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FURNITURE FOR THE ENTIRE HOME AIT BROWNING FURNITURE _ „ . _ ... . Bryson City Times The Only Newspaper Published in Swain County Invest !n America. Bay Defense Stamps and Bonds Contribute Bed Cross VOL. LV NO. 7 BRYSON CITY, N.C., THURSDAY APRIL S, 1942 _* H-MAtEAE ox in pcuncn FmttTMMUf . " . . Edwin B. Whitaker, above, local attorney, announced Monday that he will seek renomination in the May 30th Democratic primary, for State Senate of this, the 33rd district. Mr. Whitaker ran two years ago without opposition in the primary, was elect ed by a big majority in the general election. His record in office has been outstanding, and he is making the race after having been alptost forced into it by his many friends all over the district. He does have some opposition this year, however. A. L. Fenland, Of Clay county, a mdmber of the house last session, and R. A. Pat ton, of Franklin, a former Senator have already announced, and it is possible that Jack Morphew, of Rob binsville, will run although he has not announced as yet. The Democratic candidates that have announced for the various coun ty offices are now busy calling on the voters enlisting their support Those who have not as yet thrown their hats into the political ring are hesi tating Mi the edge and will probably have come out boldly stating their in tentions by another week. ANNOUNCiNG TH)S WEEK New candidates announcing thia week are: Robert L. Hyatt for Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners; Edwin B. Whitaker, for State Senate; and Thomaa L. Kirkiand for towna ahip conatabie. Mr. Hyatt has served on the board ol commissioners for the past six years, but is now seeking the chair manship, which W. E. Elmore now holds and which H. H. Welch has also announced for, Mr. Welch being the first candidate to announce for any office. The sheriff's race between the in cumbent, Gomer H. Martin and Frank Hyatt, the present clerk of court, bids fair to be a lively race. Both men have served the county well and have considrable staunch backing. The sheriff's race will Had the campaign in interest. There are still four men in the race for register of deeds. They are: Locke Woodard, incumbent; E. J. (Mutt) Seay, (Mutt leaves Friday for Fort Bragg, and if Uncle Sam finds him to be the kind of a Rght ing man they hope he is, that will eliminate him) Frank L. Kirkland and Porter Styles, are the other two in the race. Harold H. Sandlin and Henry J. Truett are the only ones announced for clerk of court. Mr: D. P. Shook announced last week that he seeks renomination as a board member, G. J. Woodard announced two weeks ago for township constable. Play GoK^Says Reed Bob Reed, pro and manager of the local golf course, said this week that he now has the course in fine condi tion for those wishing to drive the little white balls. Bryson City's nice little nine-hole course is one of the best in this section, and is ideally lo cated with a commanding view of the Deep Creek valley and the Smokies in the background. After you have worked out that Victory Carden and helped clean up the town, then come and play a game of golf and forget about your worries and the war for an hour or so. . AAUW To Meet Thursday The Bryson City Unit of the Ameri can Association of University Wom en's will meet this evening (Thursday) with Mrs. H. L. Bacon at 8:30. NEWBY MAKES BOMB AM !$ RELEASE!! !N AUTO OEATMS Two KiHed, Two Ynjured !n Sunday Park Accident Robert Newby, TVA worker of the Murphy area, was released fspm the Swain county jail Wednesday morn ing after posting $2;000.00 bond for his appearance at the next term of Swain county Superior court on two charges of murder which grew out of the fata! automobile accident on Highway No. 107 near the Ranger's park office at Ravensford last Sun day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Two young Tennessee men were killed and two injured when their car, headed north and the one driven by Newby, hehaded toward Cherokee crashed in a head-on collision. J. M Gass, 26, of Kingsport, Tenn., died two hours after he entered the Sylva hospital Sunday evening: Wil liam Wilkerson, 17, also of Kingsport, died in the Government hospital at Cherokee Monday morning. Teddy Davis, 26, another Kingsport man is in the Sylva hospital with two fraCtiures of his left leg and Delmar Claybo, of GatRnburg, a sol dier stationed at Camp Forrest, Tenn., is in the Cherokee hospital ih a critical condition. ; Sheriff G. H. Martin and State Highway Patrolman T. A. Sand lin investigated the accident. Newby was placed under arrest in Murphy Sunday night and brought to Bry son City Monday by Patrolman Prit chard Smith. tfHHtSKABEM, MX! fEO HIM, SMS PMUMMMU} The Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park has started its 1942 "Don't Feed the Bears" publicity