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Historic Webster Vol. 1 No. 3
No full textHistoric Webster is a newsletter of the Webster Historical Society, Inc., created at the Society’s founding in 1974. The publication helped to serve the Society's mission of collecting and preserving the history of Webster, North Carolina. Webster, established in 1851, was the original county seat for Jackson County.'VOLUME I NUMBER 3
Cook6ook Will Be
Ready 9n o lie :Jall
A cookbook containing mouthwatering local recipes,
pen and ink drawings of Webster, and "Growing Up
in Webster" sketches will be on sale in the fall.
Tho rocipe book1 which is being compiled by Florence
and Joe Parker Rhinehart , will have a hard
cover with a color picture of Webster as the dust
jacket. Joe Parker estimates that it will have approximately
200 pages, The book will be printed
in brown ink on off white paper, and will have a brown
cloth cover with a sketch of the former Jackson County
courthouse,
Original sketches of people and places in Webster
will be featured at the beginning of each of the II
divisions of the book, as well a throughout the 250
odd recipes.
A short history of the town accompanied by a
sketch of the courthouse will begin the book, Then,
in addition to the delicious recipes, the cookbook will
feature character sketches of some of the donating
cooks and several "growing Up in Webster" stories
written by Webster women of different generations,
Mildred Cowan, Mary Morris and other women who
grew up in Webster will be contributing their accounts ~
The book will conclude with a feature menu for
Christmas dinner with recipes, accompanied by a
story about Old Webster at Christmastime,
The recipes in the book were collected from cooks
in the area by Joe's mother, Kate Rhinehart, Florence
Rhinehart will draw the pen and ink sketches.
The price of the book has not yet been determined,
but it is estimated at 5 or be placed in a makeshift
"jail" on the school grounds, .
other harpenings at the July event will include
board splitt'ng lessons, booths of all sorts, sales of
cookies and cakes, old fashioned bonnets, a varied
display of mountain cr afts, and of course entertainment.
If you have suggestions for additional activities at
the Independence Day fest, contact Paul and Linda
Cowan, co-chairmen of the Special Events. and Projects
Comm ;:tee,
Webster, North Carolina
EDD DOUGLAS DAVIS
olie :Jirst Sheriff
of ~ackson County
Edd Doug Davis, known as Doog Davis, became in
1853 the first sheriff of Jackson County, With the
exce~ti.on of the period he lived, while sheriff, in
the Jail at Webster, he spent his adult life on his
large farm located between Webster and Cullowhee
Today this area is called Rolling Green, '
Sher iff ~Alvi s and his wife Nancy Allen, daughter
of Nathan Allen of Webster, were the parents of
seve~ sons and two daughters" Mro Davis, who died
at h~s home August 25, 1911, is buried in the family
P!ot m Webster Cemetery along with his sife, two of
his sons, Nathan A, and Joe W, and other members
of later generations of llivises,
The copy of the JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL
from which the article is reprinted, and the tin-type
picture of Mr , ~Alvis reproduced here ar e are owned
by Cather ine ~Alvis of Big Ridge, Catherine is a
granddaughter of Sheriff Doug ~Alvis,
The following article was taken from THE JACKSON
COUNTY JOURNAL dated January 29 1906 - Webster
N,C, - Mr, E, D, ~Alvis ' '
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The author of this article was born in Buncombe
County <now Transylvania) Sept, 4, 1827, My father
lived where the late George C, Neil lived to the time
of his death, on what was then known as Lamb's Cr rek
which was a tributary of Fr ench Broad river, It~
head waters were near where llividson's river has
its source, with which it ran parallel, but being much
smaller, It was then known as Ben llividson's river
but of late years the "Ben" has been dropped,
Ther e has been a postoffice at this place for more
than seventy years" Davidson's River postmaster,
Ben .lli vidson, was my great-grandfather.
When I attended school the course embraced
reading, writing, and arithmetic, My teachers were
Turn to page four , , , •
~ ·'We6ster 9s ~ackson County's Hometown"
April 1974
A fetter
:Jrom the President
Dear Friends,
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with one
step" and that step in compiling and collecting the
history of Jackson County has resulted in 5,000 copies
each of three newsletters of the Webster Historic
Society; nearly 300 members and ll3,500 to the Jackson County Board of Education
for the old Webster Elementary School because an
an idea whose time has come can't help but succeed.
The school will become the Jackson County Museum
of Living History. The fund-raising committee needs
your help with the Webster idea. If you know wher e
money is a·.11ilable - from individuals, corporations
foundations, etc. - tell us - we'll contact theU.:'
Many grants have already been applied for from foundations
and other sour ces such as the Bicentennial
Commission in N.C. and the America the Beautiful
Fund,
We are hopeful that the County budget for the
1974-75 fiscal year will include a generous donation
toward the effort to preserve Jackson County's History,
But for many of these potential grants we need
non-federal matching funds, '
Th.e next newsletter will be sent only to the membership
of the Webster Historical Society, If you
have not joined but are "infected by the contagious
~n?'usiasm" as the honorable Hamilton Hayes wrote,
JOm. no:v, Send 5.00 yearly
Associate (outside Western N.C.): 10.00 yearly
Supporting: 30.00 yearly
Life: 1.00 a day to begin with) for her little family,
During the thirty-four years that mother was postmaster
the Post Office was in three locations: first,
in a little building where Mr. Baker's shop and apartment
are now located; next in the old Masonic build·
ing between our place and the home of Mrs, Nancy
Ensley Potts; then back to the Baker Upholstery Shop
location; and last to the little building in the corner
of her yard across the lane from the Monteith home.
Because of the necessity of having the office convieniently
close to our home, the location changed as we
moved, The family moved from our old home (built
by Dr. C.Z. Candler's father at about the time of
the civil war) to Uncle Andy's house , then to the
Aunt Hicks Wilson house <now owned by the Potts)
later to the old jail <Mrs, Margie Penland's place)
which was the principal's home when my sister ,
Mrs. Ruth Allison Morris, was principal of Webster
High School, and finally to mother 's new home, built
after the old Candler house was torn down , on the
same lot which she had owned since my father's
dea.th,
When my mother was postmaster she loved her
work (though it did get aggravating at times she said)
and it enable her to make a living in her own yard
for the most part. She could keep an eye on Ruth,
Uln and me as we grew up, and grandpa too when
he was sick, while she looked after the post office
which was the social, as well as news center for the
community. Sometimes when we all gathered to watch
little Oscar Coward buck dance in the post office
vestibule things would get too noisy and we would
all be sent outside so my mother could do her work,
She wrote and read letters and orders for a few of
the patrons who could neither r ead nor write, and in
emergencies would open up the post offic e at night
and on holidays to better ser ve the community, Service,
honesty, integrity and independence wer e virtues of
great value to her, as they had been to her Godfearing
pioneering ancestors,
During the thirty-four years that my mother
was postmaster she was assisted to some extent
by the following : George Self, grandpa Moor e, my
sister Ruth, Mrs, Margie Penland, Mrs, Evelyn McKee,
Mr. Dan Cowan. When I became old enough I was
officially made assistant, or r eplacement, so I could
substitute occasionally when she was sick or away,
Dear to all of our hearts was the mail carrier, Arthur
Allman, who was always kind, cheerful, accomodating
and generous with rides to and fr om Sylva in his
truck for all of us.
HISTORIC WEJ~STER April 1974 Page 3
The Webster "Mail Box"
Some people have called the Webster Post Office
the "Mail Box" and frequently someone laughingly
remarks that it is surely the smallest post office
in the United States, They seem disappointed when we
tell them there are other smaller. We enjoy our
rather unique building, However, the size of the
building does not designate the size of the Post Office
housed therein.
The Webster Post Office is the oldest office in Jackson
County, It was established as Scott's Creek
(Haywood County) April 5, 1828. Jackson County
had not been established at that time, The Haywood
County and Macon County line was at that time the
Tuckaseigee River at Webster, The first postmaster
was Ulniel Brisson, appointed April 5, 1828, He
was succeeded by Samuel B, -Bragg December 17,
1828, The office was later discontinued for a brief
time and reestablished May 24, 1832 as Scott's Creek.
At that time William Thomas was installed as
postmaster serving till January 27, 1843, Thomas
was succeded by Allan Fisher.
When Mr. Fisher took the office he had a store
in Lovesfield, said to have been located near the
intersection of what is now highway 107 and ll6,
Presumable the post office was operated in his store,
The name of the post office was changed to Webster
on November 28, 1857 while Mr, Fisher was still
postmaster, He ser ved the office for 22 years which
was the longest time any postmaster served until
Mr s, Eugenia M. Allison was the postmaster in later
years. The second court held in Jackson County
was held also in this store. A great-grandson of his,
Mr. Allen Bergin Fisher, Sr .. , now lives in Addie
Community, Route I, Sylva, N, C.
On September 21, 1865 a Mr. George w. Stake
became postmaster and served until April 15, 1873,
Postmaster Cannon was the father of the late Lewis
Cannon of Webster . He was the grandfather of James
~ann?n of Cannon Brothers Gas and Oil Company
m Dillsboro and other descendents of Dillsboro and
the state of Washington,
Succeeding Mr, Cannon was Martin H. Lovelady
who ser ved thre
Historic Webster Vol. 1 No. 4
No full textHistoric Webster is a newsletter of the Webster Historical Society, Inc., created at the Society’s founding in 1974. The publication helped to serve the Society's mission of collecting and preserving the history of Webster, North Carolina. Webster, established in 1851, was the original county seat for Jackson County.Volume 1 Number 4 a newsleffer of 16e we6sfer 6isforical sociel!: Summer 1914
Historic Webster Days
Celebration
Historic Webster Days will Swan, and Bill McinTyre will
provide a truly old fashioned gtve us a night of good listening
Fourth of July celebration for and square dancing. Music
Jackson County dur ing the four begins at 8: 00 on Thursday
days of festivities at the old night, 9:00 on Friday and SaturWebster
Elementary School. day nights.
