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I a bolt of lightening struck the
I end of the home of Attorney W.
I fl. Sherrill, shortly after eleven
o'clock, Tuesday night knocking
lairs. Sherrill and Miss Evelyn
sherrill unconscious for some
I time. One end of the house,
I where the living room is situI
ated was practically demolished,
ithe furniture wrecked, and parts
of the radio driven through the
walls into adjoining rooms. A
blaze was started by the bolt,
but it was soon extinguished.
The stroke came during a
short thunder shower.
WASHINGTON
WEEK
JOHN B. WEATHERMAN
Washington ?When newsmen
gathered in President Roosevelt's
office for his first press conference
following Nazi Germany's
most recent thrust, invasion of
the Low Countries, Holland and
Belgium, the usual presidential
custom of not allowing direct
quotes in the press was dispensed
with. The reporters were
given permission to quote the
President dirctly in the matter of
his statement regarding this nation's
position now that a new
phase of the second World War
is under way.
President Roosevelt stated
emphatically that Germany's
lightning thrust into Europe's
lowland countries had in no way
altered America's firm determination
to have no part in the
conflict.
"I see no change in the situation
in that respect since the
peace blackout," Mr. Roosevelt
told the newsmen who jammed
his office:
It was learned just after the
German invasion of Holland that
the Netherlands government had
addressed an inquiry to the State
Department here asking just
what steps would be taken on
the part of this government in
I case the Dutch East Indies were
invaded.
The United States fleet is on
maneuvers in Pacific waters at
this time. Although the Navy
high command here denied that
Pacific fleet from Hawaii to the
Phillipines for the "protection"
of Dutch insular possessions it
was admitted that some of the
fleet's vessels may have moved
further west to "work out fleet
problems."
Mr. Roosevelt expressed himself
as being personally in full
sympathy with the views expressed
in the proclamation issued
by Queen Wilhelmina, of
Holland, to her people at the
outset of the Nazi invasion of
her country, rallying them to resist
the onslaughts of the German
war machine.
"I think I can say personally
1 am in full sympathy with the
very excellent statement that
was given out?the proclamation
by the Queen of the Netherlands
-and let it go at that. It is worth
reading," said the President.
The President told reporters
that for the present no change
was contemplated on the part
of this country as to sea areas
insofar as application of American
neutrality laws is concerned,
One of the things now under
his careful study, the President
pointed out, are reports that the
Germans are bombing open
towns in violation of a pledge
made to him early in the war
The president added that at the
request of Belgium just after
her invasion, the United States
had asked Germany to refrain
from bombing open cities.
At the outset of the Nazi invasion
of the Low Countries, Stephen
T. Early, White House secretary,
met members of the press
in an unprecedented conference
at 1:35 in the morning. In his
discussion with the reporters at
that time Mr. Early pointed out
that from press and radio rePorts
of the hour there was everj
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THE COUNTY
oil Strikes I
trill Home
esday Night;
DECLINE IN PRISONERS |
UNDER 25JTEARS AGE>
An increased public interest j
and more concerted action in the ?
orpnprnl welfore flolH moro rrliran
AAVAU TT V/X t giYCli
this week as the probable causes
for a decline in the number of
juveniles in North Carolina
county jails and a change in the
number of persons under 25 in
state prison systems.
W. Curtis Ezell, director of the
division of institutions and corrections
of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare, r
ascribed much of the change as
due to new programs of social
welfare operated by the state or
federal governments.
"The National Youth Administration,
Civilian Conservation
Corps, the employment services,
Child Welfare Services, and aid .
to dependent children all have |
played a part in the remaking of ,
many of our youthful citizens," J
the welfare official said.
Organization of county welfare
departments in all 100 coun- ^
ties of North Carolina helped j
lower the number of children in- s
carcerated in county jails from
1231 in 1936 to 1070 in 1937, with j
a further reduction through 878 r
in 1938 down to the 1939 low of j
784, or a total reduction of 38 j
per cent, Ezell said. (
"These reductions have been
made without the addition of
new or substitute institutions or
facilities and without a corresnnnJinir
ricn In +V10 rvnnul a f inn
X lot XXX Ulit JJV^Uiuvivn |
of institutions already existing.
"The training schools for delinquents
show no increase in
admissions in 1939 over 1936.
Each year there were a total of
488 admissions to the four training
schools," he stated.
