The
VOL. XXIII?NO. 17
Sylva, N. C.
Herald
Jackson County
Ideal For Farming,
Industry, Tourist
Sylva High And District
Schools To Open Today
For 1948 -49 Session
Students To Register, *
Books To fie Assigned,
Classes Start Friday
After several weeks delay due
to the polio outbreak the Sylva
district schools will open for the
1948-49 session this morning at
the usual opening hour. Students
will register, receive books and
room assignments and then be dis
missed for the day. Class work
will start in earnest Friday morn
ing, and the lunch room at Sylva
will be open, according to Ralph
L. Smith, the principal.
The Sylva district includes the
school from Wilmet to Balsam,
Sylva, Webster, and Savannah.
All the other county school opened
last Thursday. It was thought best
by health authorities that the Syl
va district not open until today.
No new cases of polio have de
veloped in the county for some
time, and it is believed that the
cutbreak has been checked. 1
Sylva elementary students will
be housed in the various churches,
club house and WOW hall until
the work of remodeling the ele
mentary building has been com
pleted. This work is said to be
progressing very rapidly at this
time. William B. Dillard is the
contractor on the job with Robert
Hclden as superintendent.
State Republican
Chairman Raps Dcm.
On S*aie Fund Surplus
Tiie evidence which has come
to light about the failure of Dem
ocratic officials in North Carolina
to invest the 8171,375.075.19 in
state funds which was lying idle
in banks in March, 1948, shows
that it it time for a change of ad
ministration in Raleigh, S. A. De
Lapp , Republican State Chair,
man, charged today in Lexington
DeLapp said, "I agree with
Charles M. Jchnson, Kerr Scott's
Democratic primary opponent
when he stated 'Scott as agricul
ture commissioner was a member
of the council of state and had a
responsibility to keep himself ad
vised about state finances'. Idle
funds in banks increased from ap
proximately $105 million to over
$171 million from December, 1946
to March, 1948, while our Demo
cratic leaders in Raleigh slept and
essential services to the people
such as schools and highways were
neglected.
"The Democratic Party has as
sumed full responsibility for our
state government for fifty years
and has become too self-satisfied
and complacent to be responsive
to the needs of the people. We
reed a complete change of admin
istration in Raleigh, not merely a
new face at the helm of an old
machine," DeLapp continued. The
only way to assure a change is to
use the two-party system in North
Carolina and vote Republican in
1948.
Lower District Singing
Convention Set For
Sunday At 2 P. M.
The singing convention of the
Lower District will be held Sun
day afternoon, Sept. 26, at the new
Baptist church at Savannah, be
ginning at 2 o'clock.
All singers are invited to at
t?nH
Stansberry's wounds. Green was
arrested Sunday evening shortly
alter the stabbing by Deputy
Sheriff and Jailor, Warfield Tur
pin, and placed in jail, charged
with an attack on Stansberry with
a deadly weapon
Witnesses to the cutting stated
that Stansberry and Green, close
friends and "buddies", got into an
argument while under the influ
ence of whiskey and that Green
cut Stansberry with his pocket
knife, inflicting a wound in his
heart, requiring eight stitches to
close. The men had had no prey
icus trouble, it was stated. Both
were employed by The Mead Cor
poration. The cutting took place
Stansberry was rushed to the
Sylva.
near Stansberry's home in East
Asheville hospital in Moody's am
bulance with two doctors in at
tendance on the way administer
ing blcod transfusions. Little hope
was held out for his recovery at
first. Attending physicians state
that he now has a fair chance for
recovery.
To Attend Conference
In High Point
The annual Methodist Confer
ence for Western North Carolina
will convene in High Point Mon
day morning, Sept. 27, and con
tinue throughout most of the week.
Attending from Sylva Methodist
church will be the pastor, Rev. W.
Q. Grigg, and Paul Kirk, church
Lay delegate. From Cullowhee
church the pastor, Rev. R. T. Houts,
Jr., and W. E. Bird, Lay delegate,
are planning to attend. They ex
pect to return the following Fri
day.
JUDD STANSBERRY
CRITICAL AFTER
SUNDAY STABBING
Homer Green Being Held
Without Privilege Of
Bond Pending Outcome
Judd Stansberry, 43, is in a
critical condition in an Asheville
hospital and Homer Green, about
45, is being held in the Jackson
County jail without privilege of
bend pending the outcome? of
i
.BULLETIN
Stanberry Dies
Just as The Herald was ready
to go to pr ss we received word
that Judd Stansberry, 43, died
about 3 p. m. in St. Joseph hos
pital in Asheville- where he was
taken Sunday night for treat
ment of wounds inflicted by
Homer Green. Green has been
held in Jackson County jail i
without privilege of bond since
the fatal stabbing.
