society of j the Baptist church will meet with 1 Mrs. R. L. Glenn at 3 p. m. Mrs. Crawford Smith, president. Thursday, February 5 ? The B. H. Cathey chapter, United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, will meet with Mrs. Dan Tompkins at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. J. A. Bryson, president. Thursday, February 5 ? The Dills- | boro Masonic lodge. No. 459. will . meet in the Masonic hall, Dills- ! boro at 7 p. m. Bumgarner, ' w. m. 1 In selecting a permanent site for j the tobacco bed, deep loamy soils 1 that warm up quickly are most de sirable. - 80SSA MON'S In Sylva Seeks Senate Seat W. H. CRAWFORD, above, an nounced this week that he will be a candidate in the May Democrat ic Primary for the nomination for the State Senate of this the 32nd Senatorial District. Mr. Crawford is now serving his third year as principal of Sylva high school. He has taught in the schools of Jack son county for \he past 12 years. He is a graduate of Western Caro lina Teachers College. COUNTY'S RURAL PROPERTY SHOWS HUGE VALUATION property in Jackson coun ty is now worth more than $4,692, 000, and rural homes here and through the state are in the best condition in history, according to a report just released by the Tile Council of America. More than 75 per cent of farm dwellings in North Carolina and the South are in excellent condi tion or need only such minor re pairs as painting or general main tenance, the report revealed. Only 61.1 per cent were in good repair in 1940. The report was based on Bureau of the Census surveys. "The rise in farm incomes and property values since 1940 has been accompanied by a great in crease in the number of rural hom es equipped with such modern con veniences as electric lights, tiled baths and showers and running wa ter," said F. B. Ortman, chairman of the Council's residential con struction committee. Electricity, for instance, has gone into hundreds of thousands of the nation's rural dwellings since 1940, Ortman noted. More than 59 per cent oi all farm, hemes now have electric* lights, in contrast to 31.3 per cent in 1940. More than 32 per com of rural dwellings in the United States to day have running wa'er, and 20.1 per cent have private baths, ac cording to the Tile Council report. In 1940. 17.7 per cent had running water and only 10.6 per cent pri vate baths. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Belle Thompson Funeral services for Mrs. Liz zie Belle Thompson, 65, who died January 19, following a short ill ness at her home at Beta, were held Tuesday, January 20. at the Scotts Creek Baptist church. Of ficiating were Rev. B. S. Hensley and Rev. T. F. Deitz. Burra-l was in Old Savannah cemetery. She is survived by one son, Frank Thompson of Sylva; three daughters, Mrs. Ted Emerson, Can ton, Mrs. Richard Taylor, Brevard, and Miss Ora Mae Thompson of Sylva; three sisters, Miss Sally Barker of Sylva, Rt. 1, Miss Lou Earkcr of Danville, Va. and Mrs. Lola Thorpe of Sylva; two broth ers, Herschel Barker of Greenville, S. C., and James Barker of Dan ville, Va.; and six grandchildren. Moody Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements. SNIPES ANNOUNCES WORKSTOCK CLINIC FOR JACKSON STOCK Again this year farmers in Jack- j son county have a chance to have ; their workstock examined and treated for internal parasites or J ether ailments by a licensed vet- I erinarian at a series of horse and mule clinics to be held during the second week in February. If you have noticed any loss of weight, unthriftiness, or digestive troubles in your workstock lately, ' don't delay having them treated.. These troubles are no doubt caused by internal parasites which so of- 1 ten do serious damage to both old ; horses and colts. Have you ever | noticed that it costs more to fged a wormy animal and he will do | lc:?s work than one in good health? Therefore, with the high price of grain, farmers generally will no doubt desire to have their work stock treated at the clinics in or der to save on the feed bills alone. The teeth of horses often become irregular, especially those of old horses, leaving rough, ragged edges which cause pain and prevent pro per chewing of food, therefore, the veterinarian will be prepared for floating teeth where necessary. A free examination will be given all animals at the clinics by the veterinarian, and treatment for bots and roundworms, floating teeth, etc. will be available at the same