VOL. XXIII?NO. 23
The Sylva Herald
Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 4, 1948
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TRUMAN
J. C. Henderson
Observes89th
Anniversary
Attributes Long Life
To Hard Work, Plenty
Of Exercise In Open
John Calhoun Henderson, who
makes his home with his daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Nicholson at Webster, cele
brated his 89th Birthday anniver
sary on Saturday, October 23. A
birthday dinner, in his honor, was
given by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson.
Mr. Henderson, a life-long resi
dent oi' Jackson County, spent his
early boyhood days in Hamburg
Township, coming to Webster in
early manhood. His parents, the
late Mr. and Mrs. William Hender
son, came to Jackson county from
Buncombe county. Their forefath
ers came from Scotland. Several
Henderson brothers came to A
merica and settled in New Hamp
shire and Mass. Two of the broth
ers later c? me South, one to South
Carolina and the ottur to Ashe
ville and then to Henderson county
for whom the county was named.
Mr. Henderson attributes his
long life to hard work and plenty
of exercise. He has been a very
successful farmer. Mr. Henderson
has been married three times, his
first wife was Miss Delpha Wilson
Peters and to this-union were born
five children. His second marriage
was to Miss Sara Jane Taylor, and
to this union were born two daugh
ters. His third marriage ' was to
Miss Margaret Ruby., One child,
a son, Frank, was born to this
union. He is a cousin to James A.
Cathey, no:td minister and writer.
Mr. Henderson served two terms
?on the County Board of Education
was chief deputy under Sheriff
J. A. McClain. He was a Justice of
the Peace for six years.
Mr. Henderson has been a life
long Democrat, adding that he had
?always voted a straight ticket. He
has been a member of the Baptist
church for 60 years and a Master
Mason for 65 years. He has served
?on the Jackson county Grand Jury
for years and was foreman a num
"ber of times.
Mr. Henderson's mind is excel
lent, his eyes exceptionally good,
but hearing poor. He thinks he has
his second eye-sight, can now read
^without glasses. To show how ac
tive he is for his age he quite fre
quently walks from Webster to
Sylva.
Kerr Scott, New Governor Of
N. C., Fears No Precedents
One thing is certain about Wil
liam Kerr Scott, North Carolina's
new governor?he doesn't let pre
cedent stand in his way.
State tradition says that Tar
Htel governors must alternate be
tween natives of the east and west.
Since outgoing Gov. R. Gregg
Cherry is' from Gastonia, in the
west, his successor should neces
sarily come from the east.
However, Scott, from Alamance
county, generally considered in the
west, broke through the geographi
cal barrier and battled his way
into the chief executive's chair.
Although he ran second in the
May 29th Democratic primary, he
nevertheless won the runoff against
State Treasurer Charles M. John
son. In the six-man first primary
Johnson led by 170,141 to 161,293.
However, in the runoff, Scott polled
216,384 votes to'Johnson's 183,920.
Scott was the first man to win a
runoff who didn't place first in the
first primary.
Scott was born April 17, 1896 on
the Melville farm near Haw river
in Alamance county. At 18, while
a high school senior, he was mana
ger of the Hawfields community
fair, operating it on a successful
financial basis.
. Graduated At State
He graduated from N. C. State
college in 1917 with honors. He was
a big man on the campus, was
president of his junior class and
was a member of the cross-coun
try team.
In 1920-30, as agricultural agent
for Alamance county, Scott organi
zed what at that time was the
world's largest Jersey calf club. In
1930-33, while master of the state
Grange, he accomplished the lead
ing organization record in the na
tion for the Grange in the 57 years
of its existence.
His 11 years as state commision
er, 1937-48, were equally spectacu
lar, Scott's friends called him the
man "fwho took the sand out of
fertilizer, the sawdust out of feed,
the grits and cracked rice out of
sausage, and short measure out of
scales and gasoline pumps."
In 1937 he was presented the
Progressive Farmer award, 'The
Man of the Year," as the state's
outstanding agricultural leader.
Scott resigned as agriculture
Commissioner to run for governor.
During his gubernatorial campaign
he called for a special session of the |
legislature "to deal with the crisis
of the public schools," publically
charged the Tidewater Power com
pany of Wilmington with retarding !
the development of the port of Wil- j
mington by its "excessive rates,"!
and declared he was against is-!
suing "any bonds of any purpose" j
until "the huge state surplus" is I
(Continued on page 10)
Democra s Win
Schools Take 38.3 Per
Cent Of All State Funds
The public schools took 38.3 per
cent of state expenditures during
I 1947-48, an analysis of statements
| on the condition ot the three State
i funds ? Agriculture, Highway and
1 General ? issued by the Budget
! Bureau shows.
i Expenditures from the General
Fund were 56.3 per cent of the
total; highways expenditures rep
resented 43.1 per cent of ihe total;
and agriculture .6 of one per cent.
