AMERICA
First, Last and
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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.
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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
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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.