time, if desired, and under the same terms as last year. Feed and water should be with held from the animals for at least 18 hours prior to treatment. Tell all your neighbors about these clinics and encourage them to come and bring their workstock. M. L. Snipes, County Agent. Mrs. Doris Bprreft Honors By O. E. S. Mrs. Doris Barrett, a member of Oce chapter, No. 139, Order of the Eastern Star, of Dillsboro, has recently been appointed by the O. E. S. of the State of Vermont to serve as Vermont's Grand Re presentative in the State of North Carolina. With this honorary ap pointment, Mrs. Barrett received a special invitation to attend the Grand Chapter meeting in Vermont as a guest of honor. HE'S BEING HELPED BY YOUR DIMES Th^se big brown eyes of little three-year-old son of Mrs. C. L. Brooks of Mor. C\. are shining with happi. ess because he is recovering from an attack of infantile paraly sis that sent h;m to the Gastonia Orthopedic Hospital. Were it not for the dimes and dollars contri buted by North Carolina citizens the expert treatment and care he has received would not have been available. In the current March of ! Dimes Governor Cherry and Sup ! erintendent. of Public Instruction ! Clyde Erwin have urgently appeal ed to the people of this state to double their efforts to help com | bat this dread disease. MEET ON GERMAN BIZONAL PLAN -cm:m MiStM MEETING IN FRANKFURT to discuss new plans for a Bizonal Economic Ad ministration in Germany, Gem. Lucius D. Clay (left). U. S. Military Gov ernor of the occupied zone, shakes hands with Lt Gen. Sir Brian Robert* ton, British Military Governor. They conferred with eight minister presidents at the Bizone. Condemning the plan, a Soviet Army paper indicated that an attempt will be made to force the Western Allies from Berlin, althoi^h they have no Intention of withdrawing. ( International ) Leaders See Better Farming In Jackson As Results Of The Veterans Training Program By T. W. Ashe Asst. Teacher, Sylva School The Veteran's Farmer Training Program was instituted for the specific purpose of training and equipping young veterans, who wish to make farming their voca tion, to become proficient in the modern farm practices, and be able to put into action the approved practices that will make for them ^decent livelihoods ? Some of the praeticcs now being carried on with the Sylva Farm Training Program should be of interest to every citizen of Jack son county who i> interested in the agricultural development of this area. If we are to become self sup porting farmers, we arc going to have to wake up to the fact that the old system generally practic ed in this area will have to under go some radical changes. The study of soil and its manage ment, as undertaken by the vet erans and teachers of the Sylva School, will in a very short time show added improvement in its productivity compared to our old hap-hazard, hit or miss method of farming. Soil testing tells us what1 we need to add to the soil to bring | it into balance so that our crops will receive the proper foods nec essary for full production. I Home improvements such as put ting water in the house, screen ing, painting, lights, and lawn im- : provement arc being stressed and many of these practices have al ready been accomplished. F< rm improvements ;,ro also bein& stressed and many new bain.-, poultry j.oum-n, c ; n nouses, ciiid tool sheds have been construct ed or are heinq pla.v^ed arc! wil! he constructed j p. re;.*- :uture. Pasture jmpr <v( :r.e; t heir;;', Continued on page 11 IT WAS A BIG CAT? WHILE IT LASTED As many of our readers know The Sylva Herald occasionally ? receives a news letter from Hamilton. Washington, written by a former resident of Jackson county, containing items of inter est I ccally about people now liv ing out in the West who once lived in Jackson. Among other items contained in the letter last week was the one about the Parker brothers killing a large Couger. In making up the pages of the paper this part of the Hamilton news became seperated from the orig nal head ing a which made the "Big Cat" story\read as if it happened in JacRton county. If there are any s\ich cats in these mountains ytfwr editor hopes he will never meVt one wh jtr\ he is alone, j The story caused much com -\ ment and we \ ope The HeraldV hasn't been taken for too big a \ "story teller." Miss Martha Barnett To Be Assistant State School Lunch Supervisor | Miss Martha Barnett