A,' .
Population
Jackson County?20,000
Sylva and Area ? 4,000
The Sylva Herald
Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
VOL. XXIII NO. 15
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 9, 1948
36 Pages This Week 10c Copy
Chamber Of Commerce Executives To Meet Here
Arrangements Made To
Spray Sylva Area With
DDT In Fight Oil Polio
Home-Owners And
- Business Firms To Be
Asked $1.00 Each To
Helo Defray The Cos*
In an effort to prevent the furth
er spread of polio in the town of
Sylva arrangements #iave Been
made by the Merchants Associa
tion, and individuals of the town
"^ith the Or ken Exterminating
Company of Asheville to apply fog
spray of DDT to all premises in
side the city limits and as much
of the outlying districts as funds
will provide for.
The cost of doing this work will
amount to over $500 and since the
city cannot pay the bill from public
funds the cost must be met by in
dividual property owners. This
being the case Grayson Cope,
president of the Merchants Asso
ciation, on behalf of the Associa
tion, is asking every individual
property cwner and business own
er to contribute $1- each toward
this expense. The money can be
left with Edwin Allison <at the city
, hall, Mr. Cope stated. This be.ng
a central place and most conven
ient for everybody to get to or send
in the $1.00. Although Mr. Alli
son is City Clerk this money can
in no way be connected with any
of the town's funds.
Plans now are to have the spray
applied some time next week, or
as soon as the money is in hand
and the Asheville Company can
get here to do the work.
There has been only two cases
of polio within the city limits
since the outbreak started earlier
in the summer. The county, how
ever, as a whole including the
two in. Sylva, has had only seven
cases.
Miss Addie Crawford Dies
Miss Addie Crawford died Wed
nesday at 12:40 p.m. at the home
of her brother, Robert Crawford,
at Balsam. Funeral arrangements
are in charge of the Garrett Fun-J
eal Home in Waynesville. Services
wil be held at the Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church at Balsam at 3 p.
m. Thursday, September 9. Burial
will be at the Crawford Cemetery
at Balsam.
R. F. Jarrett In
Winston-Salem Hospital
Mr. Robert Frank Jarrett of
Dillsboro, owner of the Jarrett
Spings Hotel, was taken to the
Baptist Hospital in Winston-Sal
em last Saturday for examination
and observation. His son, Mr.
Claude Jarrett, of Andrews, is in
charge of Jarrett Springs Hotel
during his father's illness.
THIS IS JACKSON'S
LARGEST NEWSPAPER
As far as we have been able
to find out this issue of The
Herald (36 pages in four sec
tions) is the'Is^&est single issue
of any paper ever published in
Jackson county. It certainly is
the largest sinff'e issue of The
Herald, sixteen pages being the
largest previous to this "Cham*
ber of Commerce Executives
Welcome Edition."
This large issue of The Her
aid has been gotten out with
the usj-l shop fcrce, 2nd front
office staff, except for the help
of Mr. Felix Picklesimer in sell
ing the advertising. However,
considerable "night-cil" has
been burned in doing so.
A number of extra copies of
this issue are available at The
Herald office.
Schools To Open
Thursday, September 16
V. L. Cope, superintendent of
the Svlva and Jackson county
schools, has announced the open
ing date lor all these schools for
i Thursday, Sept. 16. This it two
weeks later than the original date
set fcr the opening, but was nec
essary on account of cases of polio
iiv^the county. However, the offi
cials deem it sale now that the
number of cases throughout the
state are on the decline.
C C Secretary
JOHN C. THOMAS, Secretary
Treasurer of'the N. C. Chamber
of Commerce Executives Associa
tion, and member of the Wilson
Chamber ol commerce at Wilson,
will make the annual report at
the 11:45 session of the State Con
vention on Tuesday morning.
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Public Invited To Attend All
Business Sessions of C. of C.
The general public is given an
invitation, and urged to attend
all the business sessions of the
convention cf the North Carolina
Association of Chamber of Com
merce Executives to be held at
Ritz Theatre in Sylva Sept. 13 and
14. The opening session in the
theatre will be at 9:30 Monday
morning, continuing through to
the lunch hour and then re-con
' vening for further session at 2:30 at
the Club house. These sessions will
be full of interest to every citizen
of Sylva and Jackson county. You
are urged to come out and get
acquainted with the Chamber of
Commerce Executives.
The annual banquet dinner will
be held Monday evening at 7
o'clock in the Allison building,
followed by an address by Dr.
Syh*es4er Oreen, editor of the
Durham Herald. Mr. Green is a
very forceful speaker and will
have a message of interest to eve
ryone.