campaign with the warning being stamped on all mail sent out Rom the Park of fice at Gatlinburg. "Bears are dangerous when fed, molesttyi or when approached too closely. Play safe. Do not feed the bears." Ed Green, park wild-life tech nician, said the park would wage an intensive campaign this year to stop bear feeding along the park high ways. Last year several persons were injured by bears they were attempt ing to feed or photograph. Investigation invariably proved that the injured persons were at fault, Mr. Green said. CHIMA MEEBS mm HELP TO WHIP THE MfS Give To Swain County China Relief Fund, County Quota Of $250.00 We need China and China needs us. The Far Bast is closer than you think. The Far East is tires you can no longer buy, it is tin now rigidly rationed; it is quinine for soldiers in the tropics; it is tungsten so vital to munitions. This all means something to us Americans. But it is not the measure of victory or defeat. China, our Ally, with her six mil lion fighting men, her indomitable spirit,, her vast resources, her strategic position and her great desire to help herself and her friends, is a fighting bulwark against the tyranny ' that seeks to enslave us nil. The United States has set a goal to raise $7,000,000 for aid to China and her people. The need Is urgent. Swain county's quota has been set at $250.00 we must do our part in rais ing it. A committee headed by J. A. Gray as chairman has been appointed* to direct the campaign, which will get underway soon. Flans for the drive will be announced in.next week's issue of this paper. W/T. Martin Is Operated On For Appendicitis Mr. W. T. Martin, local postmaster, entered the C. J. Harris Community hospital at Sylva last night and under went an appendectomy this morning. His condition is reported to be satis factory. Mayors C!ean-np Prociamation! WHEREAS, it is the desire of our people to maintain a peat and Orderly town; and WHER&AS, in anticipation of the coming tour ist season, we desire that our town shall present an attractive appearance to the visitors who may come our way; and ^ WHEREAS, it is customary for us to have a "Clean-Up" week every spring: NOW, THEREFORE, the week of April 13 to - April 18 is hereby proclaimed as "Clean-Up" week in Bryson City, and eyery citizen is urged to make every effort to cooperate in this program to the end that we may have an attractive, neat and clean town. * - S*** - ^ E. H. MOODY, Mayor Notice Of 4th Registration The President haa issued a pro iamation designating Monday, Aprii 27, 1942. between the hours of 7:00 A. M., and 900 aa the 4th Registration Day. Thoae re quired to register on said date are men who were born on er after Apri! 28, 1877, and on or before February 18, 1897, and therefore had attained their 45th birthday on or before February 18, 1942, and have not attained their 85th birthday on Aprii 27, 1942. The varioue piacea of Regiatra tion in Swain County wii! be pubiiahed in next week's issue of thia paper. Thie Aprii 9th, 1942. MeKiNLEY EDWARDS, Chairman Locai Draft Board Harry Seay Building New Home On Deep Creek Harry Seay, manager of Harry's Cafe, has started work on a one-story, six-room brick veneer dwelling on Deep Creek. REV. A L. RAYLE PASSES Word has been received by friends of the family in Bryson City of the death on Wednesday night of Rev. A. L. Rayle, former pastor of the Methodist church here. The wire just stated that he had passed and funeral would be held at Stanley Fri day at 2:30 P. M. Mr. Rayle had been in ill health for about a year. Red Cross First Aid Course to Be Given A Red Cross First Aid Standard Course was organized Tuesday night, Aprii 7 with 14 persons present. With the hope of hav ing more register and take the course it was voted to have the first ciass meet at S o'ciock, Tues day night, Apri! 14 Ciasses are to be heid each Tuesday and Thursday nights for two hours each. Mrs. Haiiie Aiexander and Miss tnez Martin are the instructors. The ciassps wiii be heid in the hut of t%e Presbyterian church. Save Your Oid Tooth Paste Tubes The War Production Board has ruled that persons buying tooth-paste or shaving cream in tubes must turn over to the retailer some kind of tin or tin-coated tube for each new one purchased. $o it will be necessary to save those old tubes which we have been accustomed to consider as so much trash to be thrown away. This is made necessary because of our tin supply being cut from the South Pa cific. ^ Navy Going ^fter Jap Ships The Navy reported as of April 4, total Japanese losses inflicted by U. S. Naval forces included 21 warships sunk, 13 possibly sunk and 22 dam aged; 48 non-combatant ships sunk, 14 possibly sunk and 14 damaged. The Army and Navy said Axis sub marines sunk or presumed sunk by the Navy totaled 24, and those by the Army number four. Assistant Secretary of War for Air Lovett