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VOL. XXII, NO. 38 -
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Feb. 19, 1948
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SYLVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORDERED
CLOSED
Judge Phillips Holding
February Term Of Jackson
Superior Court This Week
Karl Warlick, Former
Chief Of Police, Found
Guilty Of Malfeasance
The regular two-weeks term of
Jackson County Superior Court
convened Monday morning at 10
o'clock with Judge Don C. Phillips,
presiding. Baxter C. Jones, recent
ly appointed solicitor for this dis
trict, began his official duties in
representing the State. Mr. Jones
was appointed by Governor Cherry
to fill the vacancy created by the
? appointment of Dan K. Moore,
formerly solicitor df the district,
to judge of the district.
Following the charge of Judge
Phillips to the Grand Jury the fol
lowing' cases were disposed of:
Karl Warlicic; Jormer Chief of
police of Sylva, charged with mis
appropriation of funds of the town
of Sylva was found guilty of mal
feasance in office and sentenced
to the roads by Judge Phillips, who
then suspended the sentence for
18-months upon good behavior.
Willard B. Womack?-carrying a
concealed weapon, pleaded guilty.
Fined $50.00 and cost.
Herbert McCall, pleads not guil
ty, for^ihe possession and selling
unlaw^il whisky. Found not guilty
in first account for sale of whiskey
and guilty in second account for
possession of unlawful whiskey.
Sentenced to six months on road.
Isaac Welch, non-support of wife
and two children, sentenced to
twelve months on the road.
Arthur Woodard, pleads guilty
to forgery in various parts of State,
sentenced to road for not less than
one year and not more than two
years.
Ralph K. Morgan, pleaded guilty
to driving drunk, fined $100 and
cost, cannot drive a motor vehicle
for a period of twelve months.
Wayne W. Dills, pleads guilty to
driving drunk, sent to the road
for twelve months.
Roy C. Moore, charged with
driving drunk, suspended for three
.years, fined $100 and not to op
erate a motor vehicle for 12 mos.
Parson Kincade, Jr., charged
with dirving drunk, pleaded guilty,
suspended for two years, fined
$150 and cost, also not to drive
a motor vehicle for 12 months.
Grand jury found a true bill
against Hitt Bryson for perjury.
Osborne L. Ball, driving drunk,
four months on roads, suspended
on payment of $100 fine and cost.
Driver's license revoked for one
year.
Raymond Mace, assault with
deadly weapon, six months.
Roscoe Ramsey, driving drunk,
18 months, suspended on payment
of $100 fine and cost. License re
voked for 12 months.
John C. Estes, driving drunk,
18 months, suspended on payment
of $100 fine and cost. License re
voked for 12 months.
W. D. Yonally Passes
In Eustis Florida
News has been received here of
the passing of Mr. W. D. Yonally,
79,' of Eustis, Florida on February
11.
He was married some years ago
to Miss Maggie Bryson of Jackson
county, who survives. Also sur
viving are two children, Mrs. Reta
Bacon, of Winter Haven, Fla., and
A. -C. Yonally of Eustis, and sev
eral grandchildren.
Attend Dealer's
Pontiac Meeting
In line with its policy of main
taining up-to-the-minute service
technique, Pontiac Motor Division
of General Motors is conducting
nation-wide service schools on me-,
chanical innovations in the 1948
Pontiac models. Such a school was
held in AsheviUe February 4, 5,
and 6 with factory representatives
as instructors. Attending the school
from Sylva, representing Hooper
Motor Company, Pontiac dealer for
this area, were M. K. Moody and
J. H. Patterson.
FARM BUREAU TU
HULD FEBRUARY
MEETING SATURDAY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Jackson County Farm Bureau
! will be held Saturday morning,
February 21, at 11 o'clock at
the courthouse. A feature on the
program will be a report of the
recent state meeting held in Ashe
ville by Blaine Nicholson, delegate
from th? Jackson unit.
At the January meeting the
following commodity committees
were appointed:
Livestock ? SHman Mitchell,
Ralph Hunter, D. G. Bryson, Blaine
Nicholson, and Robert Holden.
Dairying ~?-F, H. Brown, Jr..
