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Sylva and Area ? 4.000
The
ylva Herald
Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
NO. XXIII NO. 12
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, August 19, 1948
$2.00 A Year?5c Copv
Sunday Afternoon Shot
Gun Blast Wound Fatal
For Donald Bradley, 23
Raymond Nations, 23,
Held On Murder Charge,
To Be Given Hearing Fri.
Raymond Nations, 23, held in
Jackson County jail since Sunday J
afternoon will be given a hearing;
Friday morning on a charge of I
murder in the death of Donald
Bradley, 23, of the Wilmot sec
tion of the county, who died on the
way to the Sylva hospital from a
wound from a shotgun blast, said
to have been inflicted by Nations.
I
The sheriff's department said
that Nations and Bradley had an
argument on highway 107-23 and
that Nations took a shotgun from
his car and shot Bradley. Nations
is said to have placed Bradley in
his automobile following the shoot
ing and brought him to Sylva jail. I
Nations is quoted as having asked
attendants to drive Bradley to the i
hospital.
Chief of police Bud Ensley tookj
Bradley to the hospital but he was|
pronounced dead on arrival. The
shot wSs* said by officers to have
entered the left side of Bradley's
back.
State Highway Patrolman W. T.
Houser said Nations told him that
he took the gun out of his automo
bile and shot Bradley during an
argument.
Held as a material witness in
the case is Eunice Bradley, of
Asheville, formerly of Cherokee,
who was with the two men at the
time of the shooting. She was
placed in jail by Chief Ensley at
the same time Nations was placed
under arrest.
COLEMAN FRADY, 82,
BURIED AUGUST 17
Funeral services were held Tues
day, August 17, at the East Fork
Baptist church for Coleman Frady,
who died Sunday, August 15, at!
the a^e of 82 yer.rs. Rev. William
Buchanan, pastor ol the East Fork
Fcrk church, and Rev. T. F. Deitz
were the ofiiciating ministers.
Burial was in the church ccn^etery.
Mr. Frady joined the Ea?t Fork
church at the age of 17 years
and was a faithful member for 65
years. He was married to Ellen
Mincey on August 7, 1898.
He is survived by the widow;
four sons, Garland of Windsor, N.
C., Richard of Gay, George of
Greens Creek and Homer cf Cul
lowhee; three daughters, Mrs. Es
tella Frizzell of Webster, Mrs.
Pauline Bumgarner of Hazelwood
and Mrs. Nora Lee Gregory el
Webster.
Beasley Reunion Postponed
The Beasley reunion, which was
to have been held on next Sunday
at the home of V. M. Shepard of
Gastcnia, has been postponed.
CULLQWHEE BAPTIST
WILL HOLD ANNUAL
HOME-COMING EVENT
The Cullowhee Baptist church
observe its annual Home-Coming;
and Decoration Day exercises on
next Sunday, August 22, wcith the
11 o'clock worship hour service in
charge of Rev*,. J. E.'Brown, of
Tuckaseigee.V; The' public is ex
tended a cordial invitation to join
the congregating; this service.
The Sunday school period will
be given over to decorating the
graves.
This church now has a cemetery
improvement program underway
and the people who have friends
and relatives buried here will be
given an opportunity to make a
contribution to this fund at this
service.
! Our new pastor, Rev. Chas. B
B;- McConnell, will be with this
church next Sunday for his first
sermon.
Jim Fowler Passes
Tuesday At Dillsboro
Funeral services will be held at
the Long Branch Baptist church
today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. o'clock
tor Jim Fowler, 72, who died at
his home near Dillsboro Tuesday,
August 17. Burial will follow in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Fowier is survived by five
i daughters, Mrs. George Wilkey,
1 Dillsboro, Mrs. Margie Rhodes,
Brevard, Miss Mamie Fowler, in
the Woman's Army Corps, and
Ruth and Sarah; four sons, Tom
of Seattle, Wash., Buford and El
bert of Gastonia and Frank Fowler;,
one brother, Bill Fowler, Dillsboro,
three sisters, Mrs. J. W. Baker*
South Carolina, Mrs. Jay Dills,
, and Mrs. Cordelia Sutton, both of
I Dillsboro.
