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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The HeraK' is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, *ell balanced county. NO. XXIII NO. 5 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, July 1, 1948 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy County To Vote Saturday On Bond Issue Town Board Orders Survey Of City Water System For Meters, Filter Plant, Etc. Survey Work To Start J Immediately, Funds For The Work To Come From Water Rent, No Tax Increase A contract between the Town of Sylva and John J. Harte Company, consultant engineers of Atlanta^ has been signed calling for a pre liminary survey, as to the advis ability and possibility of installing a filtering system for the city water supply and also for installing wa ter meters, and making repairs and replacements of bad places in the water lines, and with the idea of carrying forward the work as fast as possible if the survey find- I ings deem the plan feasable. j | The above contract only calls! for the survey but it can be ex tended to cover the construction j work if the plan is approved. Sylva's water system is in much! need of repair, especially the new filtering plant to take cut the dirt no\y coming through the lines, and also the elimination of the air in the water. The Atlanta company is supposed to begin their work within ten days after signing the contract which was on June 25. The plan under consideration will not increase the prcperty tax rate as the water system will liquidate the debt from water rents over a period of years. FUNERAL FOR WORLD WAR II INFANTRYMAN Funeral services for Pfc. Grady Cabe were held Friday, June 25, at the Old Savannah Baptist church with the pastor, Rev. Ernest Jami son, officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pfc. Cabe's body arrived in Syl va, Wednesday, June 25, after having been sent from the South Pacific where the young infantry man was killed in action August 21, 1943, having been drafted in the services of his country Febru ary 13T, 1942. Young Cabe, who was 23 years of age at the time of his death, remained in the U. S. until he was sent overseas in Oct., 1942. From the time he left for his training he was never granted a furlough. Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Candler Cabe of Greens Creek; one sister, Mrs.| Edith Buchanan of Greens Creek; three brothers, Cordell of Tate City, Ga., and Kimsey and Geoi^ge Cabe. both of Greens Creek. Moody Funeral Home was in! charge of all funeral arrangements. Weaver Appointed To Election Board Capt. A. H. Weaver, of Dillsboro, has been notified by the State Board of Elections that upon rec ommendation of party chairman, he has been appointed a member of the Jackson County Board of Elections to fill the vacanty there on caused by the death of A. D. Parker. h Junior Woman's Club Sponsoring Contest For Sylva's Favorite Baby The Junior Woman's club is sponsoring a contest to select Syl va's Favprite Baby from the ages of one to five years inclusive. Different business firms of the town are sponsoring a baby. A picture of the baby and a box to receive the pennies of all who vote for him (or her) is placed in each store. Much enthusiasm and in tereest is being shown in the con test and more than fifty babies have been entered. Votes are 31 pAny each. This contest is a part of the' big Fourth of July celebration be-1 ing held in Sylva this year. The; boxes will be closed at 9 o'clock! Monday morning, the votes count ed, and the favorite baby will be presented a silver loving cup at the City Park soon after the parade. SYLVA SCOUTS WIN WATER MEET AT CAMP DANIEL BOONE The Sylva Scouts attending the annual summer camp in Haywood county won the water meet held at the camp last Sunday afternoon. All of the Sylva boys entered the meet. The order of the Arrow, an a ward g.ven scouts for some out standing phase of their work, was presented to Lambert Hooper and I he was then initiated into the or der. In addition to the boys who! went to Camp Monday, June 21, the following scouts left Sylva; Monday, the 28th, to join the other boys: Dick Barkley, Tom Morris, Thomas Heed, Edward Sumner, Guy Blanton, and Bill Crawford.' Wayne Ward, who spent last week j at the camp, returned home Sun-! dayL Sylva people visiting the camp! last Sunday were: Mrs. J. P. Stovall, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fer guson, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Massie. Mrs. Fred Hooper, Dr. and Mrs.