Dennis Higdon, John T. Jones.
Farm Crops ? Lee Bumgarner,
John T. Jones, Ben Nicholson.
Fruit and Vegetables ? John
Farley, Neil Tucker, L. A. Am
nions.
Poultry ? Bill Lewis, Warren
Alexander, Neil Prince.
Tobacco ? Lee Bumgarner, Mrs.
Jessie Cordell, Dennis Higdon,
Walter Ashe, T. A. Jackson.
All committee members are es
pecially urged to be present for
this meeting.
Remember our 1947 quota for
new members is 365. All members
are urged to bring at least one new
member to the February meeting.
WNCAC WILL MEET
AT ANDREWS ON
THURSDAY, FEB. 24
_Nfixl_mfieting_oi Western North
Carolina Associated Communities
will begin at 12:30 pf m. Tuesday,
February 24 at the Terrace hotel,
Andrews, according to an an
nouncement by the secretary, C.
M. Douglas of Brevard.
Among the topics to be taken up
at the meeting is the industrial
survey of Western North Carolina
(now ready for distribution), the
proposed Indian pageant, an ad
vertising booklet for this -area,
music festival and fair.
Secretary Douglas states that a
report will be made on favorable
action taken by Washington auth
orities since the Smoky Mountains
Park promotional meeting there in
January.
Sunday Speaker For
Baptist Radio Hour
Atlanta, January 28 ? "Mar
riages Are Made" is the subject of
"The Baptist Hour" for February
22, with Dr. T. F.?Adams of Rich
mond, Virginia as speaker, it was
announced today by the Radio
Commission of the Southern Bap
tist Convention, Atlanta, S. F.
Lowe, Director. Heard over Sta
tion WWNC at (8:30 A. M. EST.)
"The Baptist Hour" series "Divine
Light For Daily Living," consid
ers one of the most vital problems
of our day, the home, in the last
two Sundays of February.
Dr. Adams, who will be heard
both weeks, is pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Richmond, and
one of the most popular speakers
ever to appear on "The Baptist
Hour," having spoken in 1942. He
is an expert in the field of mar
riage and the home. His subject
for February 21 will be "A House
With a Home Inside."
Featured on the February 22
program, will be the sixth favorite
hymn, determined by a poll among
interested listeners, including six
and a half million Southern Bap
tists.
Memorial Service For
James U. Adams
Memorial services were held in
Longview community church,
Longview, Wash., on Sunday, Jan
uary 25, 1948, at 8 o'clock p. m. in
memory of James U. Adams, who
passed away April 11, 1947.^The
Rev. E. H. Gebert was in charge
of the service. Those attending the
service were. Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Adams, of Kelso, Washington, and
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Reece, former
ly of Robbinsville, N. C., now re
siding in Lelso.
Taylors Receiving Deed To Farm
Luther Taylor and wife, Gladys,
of Dillsboro, are shown above re
ceiving a deed to their farm from
J. C. McDarris, FHA Supervisor.
They are among the first in thin
section of the State to. buy a farm
through the program offered by
the Farmers Home Adm. to dis
abled veteans.
Througn this plan it -is possible
fcr a disabled veteran to purchase
less than a full sized family type
farm but still he is expected to
devote his major activity to farm
ing. He is not supposed to use it
just as a rural residence.
Luther Taylor and his wife are
interested in making farming their
means of livelihood. He was mus
tered out of service in 1945 with
a chestful of ribbons and 4 battle
stars after serving 4 years, 6
months and 16 days. He had
dreamed of returning to Jackson
county and get a new start in |
farming. He had nothing to begin I
with and it was a iucky day when
he heard of the Veterans Agricul
ture Training Program being held
at the Sylva High School by Mr.
John F. C'irbin. Agriculture Teach
er.
Ho was enrolled as a student
and even thougn he had to rent
land he has made remarkable pro
gress in that program. During two
years time he has accumulated $600
worth of livestock, S300 worth of
feed and seed, $300 worth of farm
ing equipment, household goods,
some money in the bank and no
debts.
