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VOL. XXIII?NO. 33
Wood J
N. C. Budge!
Years Expe<
v, Largest In S
Recommendations of the ad-*
vistory budget commission on state
spending during the 1949-51 biennium
will be presented to the GenataI
Accamhly Thursday nr.vpmQr
Scott announced today.
With the budget commission report
at hand, the lawmakers, who
have been marking time mostly so
far this session, will be able to get
down to serious business.
Although the commission report
is a secret, it is expected to call for
1 the greatest spending program in
state history, and probably will
recommend increased pay for
teachers and state employees, in/ poacoH
nrinrnnriations for State
supported colleges and hospitals,
and increased appropriations for
the needy aged.
, The budget report constitutes a
guide for the lawmakers as they
go about their job of deciding on
the needs of state agencies and the
h availability of state revenues.
The report will be accompanied
by bills prepared by the budget
commission to put its proposals into
effect, including the biennial appropriations
bill and a bill recom.
s mending changes in the state's tax
structure. In addition there probably
will be a bill appropriating
j funds for permanent improvements
at state institutions.
< Another bill which the budget
commission is expected to propose
probably will provide pay increases
for school teachers and state emI
ployes on a retroactive basis. If
enacted, this bill probably would
enable the state workers to receive
their pay increases within a few
weeks instead of having to wait
until July 1 when the biennial appropriations
bill is effective.
Such a bill was introduced early
in the 1947 General Assembly and
provoked a bitter fight over the
amount of pay increases the workers
and teachers were to receive.
? The budget commission was confronted
with the task of bringing
requests of state agencies into tline
with anticipated revenues. The
commission received requests for a
total of $611,000,000. On the present
1ax structure and if collections remain
constant, revenues are expected
to amount to about $425,000,000
during the biennium. State
, spending this biennium will total
about $322,000,000.
TWO BIOGRAPHY8 OF GEO.
WASHINGTON RECEIVED
^ tBBbm. by 8YLVA LIBRARY
The Sylva library has just received
two volumnes pf a biography
of George Washington by
Douglas Southal Freeman, presented
by District No. 1 of North
' Carolina Federation of Woman's
club, in memory of Mrs. E. L.
^ McKee. Mrs. T. A. Case of Mur?*
? ? motu m'Kc/tfimfinn
pajr
lias ^1 veil a IIV TT gUk/0V4?|'MW*<
to Current Biography, in memory
of Mrs. McKee also.
; t ~
Hugh Monteii
President Of
Hugh Monteith, local attorney
and active in Scout work for 22
years or more, was installed ai
president of the Daniel Boom
Council in impressive ceremoniei
at the First Baptist church ir
Asheville Monday evening whei
the Council observed annua
Scouters convention.
Mr. Monteith was tfmong 21
people at the convention from Sylva
which ?gave Sylva the larges
at'endance and enabled the Sylvj
Scout leaders to return the attendance
trophy to Sylva for th<
4th timo in succession. Then
> *) were fifty-five attended from th?
Smoky Mountain District, o
) Jackson, Macon and Swain coun
f , ties.
I /
f v Also installed at the Monda;
! JL evening convention were W. C
fHennessee, P&ul Kirk, -of Sylv
and Jtufus A. Morgan of Franklir
as members of the executiv
1 Thi
Mcnhftl
: For Next 2
eted To Be
tate History
FUNERAL RITES FOR !
m. r. i. smith Hfl n
IN BREVARD FRIDAY
Well Known Druggist
Dies Of Heart Attack
At Home of Friends
In Mocksville
Funeral services for Dr^ F. L. I
Smith, who died Wednesday,
January 5, at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. John - Weiters in Mocksville,
were held at 11 o'clock Friday
morning In Brevard at the home of
Mrs. S. M. Macfie. Burial was in
the Brevard cemetery. Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan, of Franklin, officiated
at the services.
Pallbearers were Sol Schulman,
R. O. Wilson and Phil Stovall, of
Sylva, Dr. Wilson Lyday and J.
Ashe Macfie, of Brevard and S. R.
Roane, of Whittier.
Dr. Smith was ' enroute to his
home in Whittier and had stopped
for a short visit with the Weiters.
Death was attributed to a heart
attack, suffered while in the Weiters
home.
A son of the late John B. and
Frances Sauers Smith, he was a
native of Lexington. He was a
graduate of the school of pharmacy
of the Medical College of Virginia
and had practiced his profession
in Virginia and North Carolina.
