The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 June 1976 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed.. June 9.1976

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Many years before the county of Jackson, North Carolina, was in existence the Cherokee Indians freely roamed the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains in the western part of the state along the Tuckaseigee River. The county of Jackson was ratified in January of 1851 and was named after President Andrew Jackson. A hill site a short distance from the river was chosen as the seat of government It was already the home of a number of prosperous and influential families The village was named Webster after the great Whig leader. Daniel Webster. Webster served as the county seat from 1853 until 1913. In that year the county seat was moved to Sylva, five miles away, because the Southern Railwayhad opened a route through Sylva and offered transporation

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The town has fathered some outstanding leaders — from the township have come lawyers, judges, a governor, doctors, statesmen, a large number of teachers and the founder of a university. The town has an active historical society which prints a newsletter under the banner shown at the head of this article. The banner was designed by Karen Moscowitz. a student at Western Carolina university. The 275 members of the societyare currently making big plans for a 4th of July Bicentennial festival to be held on the old school grounds At the turn of the century Webster was a village with a population of over 1,000. It had a school, churches, two hotels for summer visitors to the mountains. a newspaper, a bank, mills for lumber and corn, stores and a

post office. After the county seat was moved it became a forgotten ,dlape the population dropping to fewer than 100. Then, summer visitors discovered the village. Webster Today As of today, Webster is a rural residential area. At the present time residents who are patrons of the local post office include three real estate dealers, one superior court judge, three doctors, one pharmacist, two ministers, the superintendent of schools on the Cherokee Indian reservation which is near-by, three insurance men, 13 college professors, 14 teachers, one hospital laboratory supervisor — technician, two construction contractors, one gas and oil dealer, one postmaster, one clerk, one band instrument dealer, one librarian and four library employees at Webster’s Carolina university, one retired army sergeant, two retired

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electricians and some three dozen retired persons of various professions, a North Carolina director of forestry and three employees of the North Carolina transportation and highway division. Plus several retired federal government employees, the founder of Penland school of erafts, the owner of a pewter, glass and pottery shop, one registered nurse who is an instructor at Western Carolina university and one upholsterer. Schools A few years ago the local high school and elementary school were consolidated with the Sylva schools and relocated between the two villages. From a paper written by Joe Parker Rhinehart in 1958 on Robert Lee Madison, founder of Western Carolina university, one learns 'Madison dreamed of following his father’s footsteps as a doctor, but circumstance changed this. “1.'.. know that in January before my graduation. I professed faith in Christ and later

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joined the church. These two acts ... I realize now, but could not then ... coupled with a nervous breakdown following graduation, set in operation a succession of influences that eventuated — praise God!—in settling me for a half century or more in the glorious skyland of ‘The Good Old North State,’ here to serve as best I could in teaching ‘the young idea how to shoot or the young shoot how to ideate.’ ’’ Madison arrived in the area in 1885 where he found a homogeneous population of Celtic. Germanic and English stock. An average of 40 students attended Mr. Madison’s first school. They ranged from beginners to those studying algebra, grammar, history and Latin. The schools were open for two cr three months a year. The pay was not appealing to the young teacher. Women received sls a month while men received S3O to $25. But, the uneducated farm

laborer received sls a month plus board. These conditions and others began Madison’s crusade for better schools. Soon conditions were better. The spring term ended in May with “elaborate exercises.*’ He then went to Sylva where he took over the teaching duties in 1888. He became ill and went to Alabama and Tennessee to recover, returning to Sylva in time to teach the 1888-1889 term. Here too he worked for improvements in the school system. He became editor of the Tackaseigee Democrat in January of 1889 and divided his day between the classroom duties and the newspaper. Love John Carter Love, a native of Webster, was an outstanding negro teacher and minister. A booklet provides a brief biography and states, “As a boy John Love was not permitted to ‘just grow;* he is the product of hard-working sensible, Christian parents. He was born in Jackson county on November 13, 1875. His parents, John C. (Tobe) and Louise Love, both of slave origin, purchased the small farm on which John was born soon after they were emancipated. They worked hard to make a home for their children. They knew the value of schooling to a race that had been cast out of shackles so their children trudged six miles a day to a simple country school near Webster. Even as a youngster, John Love was inclined towards the ministry. He stayed at the country school until he was 15. He then became substitute for the teacher. Later he worked driving

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a team for The Harris clay mine. He continued to study every book available including the classics and other books dealing with Biblical history. At 19 he was ordained, went to Johnson City, Tenn., and took over the pulpit of the Thankful Baptist church. From that time on he served die church. Population The population of the town in 1974 was 166. No taxes are levied and no salaries are paid. The Methodist and the Baptist churches along with the historical society are the focal points of the community. The stores disappeared several years ago but the post office remains. Wawasee Ski club to hold first meeting The first meeting of the year for the Wawasee Ski club will be held on Saturday, June 12, at 2 pm. at the home of David Ensinger. Memberships will be taken and plans made for the July 3 Flotilla ski show. Parties interested in the club are urged to attend. Lake Webster Assoc, sets annual meeting Lake Webster Lake Association’s annual meeting will be held June 12 at 7 p.m. at Camelot Hall for election of officers for the coming year. General discussion of business for the past year and coming year will be held.

AT SYRACUSE — Burt Reynolds stars as an ex-football player who must organise a team behind prison walls in Paramount Pictures* “The Longest Yard.” The Albert S. Ruddy Production, directed by Robert Aldrich, is the dramatic tale of a brutal game of life and death inside the walls of a prison waged by a sadistic warden (Eddie Albert). It was filmed on location inside a maximum security prison from a screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn based on a story by Albert S. Ruddy. Also co-starring Ed Lauter, the film was produced by Albert S. Ruddy. In Technicolor. Opens Friday at the Pickwick Theatre in Syracuse.

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