Funeral arrangements had
not been completed as this is
being printed.
Mr. Stcncberry is survived by
his wife, one daughter, Maxine.
and one son, Larry, h s parents
and other relatives.
A detailed story will be car
risd next week.
Sylva Ladies To Head District
Woman9s Club This Year
Mrs. R. U. Sutton was elected Juanita Davis, Mrs. George Lee
president of the First District and Mrs. Roger Dillard; from the
North Carolina Federation of 20th Century Club, Mrs. R. U.
Women's clubs at the annual dis- Sutton, Mrs. Minnie Gray, Mrs.
trict meeting held in Murphy, E. L. McKee, Mrs. John Morris
Saturday, September 18. Miss and Mrs. John Norton; from the
Mabel Tyree of Cullowhee was Woman's Club, Mrs. Myrtle
elected vice-president and Mrs. Buchanan.
Rcger Dillard of Sylva, secretary. The principal address was given
The attendance prize of $5 and by Mrs. James A. Guptom of
the gavel were awarded tho Cul- Charlotte, state president. Her
lowhee Woman's c7.ub. talk ,was on, "Mobilizing for
Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, Peace." She stressed the heritage
was among the speakers on the of freedom in America and urged
program which was held in the club wemen to use their time and
Murphy Methodist church. talents for peace. She stated that
Those atterdirig from Sylva the great hope for peace lies in
were: from Halcyon Club?Mrs. the United Nations.
Senator Barkley
Democratic leaders from all
Western North Carolina will go to
Asheville Monday evening to hear
Senator Alben W. Barkley, above,
Democratic nominee for Vice
President, when he appears ther?
at 8 o'clock for his opening gun in
North Carolina for the National
Democratic ticket of which he and
President Truman are the head
candidates.
DEWEY SEEN VICTOR
IN THIS STATE
James Baley, Jr., of Marshall,
assistant state GOP chairman,
predicted that Governor Dewey
would carry North Carolina in the
presidential election th's fall in
an address Saturday night at the
Twclitn District Republican Club
meet 11s at Jaire.t Springs Hotel
at Diil?boro.
Mr. Baley a'sr ^.'ijr.ssed th:
>pir.ion that at lc.? ; ' .wj c.in
isi'e^sional d'stricts : i t e state,
including the twei'ti, w 'uld name
Republican congressm n.
Counties represer.'ed at the din
ner mee'.ing were Buncombe, Hay
woc?d, Transylvania, Jackson
Swain, Cherokee and Clay. Hugh
Montieth, Sylva attorney, presid
ed.
The next monthly meeting cf
the club will be held Thursday,
Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jarrett
Springs Hotel.
State Club Leader
To Discuss Family
Relations Here
Mrs. Corinne Grimsley, Special-1
1st in Family Life Relations of the
Extension Service, Raleigh, will
be in Sylva, September 23rd at
the Allison Building to discuss
seme very interesting subjects with
all (Home Demonstration Club
members. The Family Life Lead
\ ers and 4-H Leaders of various
' clubs are expected to attend. Sub
ject for the morning will be
"Tenn-Agers" and the afternoon
| "Making and Keeping Friends or
Your Personality." ,
?! Jackson and Swain County are
to have a joint meeting, Jackson
being the hostess County.
A covered dish luncheon will
be served from 12:00 to 1:00 o'-'
f ock. A local committee has!
been appointed by Mrs. Isola
Thomas, President of the Sylva1
Home Demonstration Club to
| take care of the luncheon, cover-!
ed dishes, decorations, etc. The
committee is as follows: Chair
man, Mrs. C. R. Moody; Vice
Chairman, Mrs. Harry Hustings
Members, Mrs. R. U. Sutton, Mrs.
W. Q. Grigg, Mrs. C. Z. Candler
and Mrs. A. S. Nichols.
Jackson Native Returns
After 43 Years Absence
"I see very little that looks
natural", were the words of Mrs.
Ida Jones Usher, of Anacon:la,
Mont., on arriving in Jackscn
county Sept. 7, for her first vitiit
fcack heme since teavmg in 19CC.
3iie was very much imprers d
with the many changes, espe
cially in highways, buildings,
tourist places, farm hon\>es and
farm crops.