said S. pilots in the Far East are shoot ing down five Japanese planes for every plane lost. Eastern Star To Meet Monday Night The regular monthly meeting of Tuckaseigee Chapter will be held Monday at 7:30 P. M.JSWT. All mem bers and visiting Stars are urged to attend. P, T, A. TO !NSTAH NEW OFFICERS APR!L 14 WiH Be Last Meeting Of This Year, Reports Of State Convention To Be Heard The P. T. A. will hold the last meet ing of the school year on April 14, at 4 P. M. EWT. We hope to have re ports from the committees for the entire year, also there will be reports of the delegates to the convention, which is convening in Greensboro this week. At this meeting officers for the coming year will be installed. Mrs. R. U. Sutton, district president, has been invited to visit our associa tion at this time. Th6 Study Group will meet in Mrs. Abbott's room at 2:30. Every member of P. T. A. and any one else who is interested m youth is urged to attend. Edwards & Leatherwood Move Law Offices The offices of the law firm of Ed wards and Leatherwood, which have been located on the second floor of the Edwards' building on Everett street for 15 years, is being moved today to a suite of offices on the second floor of the new brick build ing on Main street. This building was built by Messrs. Edwards and Leatherwood and will house the postoffice on the first floor with the second floor offices being occupied by them, by Dr. H. L. Bacon, and by the Land Management division of TVA. HANGERS GUARD PAM AREA FOR F!RES Forest rangers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are very thankful that the fire season comes before the peak tourist season and are therefore relieved of the great danger of having destructive fires which might be started through care lessness. Fires in the Smokies usually occur in the spring and fall, just before and after the heavy tourist season, Harold O. Edwards, assistant chief park ranger, pointed out. It is different with the Western parks. The fire season there occurs during the tourist season, which com plicates fire fighting and control and heightens the danger of fires. "The difference is due principally to the different type of trees in the western parks and in the Smokies," Mr. Edwards explained. Out there the trees are largely pine and firs— trees with a lot of turpentine which bums easily. Here in the Smokies the danger usually comes in the spring and fall, when leaves are dry. Our forests have more hardwood trees that shed their leaves. During months while sap is in the trees, there is little dan ger of fires. The danger comes when dead leaves become dry. - Few fires have occurred in the park so far this spring, t —-— Second Man Killed At Fontana Dam Paul B. Sisson, 31, oi Shawvile, Va., was instantly killed last Wednesday afternoon while driving a tractor on the Fontana dam job. A large rock is said to have dropped on the tractor causing it to turn over pinning Mr. Sisson underneath. The body was taken to Knoxville and prepared for burial and then taken to Shawville for the final rites. Mr. and Mrs. Sisson and small son had only been at Fontana for a few days before the accident. They lived in a trailer near the job. MMM PWCMIHS twmumm -!! *s ctiAH-DP, pm-i)p wrn rm MYsm ctn Red Cross Meeting To Elect Officers Member# of the Swain County Chapter, American Red Croaa, are urged to attend the meeting to be heid, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Aprii 10, in the auditori um of the eourthouee. An expanded personnel of of ficer* must be eiected to serve the different branchea which have become active aince our en trance into the war. Pieaae at tend. You, who joined, are Swain County Chapter, Ameri can Red Croaa. WAR PROOUCTMM !S STEANLY 8R0W!N8 War Production Director Donald Nelson told a New York audience this week that "America's industrial plant is really beginning to roll." He said air-plane production for the first three months had been met or ex ceeded, and that merchant ship build ing was rising rapidly. A Garand rifle is now available for every sol dier and anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns are being produced according to schedule. "This is no time for easy optimism," he said, "beacuse the pro duction of war goods is so huge a job we can break every record and still fall short of die need." FOREST HAMMER BY F!RE !N MOUMT STERUNG AREA Fires originating about a mile north ] of Mt. Sterling Gap Monday night burned over about 300 acres of forest land in and near -the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it was brought under control Tuesday night. The fire was the first major one in the park this season and the first in the Sterling area in several years. Rangers termed it one of the "hottest" they have experienced recently. Rangers said origin of the fire has not been determined. It started about 