Dillsboro Child Is
Taken To Asheville
Orthopedic Home
James Edward Cocherhan, five
; year old son of Mrs. Helen Char
i no-ki, and who makes his home
I with his grandparents, Mr. and
. Mrs. Leonard Jones at Dillsboro,
! was carried to the Orthopedic home
at Asheville, Sunday, where his
j case was diagnosed as poliomyeli
' tis. James Edward is said to have
! become ill on the previous Wed
| nesday.
; Hooper Cemetery 1
i To Be Decorated
The annual decoration of the
Hooper cemetery at Speedwell will
I be held the 5th Sunday in August
I at 10 o'clock in the morning.
All persons having relatives
buried at this cemetery are re
| quested to meet cn Friday before
j the fifth Sunday and clean off the
1 graves.
Hamburg Farmers Co-op Now
Supplying Fresh Vegetables
The Hamburg Farmers Coopera.
tive opened for business Monday
August 9th, in their large new
packing house located at Glenville.
Vegetable growers in the Glen
ville section have fcr several years
felt ths urgent need of a central;
place for business where truckers
could secure a load of cabbage or
potatoes at a packing house con
veniently located on the highway
without having to shop frcm field
? to field and spend considerable
time in securing a load of vegeta
bles for the market. Finally the
Veterans Training Class along with'
the cooperation of the older grow-!
ers organized'the .Hamburg Farm-'
ers C: operative, purchased land1
r... and bui't a packing house. ,This
should mean much to ail farmers in
the vegetable sections of Jackson
County.
Many frrm.rs are wondering
why the stores in their own county
scat have for srle cabbage and po
tatoes that are grown in other sec
:icns, at a high price. The Co-ops
up he.e would be tickled to sell
you your neerif, the money spent
would soon be back in. your hands
through your trading with the
growers.
Here is a suggestion: Call the,
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County Teachers To
Meet Tuesday 2 P. M.
There will be a county-wide
teachers meeting at the Sylva high
school building. Tuesday, August
24, at 2 o'clock p. m., according to i
an announcement by Superintend-j
ent Vernon Ccpe. Mr. Cope stated
that all principals,' including teach- j
ers of one-teacher schools will
meet at 1 p. m. in a special meet
ing.
CULLOWHEE PASTOR
THE REV. CHARLES B. Mc
CONNEL, of Franklin ton, N. C..
who recently accepted a call as
pastor of the Culiowhee Baptist
church, will arrive in Culiowhee
next week and preach his first
sermon of his new charge on Sun
day morning, August 29, at 11 o'
clock.
Rev. Mr. McConnell was born
in Asheville. He was graduated
from the Mars Hill high school in
1927; finished at Wake Forest Col
lege in 1934, and Union Theological
Seminary, New York C.:y. 1937
Me was paster at the Nashville
(N. C.) Baptist church from 1937
at which time he entered
the service ns Caapluin in the
Army, serving in the ETO Tor 18
months. On his return in 1945 he
became pastor of the Franklinton
Baptist church, which f eld he
continued to serve until accepting
the Culiowhee call. Mrs. McCon
nell is also a graduate of the Sem
inary and will be a great help in
tne work.
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have
three daughters, Sally Anne 10*
Judith 7, and Alison 4.
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are both
quite young, and will have the
interest of the students of West
ern Carolina Teachers College, of
which some eighty per cent of the
student body is Baptist.
DEMOCRATS PICK
STATE CHAIRMAN
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Capus Waynick Will
Head State Committee
After Friday Meeting
The North Carolina State Dem
ocrative executive committee
meeting in Raleigh Friday night,
named Capus Waynick of Raleigh
and High Point as the new state
committee chairman and Mrs. D. A.
McCormick of Robeson cour-.ty as
vice-chairman.
Mr. Wayr.ick succeeds Wilkins
P. Horton of Pittsboro and Mrs.
McCormick succeeds Mrs. B. B.
Everett of Palmyra. The selection
of the two new committee heads
followed the announcement from|
?c<vernor-nom:nate W. Kerr Scott 1
that they were his choice.
Waynick, who headed Scott's
campaign organization in thej
Democratic primary, is a ,formerj
chairman of the State Division of
Purchase and Contract.
A native of Rockingham county,
'V ay nick lived at High Point for
many years where rye was editori
I
t>.c High Point Enterprise, and(
??e/uesf nted Guilford county in ^
houses of the General Af
rrr.Y.y. At tne time he joined )
S?ott\? campaign staff, Waynick j
-??" s d rector cf the N. C. Society
for Social Hygiene.
