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AMERICA Pint, Laat and % - V Alw?y? VOL. XVIII NO. 17 The ? A ? ? "W^V A WtT ^ -W-W Till? CVT VA UPD A T Fl yl v a Hera ld AND RURALITE ? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 = SYLVA, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1943 $1.50 A Year In Jackson and Swain Counties ? 5c Copy SALES REACH $50,000 HERE T. Walter Ashe Heads Labor Mobilization Board For County All Abie-Bodied Men Be tween 18 and 55 Must Get Jobs and Stick To Them. T. Walter Ashe was appointed Monday by Governor Broughton, as chairman of the Jackson County Labor Mobilization Board. This new organization will begin to func tion within the next few days, it was announced. Mr. Ashe is chairman of the hnard f>f f mintv PAmmigainnnn nnH announced other members of the . board as follows: G. R. Lackey, H. Green, Dan Tompkins, G. C. Hen son, Paul "Ellis and D. G. Bryson. The board will meet this week and name a chairman for each community in the county. The new organization will be charged with the responsibility of seeing that every physically able ? man between-^8~and--&& 4s at work. Those who are not working will be reported to the county board, and a rigid investigation made of the case. After the ^investigation, the person is determined able to work, will be offered work by the Employment Service. Failure to accept such work, or enter other work, will result in a warrant be ing issued. "The law now has teeth in it, and every able-bodied man between 18 and 55 might as well make up his mind to get a job and stick to it," one member of the board ex plained. Tfye list of community chairman and committees will be announced in the near future by Mr. Ashe. "Vt$\ -? - ???? ? *? I Bill I I m . . Schedules For^ Demonstration Clubs Announced Monday, September 20, Sylva Home Demonstration Club . with Mrs. A. J. Dills, 3 p. m. Tuesday, September 21, Qualla club at 3 p. m. Cashiers Nutrition class ? p. m. Friday September 24, Agents training school, Franklin. Cope~~Creek community meeting at the home of Mrs. Joe Popelwell, 6 p. m. Monday, September 26, Victory Home Demonstration club, 3 p. m. with Mrs. Grady Smith. 1 Tuesday September 27, Cashiers Nutrition class, 7 p. m. Friday October 1, Cashiers Hom<gf Demonstration Club with Mrs. Sam Power. Saturday, October 2, County Council of Home Demonstration ' Clubs, 10:30 a. m. Raymond Glenn Will Operate StovalPs Cafe Raymond Glenn, well known Sylva business man, became man ager-operator of Stovall's Cafe Monday morning. Mr. Glenn has leased the business from Mr. and Mrs. Phil Stovall. Mr. Stovall will devote his time to sawmill interests in Georgia for the present, it was said. , The new manager stated that lio changes would be made in policies, and that the best foods and service : would continue to be featured. The business will open about six every morning and close about eleven at night. Henry L. Harris Given Honorable Army Discharge Pvt. Henry L. Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Harris, of Sylva, who was in the U. S. Army at Camp Roberts, Calif., has been given an honorable discharge. He is now at hisfhome in Sylva. He enlisted in the Army June 29, 1940 and was given his discharge last week. He is now employed by the Meade Corp. He says if he can't fight he wants to do something that will mean just as much toward winning the war. He also said he "would like to be back in the army fight ing to smash Hitlerism." Big business has always been able to frighten littb business into "co operation." Enrollment At 4Mtowhee Still Growing; At 225 Dr. H. T. Hunter announced yes terday that the fall enrollment at Western Carolina Teachers College was 225, with additional students ; enrolling all along. Dr. Hunter felt that the total Twould reach 250 before the end of I the month. At commencement last spring the enrollment was 240, and college officials believe the number of students will at least reach that figure. Rev. L, Ludlum To Speak Here Friday Evening The Rev. Lewis Ludlum, who has been doing Mission work in the Wilmington and other defense areas for the Baptist State Convention, will speak at the 'Sylva Baptist church Friday evening at 8:30. All members and friends of the church are urged to a$lend. On Thursday evening at 8:00 o'clock all circles of the W. M. S. and the Y. W. A. will meet at the church for a special program on State Missions, this week being the week of prayer for State Missions. Rev. Ludlum will also speak at the