A limited number of tickets are
available to this banquet and the
luncheons that are to be held. They
can be secured at the Sylva Cham
ber of Commerce office in the
Lloyd Hotel or at Convention reg
istration headquarters in Caro
lina Hotel. ?
We suggest that you do not des
troy this week's Herald and mail
it to a friend somewhere and help
us to put Sylva and Jackson coun
ty on top. Grayson Cope, Pres.
-Merchants As.
Former Cullowhee Lady
Wins In Contest
Mrs. Glynn E. Poteet, the form
er Miss Jean Hampton of Cullo
whee, was the first prize winner
of the recent Betsy Ross Bread
Contest in Lynchburg, Va. Mrs.
Poteet lives in Lynchburg where
she and her husband are employed
by the Mead Corporation, Heald
Division. She won the First Prize
of 135.00 for having a perfect
core in the Betsy Ross Quiz. Mrs.
Poteet is ass.stant editor of the
Mead Corporation'* - paper, "The
Spreading Olftftnct**.'
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?OSSAMajM^g^g^n tyiva
2nd Peacetime Draft Begins
TYPICAL OP fHt THOUSANDS of young Americans registering for the
second peacetime draft is this group of 25-year-old New Yorkers waiting
their turn to fill out questionnaires. Some 20,000 registration offices
-across the nation were faced with the task of checking the eligibility
of 9,600,000 young men. First on the list are those born in the year 1922
after August 30. Other eligibles will register later. (International)
Rural Living Standards Rise
In Jackson As Farmers Apply
The "New Look" To Methods
By: M. L. SNIPES
~ County A^ent
Agriculture in Jackson County
is on the up and up and is bring
ing about a better rural living to
the farm families located on the
twenty-four hundred farms in the
county. The county now has the
"New Look" which shows up from
every known way of measuring
rural progress.
The first major step in bring
ing about the "New Lock" to the
farms in the county was to pull the
row crops from the steeper hill
sides. This required a lot of pull
ing and hard work by leading
armers, agricultural workers, and
bus.ness men. It meant making
two blades of grass grow where
only cne previously grew. Today
the steeper f.eids are green with
hay crops, pastures, or turned
back to permanent forests. Farm
ers are now producing as much
corn on one acre as they did a
few years ago on four acres.
What does the high yields of
ccrn, alfalfa, potatoes, and other
Pfc. A. L. Southard
Writes From Tachikama
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Southard
have recentlv received a letter
from their son, Pfc. A. L. South
ard, saying that he reached Tachi
kc.ma, Japan, about two weeks
i ago. This is about 15 miles frcm
Tokyo. Pfc. Southard left Sylva
July 15 after spending a 15-day
leave here with his parents.
Thanks
The Intermediate Girls of the
Webster Baptist Sunday School
and their teacher, Mrs. Leona Cow.
an, wi>h to express their apprecia
tion to J. A. Gray, Editor of the
Herald, [or never having print
ed a wine, beer, or whiskey ad
ver4isement in his paper. They are
grateful for having such a man
s editor of our Ccunty paper.
crops being produced in our coun
ty mean to the rural family?' It
means that the people have better
living conditions. The homes are
be.ng made more comfortable and
convenient for the health and hap.
piness of the entire family. A
high percentage cf the farm homes
in the county now have electri
city. Modern electrical equip
ment is increasing very rapidly
along with running water in our
r~ral homes.
Jackson county has great natural
resouces. In the first place our
clima'e is ideal for agriculture,
good health, and happiness. The|
rainfall is especially favorable to
:he prcduction of legumes and
gr;sses which means that livestock
o. all l^ind can harvest a high,
percentage of their own feed
therfcy saving the producers of,
i
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REPAIR WORK ON j
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IS PROGRESSING
The remodeling of the* Sylva
Elementary School building is pro-i
gressi: g favcrably, according to'
Rube t Holden, construction fore
.1 an. ' I
1
Mr. Holden stat.d Tuesday that
aven though the materials are hard
to get, the work on the building is
? along rapidly. I
New floors, windows and safety
apparatus are being installed. The
painters began Tuesday on tre
beautificaticn of the inside.
Mr. Holden declined to say just
when the work would be finished
but said the job was. running on
schedule. He said that the best,
of materials were being used and
that the herd part of getting them >
was due to the fact that the new,
material had to be matched to the'
old stuff.
Farmers See Better Pastures
As Short-cut to Higher Profits
By M. L. Snipes
County Agent
The prices of meats of all kind,!
milk and eggs, are high and from!
all indications the supply of these'
commodities will not be sufficient!
to meet the demand for a con-'
siderable length of time. There-1
fore, farmers w:ll wish to take1
advantage of the *nereesed de
mand for livestock and livestock
products that are not being fully
suprplied.