I Educational, charitable and cor
rectional institutions, departments
courts, State aid, etc., took 18 per
cent of th2 56.3 per cent from the
General Fund after deducting 38.3
per cent for the public schools.
Total expenditures from all
sources, the Budget Bureau state
ments show, amounted to $163,651,
'544 ? $1,027,417 from the Agri
cultural Fund, $70,605,889 from the
| Highway Fund, and $92,018,238
from the General Fund. The total
expenditures for public schools a
mounting to $62,655,102 came from
the General Fund.
An analysis of the General Fund
alone shows that the public schools
received 68.1 per cent of the total
expenditures from this fund. This
is slightly less than the proportion
received the year before when the
public schools took 71 per cent of
all expenditures from this fund.
WALLACE VOWS
PROGRESSIVES
TO FIGHT ON
Hrnry A. Wallace failed to win r
s'ngle electoral vote for president
but he vowed today that his Pro
gressive party will fight on.
He said the party "will now pro
ceed to organize state by state, city
hy city and district by district."
Ultimately, he predicted, it will re
place either the Republican or
Democratic party as one of the
country's two strongest parties.
Asked whether he would be the
party's presidential candidate again
in 1952, he replied:
"That's a long way off;"
Despite his electoral showing,
Wallace's popular vote hurt Presi
dent Truman's chances in such key
states as New York, New Jersey
and California.
PRESIDENT
r HARRY. S. TRUMAN won the
election for President of the
United States in a clear-cut ma
jority in Tuesday's election. This
was Mr. Truman's first r time to
appear on the national ticket for
this office. He ran as vice-presi
dent with Roos.velt in 1944 and
then stepped into the President's!
office on the death of Roosevelt j
in Apr 1, 1945. His powers as ai
I vo?e-getter were unknown na- I
?ionally until this week when he'
virtually won the election himself |
is v ry few leading Democrats
campaigned in his behalf and most!
of the big daily papers were fori
Dewey.
SHERIFF TAKES
MAN, GAR, LIQUOR
Sheriff Griffin Middleton cap
ture Vernon H. Lance, a 1948 Olds
mobile and 12 gallons of liquor on
highway No. 23 near Dillsboro
Monday afternoon. The car, ac
cording to Lance, belonged to H.
T. Deweese, of Culberson, Chero
kee County. It was used to run
liquor between North Carolina and
Georgia points.
Lance posted a cash bond of
$200 from himself and $750.00 for
the automobile, or a total of $950.
If the bond is forfeited the money
will be turned over to the school
fund.
WNC Returns Monroe
Redden To Congress
The mountain counties of the
U2th congressional district returned
Rep. Monroe M. Redden of Hender
sonville to Washington for a second
term and gave strong support to all
Democratic candidates in yester
day's general elections, according to
incomplete returns from two-thirds
of the 1988 voting precincts.
GOVERNOR
W. K&RR SCOTT was elected
Governor of North Carolina in
Tuesday's general election by a
huge majority over his Republican
opponent, George M. Pritchard.
Scott's vote in Jackson county
stands unofficially at 4333 to Prit
chard's 2326.
EACH CANDIDATE
RECEIVES A LARGE
MAJORITY OF VOTES
North Carolina went to the polls
Tuesday and elected a full Dem
ocrat slate of candidates includ
ing a Governor, U. S. Senator,
twelve Congressmen and other
state olt'icers. Large majorities
were given each candidate.
The unofficial vote for State 01
f cers in Jackson county shows
Scott, Democrat for Governor,
4333 and Pritcharci, Republican,
2326. Scott for Governor, ran
ahead of Truman by over 400
votes, indicating that some of the
Democrats voted for Dewey, as
he ran ahead of Pritchard by
around 200 votes.
For United States Senator, J.
Melville Broughton, Democrat, re
ceived 4224 to John *A. Wilkinson,
Republican, 2348. The vote in the
county of Congressman of the 12th
District held pretty much along
party line, with Monroe M. Red
den, Democrat gathering in 4234
votes to W. W. Candler, Republi
can, 2344 votes.
Dan Moore, on the state ticket
for Superior court judge, was un
opposed and received a big vote
in his own county of Jackson. Two
other Superior Court Judges,
i Chester R. Morris of the 1st Dis
trict and F. Donald Phillips, of
the 13th, were also unopposed.
*? Tha Progressive candidates for
State office, all received light
votes in Jackson county.
Dewey Congratulates
Truman On Victory
Gov. Thomas E., Dewey con
ceded the election of President
Truman early Wednesday aft
ernoon in the following tele- |
gram: "My Heartiest congrstu
lations on your election and
every good wish for a successful <
administration.