~~~s~~~n~i~~oik~fSo~~e~: ~~~ Mr. & Mrs. Webster
the Sylva Jaycees, as a benefit
~or the ~ebst~r Historical Soc- The two oldest residents of
tety. It ts hoped that the e~en~ Webster' Arthur Allman and
c"!-n be ~n an!lual <:elebrati?n, Lilly (Nanniehart) Rhinehart,
wtth an espectally bi_g occast?n will be honored at the Opening
planned for the Bicentenmal Ceremonies of the first annual
year of 1976· . . . " Historic Webster Days Fourth
;<\mong,the many acttvtltes at of July Celebration." They will
th.ts year s. July 4th at Web~ter be named "Mr . and Mrs . Hiswtll
be dtsplays of old . tJ!lle toric Webster" in an official
crafts such _as. blacksmithmg proclamation presented by the
and boardsphttmg, manned by Mayor of Webster, Mr. Roy
Jack. Hoy!~ ~nd Gene Thorn- Baker. The proclamation will
burg! a spmnmg ~bee~ demon- be inscribed on a hand decorstrat!
On b~ Sophie. ~t.shop ; a ated scroll made by Elizabeth
broommakmg exhtbitlon ar.td Keys. Mr. and Mrs. Historic
broo!"" sale as wei~ as a qu!It Webster will then reign over the
~~M~"~~~~~~Jtr:;~~~ean~~~~l! four days of festivities.
~ ~~~~i~~~it i~~ffiu~.ut~~~~W~~ Opening Ceremony
Eldredge and Margo Crawford
are in charge of the STI exhibit. The Mayor of Webster, Roy
Handmade crafts such as bon· Baker , will ride into town in a
nets and wood carvings, signs horse drawn buggy provided by
burned in wood, and other items Dr. Ralph Morgan, to open the
will be sold at var ious booths to first annual Historic Webster
be set up on the school grounds. Fourth of July Celebration . A
Gracia Slater, Susan Morgan, dinner catered by the Canter·
and Judy Coyle are setting up a bury Inn and served by the
Country Store where they will women of Webster will begin at
sell locally prepared foods such 5:00p.m. on Thursday, July 4th,
as homebaked bread and followed by the flag raising
chcrned butter , honey, canned ceremony, courtesy of the Webfruits
and vegetables, and fresh ster Boy Scout Troop No. 903. A
produce. The Store will be cons- Readers Theatre production ditructed
inside the school house. reeled by Kathy Carr will be
On the grounds for the Fourth presented during the dinner.
will be baked goods and sand- Mayor Baker and Bruce Wike,
wiches sold .by the East Sylva C~ai~man of .the County ComBaptist
Church Dorcas Sunday !lllSStoners, wtll make the openSchool
Class; a lemonade stand mg remarks.
Horse Show set up by the Webster Home·
makers, who will also be selling
handmade bonnets; and a booth
selling watermelon slices. The first annual Webster
Some of the old fashioned Horse Show will be held on
games and contests planned Saturday, July 6, on the grounds
include a greased pig chase, a o~ the old Webster School begingreased
pole climb, a tug~f- nmg at 1:00 p.m. Show Secrewar,
and gunny sack races for tary. Diana Nicholson and Show
all ages. James Roper is in Chairmen Dean Allman and
charge of games, which begin at Johnny Watson have been larg-
2:00 p.m. on Friday and Satur- ely responsible for planning the
day. Also at 2:00 on Satur- show. The Judge for the show is
day is the tubing iace, under the Tommy Lucas of Franklin.
super vision of Jerry and Laura Woody Hampton, Sylva, will be
Coffey. While the games and Ringmaster, and Jon Danencontests
ar e in progress, David bower of Dillsboro is Master of
Purser will be offering buck- Ceremonies. Duggan Ledford
board rides around Webster, from Franklin will serve as
and the Jaycees will have all Farrier .
their tra ditional entertainmeQt Entry fees for the twenty·four
booths open. Paul Cowan, J r ., different events planned will
Buddy Lane, and Richard Tay- range from 2.50,
half the regular yearly dues.
The new membership year will
begin in January, 1975, when we
hope that all old members will
renew their memberships and
continue to be active in the work
or the Society.
School Grounds Are
Shaping Up For Fourth
Spencer Clark and his Build- and for l<.. .o urth of July decor·
ing and Grounds Committee ations.
have been getting the Webster The Bwldmg and Grounds
School in shape for the big Committee has also had the
Fourth of July festivities. Under help of eight young people
Spenc~r 's supe~vision and the working under the auspices of
direction of thetr Scout Master the Neighborhood Youth Corps.
Al Byers, the Webster Boy They are Davis Wood, John
Scou~ Troop No. 903 has been Houston, Dale Stiles, Billy Friz·
mee~mg at the school and zell, Joyce Hammerly, Pamela
helpmg to clean up. Bobby Ray Bradley, Kathy Powell, and ,
and Gail. Wtl~on , Paul Cowan Geneva Donaldson . Joyce
Jr. a~d Jtm Stmpson have been Hammet;Jy is answering the
workmg on the grounds, land· telephone at the Historical Sociscaping
and getting. the grass ety Offic~ and keeping the office
mowed. ~e School ~s surroun- open ft:om 8:00 to 3:00 daily,
ded by mne ~aubful acres. Monday through Friday. The
Buddy and Margaret Clark other ~YC workers ha.ve ~n
have donated plants for the scrubbmg floors_, washmg winbeautification
of the _gr'!unds ~~~~it~~~ cleanmg away trash
Attention, Artists!
Artists, please come for the artists who wish to commence a
hanging on July 3 and 4 at lively career in the Art World to
Webster, N.C., to be held in the enter their work. We will man
gray stone building on the hill the Art Gallery for the full four
(at one time, the School !) We days of the Webster Historical
expect to exhibit works of Society Festival July 4, 5, 6, 7.
celebrated artists who live or Any volunteers for duties in·
visit in our beautiful world of valved in conducting an art
the Smokies. gallery are welcome. Please
advise us by phone or come by
Any work to be sold will pay to the Webster School. Telephone
the Webster Historical Society Elizabeth Keys, 586·5988, Chairfifteen
per cent of the sale price. man of The Webster Art Lea-
There will be a Grand March History. DeSoto's people in- We also invite all aspiring gue.
and Judging of costumes, eluded the Gentleman of Elvas,
beards, and moustaches at the DeSoto's Portugese Scribe, as
Webster School Building Sun- well as men of the clergy,
day evening, July 7, '74, at 7: 00 scouts, and probably cooks and
p.m. (Men who arrive with dish washers, too. Later on,
Society Business Meeting
clean shaven faces may be fined there were British Red-Coats, The members of the Webster
or sent to the local jail"!) French Voyageurs from the Historical Society will meet at
and to make plans for the
future. Come and exchange
ideas .. You can have a large
share m determining the future
of Webster.
Whatever century, era, or Mississippi in quest of Furs, 7:30p.m. on Monday, July 15, at
occasion for the costume you then the proud military families the Webster School. The main
wear , try for authenticity first. who migrated after the Battle business of the meeting will be
For example, if you portray a of the Boyne, and the Revolt of to hear a report on and to
Croquet Buff of the Summer of the Irish Earls. There were the discuss the current status of
Music and square dancmg D · Th 1910, remember not to wear plantation aristocracy from effor ts to buy the old Webster This Fourth of July edition of
will be provided mght1y at Inner ealre nylons! The Spanish Conquista- South Carolina and Georgia; Elementary School. Officers of Historic Webster is being sent to
Historic Webster Days 4th of . . dares at the other end of our the American frontier settlers; the Society and members of the al~ m~mbers Of the Webster
J~y celebration. On Thursday t As /jart ~~ th~ ~tsto~:c "teb: tim~ ~ spec.trum did n~t sport loggers; miners; mail carriers Town Council will be meeting Htst?n~al Societ¥. We will be
mght the Webster Cloggers,ser ays e mverst¥ urn cham mail. OK? Durmg the on fast horses; doctors on withtheSchooi Boardon J uly 10 pubhshmg four J.SSues a year
directed by Ken Cabe, will ~;~ ~he~r~ Cpr~ct;ctdo; . ~~ time lapse between these two horseback or in buggies--depen- and will report the results to the from now on-Fall, Winter,
perform, fo11owed by music and .
11 ~ or 0t d a~ th a~ ~r[ extremes, there are possibili- ding on terrain to be covered. membership at the July 15 Spring, and a special Summer
square dancing for everybody WI presen e a e e s er ties for a wide range of fancy meeting. Members will also issue for the Fourth of J uly.
provided by Wallace Swan. On Schr l on J uly .1~ tnd. 6· ~~~ dress, as Webster History in· Also, there were the elegant begin planning the 1975 Fourth Starting with this issue, the
Friday nigh.t "Train" will sup· ~r ormanc.e WI egm . eludes it all. Huguenots who may have at- of J uly and looking ahead to the Summer edition will be sold to
ply the mustc; and on Saturday n!g~ts. at ?1i3~ p.m. c;:: :r~day We will have highly compe- tended church in Parisian bon- Bicentennial in 1976. non-members during Historic
night Ralph Lewis and the mg t It w~ e ~rec e Y a tent J udges, also prizes. nets, with lace parasols. There This will be a good oppor- Webster Days at fifty cents per
Piney Mounta in Boys from ca~ered dmner 10 the school Surplfise us all and wear were brides, and judges and tunity to get acquainted with copy. Members will continue to
Asheville, Earl Cowart and the something colorful, original, or blacksmiths. What else? Plenty other members of the Historical receive all four issues as a
Blue Grass Four, W~llace Tul'n To Page Two beautiful, all Authentic Webster more. Surpr ise us? ! Soci~ty, to join a committee, me.mbership privilege.