has accept ed the position as assistant state supervisor of the school lunch rooms and plans to take up her new work February 15, with head quarters in Winston-Salem. Since August 1, 1947 Miss Bar - s; hrpn employed with the Welfare department as a " case worker. Prior to that time she was home management supervisor with the Farm Security administration, now known as the Farmer's Home administration, which position she held for four years. During her stay here Miss Bar nett has been active in the work of the Methodist church of which she is a member, as well as club and other civic enterprises. j Rev. J. J. Kincaid Comes To Webster Charge The people o f Webster and Jack son county are glad to welcome Rev. John J. Kincaid of Grecns boro as the new pastor of the Web a Vster charge. He arrived Friday, Jan. l(i. and began his duties the following Sunday. Besides the Web ster church, Rev. Mr. Kincaid will also serve Love's Chapel, Wesley anna, John's Creek, East LaPorte, ' and Speedwell Methodist churches. Mr. Kincaid comes from Proxim ity Methodist church in Greens- ' ! oro and has been preaching in that p; rt of the stale for the past eigiit years. He is now doing ome impair w irk r,n the parsonage, pre paratory tn bringing Mrs. Kincaid and their three; children to Web -ster next week. Th< ? Web.-'ter cl.arge hi s been without pastor since conference met last October and Rev. W. Q. Grigg of Sylva and Rev. H. T. Houts of Cullowhee have been supplying and doing their utmost to serve the people of these churches. Bowers Will Open New Store Friday Officials of The Bower's Stores of Asheville and Knoxville an nounce the reopening of a modern new store in Sylva Friday morn ing at 9:00 o'clock. The return to Sylva will be featured with a grand opening sale. The Bower's store :s not new to Sylva as this firm op erated here for ten years prior to lo-ing their lea-e last year. At that time officials stated they would re turn as soon as a location could be secured. The new store is located | in the new Schulman building re ? cently completed on Main street. I Mr. Leon Shook, of Asheville, a I j veteran of World War IT, . will be t the local manager. He and Mrs. i^horfk and their young child are ^ nVjw making their home in 'he a \p - rtrrop.t over the new store. N. C. Park Commission Protests Parkway Toll Members of the N. C. Nation I al Parkway and Forests Devel opment Commission and other civic leaders of Western North Carolina met with National Park officials in their offices in Washington last Friday morning to cftscuss the que* tion of toll for the Blue Ridge Parkway. A formal protest against the government's proposal to col lect a toll from motorists travel ing on the parkway was present ed in a written statement at a meeting held in Washington on Wednesday. The members entered three objections to the toll: that the parkway was partially paid for by the states of Virginia and North Carolina; that its use would be retarded by charging a j toll in the parkway's present incomplete state; and that to ! charge a fee would" result in boosting costs to the state for ac quiring additional rights of way. Park officials were reluctant to agree to the no toll proposi tion, but the commission now feels that the toll will not be put ' in effect for the time being at any rate. THOMAS ANNOUNCES RATING FOR EATING, 1 .PUCES, MARKETS C. B. Thomas, sanitarian, dis- 1 I trict health department, announces! j grades for food handling establish 1 ments for the quarter ending De cember 31, 1947. Grade "A" eating establishments' ? College^ Soda Shop 95.0; Trail way I3us Station Cafe 95.0; Sylva j Pharmacy 92.0; Velt's Cafe 91.0; t-?lark s Place Lunch 90,0; Grey I rtone Lodge 90.0. Grade "B" eating establishments ? Park Lunch room 86.0; Old Mill Inn 8(5.0; Maple Springs 85.0; The ?Griil 82.0; Snack Shop, Cashiers 80.0; Buck's Soda Shop, 80.0. I Grade "C" eating establishments ? Bird's Cale 77.0: The Coffee Shop 73.5. Meat Markets ? Reed's market ?7.5; Sanitary Market 84.5; Bat tle's Market 81.0: Sylva Supply Market 80.0; Dixie Home Store , Market 80. (IT*" and Farmers Federa tion 76.0. Grade "A" Dairies- ? Wholesale or milk to be u^d for Pastucriza tion; Boyd Brown, Burton Bum garner, Q. E. Holcombe, Homer Tiypin, Sunnybr^ok, Western Car olina Teachers College. Grade "A" PaMurized Milk, re tail ? Pet Dairies, Nantahala ! I Creameries, Southern Dairies. Schools To Be Closed For Wine-Beer Election .Due