10:30 Monday night outside the park limits, but soon burned over into the reservation. Grahanh County Fires + * Brought Under Controi Fire wardens in Graham county have reported that numerous fires started in that county several days ago are now under control. Some of the fires are said to be of accidental nature but a large number are re ported to have been of incendiary origin. Ranger W. L. Nothstein said that 'someone traveling in a car along State Highway Wo. 129 from Qob binsville toward Knoxville set a total of 34 fires in a distance of approxi mately 10 miles above Tapoco. Every effort is being made by local authorities to apprehend the guilty party. Thomas J. Scott, Jr., Is Promoted To Corporal Elgin Field, Florida, April 4,Special —Thomas J. Scott, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Scott, of Cherokee, North Carolina, has recently been promoted from private first class, to the rank of corporal according to an announcement by the authorities 8t the Air Corps Proving Ground, Eglin Field, Florida. Corpora^ Scott has been in the Army since July 25, 1941. The tremendous increase in Army personnel has created a great oppor tunity for men who can prove them selves capable of holdng the ranks of non-commissioned officers. County N.C.E.A. Officers Elected By Teachers At a recent meeting of the teachers of Swain county the following named teachers were elected to head the county North Carolina Education As sociation for the coming year: Mrs. Lillian Thomasson, re-elected President; Mrs. Hazel Sandlin, Vice President; and Miss Iris Abbott, Treasurer. Trucks And Men WiU Be Provided to Haui Trash Away Mayor Moody has proclaimed next week, April 13 through 18 as annual clean-up, paint-up and beautifica tion week for Bryson City. In this proclamation all citizens are urged to gather up all the unusuable rubbish and trash of any kind about their premises and place it at a convenient place on the street so that the city trucks can get to it to haul it away. With the coming of the tourist sea son and with many new people com ing to Bryson City in connection with the building,of Fontana dam every one of us should want to help in the beautification campaign. The streets, lawns and vacant lots must be clean ed up and beautified if we are to have an attractive city, which will draw favorable comment from our visitors. Let's do the job well. LOCAL MAM TO SEM 35MEMT0F0HTBRA6G Thirty-five Swain county men will leave here Friday morning at MO by bus for induction into the army at * Fort Bragg. A special committee from the Bryson City Woman's Club will be on ham! to serve the men hot cof fee and doughnuts. The Swain high schoo band will furnish music as the men, their relatives and friends gath er for their departure. Those leaving are: Paul Robert Williams, Elia Wolfe, Clingman Les lie Painter, James Boyd Dugan, Les lie Woodrow Shuler, Clyde S. Hyatt, Burgin Sutton, Hosia Clarence Med ford, Eulis Tipton, Paul Lowell Wig gins, Robert Jackson Cordell, Charles D. Johnson, Willard John Bums, Vynoi Tipton, Troy Cordell Williams, Ira Joseph Wiggins, Sam Virgil Cal houn, Joe A. Shuler, Howard Wayne Rinehardt, Vernon Jenkins, Ben Harrison Grant, William Woodrow Wiggins, James Harley Lequire, Prince Woodrow Clampitt, Vester Welch, Emmett James Seay, Frank Hardin Buroes, Wilson Welch, Earl Edward Ashe, Ralph Lucas DeHart, Jackson Mason, Cornelius Benjamin Kirkland, Smathers Calhoun, Paul J. Catt, and William Henry Breedlove. WORK STARTER OR ERMKBMLRM6 OR MAM STREET Thurman Leatherwood, local at torney and chairman oi the board of aldermen, has started the erection of a new one story brick building on Main street adjoining the new two story brick building he and McKinley Edwards have about completed. Mr. Leatherwood stated that his new building will be 40 by 115 feet, one story and of brick construction, and to be heated by steam. Conley Wiggins is the building foreman. To Hold Pre-School Clinic Preschool clinic will be held at the Bryson City elementary scaaol Wed nesday, April 15. Dr. C. K. Sisk will be in charge. This clinic is for all children who plan to en.er school next fall for the first year. Health examinations and typhoid and diph theria vaccaination, if wanted, are free. All parents are urged to see that their children attend this clinic Mrs. Carlson To Talk On Cancer Control At Cherokee Woman s Club Mrs. Elmer Carlson, Swain county captain of the control of cancer will present cancer contorl work at the Cherokee Woman's Ciub meeting at Chehrokee today. Bacon AndWoudy To , Talk On Cancer Work Dr. H. L. Bacon will make a short talk to the members or the Bryson City Rotary club at its regular din ner meeting this evening. Dr. J. I* Woody will also make a talk to the regular meeting. Both talks are to be on cancer control.
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