"I urge all Americans to unite i
bshind you in support of Ivsry ;
sffort to ksep our nation strong
and fraa and to establiah peacs
in tha world."
MRS. MCKEE AND MRS.
HUNTER ARE HEARD
BY PTA MEMBERS
Mrs. E. L. McKee and Mrs. H.
T. Hunter were the speakers on
the program lor the Sylva Parent
Teacher meeting held in the high
school building last Thursday
night. Mrs. McKee gave a report
on the district meeting of the As
sociation, which was held in the J
.Sandhill high school building in
Buncombe county on Thursday, j
October 7. She then introduced|
Mrs. Hunter, of Cullowhee, who
poke on "What Does The PTA:
Mean to You?"
A large group of members at-'
tended and heard the speakers and j
transacted routine business during
the opening business session.
At a previous meeting the As-1
sociation voted to employ Mrs. Ma el
P. Stallcup to make improvements j
in the library. Announcement was (
made that Mrs. Sol Schulman had
offered to pay her salary for No
vember.
Philadelphia Vets
Stop Over Here
John Collins, Charles F. Sieg
fried, Louis Milano and their wives]
oi Tiago Post No. 319 American
Legion, of Philadelphia, Pa., stop
ped over for a night at Lloyd hotel
while on their way back home from
the Miami convention. These men
have all served their post as com
mander.
They weie shown places of in
terest in the county? by Felix
Picklesimer.
SOSSAMON'S in Sylva
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N. Ck Voters Apparently
Split On Amendments
VICE-PRESIDENT
kBrifiiaifiiMflHiiiHiBaMH!
. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, veteran
Senator from Kentucky, became
:he Nation's new vice-president as
a result of the Democratic victory
| in the general election Tuesday.
The country has been without a
vice-president since Mr. Truman
succeeded the late President
Roosevelt as President. Barkley
has made an able Senator from his
home state, being a strong sup
porter of the policies of both
Roosevelt and Truman. He will
;idd strength to the national ad- j
ministration as vice-president.
BROWN NAMED NEW !
LEGION COMMANDER i
S. P<-rry Brown, 56-ye.ir-old
Texan from Beaumont, was elect-i
ed national comander of the A-1
I
merican Legion at it's 30th annual
convention in Miami, Florida,!
? i
Thursday, October 21. He succeeds'
James F. O'Neil. |
Attending the convention from
Sylva, representing William E.
Dillard Post No. 104, were: Rev.
W. Q. Grigg, D. M. Tallent, Felix J
Picklesimer, Dexter Hooper and
Dan B. Hooper.
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Dillsboro School Has
Halloween Carnival
On Thursday night the Parent
Teacher association of Dillsboro
sponsored a Halloween carnival at
the school building. The fun be
g. n around 7:30 with several at-!
tractions. Among them were bin
go, cake walks, fish pond, food
sales and the crowning of the
beauty queen. Miss Martha Brown
received this honor.
$164.90 was cltared which will
go into the school treasury.
Funeral Held
Funeral services for former Rep.
Zebulon Weaver, 78, who died in
an Asheville hospital Friday, were
held Sunday ; f'.crnoon.
The veteran congressman, with
a rccord of 23 years service to the
now 12th district was deated two
years ago by Monroe M. Reuticn.
Congressman Weaver played a big
p.jrt in promoting legislation for
establishing the Gr^nt Smoky
.vIour.ci.ini. ."i.il
Results as to the outcome of the
vote on the four proposed consti
tutional amendments in North
Carolina remained in doubt as
we go to press. Incomplete unof-I
ticial returns from less than half
the state's 1.956 precincts showed
voters slightly/ favoring incre; sed
pay for state legislators.
A g; eater margin also favored
1 he p: oposed to permit the state'.
spi-i ia! and bond elections to be
.c.Tiied by simple majoriti s, thu
f.im nating the "vote against reg
istration" provision.
Voters apparently were against
two other amendments. One would
have removed the debt limit im
posed on the state, counties and
citi s. The other would have giv
en the counties the right to levy in
creased amounts to taxes for gen
eral purpose.
BROWN AND MCKEE
WIN IN COUNTY BY
BIG MAJORITIES
Mrs. E. L. McKee, veteran legis- I
'atur, candidate-lor State Senate,
n the 82n tTJJiatvict, ' and-FrafiWj
Brown, Jr., of Cullowhee Demo-!
cr;>t for the lower house, won clear- 1
rut majorities in the county. Mrs.'