Luther was not bad dissatisfied
with the progress he was making
(Continued on page 8)
Records Prove Vet
Farm Trainees
Ahead of Fathers
By L. A. AMMONS
Vocational Agriculture Instructor
During the year 1947 there were
58 Veterans taking Farm Training
under the department of Agricul
ture at the Glenville High School.
At the end of the year the boys
taking courses had to turn in a
dollars and cents report of their
years doings, and from these re
ports some figures have been tak
en to show what has been'done in
only four items out of the entire
lengthy report they had to make.
Money spent for fertilizers-$5814.00
Spent for repairs to build.-4960.00
Spent on new buildings - 5143.00
Value of livestock now
onhand-11924.00
Value of feed on hand Jan. l-$9328
Other parts of their reports were
just as good as these parts, and
what looked best was the small
amount spent for hired labor. Much
of the extra labor needed for har
vest time was secured by swap
ping work with their neighbors.
The boys were told to be good
neighbors and do just such trades.
To the unsung heros or heroines:
How these War Brides did work
to help out, at home and in the
fields, from daylight to dark. I
know one that put herself in the
bed by carrying on. Regardless of
how humble their home, there
were the latest flowers well at
tended. Inside you found efforts
to make the home appear as best
they could.
The net income of our farmers
before the war was around $300.00.
These boys made it near the $600.00
mark. True wartime prices help
ed. Heard many say that now they
have much 'feed stored up they
expect to do a much better job in
saving money. Starting from
scratch and making an average of
$600.00 net is m6re than our fore
fathers could do.
The average Veteran will stay
in school for three years, and with
such efforts as put forth the past
year, you will see a goodly num
ber of our young men on their feet
equal to their fathers at 45 years of
age. Well that is what the help is
for and they are using the help to
that end.
Funeral Held Friday
For Jack Angel, 22,
At Lovedale Church
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 2 o'clock p. m. at Lovedale
Baptist church for Jack Angel, 22,
who died Tuesday in a Winston
Salem hospital following an opera
tion of*& few days previous. Burial
was in the Lovedale cemetery. The
pastor, Rev. Gordon Scruggs, of
ficiated.
Mr. Angel had been suffering
with mastoid trouble lor a number
of years. He was employed as a
mechanic at Ccgclii! Motor Com
pany. He was a member of the
Lovedale church. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. 0.?bor.\e Angel, of
Sylva. Route 1.
Pallbearers we e, Woodrow
Cowan, Gene Cow. .1, James and
Earl Payne and Shi.Icy Bryson.
Surviving are the parents, five
brother.-; Grady, M...k. Ted, Hom
er. and Pat, and fou. sisters, Irene,
Christine, Blanche and Grace.
Agricultural Workers .
Council To Meet Friday
The February meeting of the
Agricultural Workers Council
will be heid Friday. February
20. The meeting will begin at 3
P. M. in the Agricultural Build
ing of the Sylva High School.
The group is composed of the
County Agent, AAA Chairman,
FHA Supervisor, Forester, Ag
ricultural Teachers and the as
sistants of the above. All are
urged to be present. W. T. Brown
is in charge of the program. '
John F.. Corbin is chairman of
the group.
803SAM0NS
In Sylva
Turpin Seeks Nomination
For Representative
By Larry W. Mull
James A. Turpin has announced
his candidancy for nomination for
the office of Representitive from
Jackson county in the General As
sembly of North Carolina, subject
to the action of the voters in the
Democratic primary to be held in
May.
Mr. Turpin, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Baxter Turpin, was
born and reared in Waynesville,
Haywood county. He has held many
positions in both Haywood and
Jackson counties.
Simply to hint at his multiplex
nature: At the age of 25 he became
Chief of Police of Waynesville, a
position he held for several years.
During his reign there he also
served as a deputy sheriff of Hay
wood county; was elected twice
and served on the board of alder
men.
Wh^le holding his job in Waynes
ville as Chief of Police, Mr. Tui
pin accepted the job of Chief of
Police of Sylva by special request
of the Sylva board of aldermen.
He served with the town of Sylva
for a good many years, also the
county, being a deputy under the
late Charlie Mason. Mr. Turpin
received much praise for helping
to check crime during his service
for the town of Sylva.