| Harold McGuire, "Ittr. and Mrs. Dan Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fricks, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Hooper, Mr. ' and Mrs. Louis Extine, and Dick Wilson. , The water meet is held each Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to which the public is invited. Press Out Of Order; Herald Late This Week We regret very much that you are receiving your Herald late again this week. Last week our big press gave trouble and part of the paper was printed in Murphy. Miss Addie Mae Cooke, * publisher of the Scout, was kind enough to let us use her press. A machinist from Atlanta was to have come Monday to get the press ready for this week's run on time, but he did not arrive until Wednesday afternoon. While this is being written he is at work on the press. We hope to be out this Thursday evening. Plans For Annual 4th Event Completed, Committees Say The committee on arrangements! for Jackson County's big 4th of i July celebration to be staged in Sylva Mcnday, the 5th, has an nounced that plans are complete and everything in readiness for the annual event. The day's events will start offj with a mile-long street parade, in-1 eluding World War Veterans, Boy and Girl Scouts, Sylva and Forest City bands, beautiful girls, horse back riders, monkeys on ponies,1 floats, etc. Following^the street parade there will be events in the city park and a baseball game on Mark Watson Field in the afternoon. The main attraction will be held at 5:30 when Claude L. Shafer will make a bal loon ascension and parachute jump. The evening will be fea tured by a street dance and fire ; works. The fire works display will take place on the court house steps. The baby contest sponsored ^jy the Halcyon club is drawing much interest. The program fcr the day is be i ing sponsored by The American | LegionNYoung Business Women's club, Halcyon club, merchants and : town of/isylva. GOP NOMINEE THOMAS l5. DEWEY, Governor of New York State, was nominat ed by the Repuolican party for the office of President of the Unit ed States at their National con vention in Philadelphia las* Thurs day. Dewey was nominated unan miously on te third ballot after leading 11 other candidates on the '?irst and second ballots. Taft, Stas sen and Vandenbcrg were strong contenders for the nomination but they and their backers proved to lack the punch of vote getting which. Dewey and his followers developed early in the convention. Of the 1,091 delegates voting on the first ballot, Dewey received 434. Thrve delegates were absent. Out of the 1,094 votes on the sec ond ballot Dewey.polled 515, and then the entire 1,094 on the third went to Dewey. Earl Warren, Governor of Cali fornia, was named to be Dewey's running mate for vice-presidenf. Schedule For Parade Monday, July 5th Charlie Campbell has an nounced the following schedule for the street parade to be held here in celebrating the 4th of July which will be on Monday the 5th: Those to take part in the prrade are to leave the City Park grounds at 10:45 and form at the Fountain at West end of Main street promptly at 11:00. The parade will move up main street to East End Service Sta tion and return to City Park by crossing railroad at Allison Esso Station and down Old Dillsboro Read to the Park. .The parade line-up will be as follows: Young lady on horse carrying United States Flag, Sylva Band, Forest City Band, Veterans of all wars, Boy and Girl Scouts, Camp Fire girls, ponies with monkey riders, horse back riders, Cherokee In dians, with Chief and two War ricrs and large number of floats entered by various business firms. Cashiers Clinic To Change Meeting Date The date of the meeting of the Cashiers clinic is being changed from the first Thursday of each month to the third Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is to be a permanent change. The next meeting of the clinic will be leld Friday, July 16. Food handlers of that area are requested to get health cards at th s clinic. COUNTY,OFFICES TO BE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY, JULY 5 All the offices in the county court house will be closed all day, . Monday, July 5, for the obsery* ance of the 4th Holiday which falls on Sunday this year, ac cording to an announcement by Finance Commissioner Jennings A. Bryton, The offices will open as usual Tuesday morning. 8OS8AMON'S In 8ytva KNIFE WOUNDS FATAL TO GULLOWHEE STATION OPERATOR James P. Wa n Dies In Waynesvillt, hospital Johnny Cline Jailed James P. Watson, 52, a Cullo vvhee filling station operator, died it 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon from rtnife wounds he received earlier . 'n the day near the Rock Service Station on the Balsam road. He was rushed to the Haywood coun ty hospital by ambulance, but died before receiving treatment. Johnny Cline, 23, also of Cullo whee, is being held in the Hay wood county jail without bond awaiting further investigation and a hearing. Haywood county offic ers, making the arrest, said Cline suffered a knife wound on the lower part of his stomach, and had to have medical attention and later was lodgecTnS-jail. Deputy Sherilf Wade McDaniel of Waynesville, one of the officers i making the investigation, said Wat- ! son suffered a cut lung, a slash on' his collar-bone, and a stab in the right arm. Also being held in the Haywood county jail Monday, in connection with the case, were Bertha Head and Lila Gant. No charges were preferred against them, pending: a complet.on of the investigation of the circumstances. Funeral services for Watson, a veteran of World War 1, were held Wednesday morning at the Holliej Springs Baptist church near Bry-( | son City. Burial was in the church j