Mrs. McCormick is th* manager
if a large farm in Robeson coun-1
:y. She served as vice-chairman
'i t.'.e Robe?on county Democratic;
-xec-.t ve committee from 1923 to
1023. Frcm 1938 to 1940 she served
:>n the State Democratic executive!
committee. In 1931 she was presi I
icnt of the State Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs. |
Chairman Waynick announced
Saturday night the appointment
of Victor S. Bryant of Durham as
secretary of the state Democratic
party.
SOSSAMON'8
In tytva
Barbecue Sat
4
Air Show Sunday
Plans From All Parts Of
State Will Arrive Sat. j
jFor Two-Day Events Here
| The Jackson County Cnambor cf
Commerce and the Town of Sylva 1
j will be joint hosts Saturday and
| Sunday to some 300 members and 1
guests of the Aero Club at a bar- j
becue and square dance Saturday!
night, and events on Sunday which
will include a fishing party, trip
j to Cherokee Indian Reservation
and Smoky Mountain park.
Mayor Jack C. Allison has issued
the following invitation to Clay
S. Swaiin, president of the club,
of Salisbury:
I To All Pilots and Air Plant Own
! ers:
"The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce and the Town of
Sylva are jointly having a week
end barbecue and square dance
1 for your enjoyment on Saturday
| August' 21. The North Carolina
Aero Club is giving us whole
i hearted support. A: this time we
would like to take the opportunity
of inviting cach and every pilot and
plane owner in the Stat?."
Pres. Swaim issued a broader in
vitation and reservations
| ready begun coming in n.v the
,event here.
Around 100 planes are expected
to arrive at the Sylva Fly.i-ug Serv
ice field Saturday < fterr.oc.n,
Johnny Watson, manager of the
: field, stated today. He is making
arrangements for taking care of
;he planes as they arrive on the
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Dr. II. P. Smith
Offered The Presidency
Of Chowan College
i Dr. H. P. Smith, Professor of
Soc ial Science at Western Caro-j
i lira Teachers College, has been of.
; fered the presidency of Chowan j
j College. Informed sourccs say that
Dr. Sm.th has taken the matter j
( unrier consideration and will ad
vi.-e T/JS'e s i. c Collet m
. i c: rd to his decision in the near
i
Cr<c?w?,n College was founded
' an;] chi rtered in IP 13 by the Bnp
tist of Eastern Nort'n Carolina and
Virgin.a who early felt the urgent
*e.:d of an institution ot higniM*
learning and liberal culture. The
C-^iiCfcC is located in Munreesooio.
X. C.. appi o:*i:n;.t iy 120 mile
^ort .? c.-l Rv..*.\.T !<4 i?:ii
Si-nth (?? R.chrr.ar.'i. Va.. and
miles :rom Rocky Mount.
Dr. S/iii:.. is graduate ot \V,r."
F'rcs College. During his college
inys i;e w;-.s active in student life
of the campus, ccntributed articles
to the coliege puolications, and was
awarded the distinguished Bowling
?Continued on page 12
Park, Parkway Group \
To Meet At Linville 23rd
The August meeting of the North
Carolina National Park, Parkway
and Forests development commis
sion will be held at L.nville Mon
day, August 23, according to an an
nouncement by Charles E. Ray cf
'Vaynesville, chairman. The com
mission will have headquarters at
the Escola lodge and the meeting
will be held in the Linville club
I
louse. |
At noon the commission and
special guests who are scheduled to
attend the meeting will be honored
at a luncheon at the Escola lodge
by the Avery County Chamber of
Commerce.
E. C. Guy of Newland and W.
Ralph Winker of Boone are in
cr.arge of the arrangements at Lin
ville.
Members of the commission, in
*ddition to Mr. Ray, chairman, are
Francis J. Heazel of Asheville,
Raymond Sutton of Sylva, Dr. Kel-;
ley Bennett of Bryson City, Percy;
?. Ferbee of Andrews. Mr. Winkler
of Boone, Mr. Guy of Newland.
Ex-officio members are R. Bruce''
Etheridge of the state conserva
tion department and A. H. Graham
cf the highway and public works
commission. William Medford of
Waynesyille; is attorney for tr.e
cmnvssion.