He first came to Sylva in 1934 and
was associated with the Sylva
Pharmacy until 1937 when he
went to the central part of the
state. He was a charter member
and the first president of the
Madison Lions Club. He was also
i charter member of the WinstonSalem
Pharmaceutical Association,
serviing as first president of
that organization.
Dr. Smith returned to Sylva
early in 1947 and was again associated
with the Sylva Pharmacy.
He and Mrs. Smith made their
, ..ome in Whittier where they operated
the "Longtime Beagle Kennclls."
Survivors include the widow,
l Ruth Gilley Smith, a son, Michael
^ ? - ? -i-A m w
Sidney; six sisters, ivirs. r,. . jd.
Craven, Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson,
Mrs. L. M. Grimes, Mrs. C.
H. Thompson, of Lexington; Mrs.
James E. Williams, of Charlotte,
and Mrs. E. B. G. Taylor of Richmond,
Va.
First Half Day Store
Closing Catches Many
Many citizens were caught Wed.
nesday afternoon when the first
i half-day closing period went into
effect. Having forgotten that the
, stores would begin closing at 12
o'clock on Wednesday, numerous
l would-be shoppers went home
r empty handed and a bit disgruntled
over the situation.
h Installed As
Scout Council
r| board.
\ Fred Waters, former Council
i ^resident, now superintendent oi
OaefrtMta eohnnle morio thp nrin
I VJ CIO WViliU S7V??WMV| WW ?
5 cipal address, using as his subj
ject, "Rendering unselfish service
i. to boys." The main thought ol
I his address was urging adult leadi
ers td take every opportunity tc
' render service to more boys.
President Monteith stated thai
"1 there are now some 2100 boj
* scouts in the 14 counties of the
3 Daniel Boone council. It is hi!
opinion that many more boy<
E would be in scouting if adult!
would give more time to scouting
e President Monteith said, 4 Pros'
oects for Souting in the Danie
Boone Council for 1949 are gooc
| and there is no doubt but tha
y there will be an increase in th<
I. number of ^bs and scouts?if th<
a adult Scoot Leaders will take adi,
| vantage of the opportunity to giv<
e scouting to more boys."
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Sheriff Takes
3 More Stills III
Drive On Liquor
Sheriff Middleton and Deputy
Frank Allen have taken three
more "Moonshine" stills in the
last week, which are in addition to
~ n l_ _Tl i?i
the *40 captures in me pasi nve
I months.
These liquor making stills were
taken in the Balsam and. Cull'ovvhee
sections. On Tuesday of last
week the officers captured a 40gallon
outfit and destroyed 400
gallons of mash near Balsam and
mother almost the same size on
Dark , Ridge. A 30-gallon s1 ill
! and 160 gallons of mash were destroyed
on Cullowhee Mountain
( the samwday. ? ..
I In - commenting^ on the large
number of stills captured in the
oast few months, the Sheriff stated
that this may have something to
do with the Sylva men resorting
to a quick plan of making whisky
from wood alcohol, as their usual
i
j source of supply had possibly been
I cut off in this way. However, this
was no excuse for men resorting
to such a dangerous practice, he
I said, the result being fatal for three I
already.
CATAMOUNTS DEFEAT
; APPALACHIAN 59-57
Last Second Field
Goal By Carter v
Is Victory Margin 1
A field goal with three seconds 1
to go by Guard Artis Carter wasj
j the victory margin needed by Tuck |
McConnell's Western "CarolinaCatamounts
to defeat the Appa-J
lachian State Mountaineers 59-57
' at Cullowhee Tuesday night.
The game, one of the most thrilling
ever witnessed on the college
court here, saw Appalachian lead
i from the start and hold a margin
; of from two to eight points all
the way until the final few minutes.
^
With four minutes rerhaining |
I the Apps were out front 51-45. but
' 'he Cats quickly tied the score on!
two field buckets, by Veo Rhodes
and one by Clyde Pressley. Then'
the score was tied five different
times from there out until Carter
won the ball game with his baskt.
Bob McGinn led the Cats with
18 points, 15 of them in the last j
half. The victory moved W. C.
into second place in the North'
State Conference.
Polio Funds
! Exhausted; No
MoreForN.C.
CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 11.?The
^olio epidemic fund for the National
Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis in New York has been exhausted
and, therefore, no more
'unds can be sent to North CaroI
Una chapters until after the 1949
, March of Dimes campaign is over
Philip S. Randolph, executive sectary
of the state epidemic fund
} committee and state eastern field
J representative, said at headquarters
here today.
, Notifying all chapter officers and
campaign directors throughout the
J state, Mr. Randolph said "I have
r just been advised that funds are
exhausted and there is little hope
j1 of further financial assistance from
5 that source until after the 1949
. March of Dimes! This critical condition
demands immediate action
. on the part of all persons connect1
j id with the foundation,
i "Therefore the North Carolina
t epidemic fund committee cannot
3 fill requests for funds which af% in
; the office at this time. As funds
-1 are received they will be promptly
i released to those chapters in great |
est need."
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LVA ]
ya, N. C. Thursday, Jan. 1
hiskey
Saw Tojo Dead
H Is k ,
BUDDHIST priest Shinso Hanayarna
is shown at a press conference in
Tokyo as he described the last moments
of former Japanese Premier
Hideki Tojo and six other top warlords.
Hanayama said the men went
to their death on the gallows of .
S"gamn onson after cheering the
emperor and the Japanese way of
life. Although Hanayama did not
witness the executions, he per*
formed last rites over the bodies,
later cremated. (International)
JAMES BRYSON HELD
ON BREAKING AND
ENTERING CHARGE
Sheriff Middleton and Sylva
Police are holding James Bryson,
colored, about 30, in the Jackson
County jail in default of $600 bond
on* a charge of breaking, entering
and larceny. Bryson was arrested
Monday by the Police Department
and Sheriff Middleton for breaking
and entering Sylva Supply Hardware
store sometime Saturday
night at which time certain items
of merchandise and a small amount
of'change was taken. The officers
recovered a 32 Colts revolver
which Bryson had sold and which
had the same serial number as on
an invoice of the store.
Officers stated that they are
still seeking other stolen goods. A
hearing will probably be held Saturday
for Bryson, the Sheriff
stated. Bryson had just recently
been released from the State pris
on in Kaieign alter serving a ieun
I for larceny, officers stated.
Farmers Urged To
Place Lime Orders
For 1949 Supply
Farmers are urged to place
orders for the lime they will
need for 1949 at once. It 1s believed
thai delivery may become
difficult later in the year due'
to shortage of freight cars and
for other reasons. Therefore,
any farmer who wishes to receive
lime through the AAA program
is asked to come by the
AAA. office, which is located on
the third floor of th? courthouse,
and place his order. The cost to
the farmer is $1.80 per ton and
: is MQ^able at the time the order
iaf' placid.
Wodtens Observe 50th
Wedding Anniversary
Mrv and Mrs. William A. Wooten
were "' honored by their children
in observance of their Golder
Wedding anniversary. Januar:
8th, at their home on Mill Roa<
in Webster.
They were united in marriagi
January 8, 1899 at Franklin, N.C,
and have resided in Jackson coun.
! ty for the past 46 years.
Mrs. Wooten was the forme
Miss Cora Mashburn of Franklir
To this union were born fou
I children; a daughter, Mrs. Ger
1 trude Buchanan of Webster, thre
j sons; Homer M., Logan T., Denni
j C., all of Winston-Salem, and nin
grandchildren.
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13, 1949
Fatal 1
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WNC Party Special
Guests Of Mayor
Of New Orleans
A p~rty of Western North Carolina
sportsmen were the special
g es's of Mayor de Lesseps
Morrison of New Orleans on
* i
?New Veer's Eve; j
The party included Coach
Tom Young of the Western Car[
olina Teachers College Cflta- I
mounts, Dr. Kelly Bennett, mayor
o' Bryson Cjtv. Ben S'oan
of V'aynesv!I'and Judge Dan
Mco.e and Ralph Sutton of Sylva.
The honor came when the
party dropped by fVVayor Morrison's
office prior to New Year's
Eve for Dr. Bennett to pay his
respects to the Louisiana political
standout. While visiting in
the mayor's office, Mr. Morrison
presented to each .member
of the par'y a Key to the ,
City which carried the Seal of
the City of New Orleans.
While there, Mayor Morrison
invited the party to be his special
guests for New Year's Eve and
to occupy the mayor's suite at
the St. Charles Hotel on New
Year's Eve. They accepted.