Commitments or persons under
16 years of age to the state
prison system have taken another
turn with a rise from 64
in 1936 to 101 in 1939 although
the younger prisoners are making
up an ever increasingly
smaller percentage of the total
prison population. In fiscal 1933 i
persons under 25 years made up
half the total commitments
while in 1938 the prisoners under \
25 years of age accounted for ]
only 40 per cent of the total ]
number. j
Students of Mrs Fisher <
In Recital Yesterday 1
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A recital was held by t he j
violin and piano students from
niocs nf Mrs. Virginia G. <
UilU VAMMW _
Fisher in the auditorium of
Western Carolina Teachers Col- ,
lege Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. j
The following numbers were j
played: "A Merry Chase," by
Dunn, Peggy Griffin; "My Birth- ,
day Party," by White, Dorothy (
Dodson; "At the Ice Carnival,"
by Quaile and Hart, Sara Jean , i
Sutton; "The Shoemaker,* by ,
Maxim, Clinton Dodson; "Tumb;
ling Down the Haystack," by En- j
dres, Doris Long; "Birds in the \
, Branches," by Rogers, Ruth {
i Sutton; "La Burentte," by Severn,
Helen Bird; "Eflin Dance," ,
, by Jenson, Dorothy Sue Sutton; ]
"Soldiers' March," by Streabbog,
; Lora Alice Long; "Concerto No. j
i 23?Allegro," by Viatte, Jane i
Elliott.
; C. Wayland Spruill
Finishes Campaign
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1 C. Wayland Spruill, candidate i
for Commissioner of Agriculture, ]
' finished campaigning every ]
' county in the state this week <
' and announced his confidence I
1 in his election in the primary
f Saturday.
5 Spruill is a life long farmer i
' and merchant who has served in
' the General Assembly since 1933.
' He is a Mason, a Shriner, memr
ber of the Junior Order and *
Baptist.
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P. T.-A. EARNED
$13.15PER DAY
The Sylva Parent-Teacher Association,
during the 160 days in
which the school was in session,
iook in an average of a little
nore than $13.15 a day, accordng
to a check just completed by
it. U. Sutton, R. L. Airail, and
N. R. Enloe.
The audit was made at the
equest of the officers of the association,
and the certificate of
ihe auditors shows that through
he month of April the Associaion
had taken in $2,104.59, and
lad disbursed $2,000.83, leaving j
i cash balance of $103.76, and j
hat the details of these total
igures are on' file with the
reasurer.
Mrs. R. U. Sutton is president
)f the Association, and Mrs. Dan
rompkins, treasurer. Herbert
jibson, Jr., gave his services as
>ookkeeper, kept the accounts
ind drew all checks, which were ]
signed by the treasurer, after <
?ach expenditure had been au- 1
horized by the association.
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS\
IT BAPTIST_CHURCH
Rev. L. H. Dawson arrived
resterday to assist Rev. H. M. 1
locutt in a series of revival
services, at the Baptist church.
Mr. Dawson, who is from Tye
liver, Va., will preach each
light this week at 8:00 o'clock. ?
3eginning last night the meetng
is expected to last for ten
lays or two weeks.
QUALLA
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
Funeral services for Mrs. C. Y.
Dunlap, 64 years of age, who
Lied in Angel^heepJtol^MtiflC&v J
Vednesday, were held Friday afernoon
at the Whittier Meth- 1
>dist church, with the Rev. C. L.
risher and Rev. J. L. Hyatt oficiating.
Interment was in the 1
lew cemetery. Her former home '
vas at Olivet but she has lived
iear Whittier for several years.
She is survived by 10 children
vith many other relatives and
xiends from Akron, Ohio, Quala,
Olivet and other points, who
ittended her funeral. ^
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On Saturday afternoon a bufret
supper was given at Mr. H. G.
Bird's in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Myres of Murphy.
\bout 30 guests were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Battle of
Charlotte SDent the week-end at
Mr. J. E. Battle's.
Mrs. York Howell went to
Rutherford hospital for treatment.
Mrs. P. H. Ferguson spent
Sunday with relatives at Canton.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Clayton
spent the week-end at Addie.
Mrs. William Caldwell and
Mrs. Wayne Caldwell visited
Mrs. Richard Crisp.
The Smoky Mpuntains Quartet
sang at Mr. G. A. Kinslands Friday
evening.
The pastor, Rev. Oscar Beck of
Balsam is conducting revival
services at Hyatts Chapel.
Mrs. Berry Ward and Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Ensley of Akron,
Dhio, called at Mr. J. R. Messer's.