It has been proven conclusively1
:>y many of our farmers in Jack-;
in Ccunty as well as throughout
I ne State these commodities can>
1 je increased with a considerable
orof.t when sufficient pastures,
both winter and summer, are;
maintained.
Farmers in every section of the
| county are praising lading clover
! r.d orchard grass for botljjhay and
| > stjre. Two pounds of ladino|
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TRAVEL IS HEAVY
IN NATIONAL PARK
Tr vol in the Great Smo!\,v
Maintain? National Park h..s beer.
eavi?r t/an ever-before, act\ rd*
ig to figures relersed by park
;k rintend nt. Blair Res?.
Tabulations for August brought
he 'ravel tot .1 for the ve. r t: j
'.247.578, said Rcis. This figure'
?? for the eleven month period:
beginning in October of 1947. the'
?ehedule cn which travel is count- j
:ci in the park.
Tr.e 1946-47 travel year only;
r)ught in 1.136,000. This yecrVj
I
.otal has already out-stripped that ;
gure.
Labor Day crcwds rnd fall vis:-,
.o:s a;e expected to boost the
lumber up several notches. Russ
>aid that 29,000 people went intc
the park on the Fturth of July
.ird ; lmo.-l t/?2t marv were expect-1
i
d Monday, Labor Day.
FUNERAL rites for
MRS, MAE BUMGARNER
HELD MONDAY, 2 P M
Mrs. Mae Bumg,mer, 54, daugh.
;er of Mrs. Dovey Pressley ar.d t.u?
late W. R. Pres.*ley and widow
of the late Frank R. Bumearne",
died Sunday morning, August 29,
at her home in Cuilow.iee tallow
ing a long illness.
Surviving are the mother,
Franklin; one daughter, Mrs. Burke
Ferguson ct Culluwhee, five sister.-,
Mrs. Lesher Green, Miss Betty
Pressley, Mrs. Laura Bell Dawdle
all of Franklin, Mrs. Ethel Mix.cc>
of Dillsboro, and Mrs. Charlie
Brer.dle of Speedwell; three broth
ers, E. C. Press, ey o D llsboro. W
R. Pressley of Franklm, and Zollie
Pressley of Detroit, Mich.
Funer; 1 services v\ere held Men
day a.'ternoon at 2 o'clock it Speed
veil Baptist Chuich, of which she
vas an active number. The Rev
rend Brown ard the Reverend
Kincaid officiated. Burial wrs in
the Bumgarner cemetery. The
body lay In state an hour prior to
the funeral.
Pallbearers were Edwin Knight,
Clarence Brendle, Ray Hooper,
.Cax Holden, Clyde Pressley, and
Weaver Fcx.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
J. B. Painter, Lee Freeman,' Edd
Bryson, Luther Ferguson, Robert
Shelton, Ray Pressley, Clair Cotter,
G. P. Ferbuson, Dr. Charles Craw
.'ord, Clifton Crisp, Bowman Bum
g ir.er, Clinton Hooper, and R, L.
Knignt.
The Intermediate Girls' Class
were flower girls.
Moody funeral home was in
jharge of arrangements.
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OPENS.OFFICE HERE
DR. PR * TT CHEEK, JR jinove,
recently opened offices in the new
Ferguson buildifjg for the prac
tice of medicine, specializing and
r. 4ins, :.:s work to the eye, ear,
jse and throat, including bron
os-.py.
Lunch Room Officials
Meet And Discuss Ward
Jackson County school princi
pals ?nd lunch room workers met
it Sylva High school September
with Mrs. Kathryn O. Wood
ard, area supervisor of the school
lunch program. At this time Mrs.
Woodard explained the new re
port system and discussed plans
.*i t..e year with the group.
Annual State Convention
To Open Sunday Night
With Dinner at Skv < Auh
C. OF C. PRESIDENT
? ? UMBMBS?Bftffg
:i-\nnv j. ivawSS, Pixoident of
N* rth Carolina Association (1
Crrribcr of Commerce Executives.
nd general manager of the Win
s'on-Salem chamber cf commerce
will make the response and ad
dress it the opening session o;
tie annual State meeting here
Monday morning at 9:40 o'cloc!:
President Krusz's address wJl l'ol
! w Mayor Allison's address of
welcome. Mr. Krusz will preside
ever all business sessions of the
convention.
He is well known in Sylva, hav
ing spoken before our chamber of
commerce group before
Funeral For S-Sgt. Hoyle
Held Here Wednesday
Funeral services for Staff Ser
geant John Vester Hoyle were
held at 2 P.M. Wednesday after
noon at the Moody Funeral Home
in Sylva. Rev. B. S. Hensley con
ducted the service. The W. E.