Mrs. Usher was accompanied
by Mr. James E. Ward, of Buck
ley,* Wjsh., also a native of
Jackson, and they are both visit
ing fr ends and relatives in Jack
son and other parts of the state.
Mrs. Usher is a sister of Mrs.
John V. Ashe, of Sylva, and
Mrs. Leona Buchanan, of Wll
mot.
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Out In Front In Farm Fieht
i
Since its formation in 1936 the
North Carolina Farm Bureau has
b.en "out in front" in every for
ward-looking movement under
taken to help the farmer. The
voice of the Tar Hill organization
has been?and continues to be?
heard in every matter concerning
the farmer.
In its 12-year record of service
to farmers through sound, active
even m.litant leadership, the North
Carolina Farm Bureau has helped
every resident of the state.
Among the foresighted programs
sponsored and developed by the
North Carolina Farm Bureau are
the Flue-Cured Tobacco Coopera
tive Stabilization Corporation and
Tobacco Associates, Inc. The
former was originated by Farm
Bureau leaders to guarantee the
flue-cured farmer stable prices
for his product. The wisdom of
siting up such a program is
proved by this fact: nearly 300,
000 tobacco growers have joined
the corporation at a membership
of $5.00 each and benefited from
its floor price guarantee since
1946.
Tobacco Associates, Inc., formed
in 1947 to protect and increase the
export market of flue-cured to
bacco, has already accomplished
much toward its goal. It has suc
ceeded in promoting the sale of
millions of pound of flue-cured
ar.d Burley tobacco abroad.
No one is more aware that To
bacco Associates' long-range task
is enormous than the Farm Bureau
leaders who gave initial impetus
to its formation. By the same
token, no one is more fully con
scious of the business-like manner
in which Tobacco Associates goes
about its work and of the tr men
dous gains it has made in its first
year of operation than those same
Farm Bureau leaders.
North Carolina Farm Bureau
welcomes the cooperation of oth
er progressive minded groups and
individuals, such as was given in
development of Stabilization and
Tobacco Associates. North Caro
.ina Farm Bureau is determined
to continue its pace-setting stride
in matters that affect the farmer
'4All-cut organi 'a'is a power
ful tool that ni..o than 70,000 of
North Carolina's farmers have add
ed to their agricultural arsenal
comparatively recently. It is a
tool that ^rows in cfieciivcr.ess a.
the number of farmers gu'ding its
path irc.ca33. This tool will be
a familiar as et to many thousand
additional Tar Heel farmers in
the years to come. Side by side,
the m_moersi".ip and leadership of
Farm Bureau will show over and
over aga.n that "all-out organiza
tion" oi farmers means PROG
RESS for rural and city folks alike.
Jackson AC A Announces
Additional Funds For
Lime Purchases
D. C. Higdon, Chairman of Jack
son County AC A, states that a
small amount of additional money
has been made available for farm
ers of Jackson County. Any farm
er w.shing to secure a purchase
order for lime should contact the
office at once if they wish to have
lime delivered this fall. Farmers
may secure purchase orders for
winter cover crop seed at this
tim. There is also available or
chard grass and ladino clover seed
for fall seeding of pastures.
The North Carolina corn crop
this year is expected to yield
about 74 million bushels?13 per
cent above the .1947 crop and 45
per cent more than the average for
the previous t n years.
"Learring by doing" is the bas s
of the 4-H Ciub program, which
is now being followed by nearly
two million young Americans.
About three million persons were
doing hired farm work on Sep
tember 1, the largest number for
that date since 1943.
Will C. Norton
92 Years Young
WILLI.- M C. NORYON, above
nffectionally known by his ho^t
cf file ids as "Uncle Will" observ- ?
ed his 92nd birthday anniversary
at his home near Cullownee on
day, Sept mber 17, surrounded
i.'y l is family and a hundred or
move of his lriends and neighbors.
The b rthday dinner, with the
cake bearing 92 lighted candles,
was ser. ed on the lawn of the
home. Members of Mr. Norton's
family coming heme for the oc
casion were: Mrs. J. H. Long.'
Franklin; Mrs. J. J. W.ldo, Bryson
City; Mrs. W. L. Henson. Svlva;
Oscar. Lem and Willie Norton, of
Culijwiiev; Mrs. John E. Hooper.
Cullowme, and a large number ?>t
iiV.mi'.nildren and ijjjjt-granJ
child. en.