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=••~::: ~~~~~: .~~ ~:~~· . ~ :0;e::: ::::k I ~~= Tickets for the dinner and play ment of Speech and Theatre fashioned hog barbeque, Web- · t
are available in advance at the Arts at Western Carolina Uni- ster is the place to' see one on . . t
Little Theatre Box Office on the versity is the director. July 6. . . The Webster Cookbook is and mk drawmg of Webs_ter 's ~
WCU campus at the Webster planned for publi ca tion landma rks--the covered bndge,
Post Office, o~ at Cowan Insur- Novef!lber I. The book features ~h~ old Webster school , the
ance Agency in Sylva. Tickets Gospel Sing fa voni('S of famous Webster J<u l. _lh_C' l'hurchcs, homes.
will be sold at the school on the Art Show cooks I rom over one hundred _It IS JUSt a good boo~--on_e you t
days of the performance. Cost year s. \\:Ill want to keep not JUSt m the t
for dinner and theatre is 3.50 for children Under the chairmanship of is invited to attend old fashioned _F~J a large dmner try _Mr~ . l{(~ llH'Ill?(' r Chnst rna ~ IS t
under 12. Theatre tickets alone Elizabeth Keys and with the church services in Jackson f~ 1 ~ 1 e , . C ow~ rd En J:?: lJ ~h s e~Hmng : 1 here. a re weddmgs, i for Friday or Saturday night help of Francois Cla~tier, the County and then to bring a .1 l<i nl .t t J,on Supper··a. n ~ h , birthdays. all kmds of reasons
are 3.50 for adults, $1.50 way. For Historic Webster Days School grounds and join in on a c ot n. meat · and noodles. ht•s Jdcs thoS(' you want for t
for children. Reservations may there will be an exhibition and " eatin' and singin' on the yours('lf. t
be made by calling the Depart· sale of paintings at the Webster grounds". Gospel music will be l\1 r s . Ed ith Moore Hal I 's t
ment of Speech and Theatre School, with 15 per cent of the provided by Mike Clayton, Bill (;arlic Grits will li ven a meal. ORDER t
Arts at WCU, telephone 293· sale price going to the Webster Deitz, and the Redeemed' Quar- any meal. It is just grits with t
This play, compiled and a- the show will begin on July 3. garlic. Sprinkled with YOUR
dapted by Norman Corwin, Ham Dinner .:ornflakes, it can be served for
covers the works of Carl Sand· Barlieque supp<·r at night and easily
burg from the cradle to the On Sunday night, July 7, the \\·arm<'d for the next morning's COOKBOOK
grave. It is a compilation of women of the First United hJTakfast.
song, prose, and poetry display· Monroe Lindsey will begin Methodist Church of Sylva will
ing Mr. Sandburg's sense of earlySaturdaymorning,July6, sponsor a ham dinner to be There arc cakes Mrs. Sally AT THE
MOTOR
COURT
Color
Television
Air
Conditioning
Your Bo•ll
Mr. 6 Mrl. A. T. Marroy
Tel. 586-2123
7491. Historical Society. Hanging of tet from Statesville, N.C. th(' lash' of cheese, and a hint of I
humor, sense of beauty and preparing a gigantic open pit served at the Webster School. 1\ ld 'onn('II'S old ' fa shioned
sense of tragedy. , barbeque on tht; Webster ~hool Afte_r the din!ler there will be a pound cak<·, known all over
. The players are Nancy Ham- grounds. He will be roastmg a closmg bonfire and a . vesper town . A hig spice cake has been FOURTH OF JULY + SYLVA, N- C. +
f!1111 of Brevard.' James E1ch· pig ~nd ftfty chickens all day for servtce conducted by the Rev. deH•Iop(>d by Mrs. An nit• Louise t , i hog of Pumpkm Town, and a dmner to be served at 6:00 Gene McCants of Webster. ~ t adi son Heed called War Cake- CELEBRATION + Ma•• St.
-it is (•nough for an army. t Get Involved In Helping ·············'
'
S<ilads, Mrs . Stella Broyles ••••••••••••••••••••-.
llall's Twt•nty Jo'our Hour Salad
Preserve And Restore Webster 1nadl' with (•ggs; brt·ads,
1\kxinlll Cnrnbr('ad , rolls: a
\\onderfu llv ril'h Coffp(• Punch··
Are you looking for a way to
get involved in the Webster
Project? Good! Join the more
than eighty people who are
already sel_'ving on committees.
Call any of the committee
chairmen, officers or directors.
Special Events··Fourth of Ju.
ly: Paul and Lynda Cowan
te~und Raising:Judy Carpen-mon
· and 'mo re··2:~7 recipes in
Tell them you want to help. Board of Directors: Roy Ba·
There's plenty for everyone to ker, Spencer Clark, Dick Iobst, all -- in a 1xlok that a cook who
do, fun in the work, and fine John Parris and Joe Rhinehart. has s<'<'n it ca lls "a readable
people to ~et ac9uainted with. Officers: Betty Pric~, Presi· i n t e r t' s t i n g , p r a ct i c a i
The followmg officers and com- dent ; Manlyn Jody, VIce Pres- cnokhnok." Pradical seems to
mittee chairmen are waiting to ident; Jim Simpson , Treasurer; be a good word for th('S(' times.
hear from you . and Mary Morris, Secretary.
Committees
Museum and Archives: Dick
lobs!
\lusic and Community
But lhNe is more than
rl'l"i pl's: l\ lrs. Lilly Hhinehart ,
1\liss Dorothy l\1ourc, Miss
1\lildrl'd Cowan, Mrs. Louise
Restaurant: Jerry Ewen and i\ lad_ison !~edford , _Mrs. Pat
Edna Beck l\ll'Kee 11lle-y. l\1 1ss Mary
1\Jnrris, and 1\Irs. Janice
i\lontipth Ulanton. all Webst<'r
Country Store: Gracia Slater girl s. talk ~1hout . food as they
and Helen Cowan ).!. l'l' \\" up m \rV(•bstl'l'. Mrs.
House Tours and Hospitality Tht'atcr: J .C. Alexander
Margaret Simpson
Louise B. Da vis has written
Wehs!('r's hi story.
ReCreation: James Roper The Webster Cookbook is
illustrated with d('licate pen
Newsletter: Alice HarriH and
Building and Grounds: Spen· Louise Davis
cer Clark
Scrapbook and Bulletin
Board: Mildred Cowan
Cookbook: Joe and Flossie
Rhinehart
Membership and Correspon-dence:
Kate Rhinehart Finance: BiH Fisher Town Planning: Roy Baker
Youmt Historians: Lucille
Bryson and Marilyn Jody
THE
NORTHWESTERN
BANK
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Contributors:
Editors :
Louise Davis
Alice Harrill
Marilyn Jody
Mrs. Maurice Carlton
Mrs. Jennie Lou Hunter
Mrs. Elizabeth Keys
Ms. Mary Morris
Mr. John Parris
Mr. Joe Parker Rhinehart
Mr. Jim Wells
Western Carolina
Universi9'
Typeset and Printing by Herald
Printing Co., Sylva
HOOPER'S
DRUG STORE
Bob Kelley
KRISMART
FASHIONS
Wishes the best of luck to the
Webster Historical Society, Inc.
in its efforts to preserve and restore Webster
-.
Mountain Folks Are A Musical Lot
\
by John Parris
AFAMILYREUNtON
1905
Last Monday, J une 12, was
the anniversary of the birth of
Mountain folks are a musical Mr. Nathan Coward and the
loi. regular day of the Annual
Even the poorest cabin away Reunion of the Coward Family
off back of beyond will boast a including all of Mr. Coward's
banjo or a fiddle hanging on a children, grandchildren and
nail. grea t-g r a ndc hildren . It has
Neither the phonograph, ra- been a custom for several years
dio or television has caused the now for the Cowards and their
hillsman to part with his banjo rela tives to meet on their
or fiddle, albeit many a cabin ancestor's birthday every year
has one or all three. at the horne of himself and his
And when it comes to mountair.·- children taken in rotation
music--well , it 's right there at meeting first a t the father's,
the top in popularity. ·next the oldest child's and so on
Tunes that never knew any . around . This year the
instrument but a fiddle , broom- celebrat ion took place at his
straws, and a banjo have won own home. Mr. Coward was on
popularity with big orchestras · thC' occasion eighty-seven years
as program spicers. old being born just a bout six
Hillbilly bands are in demand years a ft er the War of 1812. <He
and mountain folk song sym- was born in 1818 l. We hope to
phonies have received acclaim give the story of his life in the
in recent years. journal soon .