cemetery. Watson, a native of Jackson county, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Brown Watson, of Hazelvvood, ?.nd three daughters.! Mary and Margaret, of Hazel-! wood, and Mrs. Lester C. Gill of Charleston, W. Va., two sons, Zeb of Hazelwood and Ray of the U. S. Navy, a brother, John of Specd I well, a sister, Mrs. G. T. Ferguson, of Cullowhee, and the father, Zeb; J Watson, also of Cullowhee. MOORE'S CLEANERS AND BUS STATION - DAMAGED BY FIRE Fire of undetermined origin did considerable damage to "J7" D. Moore's Cleaning establishment and the Trailways Bus Station, all in the same building, early last Thursday mcrning. The fife was discovered about 4:30 a. m. by the night policeman and the fir^ department was on the scene a few minutes after the alarm was turn ed in. The fire apparently started in the dry cleaning department and burned through the roof and par tition to damage the bus station. Mr. Moore had some insurance on the building but none on his 2quipment. Carpenters are busy making repairs to the roof and painters are cleaning and paint ing the interior of the bus station. Mr. Moore expects to be back in operation in the near future. RUFUS PHILLIPS DIES OF HEART ATTACK Rufus Daniel Phillips, died sud denly of a heart attack at his home at 10 o'clock this morning,) Thursday. Mr. Phillips suffered a light attack Monday but did not! consider it serious and attended' the funeral cf James Watson in Bryson City Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are pend ing awaiting the arrival of some of the children from California. I He is survied by the widow and ; five children. To Clean Cullowhee Cemetery, July 6 Friends and relatives of thosei buried in the Cullowhee cemetery! are requested to meet at the Cul lowhee Baptist church Tuesday morning, July 6, for the purpose1 of cleaning the cemetery. Those who will help in this work are, requested to bring tools with them.! W. KERR SCOTT, second man in the Democrat c Primary of May! 29 and who called a second pri-1 mary ag inst Charles M. Johnson a-on the nomination by a big ma ;ority in the run-off primary held( Saturday, June 26. Of the some 400.000 votes cast Scott polled 217.000 against Johnscn's 185,000 Scott's race was unusual in that, practically all the State and coun-i ty political organizations were! lined up for Johnson. Although! Jackson gave Scott a majority in both primaries Johnson lead in most cf the other Western coun ties. Scott's greatest strength was in the East. JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIAL RUN-OFF GOVERNOR S PRIMARY The oificial returns in Jackson I County's run-off primary lor Gov-I erncr on Saturday by precinct is as | follows: PRECINCT Scott Johnson 3arkers Creek 19 46j Car.ada No. 1 16 27 Canada' No. 2 3 221 C. ney Fork 130 43, Cash.ers .. 117 78 Cullc.whee .. .... 222 153j Dillsboro 2(5 821 Greens Creel: .... 22 47; Hamburg 125 29 Mountain 33 11 Q-alla 18!* 116; Hiver No. 1 84 30, livtr No. 2 16 2 Savannah 72 142 Scot's Creek No. 1 52 6 Scotts Creek N . 2 46 41 Scotts Creek No. 3 38 33 Sylva North 7U 152 Sylva Soutn 151) 235, Webster 106 60. Total 1614 1357 Library Inventory Being Made, Past Due Books Are Sought The annual inventory of the Jackson County Public library is oeing taken this week and Mrs. Mae P. Stallcup, librarian, asks! that all patrons o: the Library and1 mothers of fhilr'ren who use the! oooks of the Library please bring: tne bocks you now have out! to the library that they may be accounted for in the inventory. } Mrs. Stallcup states that a num-| :>er of notices have already been mailed to those raving books out.) Whether or not you have rece.vecij a notice, plea.-e see that all books bearing the Jackson County Li brary s'amp are returned imme diately. Rememoer that the library is now located in tne rooms formerly occupied by Dr. SI agio over the Professional Drug stare. MEETING ON CURB MARKET TO BE HELD TONIGHT AT 7:30 A two-fold public meeting will be held at the court house at 7:3Cf tonight (Thursday) for. the pur pose of discussing the possibility of a curb market, project of the Home Demonstration clubs of Jc.ckson county, and presentation :?nd discufs.cn of the c;":est X-ray ubcrculosis survey which is to take place in the county the latter art of July. All citizens zre requested to at . rd this meeting. ^ School Board Se eks Approval Of Taxpayers For Funds To Start School Improvements Williams Elected Commander Local Legion Organization At tlie regular meeting of the William E. Dillard Post American Legion of Jackson County which met last Friday night officers for the new year were elected as fol lows: F. M. Williams, Command er; R. O. Wilson, 1st vice-com nander; D. V. Frye, 2nd vice-com mander; Gecrge Sloan, adjutant: Eci Bryson, Sgt. at Arms; M. L. Snipes, historian; W. Q. Grigg, chaplain; Venoy Reed, treasurer* L. H. Higdon, membership; and T. Walter Ashe, service officer. These officers will be installed at the regular meeting in July. COPE RE-ELECTED FIRE CHIEF AT ANNUAL DINNER On Monday evening, 19 regu lar members and 4 honorary mem bers of the Sylva Fire department met at