Revival Services At
Sylva Methodist Church
Beginning at 8 o'clock Sundnv
evening, reviv^. service# will be
c-*irdu.ned in t.': Sylva Methodist
church next week with Rev. L. R.
Akers oi Bryson City doing the
preaching. Services will be reid
during the w^ek each evening at
8 o'clock. The people of the com
munity are cordially .nvited to at
tend these services. This is. the
annual week of preaching af the
church and is designed to bring
spiritual refreshment to the Chris
tian people and to win others to
Cnrist and His way.
The regular Sunday evening
services will not be held at Dills
boro but the Dillsboro congrega
on is invi'.ed to worship with the
Sylva congregation at this time.
Dr. Donald Ramsey To
Open Offices Here
Friday Morning
Dr. Donald M. Ramsey, of Ma
rion, N. C. will open offices here
in the Stovall Blrtg., for the prac
tice of Optometry on Friday, Aug
ust 20. Dr. Ram.-ey completed U ur
years specialized training at me
Northern Illinois College of Op
tometry, in May, 1948. He is a
member of the Pni Theta Upsilun
International Fraternity, and The
Tomb and Key Honorary Scholas
tic Fraternity. He attended Duke
University before >erving two and
a naif years in the U. S. Army,
prior to his enrollment at Nortn
ern Illinois. He wili reside here
with his wife, the former Miss
?ct:th Margaret G.ant, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grant, Sr..
oi M&ricn.
William B. Dillard Post
Tq Have Regular Meeting
Friday, August 27
..ic i.e,j.ar meeting of the
i E. Dfk.rd Po.-t of the
American Leg. or. will be held Aug
ust 27 ;.t 7.3 i p rr.. in tr.e Corr,
munity House. AW m mbers are
especially ur^cu o.tend and
oiing a new memoe..* the 194 J
membership dri'.e i.-> now ?n luii
swing.
Don': . t 'nt the State Con
vention v.1! moot in Asheville
Sep'..iii. . .0 tnTough the 131.
At hoped that a large number
will attend from Jackson County.
Former Sylva Pastoi
Installed At Hazelwooc
\n^ Bethel Churches y
P*v. Paul P. Thrower, who or
the Sylva Presbyterian
nr p ?( Zr tif.n irt' a regular meet
-" jn 134!. and who was at
that time pastor of the Bryson City
church, w&s on August 8 installed
pastor of the Hazelwood Presby
terian church. Mr. Thrower was
also installed pastor at Bethel on
the same day.
I Mane Crash Sunday Is
Fatal For Charles Allen,
J. II. Powell Badly Hurt
CURB MARKET HAD !
FORMAL OPENING ON !
SATURDAY MORNING |
The Jackson County Curb mar
ket, sponsored by the Home Dem
onstration clubs of the county, had
its formal opening at 8:30 last Sat
urday morning, at which time Mrs.
E. L. McKee praised the club
members for work in getting the
market started and presented Dan
Allison with a gift as a token of
appreciation far his interest in
yelping the project in providing
the lot on which it is located.
Mayor Jack Allison extended
meetings and good wishes and ex
pressed keen interest in the work
the ladies are doing in providing
' he farm men and women this cash
.naiket for their fresh vegetables
and other farm produce.
1;k' market opened with fifteen
??pairs rented te farmers who had
.? gro.-is sale ( i over $50.00 on their
pe;.mg day. The market opens
acn Saturday morning at 3:30 and
ioM S at 12:30.
Two Hurt When
Motorcycle Leaves
Road At Balsam
Two passengers on a motorcycle
,ia; rowiy escaped serious injuries
Saturday night, when bike
'eft Highway 19-A and 23 on Bal
sam, and crashed through a wire
.'ence into a fieJd.
The bike was being operated by
Hubert Caldwell, and he had as a
passenger, Floyd Frazier, both of
route two, according to Patrolmnn
1 O. R. Roberts.
The motorcyclists stated that a
i car failing to give a Hgnal for a
; turn, forced them off the highway.
I Caldwell suffered bruises and
cuts about the face, and Frazier
had minor injuries to his leg, and
body bruises.
Patrolman Roberts estimated
about $.i0 damages were dene.
FUNERAL RITES FOR i
RRADLEY HELD WED. !