ThEl mountain songs boast a There was not as large a
proud lineage for the most part. proport ion of the family present
Many of the ·tunes and words ,as usual, the families of Mr. Kit
can be traced to Elizabeth Z<t<:harv and Mr. Oscar Coward
England. tx•ing barely represented and
For this reason, students and that of Mr. Hobert Coward , who
collectors have been interested li vt•s in Piedmont being ent irely
in them for years. But it's only absPnt. Mr . Coward was also
comparatively recently that the vt'ry sick but in spite of a ll , the
sometimes lilting, sometimes Fiddle made by the tate Rogers Coward of Webster. Don.ated to the Webster Historical Society n·umon was very successful
~~~~~ulof~~!i~e~!~af~~t~Jc.the Museum and Archives by Elda Coward of Norton Commumty. ~~~~~'~1~~·~:·gf~!~~:~f~e:i~~~;
Even Broadway has it 's hill - Tht• di nnPr was served picnic
billy singer. So does Park fa shion : the eatables, whi~h
Avenue, the street .of milk and Several years ago an old-ttme Usually, they are folks who " I could sell ten times as W<'I'P many and good, being
millions. fiddle-player was discussmg fmd pleasure m domg a btg of many,"shesatd, " tf ihad them. spn·ad on two ta bles while the
But for the pure, unadulter- fiddles with a city feller and fidd1ing themselves. Sometimes BesJt:les bemg fme mstruments, gu<'sts all helped themselves
ated stuff, you've got to get off the city feller mentioned that they'll make two or three they are beautifully made and standi ng.
the main roads and plunge into the finest fiddles in the world fiddles a year and hide them would be something just to look Afl <•r di nner they all occupied
the out-of-the-way places back were those . made by a man around the house. And then at even if they never were th<'ll iS{'I\"PS with conversation
in the hills. named Stradivar ius. · they'll go a year or so without played." nnd otlwr amusements . All the
It 's ther
Historic Webster Vol. 2 No. 1
No full textHistoric Webster is a newsletter of the Webster Historical Society, Inc., created at the Society’s founding in 1974. The publication helped to serve the Society's mission of collecting and preserving the history of Webster, North Carolina. Webster, established in 1851, was the original county seat for Jackson County.Dan H. Phillips
The following, a reprint from
the Jackson County Journal of
December 4, 1914, was found in
the papers of R. L. Madison. Mrs.
Gordan Reed, daughter of Mr.
Madison gave it to the Historic
Webster Newsletter. Mr. Phillips
was a grandfather of Glenn
Hughes.
"To The J ackson County Journal
:
--1 was indeed surprised some
days ago when I received a letter
from Sister D. H. Phillips of
Cullowhee, in which !learned for
the first time of the death of Bro.
Phillips.
Sister Phillips asked me to
write a sketch of his 1ife as I knew
him, and ask the Journal to
publish it.
I first became acquainted with
Bro. Phillips by meeting him in
the Associations; then I was his
pastor for some years, at Cullowhee,
N. C., near his home
often spending nights with hi~
and his family. When I was
pastor I ordained him as deacon
in his church . It does me good to
say that D. H. Phillips was
always on the Bible and right side
of everything pertaining to the
church, and would stand by his
pastor to the end. In this particular
we had the opportunity to see
him tested.
He weighed matters before
venturing expression ; but when
he spoke was a lways on the right
Side·. He possessed conviction
that he would die loving his
church and the cause as his life.
He put his time, life and money
mto the Kmgdom while I knew
him when I was his pastor.
He was at times fractious, but
possessed grace sufficient to
co~trol it. He was a community
builder, untiring in his efforts to
advance the educational work in
his county.
He loved his family as a
devoted father , constantly striving
to give them the best educational
advantages. He loved his
brethren of the church and would
never fail to urge them at church
and association to read the
Biblical Recorder, often saying
that by bringing it into his home
he brought some of his children to
Christ.
The years of pastorate and
fellowship with him, Bros. Newt
Watson and D. M. Pressley,
whom I learn have also passed
over, will long be remembered by
me. Also all the brethren and
sisters of old Cullowhee.
I look back over the years that
have passed into the dim past and
remember what God has enabled
me to accomplish in a small way.
It makes my heart rejoice .
Something like 60 persons I led to
Christ and baptised into Cullowhee
church and as many into
other churches of Jackson county.
Though absent from them for
this 10 or 15 years the Lord has
not failed me. (Love to all my
friends .)
M.A. Love"
WEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA
'!'he above is a picture of the Andy Allison home in Webster. Aunt
~a the, Uncle Andy's wife, is sweeping her walk. This house replaced
m 191_1 o~ 12 the former home of the Allisons which was destroyed in
the b~g fire of 1910. Mrs. Lewis Cannon owned this property until she
sold It some years ago to James Simpson who moved the house
farther back on the lot and remodeled it for his home.
State Of Historical Society
Dear Friends of Webster·
Since the last issue of. the
newsletter , the Jackson County
School Board voted to
renew and extend the option
on the Webster Elementary
School. The Historic Society
needs approximately 55,000 grant from the North
Carolina Bi-Centennial Commission
for which we have
applied. The proceeds from
the sale of The Webster Cookbook
will help to reach that
goal along with donations and
other fund-raising activities.
The plans for the July 4th
celebration will be underway
very shortly, developed this
year by the Historical Society
m cooperation with the Jackson
County Bi-Centennial
Commission of which I am
chairperson. The celebration
holds promise of being an even
more spectacular festival
than last year's and will be a
practice run for the county's
1976 Bi-Centennial celebration.
The Bi-Centennial plans
will aim toward involving
everyone in Jackson County
as well as enhancing the plans
and projects which the Webster
Historical Society already
has underway.
A big thankyou goes to Joe
Parker and Florence Rhinehart
for compiling, editing and
illustrating The Webster
Cookbook. It is truly a treasure
and a beautifully done
book. We know that all of you
wttl want a copy. The Historical
Society looks forward
to a second edition soon.
A thankyou is due to Louise
Davis and the entire newsletter
staff for the work which
goes into these publications.
Enjoy this year with the
Webster Historical Society
throu!\h the newsletter by
renewmg your subscription
now.
Cordially,
Betty Price
President
'~f? ~'s ~ enew Your Membership Now~
_Its ~ime to renew your membership to the Webster
H1st~r~cal S?ciety. All members of the society will be
r.ece1vmg th1s newsletter, but if you wish your subscription
to the newsletter to continue, please make sure you
update your membership.
Active (resident of Western N. C->: ....... -. ... 5-00 yearly
Contributing: ..... 20.00 yearly
Sustaining: . . . . . 100.00
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·==;/A
WINTER, 1975
A Country Doctor
William Self, M.D.
By Vera Self Smith
My father, Dr. William Self,
was born m Charleston, South
Carolina, October 13, 1852. His
parents were George and Sara
Ann Crowder Self, to whom were
born four boys and three girls.
Early in their married life they
moved to Buncombe County,
North Carolina, and settled in the
Sandy Mush Community where
they remained a number of years
before moving to Franklin, North
Carolina in Macon County.
My father finished his education
in the Old Marshall Academy
m Marshall, North Carolina under
Dr. Charles Kennedy. His
four year course in the study of
internal medicine was also under
Dr. Kennedy. When Dr. Kennedy's
son, Charles had completed
his medical training, he entered
· the practice in his father 's office.
When my father had completed
his training he was advised to
find a small place to begin his
practice and he somehow found
Webster. He obtained a good
room and board in the home of
Rev. Dr. Spake, a retired Methodist
minister who helped him become
acquainted with the town
folk , girls included. With the
assistance of the senior Dr.
Candler, his practice grew. He
was later to be associated with a
Dr. Colby who had settled in
Dillsboro. They became good
fnends and helped each other in
the practice of medicine in
Jackson County.
Soon after settling in Webster,
my father saw, one day, a very
pretty young girl coming up the
street and he asked the minister
who she was. He was told that she
was the daughter of Joseph W.
Cowan who lived across the river.
Father said, " I would like to meet
her - you know I am going to
marry her." Mr. Spake, the
minister, said, "She and her
father are rather slow to make
choices, but I will see that you get
the chance to try." Father met
Octavie Eleanor Cowan and the
result of that meeting was marriage,
in November 23, 1881,
about a year later. The young
couple stayed in Webster for
~bt?ut a year, but father's parents
ms1sted on their moving to
Franklin and opening an office
there. They did move there for a
while; in fact , their oldest child
Robert Ollis Self, was born there:
but they soon decided to return to
Webster, where Joseph Dillard,
Lawrence, and I were born. Later
they moved to Glenville where
my youngest brother, George,
was born. But Webster had a pull
for my parents and they came
back there to remain the rest of
their married life. Sometime·
during this period my fathef·
served as Jackson County Healtli
~nd Sanitation officer, or maybe
11 was not called such at this tim~.
I have no r ecord of this service
but know that he did serve for a
time in that capacity.
Our old home, which my father
butlt, was on a portion of the
Joseph W. Cowan, my grandfather's
farm near the Webstev
Baptist Church. (This is the present
home of Charlie Roper.)
Father always kept two or three
good saddle horses to ride when
making house calls. Some patients
came to the house where he
maintained his office and mixed
much of his medicines with a
mortar and pestle on a marble
slab. Mostly his practice was
house calls. Often he would be
gone all day and into the night.
Mother never let the fire go out in
the fireplace, and a pot of hot
coffee was always on the hearth
for him when he returned. I
remember how in bitter cold
weather Father put newspaper
across his chest under his shirt to
keep out the cold.
Life for the Self family was
filled with "Ups and Downs"
through the years. Father was
the leading man in our life which
was sometimes joys, sometimes
sorrows, but always filled with
love and happiness at home. This
brings to my mind a letter from
Pz:ofessor T. F . Shipman, a dear
fnend, who wrote, " Let me live in
a house by the side of the road
and be a friend to man. " Mr.
Shipman felt this quotation, from
a poem by Ed~ar A. Guest, was
very appropnate for the Self
family, especially my father.
NOTICE
The editors of "Historic Webste~
Newsletter" welcome any
articles about and pictures of
bygone Jackson County days,
especially those of the Webster
a~ea, which our readers may
wish to lend or contribute. All
material will be carefully handled
and returned in due time if the
donor so wishes.
Cookbooks Are Available
. They're here ! Those long anti- They're beautiful, as well as
c1pated Webster Cookbooks are entertaining and useful.
on sale. We apologize for the If you wish to buy one or more
delay and disappointments for we call 586-5840, or write Mrs. Jo~
knowmanyofyouplannedtogive Rhinehart, Webster, North Carocopies
for Christmas gifts. But it lma 28786. The cookbook is .75 for mailing.
hurried. At any rate, these books Look elsewhere in this paper
are well worth the waiting. for an order blank.
