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t Ksssss|sisjtjss:iss:jsi:ssi:sssiisiiss?s?sl:tssts:1sss!sss1ss VOL. XXVI?NO. 31 New InduUr LOver Hundr In North Cai Raleigh,4 N. C.?Thirty-one new* manufacturing industries selected -- &o,rth4 Carolina .teites for plant investments^of $104,000,000 in 1950, Paul Kelly, head of the Division of Commerce and Industry of the State Department of Conservation and Development, revealed in a survey of the State's rapid increase in industrial capacity dur- ] ing the year. ; Kelly estimated that the new in- dustries would employ 9,715 workers and have annual payrolls total- ] ing $24,739,000. No additions or 1 improvements to existing plants, nor new building by public utili- ] ties are included in the figures. ] Textile establishments gredomi- < nate, but with diversification in j this field among cotton, synthetics < and woolen divisions. Other new J industries locating in North Caro- ? lina range from electronics to fur- 1 \ niture. ' Principal new industries for the < State, which already leads the na- ] ton in the production of textiles. ( tobacco and wooden furniture, ] with announced or estimated value, j include: ] Frank Ix & Sons, Burlington, ] $l,uou,uou weaving pian; megai ] Paper Co., Acme, $13.500.000 pulp plant; J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., Wallace $2,000,000 fabrics plant; Western Electric Co., Greensboro, " $1,500,000 electronic equipment * plant; Burlington Mills Corp., Lillington, $5,000,000 textile plant; c Belding Hemingway, Inc., Hendersonville, nylon and orlon thread, } $2,000,000; Robbins Mills, Inc., . Raeford, textile plant estimated at more than $10,000,000. E. I. -duPont de Nemours Co., t Kinston, $24,000,000 plant for c manufacture of "Fibre V"; Deer- c in? Milliken Co., Columbus, $2,000, r 0H0 woolen plant; Copland-Fowler t Tnrinstrips Tnrv HonpHale. SI.500. s 000 lingerie; Empire Manufactur- r ing Co., Statesville, $1,500,000 textile plant; Kroehler Manufactur- t ing Co., Charlotte, $600,000 furnitrure plant; Mexican Petroleum Corp., Wilmington, $3,500,000 oil refinery; Woonsocket Falls Mills, L Wilmington, $3,500,000 textile plant. 4 Sandhurst Mills, Inc., Rockingham. $500,000 hosiery; Wm. Crabb & Co., Swannanoa, $350,000 textile pins; American Houses, Inc., L Lumberton, $71,000 houses; Hen- r I ry Vann Industries, Clinton, $250, h 000 tobacco curers; Olin Indus- v ^Ltries, Inc., Pisgah Forest, $20,000, r k ^Continued on page 8) s dTMMay Week-e Fatal For 23 Tt Twenty-three North Carolin-iv ians lost their lives in highway | v crashes in the holiday week-end t< Deriod from 6 o'clock last Friday! r p.m. through midnight Monday, j j The grim Christmas holiday toll. V * Grover Bishop Promoted t] To Staff Sergeant e Mrs. Neal Bishop. Sr., has received word that her son, Grover e C. Bishop has been promoted to ^ the grade of Staff Sergeant. 11] Sgt. Bishop entered the Airin Force in August, 1948 and after Lj completing his basic training was. assigned to the 42nd Bomb Squal- n ron, 11th Bomb Group. Carswell ^ Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. 0l Sgt. Bfchop and Cpl. Milton Mur- a, dock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt ^ Murdock, of* Statesville, were re- Cl cent visitor^ at the home of Mrs. ^ Bishop. ir 8VLVA C,TY MARKET . . In A&P ty ' , . L CJ TH] y Invests, ed Million *olina In '50 J. F. FOWLER DIED OF HEART ATTACK ON CHRISTMAS DAY Funeral services for J. Freeman Fowler, 69, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Big Ridge Baptist church. The Rev. Ramsey Owens and the Rev. C. C. Welch officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Fowler died suddenly of a ?+ at Viic Vinmo in +V10 L1CO& b aiiawiv av AiAu itviitv *ia ?