Poison Liquor In Sylva
Has Sobering Affect
On Waynesville yv|
(Mountaineer) f J
Chief Orville Noland does noti
believe that any of the 15 people]
who drank poison liquor in Sylva
last week were from this area.1
Three men are dead, and three j
others desperately ill, it was re-,
ported from Jackson county Monday
noon. One other man is r.e-1
oorted missing, but officers here,
said that had not been confirmed.
Chief Noland said that one of
i the men now reported desperately
| ill was a frequent week-end visitor
to Waynesville. and had at times
j given considerable-trouble by getting
drunk. This man was rejwrted
to have been in Waynesville
Saturday night, and "looked like,
his eyes were set in death" one
oerson said. The police did not
know of his visit, as he behaved
himself and went back home to
begin "doctoring ufc>."
It is understood from officers
| that the man is frightened over the
death of three other men, and is
now eating huge quantities of raw
dough, and washing it down with
melted lard and olive oil in an
effort to kill the affect of the
poison.
Officers said that a gallon of
paint thinner was used as a base
for making two gallons of white
liquor. The thinner was wood
alcohol.
Among the many reports coming
from Sylva, was one picked up by
a passing officer, who said: "It is
impossible to sell white liquor
t
in Jackson county for five cents
a pint, since all this happened.'*
Chief Noland further commented
by saying: 'Things have been
mighty quiet around here. We
have had fewer drunks during the
past week than in a long, long
time."
4'To whflt do you attribute this?"
he was asked. "I don't know
whether they are broke, or scared,
but it has certainly been a quiet
period for the police."
Annual Tax Listing
Starts Monday, 17th
Jennings A. Bryson, county tax
supervisor, has announced that tax
1 listing for the year 1949 will begir
P in the various townships in the
j county on Monday, the 17th. A1
taxes must be listed in January
e and since there is only a shor
time from the 17th through the 31s'
every tax payer should contact hi?
' nearest list taker and declare hi:
r property as of January 1, 1949.
, The name ^of the list taker ir
r each township, the places enc
dates on which he will be working
e will be found on an advertisemen
a in this paper.
e 8OS8A MON'S In 8ylvi
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ro Thrc
Extine, Gunl
Die after Dri
Several Oth<
FUNERAL RITES FOR
ROBERT L. HOLDEN i
HELD MONDAY P. M,
Prominent Citizen Of
CuIIovvhee Community
Died In Sylva Hospital
Funeral services fo. Robert I.
Holden. 71. farmer of the Speedwell
community of this county,
who died in the C. J. Harris hospital
Saturday morning, Jan. 8,
following a brief illness, were held,
at Speedwell Baptist church Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The body lay in state at the |
church for one hour before the
service.
Rev. Jonathan Brown, pastor of
the Speedwell church of which
rthe deceased had been a membersince
early manhood, assisted by
Rev. John Kincaid, pastor of the
Webster Methodist church, offi-:
dated.
Active pallbearers were npphews
of the deceased, J. S. Mitchell,
Clifton Crisp, Clinton Hooper, John
Henson, Wood Smith* Fred BryLson.
\ Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
Ralph S. Morgan, Dr. T. D. Slagle.
Mitchell Melton, R. M. Bryson, I*
S. Shelton, Shirley Wilson, R. L.
Knight, Charlie Knight, E. L. McKee,
Dan M- Allison, W. V. Cope,
Griffin Middleton. Dr. W. P. McGuire,
John R. Hooper, W. A.
Hooper, Wiljiam Norton, Glenn
Hughes, W. R. Sherrill, Alex
Southard, Edward Bryson, Dan
1 Bryson, "Jennings Bryson, Z. V.
Watson, Prof. R. L. Madison, T.
B. Bumgarner, R. C. Sutton, John
Painter, R. U. Sutton, and Robert
B. Bryson.
| Flowers were in charge of the
girls of the Intermediate depart,
ment of the Sunday school.
!
j Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Drucilla Taylor Holden. five sons,
Leonard and Robert of Sylva.
Arthur of Speedwell, Leburn of
1 Bristol, Tenn., and Master Sgt.
Frank Holden of the United States
Army; four daughters, Mrs. John
Ferguson, Whit tier; Mrs. Robert
j Sherrill, Jr., Sylva; Mrs. Hugh
j Ferguson, Nashville, Tenn., and
j Mrs. Carl McCracken, Speedwell.