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Historic Webster, Winter 1975, Page 2
William Dallas Wike
by Eddie Marie Wike Sutton
In 1906 my father, William
Dallas Wike, became the principal
of the first graded school in
Jackson County, which was established
at Webster, and served in
that capacity for two years. The
school was the first to be graded
under a new educational system.
After this position, and upon
advice of his physician, he left the
teaching profession for many
years--in fact he taught only four
more years in the mid-twenties
after having served ten years as
Postmaster at Cullowhee.
He was born December 18, 1867
at the home of his grandfather,
Jacob Wike, at East Laporte, and
received some early schooling,
for short terms, in a log cabin in
Fairfield Valley. At the age of
twenty-ne he heard that Professor
Robert Lee Madison was
opening a school at Cullowhee.
Having a great longing for learning,
he was present on the first
day to greet Professor Madison.
There were eight students in the
first class and · for him it was a
very late beginning for an education.
After three years schooling
under Madison he served a
one-year apprenticeship in surveying
and engineering at Brockton,
Mass. returning the next
year to graduate at the second
commencement of Cullowhee
High School; the forerunner of
Western Carolina University.
In January 1894 he went to
Texas and enrolled at Howard
Paine College for teacher training
; later he returned to Cullowhee
where he was Director of
the Normal Department for six
years. I have a copy of Longfellow's
"Poems and Ballads"
inscribed by Prof. Madison:
Presented to W. Dallas Wike
By the Students and Fellow
Teachers of the Normal Department
of Cullowhee High School as
a Token of Esteem and a Slight
Recognition of His Able Service
as Teacher-In-Charge of Said
Department Upon the Occasion
of His Retirement from that
Position, May 16, 1901 After Six
Years of Faithful Service.
Father represented Jackson
County in the 1913 North Carolina
General Assembly as a member
of the House. While a member he
introduced legislation which subsequently
provided for construction
of the first graded road,
Sylva to Cullowhee, in the County.
He also obtained passage of
bills relating to stock law elections;
amending the corporate
limits and establishing the boundaries
of the Town of Webster
and secured an appropriation for
the purpose of constructing Joyner
Building at Western Carolina
University. Some thought this
building should bear his name but
he declined being thusly honored.
A few years prior to his service
in the Legislature, a movement
was on to have the seat of
government moved from Webster
to Sylva because of the new
railroad being routed through
there with no hope of ever getting
a railway via Webster. Many
citizens requested of my father
that he introduce legislation to
move the courthouse to Sylva
without a referendum. Naturally,
there was opposition from the
citizens of Webster, but, on the
other hand, many citizens
thought that since the location of
the seat of government also
directly affected them in various
ways the matter should be
brought to a vote of the people.
This was the position taken by
my father and he introduced
WILLIAM DALLAS WIKE
1913 General Assembly
House Member
Photo 01 January 1913
~
legislation as set forth in Chapter
153, Public- Local Laws of North
Carolina, Session 1913:
. AN ACT TO ALLOW THE
CITIZENS OF JACKSON
COUNTY TO EXPRESS THEIR
WILL CONCERNING THE
PROPOSED REMOVAL OF
THE COUNTY SEAT OF JACKSON
COUNTY FROM THE
TOWN OF WEBSTER TO THE
TOWN OF SYLVA, IN SAID
COUNTY, AND TO REMOVE
THE CbUNTY SEAT IF A MAJORITY
OF TH)'; QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF THE COUNTY
SHALL FAVOR IT ; AND TO
LEVY A SPECIAL TAX FOR
THE BUILDING OF A NEW
COURTHOUSE AND JAIL.
The Act encompassed all essentials
of the proposed removal
including the method of voting;
transfer of records ; site selection
(naming a site selection committee
consisting of Lee Hooper,
John B. Ensley, E. L. McKee,
George W. Sutton, Scroop W.
Enloe, H. R. Snyder, Chas A.
Bird, H. R. Queen ·and Tom L.
Jamison); condemnation; special
tax for construction (10,000 for
construction), etc. The Act was
ratified February 24, 1913 and the
referendum was held on May 8,
1913 with the results being approximately
three to one for
removal to Sylva.
In March 1896 my father married
Mrs. Emma Jane Shelton
Hampton, a widow, of Qualla
Township and to this union were
born seven daughters , I being the
youngest. Papa died on October
23, 1940 and Mama passed away
August 26, 1954.
An editorial, written by Dan
Tompkins (a native of Webster?)
in the Jackson County Journal
under date of October 23, 1940,
reads:
"In the death , at Six Mile,
South Carolina this morning of W.
D. Wike, Jackson County lost one
of its most useful citizens. As
teacher, merchant, lumberman,
legislator, churchman and citizen
, Mr. Wike contributed a great
deal to the permanent good of the
county. ·
"A man born in the county, of
pioneer stock, Mr. Wike, in
addition to having acquired a
splendid education , was endowed
with an unusual amount of common
sense. He read, studied a
great deal , thought things
through to his own conclusions,
and then acted as he believed to
be right."
"He contributed a great deal to
the progress of the county, was
one of the early friends of
Western Carolina College and
believed profoundly in the fundamentals
of democracy coupled
with sobriety ."
"Few sons of Jackson County
have given as much to her as this
son of vision. He made the county
a better place in which to live,
and therefore has not lived in
vain. He was one of those who
wrought well and unselfishly for
the good of his county and her
people."
Gleanings From W ehster Methodist Church Records
Register of Marriages
I. Henry Smith
Ola Sheltop
2. John C. Frizzell
Dean Mason
3. Billy Davis
Olive Norton
Married by
C. H. Clyde
C. H. Clyde
D. R. Proffitt
Register o£ Children's Baptisms
Child
I. Felix Eugene Alley
John Hayes Alley
Edna Louise Alley
2. Dorothy Moore
Parents
F. E. and Vira Alley
Walter E. and Laura Moore
3. Daniel Moore Allison Thomas Bragg and
Isabella Josephine Allison Eugenia Allison
March 10, 1907
December 29, 1907
September 17, 1915
Date Minister
Aug. 19, 1906 A. T. Bell
Aug. 19, 1906 A. T. Bell
Aug. 5, 1906 A. T. Bell
My Recollections Of
The Webster Court House
Isabelle Allison Carlton
My first vivid impression of the
old brick court house was on the
night of the big fire in 1910 "when
Webster burned." But the old
courthouse stood unmarred as a
great, stable, sentinel silhouetted
against the flames which seemed
to reach to the sky as I looked
from the yard and street in front
of the home of my mother, Mrs.
Eugenia Moore Allison. Men and
boys were busy carrying our
furniture to the foot of the hill
behind the house near cemetery
road, for we feared that all of
Webster would burn. Being only
five years old, I had been dressed
and carried into the yard before I
was fully awake and when I saw
the face of the earth light as day
from the flames , I was quite sure
that it was indeed "the end of
time" which according to my
elders would surely come.
My grandfather, Daniel Killian
Moore, worked in some office in
the court house. I believe it was
the clerk of the court. Occasionally
I visited him briefly there and
as the court house seemed enormous
and rather awesome, I was
on my best behavior. Sometimes
I would encounter such friends
and relatives as Cousin Walter
Moore, Mr. Coleman Cowan, Mr.
John Jones, and Mr. Gribble. (I
called him "Mr. Susie" since the
Gribbles were our neighbors and
I called his wife "Miss Susie" .)
He would give me a friendly
greeting and a pat on the head.
When I was of school age and
court was in session, I was
instructed by my mother to walk
straight down the street, and to
look neither to the right of the
left, as court brought crowds of
people to Webster with many of
the men chewing tobacco and
telling tall tales as they sat in
front of the buildings along the
street. I'm sure the sheriff was
nearby to curtail the drinking,
cursing and fighting, but I was
told to stay close to Ruth and
Dan, my sister and brother, as we
wended our way schoolward. The
Indian women in their native
dress peddling bead work , pottery
and basketry, added interest
and color to Webster during
Court Week. The Indian men
were there in great numbers
when one of their tribe was on
trial. Once a handsome young
Cherokee named, as I remember,
Enoch Cucumber was on trial for
his life. I think he had murdered a
white man and was housed in the
Webster jail. One day the jailer
allowed me, along with some
older girls, including my sister
Ruth, to view him through the
bars in his cell. I guess he was
glad to have the monotomy of his
confinement broken, for he
talked with us intelligently and in
readily understandable English.
He was unusually good looking.
My Mother must have heard of
this episode and turned my
thoughts elsewhere, for I remember
nothing else regarding him,
his trial, or his sentence - if he
received one.
After the Court House was
moved to Sylva in 1913, only the
building was left to remind us of
the past glories of Webster. It
was now a place for birds to roost
and children to play in. There
were many steps to climb to the
tower with big blood stains on one
landing and the most magnificant
view of Webster and it's surroundings
from its tip top. The
"Hanging Tree" was still standing
"catty"-cornered across the
street between the court house
and jail.
When women were first allowed
to vote, the voting was
done in the old court house and I
tagged along with my Mother for
this memorable occasion. The
women were teased and laughed
at, but they voted anyway, a
privilege my Mother cherished
for the rest of her life.
The tearing down of the old
court house was a happy yet sad
occasion. It had become an eye
sore as naturally it was unkept
and afforded only a roost for
birds and a play place for
children. But it is hard to see an
old landmark razed when a
person's roots are deep in it and
its surroundings. I never realized
how deep mine were until my
Mother died in 1970 and I began to
take care of her home and collections
of her lifetime of 92 years.
Upstairs in my Grandmother
Allison 's old metal barrel-topped
trunk was a packet of letters
marked "John B. Allison's papers."
He died in 1886 and his
wife was my Grandmother Re·
becca Bryson Allison with whom
my father lived until her death on
November 28, 1899. He (Thomas
Bragg Allison) and my Mother
were married December 18, 1899.