Di.-p.te his mrr-y yo-rs M . X r
1 -i i\:na.r..? q uia ac'ave and c : i
o nil...*!. He e Joyed I he o.'i.i
t <?[ i (.> ,'iiv and h..vinu so many
? ! ift. :e!ctives and men s call
[ ) i\mim')er him on '.his .>v \
iia iece;\od m..ny nice gi.t; Iron:
?. s ia-v! y a*d act mil is.
?!.-. N ?:t :s the !a-r surviv.nn
member o: tor orijjiral board i 1'
Trustee < i? Wes'ern Caioiina
Teacruis C'lk^e. Me did a great
work in iieiping gel tne eoliege
established and has always taken
much interest in its growth and
development.
He serv d a four year term as
County Commi?.oner and was at
one t.me Sheriff if Jacks; n Coun
ty, and has always been active in
the interest of the lifj of the
county.
As evidence o: how active Mr.
Norton is he afendti the annual
Norton Reunion he.d or. 1: st Sun
day in Whi'essd Cove wh en he
enjoyed to the fullest exten..
SCOTT TO SPEAK
J tfiiri??? ? i . . -
W. KERR SCOTT, Democratic
nominee * for Governor of North
Carolina will deliver an address
in Hoey AuditorhajjKaf'Gullowhee
at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. <8. The
public is invited. \ -
Cope Says Funds For
Fog Spray Are Slow
Grayson Cope, presl.'ert of th
Merchants Association, who ar
ranged fcr h-ving tue town of
Sylva aprayed with DDT for the
prrventir^ r* oclio and other
d seases, w i:h m ght he carried
by flies and ether insects, states
that the V.00 per family re
quested fcr fir s^rav is cmi-r
in very slow!/. In fret, he s*id.
very few people csv- oaid a~y
thl-g. y t their health is bene
f ted juct as much as th^se who
hive p' i*'. He ssa.n urgently
requests t;*at you contr but* $1
toward t>e erst of the work of
spraying tue town.
The work of soraying the
town wrs completed last Wed
nesday rig^t.
SOS8AMON 3 In Sylva
STATE DEMOCRATS !
PLAN DOUBLE-HEADE1
KICK-OFF NEXT WEEK
Senator Barkley And
Secretary Brannon To
Carry The Ball In Opener
Raleigh, Sept. 21?North Caro
olina Democrats will launch their
intensive State campaign with a
double-header kick-off Monday.
Sept. 27. featuring lthe party's
nominee for Vice-President. Sena
tor Alben W. Barkley, and the
Secretary of Agriculture, Chas. F
Brannon.
Senator Barkley will speak in
Ash' ville at 8 p. m. Monday in
conncction with the first of the 12
Congressional District rallies.
On the same day, in Monroe at
11 a. m.. the Secretary of Agricul
ture will address a meeting of
Democrats in Union County. Con
L1' e sin'in C. B. Deane of the Eighth
Dis'riet will preside "over this
m??e rig. and will head a mo!( r
cade to Asheville afterward to hear
Senator Barkley.
In order to accommodate the
I. rge crowd expected to turn out
I. ?r Senator Berkley, his speech
h?-"n arranged t'??r the Ashe
viile */** 11 park \vh ch accomnn -
<i. 1< > more tr.an 4.000.
!" a'i I'4, on to the Vice Pr^si
' : '? n ^.nee. t '.e Ashevillt
.r.i ' will he a 11 o! ? i ?*! by G v
? i? ?} - . ini;,ee K r Scott, I' S
S ? a'"!-li'unir.ee J. M. Brough
* " ir.<"* members of the C' ngre?
s: n'. 1 delegation and State offi
cialdom en masse. The Barkley
speaking v-ill fpllo\y tne 12th Dis
trict Congressional meeting which
will begin at the Asheville Recrea
tion Park at 2:30.
Chamber of Commerce
To Start Membership
Drive Friday, Dues Set
Hughes Lays Claim To
Filing Oldest Deed
Glenn Hughes, register of
deeds for Jackson county, lays
claims to having filed the oldest
deed of any register of the pres
ent day. On Sept. 16 Mr. Hughes
entered for recording a deed
dated January 1, 1863. Th
deed, a missing link in a chn n
of title being run by a local at
torney, wai found in perfect con
dition in a trunk in the home of
M rc. Adeline Coward. The deed
was for t -ie transfer of 50
acres of land in Canev Fr.rrf
l"'-wn?hip r->m W. L. D. C o:.m
to Mnt Ida Cow^rJ.
Mr. Hughes offers this as a
challenge to registers in other
v\ts*ein Uorth Carolina coun
ties.