Dillard Post of the American Le
gion were active pallbearers and
assisted in a military burial ser
vcie at the Old Field Cemetery
at Beta.
Sergeant Hoyle was a native of
Sylva. He entered the service in
September 1942 and ,was Killed
in Eastern France January *, 1945
He awarded tne Bronze Star
jnd the Silver Star Medals post
humously for gallantry in action
He is surwvled by his mother, Mrs.
Mary Jane Hcyle, of Sylva, 4 broth
ers, Frank, Harvey, Walter, and
Ernes; and' two sisters* Mrs. Bes
sie England and Miss Myrtle Hoyle.
Baptists Have Meet
The Tuckase.gee Baptist Sun
iav Scncol Convention will meet
.vith the Balsam Grove Bapt st
Church on Sunday afternoon
September 12, ;t 2:30 P. M. Rev-i
?rend Wayne Dietz will deliver1
main address. All Sunday l
Schools in the association are urg
d tr attend.
* Buisness And Pleasure
To Feature Activities
Of C. Of C. Officials
Final arrangements have been
completed for entertaining the 95
members of the North Carolina
Association of Chamber of Com
merce Executives, their wives and
friends during the.r three-day an
nual State Convention here Sun
day, Monday, and Tuesday.
The guests will begin register
ing "at the Carolina Hotel Sunday
and Sunday night they will be
taken in a motorcade to Tatem
Sky Club, formerly Fairfield Inn
near C. sh.crs for a buffet supper,
returning to Sylva lor the night.
Monday morning at 9:30 the first
business session will convene in
the Rit/. Theatre building, follow
ed by a luncheon at noon and
further business session in the
club house in- the afternoon. At
7 p. m. Monday the annual ban
quet will be served in the Allison
building when 150 or more visitors
and townspeople will attend. Syl
vester Green, editor of the Dur
ham Herald, will make the ad
dress.
Another business session will be
held in the Ritz building Tuesday
morning for a brief period after
which the visitors will be taken
by motorcade to Cherokee and the
Smoky Mountains National Park
The ? motorcade will lea^e the
theatre at 10 o'clock. At Cherokee
a picnic lunch will be served by
students of Cherokee Indian
school.
A number of outstanding square
dance teams will perform for the
entertainment of the guests Mon
day evening following the banquet.
The convention will adjourn its
1948 convention Tuesday after
noon at 4:30.
A larger number of hotel reser
vations have already come in, with
some of the visitors planning tq
stay over a few days longer for
scenic motor trips in this area.
Around 125 are expected to at
tend the convention from all parts
of North Carolina.
The complete program in detail
will be found on back page of sec
tion one.
COURT OF HONOR HAS
BEEN POSTPONED
The boy scout District Court of
Honor scheduled to be held to
night, Sept. 9, at 8 o'clock in the
Sylva Methodist church, has been
postponed until some future date,
Scout officials announced Tues
day. This is being done, they
said, due to the polio situation.
Announcement will be made thru
The Herald as to the date the
court will be held.
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Curb Market Answering Long
Nepd For Produce Market
Wner Miss M. ry E. Johnston
a me to Jackson County as Home
?\ger,t, sne realized that a great
leal of surplus foods were being
asted because the women of the
ounty had no way of getting their
produce on the market. After much
Ij-cussion with all Heme Dem
onstration Club women through
->jt the county comf-ming the pos
sibility of establishme a Curb
M: rket, the olUo voted 100% in
."avor of such a pr .iect.
A Jackson C( ur.ty Curb Mar
ket Committee was appoint*
the County Council president
committee is as follows: Mi;
C. Higdon, presidt-nt; Mrs.
Bumgarner, vice / president;
F. M. Williams,/secretary -
5-urer; Mrs. Fra^k H. Bro^
and Mrs. Blain^e Nicholson,
bers. /
The president of the C<
contacted Mr? Dan Allisol
cerning a location for a
ket and he riiost gen*
nated space oji one of his
lots, rent-free for the rest of the
year.
Materials for the building were
secured from W. C. Henne3see
Lumber Company and the Sylva
Supply Company. These business
men were quick to realize the value
of a curb market to the county
as well as to the town people, and
they advanced materials for the
construction of the market. The
Home Demonstration Club wom
en have assumed the responsib
ility of paying the cost of this ma
ial by donations and fees from
e of produce. This market coat
cluhc approximately $300.00
The Jackson County Curb Mar
t had it's formal opening on Au
14, with a special program at
bich Mrs. D. C. Higdon presid
Mr. Jack Allison, Mayor of
welcomed the market to
and expressed his apprecia
te what the club women of
Mftty had succeeded in ec
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