Mrs. Winnie Lee Brooks and
son, Ralph, of Candler, visited
Mrs. L. W. Cooper.
Mrs. Rome Cooper and Miss
Nora Maggie Worley called on
Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell.
Mr. S. P. Hyatt and family
are visiting at Rev. J. L. Hyatt's
since rinisning nis scnooi uu
Rutherford College.
Mr. J. M. Bird of Bryson City,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caldwell
and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. McLaughlin
of Whittier, Mr. D. C.
Hughes and Mr. G. H. Martin
called at Mr. J. K. Terrell's on
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Willie jean Davis of Beta,
spent the week-end with her
sister, Mrs. Helen Cooper.
Mr. Horace Howell and family
visited at Mr. J. M. Hughes'.
Mrs. P. V. McLaughlin returned
to Canton, after a visit with
relatives. 4
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TOMPKINS TO SPEAK
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Dan Tompkins, candidate foi
Lieutenant-Governcj, will speak
over the radio, aom statior
WWNC, in Ashevflle, tonight
(Thursday), from 9:15 to 9:4J
o'clock. : ,
Twentieth Century Club
To Have Librafy Benefil
The Morris ; Brothers wh(
broadcast over WWNC will giv<
a concert on Friday evening
May 31, at the ?yfya Gradec
School Auditorium.
The concert is* bfeing sponsored
by the Twentieth Centura
Club for the benefit? of the Jack
son county Public;* Library.
BALSAM
(By Mrs. D. iT. Knight)
Barbara v % Elizabeth, f ifteei
months old baby of Mr. and Mrs
W. E. Ensley, found some con
centra ted lye thatfcjiad Jjggj
mixed and left in a glass, an<
drank some of it, Friday. Shi
was taken immediately t<
Waynesville hospital, but medi
cal aid could not save her, an<
she passed away Saturday. Shi
was laid to rest in the C. R. Jonei
family cemetery Sunday after
noon. Service was conducted b:
Rev. Nando Stephens of Sau
nook.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ruskln left Tues
day for a short visit in Nev
York.
(Last Week's Items)
Thre was an interesting Mother's
Day service at the Methodis
church Sunday.
The Balsam - Willets Homi
Demonstration club met witl
Mrs. Norman unristy on ma;
10th. Demonstrations were, Gar
den accessories, cooking out o
doors, and window curtaining.
Everyone enjoyed the after
noon. At the social hour deliciou
refreshments consisting of lem
onade and seafoam cake wen
served. Those present were: Mrs
Evans, Mrs. Loranzo Crawford
Mrs. Paralee Henry, Mrs. Georgi
McCall, Mrs. Sarah Crawfor<
and Mrs. George Knight.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parsoi
of Miami have purchased Balsan
Lodge and are here getting i
ready for guests. Mr. .Parson'
mother is with them.
Mr .and Mrs. Ruskin of At
lanta are occupying their prett;
home, "Rus-Haven."
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs
Braren, and Mrs.' Melton an<
friends are also here.
Mr. and Mrs. Noyes of W
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Petersburg arrived aaturaay.
Mr. Tom Bryson and familj
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Foster an<
Louis Ensley attended the sing
ing at Tuckaseigee the first Sun
day in May.
Miss Christy Bryson is visit
ing her sister, Miss Dorothy Bry
son at Mrs. Glenn Clayton's a
Qualla.
Mr. Earl Ramey and famil]
spent Sunday in Asheville.
IMPROVEMENT
To improve their soils, farmei
of Macon county have alread
ordered and had delivered thl
year 6,000 tons of lime, 50 ton
of triple superphosphate, an
290 tons of superphosphate.
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: PAUL SUTTON IS
KILLED IN PANAMA
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Paul Sutton ^on of Colemar
D. Sutton, of Savannah, was accidentally
killed while working
on a construction job at Balboa
Panama Canal Zone, according
to a message received by hi*
Oiit^nn ntVir
lauiei. xuuug ivn. oui/tuu, win
was a foreman of construction
was born and reared in Jacksor
county, and while he had held
positions in various parts of the
country, he still considered Jackson
county as his home. He was
here only a few weeks ago, and
left here for the Canal Zone.
His body will be brought home
for interment.
The young man, the third son
of Mr. Sutton to meet accidental
death on a construction job, in
the past. several years, is survived
by his widow, his father
three brothers, C. H., and Robr
ert Sutton of this county; and
: J. V. Sutton, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
1 and one sister, Mrs. O. J. Lessk
ley, of Gay.