She cherished the old trunk and
its contents which were "off
limits" to children in the family.
In my grandfather's papers I was
surprised and delighted to find
the following records and dates of
payments to him as contractor
for the public buildings, court
house and jail, in Webster which I
understand had replaced wooden
buildings:
"We the commissioners appointed
by court to settle with G.
B. Allison contractor for the
public buildings find the payments
made to him as follows:
Former receipts 5,968.32
John Wilson's receipt 260.00
County allowance 501.48
By E. D. Davis 70.00
Total amount 6,799.80
That amount taken from contract
price for said
buildings $10,000.00
Deducted from Treasury 6,799.80
Balance due 3,220.20
State Of M. E. Church
South In Jackson County
The following report (handwritten)
was found among some
old records of the Webst~r Methodist
Church. F. W. Vaughan was
the preacher on the Webster
Cir
Historic Webster Vol. 10 No. 4
No full textHistoric Webster is a newsletter of the Webster Historical Society, Inc., created at the Society’s founding in 1974. The publication helped to serve the Society's mission of collecting and preserving the history of Webster, North Carolina. Webster, established in 1851, was the original county seat for Jackson County.~··•••••••••••••••-_:n~e:w:s:l:e:tt:e:r of the Webster Historical Society, Inc.
VOLUME X, NUMBER 4 WEBSTER, NORTH CAROLINA WINTER, 1984
Webster's Lacy Thornburg wins
By Todd Thornburg
When Lacy Thornburg
brought his family to Jackson
county in 1954, the first place
they visited was the home of
David Hall in Webster. As the
Hall-Thornburg law firm
developed during the succeeding
years, the farm on the
Tuckasegee became more and
more a familiar spot to the
Thornburgs, and when Sara
Hall decided to move to
Virginia in 1963, it was with a
sense of coming home that
Lacy and his family bought the
farm and actually moved to
Webster.
It is not surprising tbat Lacy
Thornburg felt at home in
Webster. His early life in rural
Mecklenburg county was not
unlike what it would have been
in rural Jackson county. Lacy
was born in 1929 and grew up
on the family farm on
Eastfield Road near
Huntersville. The farm produced
most of the food which
the family needed. There were
the standard outbuildings -
the smokehouse where hams
and shoulders hung, the can
house where fruits,
vegetables, and canned meats
were stored, and the pump
house where the old windlow
pump stood. There was even a
big black pot where clothes
were washed. '
The family worked - all of
the family! The youngest
child, Jesse, seven years
younger than Lacy, carried
water to Lacy and older sister
Bobbie as they picked cotton
or hoed corn. (Jesse vows that
the older two drank more
water than they could possibly
have wanted just to keep him
busy!) Lacy particularly
remembers many hot hours
guiding a horse-drawn plow
across a rocky field. He says
it was following that plow that
probably made him determined
to make a living some other
way and started his thinking
about going to college when he
finished his local schooling.
The schools in this area of
north Mecklenburg were small
and rural. The first four
grades were at the village of
Croft and were taught in a two-
Lacy Thornburg of Webster has been elected by North
Carolina as it's Attorney General.
room school house. From
there students went to
Huntersville for grades 5-12,
which were housed in a school
much like the one at Webster.
Lacy's high school graduating
class of 1947 was the fin>t to
complete twelve grades.
School and church were the
two institutions outside the
home which claimed the
Thornburgs' interest. Lacy's
parents, Sara and Jesse
Thornburg, worked with
teachers and PTA groups to
improve the schools and to encourage
their children. They
were also "pillars" in the
Asbury Methodist Church, a
church which until recent
years resembled Webster
Methodist Church. The small
wooden structure was a se-cond
home to the Thornburg
family. Jesse Thornburg led
the opening exercises in the
Sunday School as its
Superintendent for thirty-five
years, and Sara taught the
young peoples' class. Lacy's
mother says she always tried
to dress him up for church but
that he carried his overalls
with him and changed clothes
before he got home so he would
be ready to play.
Often after Church on Sundays,
the work horses were
transformed for pleasure
riding. Lacy and young Jesse
had special horses which were
sc tame that Lacy remembers
mounting his horse, Silver, by
means of a board propped
from the ground to the horse's
back.
Sunday dinner was a special
event! The table was laden
with country ham, fried
chicken, vegetables, biscuits,
jellies and jams, pies and
cakes. During the summer the
meal always ended with
homemade ice cream churned
in the hand-cranked freezer
and frozen with ice chipped
from blocks kept in the large
ice box. The family and guests
often stayed around the table
long after the meal was finished,
discussing current political
and social issues. Lacy's
father, a mail carrier as well
as a farmer, always asked the
questions which kept anyone
from accepting easy answers
to difficult problems.
This man, Jesse Thornburg,
had a powerful influence not
only on his family and church
but also on his community. He
was a crusader who worked
diligently to get the Eastfield
road paved and to get electric
power into the area. He
understood tbe workings of
government and taught his
family lessons in social
responsibility by his example.
Lacy, when he entered the
Army at age seventeen, had
been nurtured in a setting
of love, faith, hard work, and
civic responsibility. After his
tour of military duty was complete,
he entered Mars Hill
College where he fell in love
with the mountains and his
wife-to-be, went on to University
of North Carolina and
University of North Carolina
Law School, and came to
Jackson county to begin his
own process of nurturing a
family in the spirit, if not the
exact manner, of his own upbringing.
Webster, indeed,
became his home!
Todd Thornburg, son of
Lacy Thornburg, is a member
of the English faculty at SylvaWebster
High School.
Thornburg's life is
politics
By Paul Holt
A life in politics. It has really always been the life for
Judge Lacy Thornburg of Webster, recently elected attorney
general for North Carolina.
Coming to Jackson County in 1954 as a rising lawyer and a
strong supporter of the Young Democrats, he has moved
this month into the third highest office in the state.
Thornburg had been a member of David Hall's law firm
on four years when Hall was nominated by the district committee
of the party to replace congressional nominee John
Surford as the House candidate. With Hall's election in 1958
and his move to Washington Thornburg assumed senior
partner status in the firm and became the county attorney,
the attorney for the towns of Webster and Dillsboro, and the
attorney for the county board of education. Thornburg's
Sylva office virtually became Hall's district office and
Thornburg his local representative.
The untimely death of David Hall in January, 1960, ended
a growing na tiona! political career. Thornburg continued
as the new congressmen, Roy Taylor's local
representative and took over the Hall practice.
As the political season of 1960 opened, Lacy Thornburg
challenged the incumbent state representative for the
nomination; defeated him in the primary; and in
November, 1960, won the Jackson County seat. He kept this
position through two more elections, but in 1966 Republican
Charles Taylor took over in Thornburg's only political
defeat.
Continued on page 3
Page 2, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Winter, 1984
Riverview, the Thornburg home is ''the
By Alan Thornburg
On the Tuckasegee River in
Webster there remains a large
white house, dignified in its
age, with land about it which
holds as many memories as
the great house itself. I was
raised in this house from the
time I was born, and I have
many fond thoughts of it. I,
however, am not the first to
treasure my hours on these
grounds. Grace Hall Brown,
Aunt Gracey, was born, raised,
and married in the house
and on its surroundings. She is
a member of the family which
has occupied the place for
most of its existence, the Hall
family. I live in the original
house, but on only twenty-five
acres of the original estate
which held hundreds. Aunt
Gracey has written and
spoken of the old Hall place
and she has aided me in a better
understanding of it in these
ways.
Before the Civil War, Major
Higdon, sheriff of Macon county
at the time, owned the farm,
but he was forced to sell the
place at public auction
because he was in debt. The
farm was sold to Dr. John
Woodfin, and it was then sold
to the first Hall, David Fonsey
Hall. The payment was made
by Mr. Hall in the form of two
Negro slaves ; Icem, a boy,
and Sid, a girl.
Alan Thornburg
The Halls sold most of their
slaves even before the end of
the Civil War, but Aunt Gracey
can remember one Negro
woman named Edie, or Granny
Ede, who stayed on the
farm and aided and comforted
the family even after her
freedom was granted. Granny
Ede graciously served four
generations in her humble life,
as she was near one hundred
years old when she died on
January 17, 1917. The old
Negro was full of clever
stories, many recalled even IDday.
Granny Ede, in all of her
generous contributions,
always loved the farm where
she spent her life, and many
believe that she has never left
that place. Some people
believe that Granny's spirit
still rests in the Hall house,
and I have never doubted this.
I have, on more than one occasion,
seen what I believed to be
the image of an old black
Riverview, the former home of the Hall family, is now the Thornburg's Webster home.
mammy swaying quietly in a
large rocker. She always
seems to be knitting, but her
countenance glows with kindness,
and this does not frighten
me in any way. Sometimes she
seems a bit mischievous,
however, and hides or moves
objects. Usually she replaces
them after we have searched
for an appropriate period of
time! (If we have a ghost in
our house, I believe we should
count ourselves among the
very fortunate.)
When Granny Ede was living
in the house as a slave, she,
as well as all other Negroes,
was given quarters in a certain
portion of the building.
The area in which the slaves
were given rooms to sleep was
then separated from the main
structure and the kitchen;
these are all joined today. My
bedroom is located in what
was once part of the slave
quarters. The room is very
small, with an extremely low
ceiling. In its original state,
the room was surrounded on
three sides by windows, and on
the other by a fireplace. I often
lie in bed and imagine all the
slaves crowded together in the
small space after a hard
laborious day in the fields, all
talking at once and not one
distinctly audible. The stairs
which lead to the rooms of .the
"quarters" were once not
enclosed. They were exposed
to all weather. They twist
around somewhat, but they
are without landings to make
the turns easily maneuverable
and so one must use caution in
climbing them. This problem
was probably a most trivial
complication to a working
Negro.