*?v. Big Ridge community at 3 p.m. Christmas day. He was a native and life-long resident of Jackson bounty. He was a son of the late Zachary Taylor and Lucinda Bryson Fowler. He was a loyal memDer of the Baptist church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Carrie Findley Fowler; two sons, Marshall of Glenville and Lyman >f Big Ridge; four daughters, Mrs. Robert 'Moocfy, of Waynesville: Mrs. Howard Webb, and Mrs Richard Fisher, of Winter Haven, ria.; and Mrs. Clarence Shook, of 3ig Ridge. Also four brothers, Will, Deitz, 3ercy and Jones, of Glenville; one ;ister, Mrs. J. R. Bryson, and 12 grandchildren. Moody Funeral Home was in ;harge of arrangements. \rmy To Call National juard, Reserve Officers The Army has announced plans o call to active duty 7,500 junior >fficers from National Guard and >rganized reserve units during the nonth of March. At the same time he Navy announced that it has crapped plans to release reservists lext summer. / The Army disclosed at the same ime that it will call up 100 wornin's army corps lieutenants and aptains at a future date to be anlounced. Also, that it is ordering o service 890 additional medical >fficers; 850 dental officers; and 15 medical service corps officers o report in two groups, February and March 15. The announcement stated the tumber of officers called from mits will.be small and that they vill not be called until officer naterial from several other cources has been exhausted. md Crashes ir Heels /as added up by the State High? - ? _ JS JilJ /av Katroi ruesaay. in aaaixion d those killed the patrol estinated that 203 persons were inured during the same period. Vhile 23 wert being killed on forth Carolina highways the Naion piled up a record death toll f over 700 persons dead and sevral thousand injtired. This was ar above the expected toll of 450 stimated deaths before the holiays started. For North Carolina ie 23 deaths were five above the umber the patrol predicted would , ie in crashes during the period. The killing on the highways did ot end with the close of the holiay period. Several deaths have ccurred since Monday mid-night. l negro was burned to death when is car overturned in Onslow ounty and a lady was killed when er car stalled cn a grade crosslg in Hickory. Her husband and vo small children escaped thr ar before the train hit it. 3 ? E SY G?1 ?.T? Draftees Called For January 3 On Wednesday, January 3, 15 draftees from Jackson County will leave for reception centers. This is the December call, which was postponed until January because of lack of facilities in the reception centers. Notice To All Drivers Mr. Robert Lee Hooper, drivers license examiner, announces that it would be well to check the expiration date if you hold a new drivers license, especially if it wasj issued in 1947 and your last name begins with A or B. All holders of the new drivers license may have their license renewed within thirty days before the expiration date. If they are renewed within this period, they will not be required to take the road test. However, if they let their license expire, they will have to take a complete examination again. The R. S. T group has only one more day, December 29, to renew its license. Beginning the first of the year, the U, V, W, X, Y, Z group is due to take the examination for new license. As of December 1, estimated total cotton production in the United States for 1950 is 9,864,000 bales, ibout 39 per cent less than the otal produced in 1949. Spmi-Annual Declared- By Federation ( The executive committee of the ' farmers Federation has declared j the 34th semi-annual dividend to < :ommon and preferred stockhold2rs of record December 15, it was announced yesterday by James G. ^ K. McClure, president of the or- ( ganization. During the meeting of the ex- c ecutive committee, it was stated 5 that the gross sales of the Farmers 1 Federation during the fiscal yearl ending June 30, 1950, amounted to j $4,669,277.59. This does not in-L elude income frcm the tobacco * Tiarket, it was stated. The Farmers Federation was or- J ^anized in 1920 by six farmers s vho constructed their first ware- i house on the railroad siding at ^ ! Fairview of logs cut from nearby h "orests. The organization has grown C luring the past 30 years to cover C 18 Western North Carolina counties and now has more than 20,000 ( stockholders or members in this j irea. Twenty-six stores or ware- F louses are