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156 ENROLL IN SPECIAL
t SESSION^W.C.T. ,
Cullowhee, May 21 (Special)?
' Now enrolled for the special sb
' weeks' term in session at [West'
ern Carolina Teachers College
are one hundred and fifty-sb
students. With the four hundred
and ninety-six regular sprinf
7 quarter students, the total enrollment
at the college is nov
six hundred and fifty-two.
Instructors engaged for thi
special term are: Dr. W. A
Parker, history; Edith Buchan
| an, English; J. m. fiemmonj
1 geography; Dr. A. B. Hoskina
. phychology and geography
Porter Garland, education an<
. history.f
The resular college instructor
B who are teaching courses for thi
3 term are: Miss Lenora Smith
Miss Margaret Reid, MiSs Alici
j Benton, Miss Maude Ketchem
a Miss Virginia Hitchcock, Mr*
g J. W. Fisher, Miss Kathleen Da
vis, and Ralph J, Andrews.
This special six weeks' term i
held each spring for the bene
fit of teachers who wish to re
new their certificates or obt^.ii
extra credit, but who are unabl<
7 to attend the regular summe
school session because thei:
teaching duties begin soon afte
mid-summer.
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College Group Names
5 Officers For Next Yea
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f Cullowhee, May 20 (Special)
The Association of Chilhood Ed
f ucation at Western Carolin;
Teachers College recently elect
- ed its new officers to serve nex
s year. They are as follows: Johi
- Henry Gesser of Hendersonvillc
? president; Alwayne DeLozier o
i- Enka, vice-president; France
t, Allison of Sylva, secretary
6 Frankie Collins of Canton, treas
i urer; and Lois Pryor of Bea
Wallow, reporter. Miss Lou Belli
i Boyd of Waynesville is the re
i tiring president,
t Miss Leonora Smith wa
s named sponsor by the club.
" Candidate For Auditor
Y Here First Of Week
'> Charles W. Miller of Ashevill<
i who is opposing the incumbent
George Ross Pou, for the nomi
?. nation of State Auditor, wa
here, the first of the week.
rr - Mr. Miller says he has visite
i the eastern counties of the stat
- uHtiritaflr un his pamnaiEn
- in the west, in the few days re
maining, before the primarj
- Saturday.
t Cullowhee Church of
Y God Plans Hbmecoihinj
Church of God at Cullowhe
has set Sunday, May 26th, to
home coming day. There will b
( an all-day service beginning a
s j 9:00 a. m. You are invited t
y bring your lunch and spend th
is day.
is Visiting preachers, musician
d and singers are expected to b
^present.
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: MARKERS IN MRMARY,
> LIMITED BY NEW UWJ
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I The 1939 General Assembly r
; made a very drastic change in j
. the use of markers In primaries, s
5 The only voters who may be
1 assisted in the marking of their
ballots are those who cannot
> read and those who by reason
of physical handicap, such as
blindness, paralysis or other dis!
ibling defect, are unable to
L nark their ballot.
In an official opinion, the At,
prney General ruled that only
hose illiterates registered un1
der the Grandfather Clause Of
the Constitution were entitled
. to assistance by reason of their ,
inability to read.
When a voter is entitled to
assistance in the marking of the
> ballot, he must obtain the assistance
from a near relative (hus
band and wife; parent and
child; brother and sister; or
- grandparent and grandchild),
i hut if no such near relative is
. present, he may then ask any
? other voter of the precinct who
t has not assisted any other voter,
1 to give him assistance. If how;
ever, there is present no near
- relative, or other voter who has
j not marked another ballot, the
voter- may then, but only then,
s call upon the registrar or a judge
k. of elections for assistance. -1
The registrar is required to i
i, keep a record of all voters who
i, receive assistance and the <
norcnn Q ffivln? ftS
p I U1CHI13 UI |/VA0V?Mi ^?I ...q _
i j sistance.
It is not only unlawful for]
s any parson to give assistance,]
e but also unlaws ffirr anr'pefr-" j
i, son to receive or permit assis- j
g tance except under the terms of !
i, the Act
(. The Act does not prevent]
- members of the name family j
(husband and wife; parent and]
s child; brother and sister; grand- ]
- parent and grandchild), from]
- assisting one another, and no]
i record is required of such.
B
r Dramatics Club to^vefent]
l "Icebound" At W. C. T. C.