There are other interesting
facts about the Hall Farm. As
it sits on the Tuckasegee
River, one of the original farm
buildings was a tannery that
received power from a waterwheel.
This business was profitable
for many years. Hides,
some local and some shipped
in, were tanned to perfection
by hand. They were first run
through a lime solution to
remove the hair from the
skins, then wheelbarrowed
over to a wheel at which they
were washed and made ready
for immersion. The skins were
immersed in vats which contained
homemade tanoozee (a
liquid made from ground
chestnut oak bark). Aunt
Gracey remembers well the
expert tanner who ran the tannery.
He was James Manahale
from Indiana, a man whom
Gracey saw as a hero and a second
father until his death on
the farm on October 5, 1908.
The tannery continued
without Manahale until new
methods of tanning took hold
and the business was no longer
profitable. The tannery was
located on the edge of the river
just below a rock wall in front
of my home. A steel stake remained
to mark the spot of the
business until a couple of years
ago when the stake was
removed so as not to hinder a
tractor's plow.
The farm has harbored
many tales, most of which are
gloomy but fascinating. One
such story concerns a family
which supposedly lived in the
house many years ago. This
family induced passersby to
stop and spend a night with
them in order to rob the unexpecting
travelers. Those who
spent these nights with the
mysterious family were never
heard of again. This same
family was said, in a story, to
have cut off the head of a black
I Y"tl- ·
Gracie Hall and David Brown were married on June
12, 1912.
man just inside the entr
gate to the place. This st<
known as that of "Rawh
or "Bloody Bones."
Recounting these intri!
stories was a favorite pa!
on dark nights when
Gracey was growing up
she also remembers cour
active recreation acti1
which occupied her glo
days on the estate. I too
spent many days on the 1
which I recall fondly. Ba
the early years of Gra•
life, she enjoyed the sum;
by fishing on a pond and i
river, swinging on grape~
sliding down pine st
covered hills and boa tin!
picnicking along
Tuckasegee. In the
children gathered, along
walnuts, chestnuts to 1
over the winter-fire. Pol
corn was also an act
which was pleasing to all
winter meant skating ove
frozen river as well as coa
down the snow-covered
Spring was a time for pi<
with the farm animals an
joying the sights and sme
that time of year. Alth
many circumstances
changed since these days
past, I have enjoyed the
in ways, hunting in the fi
fishing in the river, expl<
the fascinating forest an
periencing many of my
most treasured momen
this setting. I apprecia
more each year!
Times of leisure were m
only activities on the far1
any means, nor are the
day. Wheat was grown i1
fields and it requ
threshing. Cane was g;
and it was made
molasses. From the plm
in the spring to the harve:
in the fall , work continu•
keep the farm running. T
a large plot of bottom Ian•
in corn every year ; a s
field of hay and a mode!
chard still require wor
prove productive. The 1
remains active with the h
of the farmer even now.
The children and gr
children (in Aunt Grac
case) grew up and left
place with few changes t
made to the farm unti119'
that year the flood came.
river rose and washed <
the barn, the tool shed,
and the tennant house.
this great devastation, the
family was forced to sel
estate. The place was bo
by Mr. Earl Stillwell ar•
1940, then by Mr. Coates,
then by Mr. Dillard. Soo1
part of the farm on whicl
house stands and the prE
acreage of the farm re-ent
the Hall family through i~
to Mr. David McKee Hal
The house, in its prE
form, was built by the Ha
1891-1892, when the new I
ceilinged front portion
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Sarah France Thornburg with Gracie Hall Brown on
Sarah's wedding day, June 12, 1972.
added to a small low-ceilinged
house which dated back to the
1840's. The completed home
became one of the finest
homes in the county. Some of
the first bathroom and toilet
facilities were installed there
as well as a dairy with fresh
running water, a wash house
with stationary tubs, and a furnace
with built-in wash pots.
In 1950, the- house was
bought by David McKee Hall,
Jr. and restored and upgraded.
David McKee Hall, Jr. was
my father 's law partner in
Sylva some years back and the
two families developed a close,
lasting relationship. After
David Hall's death in 1960, the
house and roughly twenty-five
acres of beautiful land were
sold to my father.
As well as growing up in the
old house, Aunt Gracey was
married in it, and so was my
sister. Aunt Gracey's footprints
were molded into one of
the hearths when she was
small, and these indentations
remain visible now. These
footprints have often been a
conversation starter, but
never so much as at my sister
Sarah Frances' wedding. The
wedding was beautiful and the
setting was one of happiness
and hope. My family learned
that the date of my sister's
wedding was the exact date of
Aunt Gracey's wedding which
also had taken place in the
house. The dates of the two
weddings were the same to the
very day, only sixty years
apart. At my sister's wedding,
thoughts drifted into the past
and to Aunt Gracey as we
noticed the imprint of her tiny
feet in the hearth and as she
relived for us her own special
day. The only two women ever
married in this house had a
picture made together on that
day of the summer solstice,
June 21, 1972. Gracey's marriage
was a long and happy
one, and my sister's seems to
be heading in that direction.
From the original farm
prior to the Civil War, which
held men in servitude, to the
house and acreage of today,
the homestead has changed in
many ways ; yet it continues to
exist with its original lure and
unmoving firmness . Many
generations have received life
on the place and many have
died on it. All have taken with
them part of the old
homestead, but it has plenty
more to give. Facts have been
recorded and stories have
been told about the old
homestead, but many facts
are yet to be put down and
many stories will one day be
told.
Alan Thornburg, the youngest
son of Lacy and Dottie
Thornburg, is a senior at
Sylva-Webster High School.
This composition won him a
first place in a regional writing
contest.
Winter, 1984, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Page 3
Thornburg's political
life has been
Jackson County
Lacy Thornburg became a candidate for North
Carolina's attorney general. He won that election in
November, 1984.
Continued from page 1
Dan Moore a former Webster resident, uncle of David
Hall, and no~ North Carolina governor, appointed Thornburg
in 1967 to a post as special Superior Court judge for a
four year term. In 1971 Thad Bryson of Bryson City resigned
as resident Superior Court judge. Thornburg was endorsed
for this job, received the position, filled Bryson's term, ran
in the primary, and was elected in 1971 as the judge of ~e
thirtieth judicial district (the seven western North Carolina
counties). He continued in the job, running again in 1982 and
being elected for another eight year term with no opposition.
Judge Thornburg resigned from the court in 1983 to .c?nsider
the Democratic race for governor. Before the f1lmg
deadlline he announced for attorney general instead and
received the nomination unopposed. In November he took
the election, defeating C. Allen Foster of Greensboro.
According to common consent, Lacy Thornburg was considered
by North Carolina lawyers as one of the top three
Superior Court judges in the state. They consider him a
working judge, one who does not often adjourn court on
Wednesday noon, but one who will keep the jury on th~ case
on a Saturday, and he has even been known to contmue a
case on a Sunday afternoon.
Lacy Thornburg is known as an even-tempered lawyer
and judge, one with a long fuse. The judicia~ had such a
high opinion of Thornburg that when an especially competent
judge was needed to hear a controversial or complicated
case, Lacy Thornburg was sent to hear the case
even if it meant moving him out of his district.
Those who know Lacy Thornburg personally or professionally,
know that he takes with him to his. new position intelligence,
insight, and ability. North Carolina can expect a
good job from its new attorney general.
Paul Holt is a former law partner of Lacy Thornburg and
is the senior partner in the Sylva law firm of Holt, Haire &
Bridgers, P. A.
Page 4, HISTORIC WEBSTER, Winter, 1984
Thornburg's Scrapbook
In 1950 Mars Hill student Thornburg got his
first car.
Born on a Hunterville farm,
Lacy always had animals.
Mrs. Sarah Ziegler
Thornburg and her son
Lacy, age 5, in 1934.
In 1967 Margaret Henson swore in Lacy
Thornburg as special Superior Court Judge.
Lacy and his brothers on their
father's tractors in 1939.
Lacy Thornburg and Lou, his great dane,
at Riverview.
Governor Dan Moore, a former Webster resident, talked
with Mrs. Dorothy Thornburg as her husband announced
for office.
The Thornburg family: Todd, Alan, Mrs. Dottie Thornburg, Eugene,
Lacy Thornburg, Sarah France Thornburg Even, and Mark Evans
Pre-B cell suppression by thymoma patient lymphocytes.