operated by the con- ? ern in the 18 counties. j j In addition to the various ware-, louses, the organization operates t Mght freezer-lockers in as manyjj ounties, and a modern poultry ^ processing plant in Asheville. Sky- * !;ne Cooperative dairies is also operated by the federation as a ^ means of giving the dairymen of;* his area a market for their milk. Members of the executive committee are as follows: H. A. Os- ^ borne, Canton; L. L. Burgin, Horse Shoe; R. C. Crowell, Rt. 3, Ashe- t ille; R. A. Crowell, Enka; C. C. * ^ook, Rt. 4, Asheville; Charles W. 3avis, Rt. 4, Asheville; Grover ^ rown, Weaverville, and Mr. Mcslure. r 1 ^ Renn Takes Over Management Of Eagle Store Here L. W. Renn and family have noved to Sylva to make their home vhere Mr. Renn is the new manner for Eagle 5 and 10 cents store. Mr. Renn comes to Sylva frcm Vorth Raleigh, and succeeds B. S. ?aker who has been promoted and ent to Shelbyville, Tenn . as manger of the store there. | o " f p.'S f !LVA ] va, N. C. Thursday, Dec. 2$ LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN Ail turn iimiiTA un Vftu. mum a Beginning next Wednesday, January 3, the Public Library will be open on Wednesday nights, from seven until nine o'clock. The extra service is being given in order that people who do not have an opportunity of visiting the library during the day may do so j on Wednesday nights. A number of magazines and newspapers will be available for readers, during these hours, and it is hoped by the management of the library that the public will take advantage of this opportunity to see the library and read the periodicals that will be in the reading rooms for the use of patrons. Lions Install New Pres. At a regular meeting Wednesday, December 27, the Lions club , of Sylva installed Lion J. Phil Stovall as president, replacing Lion W. T. Brown, who is moving to Gainesville, Ga., where he is employed. I Lion Stdvall was installed by, Lion Hugh Monteith, Governor of; District 31-A, Lions International, also a member of the Sylva club, j Lion Stovall had been 1st vice- ( president of the Sylva club and moved up to the presidency upon1 the resignation of Lion Brown. I Dividend Farmers Cooperative Lions Distribute Christmas Baskets The Lions club of Sylva, the ^ veek before Christmas, distribut- * ?d 20 baskets of food and clothing 1 0 blind and needy families in 5 Fackson county. The baskets con;isted of clothing, both new and ised, food, fruit, candy and toys. * 1 m n * n 1 vussing coy s i5oay c Found; Suspcct Held < Murphy ? The body of Leroy -lenson, 12, Murphy elementary { ic-hool student, who had been miss- x ng since September 4, was found 1 Wednesday about 2 p.m. by two 1 lunters in the Kinsev section of Cherokee County, Sheriff Frank Crawford said. A suspect is being held in the Cherokee County jail here pendng further investigation of the )ossibility of foul play in the case, ' icccrding to District Solicitor Thad 3. Bryson. The boy had not been seen since he morning of September 4 after ? eaving the home of his parents, t 4r. and Mrs. Edward Henson, to lo to school. i Two hunters, Ray Hughes and . -iomer Sneed of Murphy, found c he body in the woods about six , niles west of here and about a; t nile from the highway, Sheriff, ""rawford said. ! , 11 The boy's mother has identified i he following clothing found at he scene: A pair of brown sania)s, overall pants, a top shirt and >elt. I, Sheriff Crawford said the boy's leek had been tied with a niece of ( awhide to a small Dogwood bush. CANCER CLINIC TO MEET j at C. J. Harris Hospital, In 8yl- c va, Friday, Dec. 29. Registra- j tlon from 9 to 1CT.15 a.m. The * Division of Cancer Control The j N. C. State Board of Health r provides examinations for cancer to women above 35 and men above 40 years old and to any c person of any age with symp- i tomi suggestive of cancer. ) ? P 0 o* ? "V Sla?