quarterly meeting of the asso ciational W. M. U. at Lovedale , churclk Saturday raoxning at 11:3& 90th Birthday Observed By C. J. Harris On 11th Many friends of C. J. Harris, pioneer business man of Jackson j county and founder of many of its leading business institutions, will be interested in the fact that he celebrated his nintieth birthday on Saturday, September 11. Mr. Har ris makes his home with his son, Robert W. Harris, and Mrs. Harris in Biltmore Forest, Asheville. He has been^confined to bed for the past several years and is in very I frail health. Fewer Judgments Taken For Taxes Less than 300 Judgments w = re 'taken by Jackson county against property for unpaid 1940 taxes, it I was learned yesterday. This is about half of the usual j number, and is the smallest number I of judgments taken for any tax jyear in 12 years, according to T. | Walter Ashe, chairman of the board. The delinquent tax list for 1942 property taxes was off one third over previous years, it was explain ed. Pvt. Jessie L. Shelton Has Been Overseas 17 Months; Given Promotion ?* 4 Pvt.. Jessie L.. Shelton has been promoted to private first class at a South Pacific "Army base, where he is with a field artillery unit. His mother is Mrs. Mellie Shel ton, of Cullowhee. . Pvt. Shelton has been overseas | for 17 months. The Nazis will be "retreating according to plan" when the war ends. $6,125 Pledged For New Baptist Church Efforts Being Made To Raise $10,000 For New Building; $2,170 Was Cash. A total of $6,125 was pledged in the first week of the Building Fund Drive at the Sylva Baptist church. The first week of the drive ended . Honor Roll Shield Will Be Unveiled On 23rd par rait ft? Be Unveifed.. SFCftKE* Hon. R. Gregg Cherr/ Building Program Is Announced By Church | Rev. B. S. Hensley, pastor of I Scott's Creek Baptist church, one I of the largest charges in Jackson county, has just announced plans tfor building a brick veneer educa tional building as an adjunct to the church structure. Ground will be broken, said the minister, within the next few weeks for this supplement to the already impressive plant, situated about two miles from Sylva, just off the Waynesville highway. The church officials were fortu i in securing, before priority restrictions, enough material to (proceed with what is intended as only a beginning for betterment ? of -fefee entire physical unit. After a pastorate of slightly over j two years, Mr. Hensley describes progress at Scott's Creek as indi cative of a live membership which advances even amid war-time han jdicaps. ' j Selective service has taken 75 to 80 members, to say nothing of de- ; fense workers, Mr. Hensley point- | ed out, addwig that today his charge has the only standard Sunday school of all the 44 Baptist church- j es in the county. i' In alluding to future programs i the minister stressed the remarka- j ble activity of this department, 1 stating that the spiritual effective ness of any church is readily ap praised by the quality of its Sun- , day school. , He cited the fact that with ap proximately 450 communicants, there are 275 Sunday school at tendants, an increase within the Sunday. The month of September | is being devoted to securing cash I and pledges. It is hoped that $10,- | 000 can be raised within twelve i months to start the fund for a new church. Of the $6,125 pledged last week, $2,170 was paid in cash, and the remainder is to be paid within twJve months. past two years of about 165. The adult classes give special satisfac tion, as they show an impressive percentage of young^nrm??ied_cou I pies whose enthusiasm he describe !es as most inspiring. I Quite recently the church began operation with Mr. Hensley as full time pastor ? this a direct out growth of increase both numerical and spiritual, he explained. There are now weekly Sunday School teachers' meetings, while the Bap tist Training Union, at present numbering 90, a department ori ginally designed for young folk but later opened to ail ages, is in particularly flourishing condition. The Sunday school is in charge of Jennings A. Bryson, superinten dent, with Clyde Fiske as assistant. The church pianist is Mrs. Hoyt Parris, while Roy Dalton is B. T. U. director. Mrs. Margie Reed and Mrs. Joe Sutton are heads respec tively of the two missionary cir cles. Mrs. W. C. Cox being coun selor of Young Women's Auxiliary. The choir is tinder direction of Eugehe Fisher. Head of Girls' ^Auxiliary is Mrs. Joe Sutton, Mres. Garland Dillard being leader of