Funeral services f or Donald
Bradley, 23, of the Wilmot section,
who was fatally shot Sunday aft
ernoon during an argument with
Raymond Nations, 23, also of Wil
mot section, were held Wednes
day morning at 11 o'clock at Wil
mot Baptist church with Rev. J. L.
Hyatt officiating. Burial was in
the church ccmetery.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Bradley; one broth
er, Robert, all of Wilmot; four sis
ters, Mrs. Beulah Hclloway, of An
drews and Mrs. Kitty Bridges of
Height Chapel, and Miss Eula
3radley and Miss Inez Bradley,
; ? th of Wilmot.
1 Fog Is Blamed For
Crash On Mountain Few
Miles From Airport
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the First Baptist church tor Chas.
Allen, 29, who was killed Sunday
afternoon in a plane crash near
Sylva. The pastor, Rev. C. M.
Warrtn, assisted by Rev. B. S.
Hensley and Rev. W. Q. Grigg, of
ficiated. Burial was in the local
cemetery.
Pallbearers, students and em
ployees of the Sylva Flying Serv
ice were: Burrell Pannell, Charles
C. Pettit, Jack Allison, Candler
Barnes, John Collins, Paul Elders.
Ernest, O. Lewis, Harold D. Mor
gan, and Andy Lee Parker. The
American Legion conducted the
graveside rites.
Mr. Allen, a painter and aviator,
was instantly killed when his two
passenger Taylorcraft plane plow
ed in to the East side of Rocky Face
peak in the Balsam range near
the Jackson-Havwood line about
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Fly
ir.g wfth him and seriously injured
was his painter partner, John
Hi r.ry Powell, 19, lormerly of
West Buncombe, now making his
home in Sylva. Powell was rush
ed t ? Harris hospital after making
h:> way to the hignway and noti
fying persons of tne accident. His
condition was reported to be fair
?Wednesday morning.
The two airmen were on their
way from Asheville to Syl\ra and
ran into heavy fog and rain as they
crossed over the Balsams which is
believed to be the cause of the
crash. Mr. Allen, piloting the craft,
was a few miles off course and
evidently thought he had cleared
the higher peaks and was near the
airport.
Following the crash Powell man
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COUNTY CROPS ARE
FINE, AGENT SAYS
County Farm Agent Marvin L.
Snipes reports that crops gener
ally all over Jackson County are
showing up fine at this season.
The corn crop, much of it the Hy
brid variety, will produce an
abundant crop, barring &ny dis
aster from the elements, he said.
Truck and garden crops have been
very good, with fine prcspects for
good yields from late plantings.
Fruits and berries have been rather
plentiful and of good quality. This
is a very prosperous looking year
for Jackson farmers, he stated.
SMITH CALLS FACULTY
MEETING FOR AUG. 23
| kalph L. Smith, principal of the
? Sylva School, has announced that
I a faculty meeting will be held at
j the high school building Monday,
August 23 at 10 a.m., including the
| faculty of both high school and
i elementary departments.
N. C. Chamber Of Commerce
Executives To Meet Here 12th
The 1948 annual convention of
the North Cnrolina Association of
Chamber of Commerce Executives
will be held in Sylva September
12, 13, and 14. Registration will
begin at Carolina Hotel at 2 p. m.:
on Sunday, September 12. Reg-'
istration for late arrivals will be
a4. 9 p. m. Monday. Reservations
are now coming in for executives
from almost every chamber of
commerce throughout the st-.t^.
; All hotel, tourist home and tcurist
' court space in the immediate
I vicinity will be utilized to care
| for the several hundred visitors'
[ for the three-day event. *" ~
! The general convention sessions
I A'il] be held in Rttz Theatre, with
Frank A. Piencn, vlce-pr??|ttent
i l N. C. Association, pre-idixi*.
Rev. W. Q Grigg will give the
opening invocation, which will be
lollowed by welcome from Mayor
Jack Allison. President Harry J
Krt isz, of Winston-Salem, will re
spond. A number of outstanding
speakers have been engaged for
the occasion, with Governor nomi
nee W. Kerr Scott, expected to
head the list.
Mr. Felix Picklesimer, chairman
cf the local arrangement commit
tee, stated that a number of out
ing? and other entertainment fea
tures are being vtforked out for the
pleasure of the visitors.
A detailed program will be pub
lished as soon as it is completed.
The Herald will yubttt * special
welcome edition on fUptombee ,f. -