^|. Herj $, 1950 >* 1 FRANK H. BROWN, JR. will V leave Sylva Sunday for Raleigh *c where he will be sworn in as Rep- 31 resentative for Jackson County andje< take his seat in the lower house ir chamber when the 1951 General Assembly convenes at noon on|g Wednesday, January 3. Mr. Brown gc will be serving his second consecu-| B tive term in the lower house from' Jackson County. He returned from^ Raleigh Wednesday after talking with Governor Scott and other State government heads, concern- R ing the coming session. Mr. Browr D said that his main purpose is to R ranrocanf To/ilrci >r> Pniinfv tko S I vpi uav.(\own v^wuu vj uuu tuv State as a whole in matters to the ^ best interest of all. He is partiOUlarly interested in the educational ai program for Jackson County and Western Carolina Teachers Col- ch lege, he said. LEGISLATURE MAY ; EXTEND UNEMPLOY- 1 MENT COMPENSATION? Raleigh, Dec. 27 ? The State'M Legislature probably will be asked ;o make more workers eligible for ^1 jnemplcyment compensation in;urance. ar / i A proposal to this end recently ,vas recommended to the State w< employment Security Commission 01 ~>y its advisory council, Col. A. L. Fletcher announced today. Flet her is chairman of the Advisory *?r Council. If the commission sees eye to ?ye with its Advisory Council, T' vhich it probably does, it prooibly will submit the proposal he General Assembly which con. er.es nc xt week. Fletcher said present coverage ^( ?>:tcnds automatically to business-1 ?s wiih eight or more employees vith certain exceptions. Tne ad- r isory group's recommendation u" vould lower the coverage to esablishments with one or more Nj ?mployees, with the same excep- rni ions applying. Among those ex- joj ?mpted from present provisions ea ire Government workers, agricul ural labor, and domestic help. | ^ Col. H. E. Kendall, chairman of ? Jie ESC, said the advisory group's )roposals would probably be acted H >n at the next meeting of the1 J ommission, which probably will' >e late next month. Under the present set up, 14.000, IW employers are involved and about .000.000 workers have wage ere- Sv liif towards unemployment com-, in )cnsa ion. j lo' Ihe advisory group's proposal -vould take on about 30,000 more th employers and cover an additional j wl JO.000 workers, according to Flet- fo :her? Cc As it works now, eligible em- th Dloyers contribute a payroll tax Ida )f 2.7 per cent of each employee's *h ;alary to the State for three years, j rhey also pay three-tenths of one da Der cent to the Federal Govern- Gi nent for administrative purposes, an After three years the amount 1c; jayed the State is adjusted from Gi )ne-tenth of a per cent to the Gi nitinl 2.7 per cent. Eligible unem- gr (Continued on page .J) gr Mi ILD Break In W; Sprin v_>? ?.?. JL JL Shortage Th UNERAL RITES FOR * IRS. KELLY BRADLEY ; ELD DECEMBER 22 , Funeral services were held at avannah Baptist church at 2 p.m. riday, December 22 for Mrs. Kelr Bradley, 57, of Barkers Creek, rh<^ died at C. J. Harris hospital Wednesday morning following a >ng illness. The Rev. David Dean nd Rev. Odell Monteith, officiati. Burial was in the family plot i the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Lee ryson, Abe Brooks, Joe L. Mes;r, Clarence Buchanan, Derel radley and Claude Garrett, nephvs of the deceased. Nieces were ower girls. Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. alph Morgan. Dr. T. D. Slagle, r. R. David Daniel, Chester Scott, . U. Sutton, Cole Cannon,' Ram;y Buchanan, Charlie Reed, Ed eed, Hugh Monteith, ^ Hubert otts^ Dan Bryson, Ralph Ward id W. C. Henncssee. Moody Funeral Home was in larne. a Mrs. Bradley was /a native of f iekson County * and a leading 0 ember of the Barkers Creek Bapst church, and a daughter of the te Mr. and Mr.<, John Brooks. Survivors include the husband, o le son, Rev. Ralph Bradley of a inkers Creek; four daughters, rs. Ira Jones, Mrs. Bill Atchley, tl rs. Frank Sutton and Mrs. Roy p itterson all of Barkers Creek; f< ur sisters, Mrs. Jannie Messer id Mrs. Joe Messer of Barkers if eek; Mr. Jim Bryson, of Hazel- * Dod, and Mrs. Jode Holcombejf Whittier; four brothers, Thomas, I e, Charlie and Dillard Brooks, I of Barkers Creek. Also sixteen andchildren. S wo Jackson Men j erving On USS c issoqri In East L Two Sylva men, Kenneth C. ' * ' t i >ttsf seaman, I\SN, and Edwin D. t c 'i Mnmnf i/m T T \T ^ f b co, ol 11 i i id I J (1 j;j;i v. J i 11V.