In 1940 Mr. Turpin accepted the
position of superintendent of the
State Prison Camp at Whittier and
on Jan. 1, 1947 retired from the
organization-Avitfr the ~LaW En
forcement Officers Benefit and Re
tirement Fund, the organization
headquarters are in Raleigh.
Since adopting Jackson county
as his home, Mr. Turpin has taken
a keen interest in the activities of
his community, and is interested
in the progress of Jackson county
and Western North Carolina.
Mr. Turpin stated in an inter
view with this reporter that he
was especially interested in the
school teachers of Jackson coun
ty, the country roads and the work
ing men. He emphasized that the
much neglected roads hamper the
education of the youngsters of
Jackson county, and that's what
every parent should strive for.
If nominated ar.fi elected in the
forthcoming elect:--n, Mr. Turpin
said he would re;.resent the citi
zens of Jackson county to the best
of his ability.
Along The Political Front
? The political nog in Jackson Young Frank H. Bi.r.vn. Jr., of
county is beginning to fill with Cullowhoe. farm le.a'c:. and James
hats that arc being t<*^cd in for A. Turpin, former c.ty police chief
the various county ;.r.rl state of- and active in p"!i*ic\.l circle?, are
fices. Jackson has one candidate botn seek 104 oMjcc as represcnta
this year seeking a state office in tive in the lower hou>e.
our former Representative Dan Judge Dan K. Moore, recently
Tompkins, who :> making the race, appointed Judge of the 20th Diak
for Lieutenan* Governor. Mr. trict, has filed with the State
Tompkins announced last >pring Board as a candidate in the May
that he would make the race and pi imary.
was among the !ir,t to file with the Thc campilign is shaping up as
State Board of ejections. Recent cne of thc hottc.t in the county
trips to Raleigh ;.nd the eastern Jp rccent years.
part of the State have been very Xhe Herald would like lo state
; encouraging; Mr. Tompkins says. lhilt> a. fdr as thc Cond,dates and
The first local race announced races are concerned, the field is
was by W. H. Crawford, for State wide open and that their pictures
1 Senate. Mr. Crawford, now princi- and announcements are handled
I pal of the Sylva high school, made as brought in to us. If one candi
his announcement several weeks date wishes and pays for a larger
ago. Since that time Mrs. E. L. Mc- picture than another that is his or
Kee has announced for the same j her privilege. It is not the Herald
office. I making any discrimination.
Action Taken Following Grand
Jury's Recommendation As
To Condition Of Building
LOT FOR CHURCH
PURCHASED BY SYLVA
PRESBYTERIANS
The building and finance com
mittee for the proposed Presby
terian church in Sylva announced
this week that the deed for the lot
on which the structure will be
erected has been executed and is
now on record in the Register of
Deed's office in the name of the
trustees of the Sylva Presbyterian
church. The lot on which the build
ing is to be erected is lot No. 4 in
the sub-division of the Monteith
property, in the City park area.
The deed to the property was ex
ecuted by Earl D. Higdon and sis
ter Joe M. Higdon. The lot is ap
proximately 100 by 300 feet.'
Plans for the new church have
been drawn and will be presented
next week to the architect of this,
The Appalachian, Synod at his of
fice in Salisbury.
Work on the building, which is
to be of brick and steel, is expected
to get underway in the early spring.
Tnrough the courtesy of the
members of the Episcopal church
the Presbyterians are now holding
regular services in their building..
The Rev. W. H. Wakefield ls pastor
of the church.
FUNERAL RITES FOR
MRS. ETTA DAVIS HELD
Funerul services v;e:e conducter'.
for Mrs. Ktta Davis. 71, who died
Tuesday morning at the home of
her daughter, Mr-". L. H. Cannon in
Webster, at the Webstei Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock with the Rev. .J P. Kincaid
and Rev. W. N. C" ? !?' ?>!!':ciating.
! Burial w is m the Web>ter ceme
! tery.
Mrs. D ?is \va- a native of Jack
son county and had .-pent her en
tire life here. She was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Snyder. Srre had hncn a member
of the Webster Meth? ?di>t church
; for a number of years. Mrs. Davis
I was the widow of the late Joe
i Davis, ie iding citizen and politi
cian, having served as county
treasurer for a number of years.