to the fact that there have been no other places provided for county-wide voting other than i' the schoolhouse, all schools of the county will be closed next Tues day, February .'i, because of the special election for and against the legal sale of wine and beer in the county. This announcement was made from the office of County Superintendent < f schools, Frank M. Crawford. LOW BUDGET FOR . SMOKIES ATTACKED AS INADEQUATE Joint N. C. ? Tennessee Committee Presents Problem In Washington Joining other civic leaders and officials from Western North Caro lina Jackson county was repre sented at the park meeting held in Washington last Thursday by its National Park, Parkway and For ests development committee mem bem, R. U. Sutton, and J. A. Gray 01 the Chamber of Commerce. The gioup made it clear to members of Congress and park officials at this meeting that the proposed fed eral budget lacked more than a million and a half dollars of meet ing the conservative recommenda tions 01 a committee from the two states for lurther development of the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park. A joint committee, composed of members ol the Tennessee Depart ment of Conservation, and the North Carolina Park Commission recently met and recommended a budget of $2,204,000. Last week President Truman presented the budget to Congress which called for $636,899 for the same items, a difference of $1,567,101. The largest single difference came under the head of physical improvements. Mr. Truman rec ommended $58,300, while the joint committee recommends $545,000. For minor roads and trails the committee recommended $111,100 as against the proposed budget of $2,600. Mr. Truman recommended $70, 000 less than the joint committee for administration, protection and maintenance, while both agreed on the figure of $35,000 for forest and tire r7vtec4*on. The federal budget was $163,000 under the committee's askings on road maintenance. Heazel Presents Claims Using a large map of the Park, Francis J. Heazel, of Ashoville, act ed as spokesman for the two states in presenting the claims for larger appi opriations to carry out the rec ommended program within the Smokies. The joint committee, in request ing that the administration, protec tion and maintenance fund be in creased from $145,099 ? as listed in the presidential budget ? to $215, 000, warned that the Park Service will be lftft short of personnel such as rangers, wardens, naturalists and others required for proper service to the public. What can one park naturalist do when his activities must be spread over 720 square miles of rugged mountain territory and answering the questions of 1,167,000 people annually?, the committee spokes man asked. It is "preposterous" to assume that one permanent natur alist can meet this need, and the presently-approved budget, it was claimed, will provide "for a skele ton staff little more than that orig inally provided to open up the Park." Road Maintenance In asking that road maintenance ? Continued on page 2 County Agricultural Workers Discuss Long-Range Program On Friday, January 23, the* County Agricultural Workers! Council met in the AAA office with ; the following present: John F. Corbin, W. T. Brown, C. D. Deitz, ! T. W. Ashe, M. L. Snipes, Dennis Higdon, Charlie Evans and J. C. : McDarris. Mr. W. W. Sloan from the Nantahala Power and Light Company was a guest and gave a demonstration of a hay drier. : Mr. Corbin, chairman of the group, made a short talk and stat ed he would do all in his power t r > make the council a success and if everyone would pitch in he knew service could be given to the county. He said he hoped the group through cooperation would make ?"action" their motto, rather than words. The purpose of the meeting was >to discuss a proposed long range agricultural program for the na tion and make recommendation to the Secretary of Agriculture. The present agricultural programs were felt to be needed and the Secre tary's plan was adopted with a recommendation that greater au thority be given to the states and counties in carrying out the pro ! grams. ! The proposed legislation in Con j gress to establish an agricultural building in each county to house ; all agencies was felt to be needed. ? The group voted a resolution for its approval. The group adjourned at 5 p. m. The next meeting will be held February 20, with W. T. Brown leading the discussion on approved agricultural practices.