*., UOA1 , " Route 1, arc now in the Far _ serving aboard the battleship 5S Missouri. c c Most widely known ship -in the a ivy, she completed an 11,000- s, ile run from Norfolk, Va., to n in the Seventh Fleet off Korea 0 rly in September. ti bounty Schools Po Reopen Clas (rs. Herron Dies at Bryson] s Mrs. Lee Herron, 69, a native of' . ?/ain County, died at her home Bryson City December 24, folding a long illness. _ Funeral services were held at ^ e Franklin Grove Bantist Church here Mrs. Herron was a member n c r fifty-five years. Rev. Martin \ 0 ible officiated and burial was in r e Watkins Cemetery. The grandughters were flower bearers and e grandsons were pallbearers. . Surviving are the husband; one ^ lughter: Mrs. Ivery Crane of ^ eens Creek; five sons: Ernest id Andrew of Bryson City; Pear- j y of Asheville; Howard and "andville of Knoxville; and rady of Maryville, Tenn.; 25 andchildren; and three great- < andchildren. ?-?-?-?-r-?-?-:.r-r-r-?-ri:5rs?sssrs:s:s??:srsrsr?:-rslr*5^ o yv 0 o o o I :f T ? ? ? $2.00 A Year?5c Copy iter Main us Water is Week Tho maioritv of tho rpsirlpnts nf 5viva were without water service Christmas day and until late afernoon Tuesday the 26th, caused 3v the break in the main water ine of the town's water system. The break occurred late Sunday light in the main line where it Kisses underneath the highway at Maple Springs about two miles East of town. Town officials said that' when :he city water force dug out the Droken pipe it was found to have iad an old crack and it is their jpinion that the build up of water Dressure on Sunday in order to, supply people living on the higher evels with water the extra pressure enlarged the crack. It was ilso found that the water main .vas only 18 inches under the lighway pavement and that the leavy freight trucks may also have iad something to do with the jreak. After repairing this break, vhich was late Tuesday afternoon he line broke again about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning at a joint on "isher Creek above the first break. Vorkmen got out almost immediite'y a*; I by working the rest of he night had it repaired early Vednesday morning. The water >rcssure was gradually increased iftor this repair job to prevent urther breaks since there was lots if air in the lines. During all this period without yater the town was very fortunate i 4 r\ U ?i t l-\ *\ r\ r\ f i 4 r\ \r iui lkj i id vt 11civ i cj iiiu u ui var\ ut, which could have been dissterous at this particular time. City officials have announced hat plans are in the making for roviding a better water supply Dr the town in the near future. )UR PEOPLE WERE 'EACEFUL DURING [HE HOLIDAYS According to a report from the heriff's and Police Departments i Sylva the citizens of Sylva and ackson County observed the 'hristmas holidays in a peaceful, iwabiding manner. Except for a dw who indulged in too much Fire Water" no one was arrested or any other reason, it was said. The three days, Suffdav through 'uesday, were very quite in evry way. Quite a number of fire rackers were fired which added little noise to the otherwise quiet eason. The biggest nusiance to he public in town was the lack f water. Sylva was really "dry" his Christmas season. And WCTC (ses Next Week All the public schools of Jackon County, including the high chool at CulloWhee, will reopen or classwork Monday, January 1, xcept the Sylva high and ele^ r? % ? ? /\/>l r? r* <4 K ? ? ??* 1 , jtji i la i j a i iv.1 \>iixzy win upcu 'uesday the 2nd, W. Vernon Cope, 'ounty Superintendent, has anlounced. The Sylva schools reessing one day later than the othr schools for the holidays is the eason for the one day delay in eopening. Western Carolina Teachers Colege will resume classwork on Wednesday, January 3rd, it has een announced. The business and dministrative offices of the col2ge will open Monday morning, t was said. lOS8AMON'S In ftylv?
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