Surviving are ii\e sons, Whit
Davis of Asheville, Don, Douglas
and Woodford ot Webster, and
Glenn of Sylva; two daughters,
Mrs. Cannon and Miss Myrtle
Davis of Webster: nd 12 grand
children.
Bank To Be Closed
Monday For Holiday
Officials ot T :i J.?.kson County
Bank h ive announced that the
bank wiil be cl?>-ed f? ?r business
i on Monday, February 23. which is
a legai holiday '!" .<? holiday is
the occasion o! Of . _ \Y ..-hing
ton's birthd iy wh.cii .- on Sunday
tr?e 22nd.
Engineers Inspect Building,
Will Report To Board
At 10:30 Thursday A. M.
The people of Jackson county,
and Sylva in particular, were jolt
ed out of their complacency Tues
day a I term-on when the word got
around that Judge Don C. Phillips
had executed an order to the Board
of Education prohibiting the hold
ing of classes in the Sylva Elemen
tary school building and ordering
the s her ill' to padlock the doors
and wir.dcws to prevent anyone
entering the building from that
moment until some provision is
made making the building safe.
The Judge's order followed oil
the heels of a report by the grand
jury sitting at this, the February
term of Jackson Superior court,
in which the jury reported the
building in an unsafe condition.
This order threw the entire ele
mentary school system, affecting
some 550 students, into a state jf
confusion, and started school of
ficials casting about-for some tem
porary relief. At this time nothing
has been done, pending a meeting
and report this, Thursday morn
ing. at 10:30 of the Board of Edu
cation with an architect and en
gineer of an Asheville firm who
inspected the building Wednesday
afternoon.
Judge Phillip',, order is as fol
lows:
To Frank C. Crawford, Supt. of
Public Irstuction of Jackson
County, and W. V. Cope, Princi
pal of the Sylva Elementary
School, and C. C. Middleton,
> fcht nil ?.oi Jatkson County,
Greetiv^:
The Grand Jury at this torn of
(Continued from page 8)
COUNTY TEACHERS
HEAR FORESTRY
OFFICIALS HERE
In the absence of the County
superintendent, F. M. Crawford,
O. V. Cope, principal of the Sylva
Element.'.ry school, presided at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Jackson county teachers when they
met Friday afternoon at the Sylva
school.
y
N. R. Be.'.cham presented the
devotional, using fo >*h is subject,
"Thanks Be to God". This was
preceding by two numbers by the
boys' glee club and following by a
trio sung by Mary Cole Stillwell,
Edcia Lou Te.rell and Joyce Clay
ton. /
The general thime of the meet
ing wis resource materials. W. B.
Harrill. dean c.f WCTC, presented
the speakers, Dr. Weaver, repre
sent mg the state, forest ranger
Olson of the Nan'ahala National
fore.-t, and Dr. Madnon from Wash*
ington, D. C. The special theme
was the conservation and use of
the forests, and how the study
could be carried into the class
ify 'in.
Following this a nv.eting of the
Jackson County unit of the North
I
' Carol.na Education association was
held with Mr-. Dan ToTrtpV*""^ pre
siding.
Mrs. Tompkins gave a report of
the meeting he'd recently in Ral
! eigh. called to create interest in
j the calling cf a special session of
! the general assembly. M .B. Madi
n reported on the legiLl* tivo
phase of the Raleigh meeting.
The teachers of the state con
tributed $6,141 for overseas teach
er relief, with J nek son teachers
giving $60 cf the amount.
Mr. Madison announced the list
of candidate^ to be voted on by
the association in Marcn. They are
for president. A. C. Dawson, JrM
now acting president of the as
sociation: for vice-president, Mrs.
Lucille Allen of HendersonviBe,
now pre.-ident of ,the cla&roan
teachers; -r-d Blaine Madison.
The president appointed the fol
lowing nominating committee to
select a slate of officers for fee
local unit: Mrs. Buren 74MB,
Miss Jennie Catsey and Mrs. B. fL
Hensley/