Folk Festival
T:.c American Legion Square
Dance team will take in the An
nual Haywood County Folk Festi
val at the Canton High School
Ball Park on September 20. The
interetainment starts about sun
down and all square dance teams
string bands, and indfvidual per
formers are invited. Read Wilson
of Radio Station WWNC will serve
as master of ceremonies for the
event. Attractive cash prizes ar
offered to winners.
President Hampton Ex
plains Lateness of An
nual Drive: Sylva Cham
ber Lauded by Executives
Woody R. Hampton. Pres.dent
of the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, has announced that
the 1948 annual membership drive
tor this organization will start Fri.
day morning of this week. Mr.
Hampton stated that the Board of
Directors have set minimum mem
bership fees for this drive as fol
lows: All business firm a mini
mum of $23.00 and all individuals
a minimum of S5.00. Mr. Hamp
ton further stated that the reason
that the annual membership drive
is being conducted this late in
the season is that there were so
many different drives earlier in
the summer for funds that it was
considered best to postpone this
one. Now that our organization
has made such an outstanding rec
ord in entertaining the State
Chamber of Commerce Executives
and that so much favorable com
ment has come from this conven
tion the results of the work being
done by the organization can
readily be seen as of unti Id benefit
to the community. The convention
members will give Jackson county
and S> lva the kind of advertis
ing that money cannot buy.
The Jackson County Chamber
'?! Commerce was the first in
W'\'"rn North C. r? !in.? to raise
$1000. (?! .")(? peivont o: i s quota
lor t.u- Cherokee Indian Pageant
whim is t<? get underway next
year. This pageant will be to
\Ve>tern North Carolina in bring
ing \iMlor> to this sect on what
the Paul C?r en's Lost Coif ny has
been t.> Eastern North (^aroUna.
Tfcis nvmey raised in a spe
cial dr;ve last spring.
A number of the many letters
received from the visiting Cham
ber of Commerce Executives tell
ing of their wonderful time in
Sylva. are being carried in The
Herald this week. These and oth
er letter* will be found posted in
the Cnameer el Commerce office.
Mr. Hampton urgently requests
that membership checks be for- .
warded immediately to the secre
tary-treasurer of u local Cham
ber at once so that he drive can
be completed as ?o ">n as possible.
Tatem Club, foi.nerly Fair
field Inn, at Cashiers is the first
firm to pay its 1948 ftc. Dr. and
M rs. Roy Kirchberg. arc the first
individuals.
The following have paid their
ftes anr: oetume members since
the ci.tion hst week: Massie
Furniture Co., Hennessee Lumber
Co., So>samon Furniture Co., W.
J. Fi>iiwi, Professional Drug Co.,
Hooper Mi tar Company, Grayson
Cope. Ralph Sutton and The Sylva
Herald.
Pro^il L.Madison
In aSiW ,v % Hospital
Professor R. ladison of Web
ster was carried to Mission hos
pital, Asheville, Wednesday, for
treatment.
"Southland." a new tomato va
riety which is resistant to collar
rot and nearly immune to fusar
ium wilt, has been developed by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.
Group To Tour National
Forests Thur.-FriSept. 29-30
Waynesville ? Plans were com- tion Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 9 cl
pleted at a meeting of the office m. The night will be spent at
here of the North Carolina Nation- Franklin and the trip will be con
j1 Park, Parkway, and Forests eluded the afternoon of Sept. 30.
Development Commission, for a , The party will pick up civic
tour of the Nantahala and Pisgah leaders of the communities through
National Forests, according to which it travels. Special guestg on
Charles. E. Ray, chairman. the tour will be Congressman Mon
The object of the tour is to ob- roe M. Redden of Hendersonville
serve the work being dene by the and Congressman Joseph R. Bry
Southeastern Forest Experiment son cf Greenville, S. C.
Station and to inspect recreational The committee planning the trip
and other projects. The tour will was appointed at a recent meeting
be under the direction of Dr. I. T. of the executive committee of Wes
Hag, director of the Southeastern tern North Carolina Associated
Forest Experiment Staticn and the Communities, by Percy B. Ferebee,
supervisors of the two national president. Its members are C. M.
Jorests, Cr.rl G. Krueger of Pisgah DourIus, Brevard; R. U. Sutton,
and E. W. Renshaw of Nantahala. Sylva; Dr. I. T. Haig, Carl G.
Plans are for the tour to start at Kuegcr, E. W. Renshaw and Mr.
:he B:nt Creek Experiment Sta- Ray.