McKee ?- received 3976 vot s. j
Hodges, also Democrat for State)
Senate in this district received i
4034. Their opponents, Republi
cans Davis and Griffith, received
2224 and 2174 respectively. I
Brown, Democrat, won over
Hugh Monteith, Republican, lor
the house, by an unofficial count
of 1652. Brown's vote was 3909
and Monteith's 2257.
i
John E. Henson, for Clerk of
Court, filling the unexpired term
of the late, Roy Cowan, was un
opposed and received a big vote.
T. D. Bryson, Jr., was unop
posed for Solicitor of the 20th Dis
trict. He was appointed to this
post after tbe death of Baxter C.
Jones, who was appointed to fill
the unexpired term when Dan K.
Moore was appointed Judge.
All figures in this week's edi
tion are unofficial. The election
officials will meet today at 11 o'
clock to canvass the vote and make
their official, return, which will
then be c.rtificd to the State Board
of Election.
L
Dewey Concedes
Defeat As Trumaa
Gets Electoral
Vote Majority
Thurmond, Wallace Fail
To Stop President As
Major Parties Capture
Most Of Vote
Harry S. Truman was re-elcted
president of the United States with
a clear-cut majority in one of the
greatest political up-sets in recent
years. Although losing the state
of New York and Pennsyvania, the
president gathered in over 300 of
the 531 electoral votes, (266 being
required to win.) Dewey, slated by
all political experts to win by a
landslide, trailed the president
from the -very beginning of the
count-out, with Truman's majority"
growing larger as final precincts
were heard from. Dewey conced
ed defeat in a stateihent shortly
before noon Wednesday.
The president went to his home
in Missouri to cast his ballot and
remained there until after the elec
t on. According to his own state
ments. made at various times dur
ing the strenuous campaign, he
believed that he would be elected.
Early in the campaign he told an
audience that the next president
would be a Democrat and that he
was that Democrat. Few people,
however, believed that he had Vfiry
llittie, 'if uny to win . . .
ttitfs the political up-set.
North Carolina went strong for
the president as well as all other
Democratic candidates.
The unofficial vote for president
in Jackson county, with two pre
cincts missing, Canada ftfsL 2 and
River No. 2, gave TrUnruJn 3915,
Dtwey 2,494. Thurmond, \Dixie
crat, 146 and Wallace, Progressive*
only 17. }~
A tabulation of the official jcoun
ty vote by precinct will be Carried
in The Herald next week.
Resource-Use Conference
To Meet November 12
R. L. Weaver, program director
of Resource-Use Education faa
North Carolina, will be the speak
er at a Resource-Use conference to
be held at Western Carolina Teach*
ers college Friday, November IX
W. B. Harrill, acting dean aC
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, and chairman of the west
ern area for Resource-Use, safe!
that principals and teachers from
all parts of Westerfi North Carolina
would be invited. Reports will
be given on work being dona in
public welfare, soil conservation*
forestry, and other public service
programs.
Parade9 Banquet9 And Dance
To Feature Armistice Program
Armistice Day, November 11th,I
will be observed next Thursday in
Sylva with a parade and several*
other events The parade will form*
at the Community Building at 1:00'
p.m. and will commence at 1:30.
Route of the parade will be from
the foot of Courthouse steps, east
on Main street, to railroad cross
ing at far end of town and return
same route. Parade will disperse
at the foot of Courthouse steps.
All Ex-Service men of Jackson
county and all members of the
American Legion William E. Dil
lard Post No. 104 are urged to be
present at the Community House
for formation of the parade at 1:00
p.m. All such men please wear a
^ri'orm if at :.M possible; if not,
! wear an American Legion Cap, or
come anyway. Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, jind Cr.mpfire Girls are
invited to take part in the parade.
Sylva High school band will lead
the parade, under direction ol Mr.
Dcr. Cclc.
Following the parade at 3:00 p.m.
a football gamr is scheduled. Mars
H 11 High school will play Sylva
1 Ij'gh school on Mark Watgon Field.
A banquet will be held at the
Community building at 6:30 p.m.
for all ex-Servicemen and Women
and wives and husbands. Tickets
will be on sale this week by mem
bers of the American Legion and
Auxiliary at $1.00 per plate, or
may be purchased at the Commun
ity House next Thursday night.
Any one who wishes to donate
produce in exchange for the $1.00
plate may do so by turning such
produce into L. H. Higdon at Cul
lowhee or to George Sloan, at
; Southern Railway Depot, Sylva,
I before 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9.
! Produce which will be accepted
is as follows: Hens on foot; canned
beans; Irish pot. butter; apples;
eggs; cabbage; pickles; and bacons
Immediately after the banquet, W.
B. H<irrill, Dean of the Western
Carolina Teachers College, and m
man with extensive experience in
Veterans Affairs, will deliver &
short address.
To conclude the days gala events^
there will be a square dance held
in the Community House, toltovr~
ing the banquet. All Veterans and
I ;r. mi lies r.rc invit d free of charge.