No full textT lymphocytes from the blood of two thymoma patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia suppressed the in vitro proliferation of allogeneic pre-B cells. Both patients lacked pre-B and B cells in blood and bone marrow. It is possible that pre-B cells, as well as B cells, may be targets for suppression by T cells in thymoma patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia
Aleochara (Xenochara) castaneimarmotae Klimaszewski, Webster, and Brunke 2017, new species
No full textAleochara (Xenochara) castaneimarmotae Klimaszewski, Webster and Brunke, new species (Fig. 1–9, 10 c) Holotype: Canada, New Brunswick, Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, 46.2216°N, 67.7231°W, 31.V.2013, R. P. Webster // Meadow /hayfield, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (CNC) 1 male. Paratypes: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa Reg., Ottawa, Kanata, 27. IV.1975, Marmota burrow, A. Smetana (CNC) 3 females; Ottawa Reg., Ottawa, Kanata, 1. V.1977, Marmota burrow, A. & Z. Smetana (CNC) 1 male; same except 19. V.1977, A. Smetana (CNC) 1 male; same except 25. V.1979, 1 male (CNC). New Brunswick: Carleton Co., Jackson Falls 46.2216°N, 67.7231°W, 8. V.2013, R.P. Webster // Meadow/ hayfield, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (RWC) 1 male, 2 females; Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, 46.2216°N, 67.7231°W, 25. V.2013, R.P. Webster // rich Appalachian hardwood forest with some conifers, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (RWC) 1 female; Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, 46.2216°N, 67.7231°W, 31. V.2013, R.P. Webster // Meadow/hayfield, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (LFC), 1 male, 1 female (NBM), 1 male, 3 females (RWC) 3 males; Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, 46.2202°N, 67.7235°W, 29. IV.2013, R.P. Webster // Rich Appalachian hardwood forest with some conifers, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (RWC) 1 female; Carleton Co., Jackson Falls, Bell Forest, 46.2202°N, 67.7235°W, 8. V.2013, R.P. Webster // Rich Appalachian hardwood forest with some conifers, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (LFC) 1 male, 1 female, (RWC) 5 male, 5 females; Kent Co., Kouchibouguac National Park, 46.8279°N, 64.9397°W, 27. V.2015, R.P. Webster // Old field / forest margin, entrance to Marmota monax (Linnaeus) burrow (NBM) 1 male; York Co., Douglas, Currie Mountain, 45.9832N °, 66.7564°W, 11–24. VI.2013, C. Alderson and V. Webster // old Pinus strobus stand, Lindgren funnel trap 1 m high under P. strobus (RWC) 1 female; York Co., Keswick Ridge, 45.9962°N, 66.8781°W, 27. V.2015, R.P. Webster // Old field/forest margin, entrance to burrow of Marmota monax (NBM) 1 male, 1 female (RWC) 1 male, 2 females. United States: Arkansas: Boone Co., W. of Aipena, Thompsons Cave, 24. VI.1964, S. Peck, (CNC) 1 female. Illinois: Monroe Co., Mammoth Cave, 1000′ from entrance, fungus bait, 25. VI.1965, S. Peck (CNC) 1 male. Kentucky: Barren Co., SE of Cave City, Hansons Cave, 15. VII.1973, S. Peck (CNC) 1 female. Missouri: McDonald Co., 2.5 mi ENE Pineville, Long Cave, 7. V.1979, J.E. Gardner (CNC) 1 female. Tennessee: Anderson Co., 5 mi S Oak Ridge, Melton Hill Cave #1, 19. V.1965, J. A. Payne, 2 males, 1 female (CNC); Bradley Co., Quarry Cave, 8. IV.1967, S. Peck (CNC) 1 female; Cannon Co., Tenpenney Cave, 1–15. VII.1973, S. Peck (CNC) 1 female. Diagnosis. This species may be distinguished by the following combination of characters: body subparallel, length 2.8–7.0 mm; brown to dark brown, with elytra, tarsi and palpi rusty-brown; meshed microsculpture of forebody strong, sculpticells flat (Fig. 1, 2); punctation on pronotum strong and coarse, antennomers V–X strongly transverse (Fig. 1). Male: tergite VIII truncate and slightly emarginate apically (Fig. 5); sternite VIII triangularly produced apically (Fig. 6); median lobe of aedeagus with tubus arcuate and sinuate in apical half in lateral view (Fig. 3), apex of tubus bent ventrad, subapical sclerites of internal sac in lateral view with sinuate or hooked apex that is upturned (Fig. 10c); median lobe in dorsal view as illustrated (Fig. 4). Female: tergite VIII truncate apically and shallowly emarginate medially (Fig. 7); sternite VIII rounded apically with short apical pubescence (Fig. 8); spermatheca L-shaped, capsule spherical (Fig. 9). This species can be misidentified as the externally similar sibling species A. castaneipennis, from which it may be distinguished by the on average more parallel-sided body, stronger and coarser punctation on pronotum, the sinuate apical half of tubus of median lobe in lateral view, the apically hooked or sinuate subapical sclerite of the internal sac, and the shorter and more spherical capsule of the spermatheca. It can also be confused with A. fumata from which it differs by having coarser pronotal punctation, strong microsculpture, a less glossy pronotum, often larger body and different genital features. Distribution. Origin: Nearctic. Canada: NB, ON. USA: AR, IL, KY, MO, TN. This species also very likely occurs in Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and additional localities in Missouri based on the specimens of ‘ A. castaneipennis ’ from caves reported by Klimaszewski (1984) and Klimaszewski and Peck (1986) that were not re-examined by us. Collection and habitat data. Habitat: adults found in soil and litter in and near entrances to burrows of Marmota monax (Linnaeus) in meadows, hayfields, forest margins, and in a rich Appalachian hardwood forest with some conifers near a meadow. Specimens in the southern portions of its distribution were found in caves; one of these specimens was collected using a fungus bait. In NB, this species was often associated with Aleochara rubripes (Blatchley) (often the most common species of Aleochara), A. sculptiventris (Casey), Atheta campbelli (Lohse), Anotylus tetracarinatus (Block), and the histerid Margarinotus egregius (Casey). Collecting period: IV, V, VI, VIII. Collecting method: sifting soil and litter in and near entrances to Marmota monax burrows, Lindgren funnel trap 1 m high under P. strobus, fungus bait in cave. Etymology. The name of this species is derived from the combination of the stem castanei (brown) and marmotae in reference to the preferred habitat of this species.Published as part of Klimaszewski, Jan, Webster, Reginald P. & Brunke, Adam, 2017, A new cryptic species of Aleochara Gravenhorst associated with Marmota monax (Linnaeus) burrows and caves in North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1-11 in Insecta Mundi 2017 (600) on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516996
Ittijahat Abi Dhu'ayb Al-Hudhali fi Qasidatihi Ar-Ritsa’
No full textThis article aims to know Ittijahat of Abu Dhu’ayb Al-Hudhali in his poem of Ritsa’. Ittijahat in this study is a description of the poet's tendency to divide Ar-Ritsa', namely Nadb and Ta'ziyah. Ar-Ritsa 'is one of the various forms of Arabic poetry. To analyze the discussion problem, the author uses descriptive analysis method, because this method is very appropriate to find out the picture and state of a thing by describing it in as much detail as possible based on the facts found in the data in question. The results obtained are: In the beginning of the poem, he tends to mourn (Nadb) their five children. He describes in it that he does not stop crying and has trouble sleeping until he becomes weak emaciated due to the intensity of the grief, pain and worries that dominated in his pysche. As for the middle of the poem to the end, the poet turns to the consolation (Ta’ziyah) of his children’s death, as he reflects on the reality of life and death, the poet declares that death is inevitable for every human being that he must accept it and let it go, which the poet portrayed in the exciting narrative style. The story is divided into three stories: the zebra, the bull of the beast, and the two knights.</jats:p
Program “I’dad Lughowi” dalam Upaya Membekali Kemampuan Bahasa Arab Mahasiswa STIBA Ar-Raayah, Sukabumi
No full textNowdays, Arabic already has its own charm. Apart from the Al-Quran and Hadith as sources of Islamic Shari'a which are imported from the original source in Arabic, the emergence of scientific disciplines linked to Shari'a adds to the public's attraction and interest in studying Shari'a directly from its Arabic sources. Arabic language learning is starting to emerge with various strategies and methods applied. Some are successful and others need review. In this article, the author wants to examine Arabic language learning in the STIBA Ar-Raayah i'dad lughowi program which is considered successful because it has produced many regional, national and even international achievements. This article aims to examine the background of students in the STIBA Ar-Raayah i'dad lughowi program, the teaching and learning activities of the i'dad lughowi program at STIBA Ar-Raayah and the examination system implemented in the i'dad lughowi program. This article is a case study at STIBA Ar-Raayah using a descriptive qualitative approach. The results found in this research are (1) the background of students in the STIBA Ar-Raayah i'dad lughowi program who come from various regions and schools, (2) learning using the Arabiyyah book Baina Yadaik by maximizing the direct method and activities outside the classroom, (4) a unique exam system with Al-Qur'an exams, subject exams, syahri exams, nihai exams, as well as a rosib system for students who do not reach the minimum completion criteria. The results and conclusions of this research can be used as a reference for Arabic language educational institutions to make them more effective in the future
The Poetry Anthology Ar-Robi fii qalbi by Sofi Ghoniyah: A Sociology of Author Perspective
No full textThis study aims to determine the sociology of the author in the poetry anthology Ar-Robi fii Qalbi by Sofi Ghoniyah based on the perspective of Rene Wellek and Austin Warren. This research focuses on four aspects, namely (1) the social background of the author in the anthology of poetry Ar-Robi fii Qalbi by Sofi Ghoniyah based on the perspective of Rene Wellek and Austin Warren; (2) the author\u27s social integration in the poetry anthology Ar-Robi fii Qalbi by Sofi Ghoniyah based on the perspective of Rene Wellek and Austin Warren; (3) author\u27s economic sources in the poetry anthology Ar-Robi fii Qalbi by Sofi Ghoniyah based on the perspective of Rene Wellek and Austin Warren; (4) professionalism in the authorship of Sofi Ghoniyah\u27s anthology of poetry Ar-Robi fii Qalbi based on the perspective of Rene Wellek and Austin Warren. This type of research is qualitative research. The data source of this research uses an anthology of poetry entitled "Ar-robi fii qalbi" by Sofi Ghoniyah. While the secondary data sources of this research were obtained from reading books or journals discussing the sociological theory of the authors Rene Wellek and Austin Warren. Data collection techniques in this study used interview techniques and note-taking techniques. The data validation technique used in this study is to increase persistence, triangulate data, and discuss with colleagues and experts. Meanwhile, for the data analysis technique, this research uses the Miles and Huberman method, namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The researchers produced several data, namely (1) the author of the poetry anthology Ar-Robi fii qalbi is an educated author and has close interactions with her environment. (2) The author of the poetry anthology Ar-Robi fii qalbi has a high degree of integration. He mingles with the general public. (3) The main economic source of the author in Ar-Robi\u27s poetry anthology is not through her work but in her educational activities. As a teacher, her work is often used as learning material for her students. (4) The author of the poetry anthology Ar-Robi fii qalbi has high professionalism in the authorship of her work
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