The Dramatics Club of West-]
ern Carolina Teachers College!
will present its second play of j
r the year when it produces Owen I
Davis' Pulitzer prize play, 'Teebound,"
Friday evening, May 24
in the college auditorium, at Ctil
lowhee at eight o'clocx.
7 This play was considered a
land mark in American drama
^ when it was first produced in a
J New York theatre a few-years ,
ago. In April the Texaco Star ,
. Theatre produced the play on (
I one of its regular radio programs j
with Helen Hayes in the lead- (
e ing role. , ;
It is a play of characterization, j
Stern tight-lipped, morose New t
England characters play their (
parts against a drab background j
of a New England farmhouse iso- ;
lated in its snowbound loneli- (
ness.
John Jordon, stage manager,
k has built an entirely new set
for the play with the general at- ,
J niosphere.
" The leading role is played by
fiavie Andrews. WhO
Vlttiy i/m W| ,
recently was crowned May ,
3ueen of the campus. Playing
e opposite Miss Davis is Joe Lance,
1 Hot Springs, a graduate of the
Asheville Farm School. Other
T' members of the cast include
John Wikle, Bryson City; Mary
Katherine Gardener, Asheville;
Grace Leatherwood, Waynes- ,
I vllle; Josephine Morgan, Mount |
Olive; Evelyn Carpenter Bow- ,
e man, Robbinsvllle; Buck Hunt, i
r Hayesville; Conky Hampton, De- ;
e troit, Mich.; Pauline Wright, j
t King's Mountain; and Marlon |
o Arnold, Sevill, Fla.
e The play is being directed by :j
Miss Mabel Tyree, instructor of i
s English and German hi the col* *
e lege, and club sponsor. 1
The public is invited to attend, i
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feature has aDoeared in
nore than 250 weekly and daily
tapers throughout the South
md comes to The Journal well
-ecotamended as having popular
nterest and of great value to
Tournal advertisers and readers.
A grand total of $17.50 in cash
jfizes will be awarded succesiil
Contestants, $10.00 first, $5.00
lecond, and $2.50 third. Many
:ontestants will submit several
tages for competition.
This unique plan being sponored
by various leading business
and professional people of
Jylva and The Jackson County
fournal, is attracting wide at^
ention. Anyone from School age
ip may participate, and in some
oealities ladies clubs and organzations
form "Sloganame" paries,
offering prizes themselves
or the most completed pages,
vith the express understanding
hat these completed pages shall
>e submitted in the name of the
dub or hostess.
Letters of the firm name,
product, or seryice will be printid
in Vertical positions. Contestants
will use these letters as
the first letter in each word
forming a sentence or "Sloganame."
But remember before a
KATifMfanf mav vin either r\r\7J>
UVilWWVMftv umprnij T-.T ? r;
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before expiration date (see rules
accompany ing^feafcure).
The Journal fools in publish- .
ing this interesting plan for its
readers it is in keeping with its
known policy of presenting only
those plans of proven value to
both reader and advertiser.
"Sloganame" wiU be found on
page four of this issue of The
Journal.
1940 Catamount To Be
Distributed This Week
Cullowhee, May 2*1 (Special)?
Hie 1940 issue of the Catamount,
student yearbook published
by the seniors of Western
Carolina Teachers College, will
be ready for distribution among
members of the student body
some time this week, according
to an announcement made today
by Jane Greenlee of Spruce
Pine, who is editor-in-chief.
The motif used throughout
this year's annual is the lovely
white Cullowhee lily, which
gtfbws abundantly near the collefce.
The lily was chosen because
of the fact that the name
it the place where the college
is located, Culowhee, means vale
3f lillies in the language of the
Cherokee Indians, who formerly
had their town house, or meeting
place, in the heart of the
Mtmpus at Western Carolina
Teachers College.
Sinee the colors of the college
are purple and gold, the cover
of the annual is purple and carries
on the front a large lilly in
gold.
This issue of the Catamount is
dedicated to Mrs. Ruth Oliver
Hinds, bursar of the college, who
has been connected with the institution
for a number of years.
Amnna th? snecial features of
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this annual is a poem Cullowhee,
A Center of Culture by president
emeritus Robert Lee Madison,
printed in his own graceful
handwriting. A number of penand-ink
sketches of building entrances
and places of unusual
interest on the campus drawn by .
Bar! Irby, art editor of the yearbook,
also are included.
Assisting Miss Greenlee in the
publication of this issue have
been the business manager, Joe
Wallin of Marshall, and two faculty
sponsors, Miss Helen Patton
and Mr. Newton Turner.,,
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