A host of out-of-town and state
relatives and friends attended the
funeral services.
Late spring freezes reduced production
of peaches in the State
last year. The 1948 crop is estij
mated at 1,646,000 bushels, 43 per
i cent less than in 1947 and 23 per
jcent under the lQ-year average.
Sheriff Middlei
rMoonshining9
" "Moonshining in Jackaon countj
,' is not the safest and surest waj
to make a living these days. The
40 copper? outfits captured b}
Sheriff Middleton and his deputiei
during five months of 1948 prove
this statement. They poured ou
: 4000 gallons of sweet mash which
'< was enough to manufacture abou
? 400 gallons of "mule".
Had this mash been made int<
1 whiskey and legally sold the fedr
eral government would have nett1
ted something like $3600 in liquo:
t tax money.
s When you see Sheriff Middletoi
5 and his deputies with their khaki':
on, riding away in their jeep, yoi
1 can rest assured that some on<
1 has reported the whereabouts of i
. liquor-making contraption. It yoi
* think searching for them and'raw
hiding them over miles of rugge<
| hills is an easy job, then yoi
should accompany the officers oi
Jackson County i
Ideal For Farming, I
Industry, Tourist I
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Three young white men ere dead
and several others are recovering
from poison effects after drinking
wood alcohol which they mixed
with water Inst Wednesday night
in a drinking party of a group of - ?
jaink rs, ail of the Sylva -area.
Chailcs Extine, 30. died in bed
sometime early Thursday morning
after drinking with the group
Wednesday night. The second victim
vtas Hal Gunter. 23, who died
about 6 p.m. Thursday. Cole
I3ureh. Jr., 20. who was taken to
the hospital Thursday, was released
that afternoon as being out
of danger. He walked to his home, e .
talked with friends on the street
on the way, stating "I'll never
drink another drop", then died at
his home about 10:30 Friday morn,
ing. All three men were in a party
of some 12 or 15 men who engag
ed in a drinking paty at the hbme
of Buch and Extine sometime
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Following the death of Extine,
'Sheriff Griffin?Middleton inves
tigated and found a gallon container
half full of wood alcohol
which members of the party said
had been full, the other half being
mixed with water and drunk by
the men. The varnish and paint
thinner had been secured from a
local building supply firm Wednesday.
Each of the poisoned victims
(died in great agony J surviving
members of the party stated. A
number of others were deathly ill
for sometime.
I Coroner Lum Dills said that no
inquests would be held as it was
evident the men died from drinking
the mixture in place of whiskey.
i Funeral services for Extine and
Burch, half brothers, were held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
East Sylva Wesleyan Methodist
church with the Rev. Ernest Jamison
and Rev. Dock Norman officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery*.
Services for Gunter were held
Saturday at 2 p.m. at Moses Creek
Baptist church with the Rev. Dillard
Wood and the Rev. Lawrence
Crawford officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery,
j Surviving Extine and Burch
are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cole
Burch, Sr., two brbthers, James
Extine. of Knoxville and . William
Extine of Sylva; three sisters, Miss
Gennette Extine of Glaboro, N. J.,
Miss Annette Burch and Miss Betty
' Alice Burch, of Sylva.
, Surviving Gunter are the father,
Garrett Gunter, of Cowarts
and mother, Mrs. Pearl Rabb Gunter
of the state of Washington; two
sisters, Mrs. Ritia Shuler and Miss
Fredia Gunter, both of Cowarts
I and a brother, Glenn Gunter of
Ellijay, Ga.
Moody funeral home was in
charge of the services.
ton Makes
Unprofitable
7 one of their unpleasant searches. |
7 In the past few weeks Sheriff Mid
dleton has captured a total of six
7 stills, nearly every one of them
5 within four or five miles of Sylva.
t Students in * various Jackson
x county schools are benefiting from
t the sheriff's adventures. He has
I presented most of the copper to
31 vocational departments for the
_ i purpose of experimenting in making
travs. bowls, baskets, flowers
and etc. 1
r .
| It is the belief of Sheriff Midi1
dleton that high tax on legal liquor
s: is the cause of the uptrend in
l moonshining and bootlegging in
b the mountain area. Anotjier reaa
son, he said, is th^ peturn* **
i tiful supplies of <ugir,
- the availability of * XT f
i and barrels for store*-1 ***?
i the chief necessitie
a shiner. * v
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