the Sunbeajns. Chairman of the board of deacons,! is D. G. Bryson and Everett Har ris is church treasurer; Mrs. George Snyder, church clerk. Meeting hours are: Sunday school, 10:30 a. m.; church, 11:30. Evening services are at 7:15 for the B. T. U.; church at 8:15. The church building, sitauted on spacious grounds with a beautiful well tended lawn, where out-door events are held, is 70 years old, the minister said. However, the congregational or ganization at Scott's Creek boasts an age of 110, Mr. Hensley said, with a history and traditions im pelling the interest of Jackson county and beyond. Jarretts Injured In Automobile Accident Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jarrett of Dillsboro, fcave received word that their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Jarrett of At lanta, Ga., have been seriously in jured in an automobile , accident there. Both are patients at Grady hospital in Atlanta. Everything In Readiness For Unveiling 23rd Last minute details were being completed this week for the formal unveiling of the Honor Roll Shield here Thursday, September 2ttrd. John F. Corbin, commander of the American Legion, the organi sation ? sfioiisoring the Shield and unveiling, announcrd-yealerday that everything was in readiness ? the event, which is expected to bring several thousand people to Sylva. The program will start at two (Continued on page 5) Floridian Back After 44 Y ears T (ri\4&keJThis His Permanent " Home |? W. S. Maxwell came to Sylva 44 years ago, just after the Spanish American War. As a result of that visit he is back here today looking for a home. John R. Jones, | local real estate man, and alert chamber of commerce secretary, last Wednesday escorted Mr. Max well into the Herald office with the welcome announcement that Mr. Maxwell will probably become a resident for at least the major part of each year, as a place has been found, which seems to fill the bill admirably. Mr. Maxwell, who in is own words, "fell in love with Sylva," before the town of the present cen tury, expects to take up official residence here, though his Florida interests will continue to demand his attention for a number of months each year. "Yes, I fell in love with Sylva," I said Mr. Maxwell, "its been a long time ago, we had just ended the Spanish war. Think of the changes in the world since then, but one I thing has never changed ? my recoN j lection of this lovely mountain town w'ith people so hospitable, courte ous and helpful, th^y^have been remembered all these years." Mr. Maxwell has been in Western North Carolina many times since his first visit; has been near Sylva; j has passed through, but circum- 1 stances prevented him from stop ping until September, 1943. I Fifty - Five Jackson Men Enter Service Fifty-five men were" accepted from Jackson county during the month of Soptemlvr for service i n the aimed forces.* In the group were eight volunteers. i Th?<o volunteering for service in the army wcie: Joseph Frede rick Wilson, Charles Ro^cr Nix, 1 ) ;iv ? < 1 - F rank Buchanan ; in th<? | ?> ?? vv . ( ha rle< IT Parker, F ra nTT j Henry NVvius, Frederick Sam A!|i ? ?' i ' ' < I Clyde C'ftarles Vance; vn the uijines. George Nelson Craw 1 ford. I < M ' c? s were as follows, in the anny: John Baxter Ensley, James i Robert Moore, Delos Dills, Leroy , Jenkins, Silas Wayne Caldwell, William George Wchh, (Jay Wac hob, John Richard Crisp, Horace Ray McMahan, John Wilson Nor ! ton, Denver 'Palmare Bryson, Har lold Eugene Dillai'd. i Charlie Robert Bumgarner, War ren Steven Rice, Claude Henson, Vaughn Messer, Jackson. Lee Cor dell, Roy R. Adams, Claude Rog ers, Solomon Queen, Tom Hast ings Kelly, Everett G. Lombard, Spurgeon General Queen Thad J. Watson,. Cecil Shuford J*axt^in;, John Walter Shelton, | GeoTge Morrison Green, Luther ! Vaughn Broom, Clifford Dee Moses, i and Alvrn Roger ? Hoyhn Entering the navy were: Wood | ford B^L Melt on, Ernest Ralph ! Jones, Avery Alonso Bradley, Carl 1 Basson Seabock, James Eldon f Jones, William Kay Kenney, Al . hert Frank Carden, Lloyd Wilkes ; owan, and William Howard Buch * anan. Roy Lom Norton, William Ed vf n Bryson, J. H. All man, John v<>\, Enloe Hudson Deitz, David Lee Cabe, Charles Wells Bird, and loward Clifton Fisher. Surprise Blackout Was Successful The surprise blackout staged here Thursday night about 9:!J0 was termed v< ry successful throughout the area, by civilian defense lead rs. The state officials has forwarned of the probable change in routine *stgr*Alii__from previous test black louts, and The~^signals were some i.what. confusing to ~s()rfre-~4iuUvM 1 uals, but the complc tc**blackouT regulations were followed in a most satisfactory manner. He declares that he finds the same Sylva spirit the same delight- 1 j ful hospitality, the same desire to be helpful. Mr. Maxwell, whose hobby is gardening, plans to give that a major part of his time here. With a twinkle in his eye he said that his neighbors in Florida could sel dom beat him in vegetable growing. That friendy competition would be a welcome in the mountain home. Members of his family share Mr. Maxwell's fondness for Western North Carolina, and all look for ward to become residents of Sylva. Mrs. Maxwell is in Hendersonville at the present. He spoke with pride of two sons in the service, Private Russell Paul Maxwell, in Alaska, and Pvt. W ? S. Maxwell, Jr., now assigned to a training camp in Mo. There are two dau ghters, Mrs. Lorraine M. Haughy of Washington, and Miss Dorothy Maxwell of Miami. "We look forward," concluded Mr. Maxwell, "to like in your town which is as clean, desirable and beautiful a place as any one could wish." Mr, Maxwell said that his sons share the enthusiasm for the moun tain country. Of course, new con ditions make permanent plans vaflrue for all service men. However, each member expects to .spend as much time in this locality as future circumstances^ will alldw. 40rr Of Quota Has Been Met, > Ariail Reports $74,000 To Be Invested In I ? Bonds In 13 Days If Jack j_son Reaches $124,000 Quota. i Jackson county has invested about $50,000 in war bonds this month against the quota of $124, 000, it was announced yesterday at noon by R. L. Ariail, permanent I chairman of the Jackson County War Finance Committee. \ The Third War Loan drive start ed last ? Thursday, and interest is 'growing in the campaign, as the 'Jackson county war bond committee determines to reach the quota. Mr. A'riail spent Monday in the county, visiting schools and work ing- with teachers. --in getting the students interested in buying and "s lling bonds and stamps. Mr. Ariail lias offered prizes in bonds to the Jackson school student .who sells the most in bonds and stamps, and also the second high est. Another cash prize is offered tliv school selling the largest num ber of bonds and stamps. The win ner will be determined on a pro-rata basis, using the school enrollment as the working basis. The chuyches of the county have been" asked by Mr. Ariail to give special recognition to the campaign during the month af^srime service. The schools throughout the coun ty will have special programs em phasizing the importance of invest ing in bonds and stamps. "Only 13 days remain for us to ! invest $74,000 in bonds in order to reach our goal," Mr. Ariail stat ed yesterdajft'.V "It is important and essintial that every citizen of Jack son county renew their efforts^^and <To~JTisT a little more"in order that we attain our goal." There are four disbursing agents in the county, Th-- Jackson County Bank, The Sylva Post. Office, The 'Cullowhee Post Office and the Post Office at Cashiers. Those working with Mr. Ariail 'in the campaign include; Mrs. Har ty E. Ferguson, chairman of the | woman's division; T. N. Massie, charge of Sylva and Dillsboro; A. C. Moses, in charge of the campaign I in county schools; Louis Hair, in charge of*Sylva schools; Paul Buch |anan, in charge of the W'ebster school; C. A. Hoyle, at Cullowhee Training School; and Frank I. Watson, the Glenville school. Raymond U. Sutton has charge of industries and payroll groups; (i. R. Lackey, in charge of rural districts; Dr. A. W. Ashbrook, has charge of Cullowhee, East La Porte and that immediate area. Speakers available for any com munity rally, include Dr. H. T. Hunter, Mrs. E. L. McKee, Hugh Monteith and Dan Tompkins. Qua rterly Conference Set For Sunday At I^ove's Chapel The fourth quarterly conference of the Webster Charge will he held at Love's Chapel Methodist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. W. L. Hutchins, District Sup erintendent, will deliver the mes f ? we nope to have a large delegation^ from all the churches in the charge. - I The people of Germany, Italy and Japan were willing and anxious to share the loot of war, promised them by their leaders; they must expect to share the burden of de Jackson's Bond Quota Is - - $124,000 feat. $125,000? ?$120,000 $110,000? ?$100,000 $ 90,000? ? $ 80,000 ^ $ 70,000? ? $ 60,000 $ 50,000 $ 30,000 ? $ 10,000?