Maple Springs Cafe and enjoyed a chicken dinner. Follow ing this officers for the coming year were elected as follows: chief, W. B. Cope; assistant chief. T:lgh nan Bass; 2nd assistant chief, G C. Cope; secretary-treasurer, Cl:. ide Campbell; assistant secretary Ireasurer, Woody Hampton; nre marshall, D. M. Talient; truck dri vers, Ray C?j^ill4 Ovid Beck, Bcb Phillips, Dave Sorreils, Phil Sto call, and Woody Hampton. On Monday, July 12, all fire de partments west of Asheville will be asked to send two men to meet, with the Sylva Fire department for their regular weekly meting. The Sylva fnemen hope that dur.ng tiie. year each department will have the opportunity of having firemen from the ether cities meet with them. The purpose is to ex change ideas and get better ac quainted, AUTO INSPECTION LANE TO OPERATE HERE AUGUST 12-19 For those motor vehicles not in spected by State inspectors while the lane operated here for one week in May the lane is coming back August 12 and will set up at the same place in the city park for a week, running thru Aug. 19. All motor vehicle owners are re quired to have their vehicles in spected and passed before they are allowed to operate cn the high ways. Those who fa.l to show an inspection record at time of buy ing new license plates in January ? vill not be able to get their tag.-. Mrs. Jeff Hedden returned Fri day from Aston Park hospital, Asheville, where she underwent an operation. Plans Call For New *1 Buildings, Extensive 1 Repairs And Additions Jackson County voters will go to the polls Saturday, July 3, for the purpose of voting on issuance of $450,000 in bonds for imnv_-Jiate improvement of the county pub 1 ic school system. If thie bond issue is approved, improve ments including erection of several new buildings and exten sive work on other school plants throughout the county w il get underway. The improvement plan is as fol lows: BARKERS CREEK an'i WIL MOT?New seven classroom build ing to be made a standard elemen tary school. SYLVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?Repaired and continued to be used at present. Work begun immediately. DILLSBORO and DIX CREEK? New building to be made standard elementary school. BETA, ADDIfi and WILLETS? New building to be made a stand ard elementary school. TUCKASEIGEE?Additions: cafe teria and heating plant. GLENVILLE?Additions and re pairs to building, including new classrooms, cafeteria and gym nasium. CASHIERS?New building. CANADA?Consolidation of dis trict with modern new building, with probability of ?eing in;ide into a sub-standard high schorl SAVAITn All---Additional class rooms. JOHN'S CREEK ? Repairs and painted. WEBSTER ? Gymnasium and auditorium, with probable con solidation later of the high school department with that of Sylva, the ' new building being erected somewhere in the vicinity )[ Love's Field. IN CASE THE BOND ISSUE FAILS, the County Board of Edu tion will petition the Ccunty Com missioners for funds to repair Syl va Elementary building and to erect the Barkers Creek-Wilmot building. This will result in an exorbitant tax rate, and only these two districts will profit thereby. Furthermore, if in the next ses sion of the Legislature a bill for state aid to schools is passed, it is probable that each county re ceiving such funds will need to have the money on hand to match the amount provided by the state dollar for dollar. If the bond issue fails, Jackson County will have no funds with which to match the state funds. A vote for the bond issue will mean better school conditions for your children at a very small in crease in taxes. A vote against the bond issue means that the county will be burdened with a | tax load far greater than for the bonds, as the money needed for the necessary repairs which the Superior Court will order done will be levied directly. County Fair Directors Meet; Name Committee Chairmen The Board of Directors of the Blanton, Winston Cabe, Mrs. Levi Jackson county fair met last Thurs-; Mathis, and Andy Queen, day afternoon for the purpose of FRUITS ? Blaine Nicholson, further organizing for the fa;r to: Chairman; T. C. Bryson, General be held this fall. T. Walter Ashe, i Jones, and Will Nicholson. president of the Fair Committee,! VEGETABLES ? Neal Tucker, presided. Chairman; Lyman Stewart, and The following is a siightly re- John D. Davis. vised list of the committees which) FORESTRY ? Charles C. Pettit, supplements the one previously Chairman; Chales Evans, Mack published: 1 Ashe, A. O. Weidelick and Ben FIELD CROPS ? Frank H Nicholson. Brown, Jr., Chairman; Lee Bum-i WILDLIFE AND CONSERVA garner, Horace Howell, Wallace TION ? T. N. Massie, Chairman, Wood and Neal Prince. Clinton Dodson. LIVESTOCK ? Dennis H;gdon,' PUBLIC HEALTH ? Charles Chairman; Ralph Hunter, Burton Thomas, Chairman; Miss Mart Bumgarner, John T. Jones, Clifton Oliver. Moody, Howard Wood, J. S. Mit-l INDUSTRY ? J. Ramsey Buch chell and Carey Henson. anan, Chairman; W. T. Wise, and POULTRY?James Potts, Chair- j Rcscoe Poteet. j man; Mrs. Lyle Buchanan, Deweyi ?Continued en page 4 i
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