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BRYSON CITY, N. C., THURSDAY,
Two Men KiMtd h 140-Foot
Fait into FeMspar Mint Pit
Whitehall, Inc., Operators Of
Mine Where Accident Hap
pened At 10:30 Monday A M.
Swain county's first fatal mine ac
cident in some years occurred Mon
day morning at 10:30 o'clock at the
Whitehall, Inc., feldspar pit two miles
north of town when two workmen,
James Hughes, 33, was killed in
stantly, and Arthur Pittman, 22, died
a few hours later in the Sylva hos
pital.
Both men were badly crushed in
the 140-foot fall to the bottom of the
pit.
They had been engaged in clearing
away some loose dirt from behind a
protective fence at the top of the pit,
which had slid down a steep embank
ment above the pit opening in prep
aration for repairing the fence with
more solid timbers. The accident oc
curred when they lost their footing
after putting too much weight against
the fence which broke, causing them
io slide into the pit.
The body of Hughes was taken to
Moody Funeral Home, and Pittman,
unconscious, wSs rushed to the hos
pital. ^
Hughes, a native of Spruce Pine,
Mitchell county, is survived by the
widow, the former Miss Pansy Pitt
man, of Spruce Pine; two daughters
and a son. The body was taken Mon
day afternoon to Spruce Pine.for tl^
funeral and ht&ial. ^
Pittman, also a native of Spruce
Pine, was married about six months
ago to Miss Esther Ball, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Turner Ball, of Bryson
City. Besides the widow, he is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
David Pittman, and seven brothers
sisters, ail of Bryson City.
The body of Pittman was also taken
to Spruce Pine for funeral and burial
service. ,
Coroner H. H. Welch said that he
would hold an inquest Friday.
Steve Sparks is superintendent and
J C. Sparks is foreman of the Feld
spar mine, which employs about a
dozen men.
NMMYWARBOARO
MAmOEFERMEM
OF FARM WORKERS
In a move to relieve the shortage
- of farm workers, the Swain County
LSDA War Board has been asked to
make requests for deferment of farm
workers to local Selective Service
officials, according to H. C. Enloe,
chairman of the board.
Under a new program announced
by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
^ and Selective Service Director, Lewis
, B. Hershey, County USDA War
Boards have been asked to take steps
to place farm workers in deferred
classifications even though the work
er or his. employer does not seek de
terment, the chairman said.
If a local draft board finds a farm
worker is not producing enough war
units to warrant deferment.it must
refer the case to the local war board
and allow 30 days for the worker to
be placed in another job before call
ing him for induction into the armed
forces, it was pointed out. Cases of
farm workers producing an insuf
ficient number of war units for defer
ment previously have been referred
to the U. S. Employment Service.
"This latest move by the Manpower
Commission is designed to keep as
many workers as possible on farms
in order that the nation's food pro
duction goals may be met this year,"
Mr. Enloe said. "The memorandum
to draft boards provides that farm
workers are to be retained in deferred
classifications, even though it means
quotas for the armed forces cannot be
met immediately.
He said draft hoards also have been
A' instructed to classify as iarm-dt
ferred, either in Class !!-C or IH-C,
*ny man with farming experience
eshe is non engaged in *th*^ wrk if
Cherokee Mother, Son In
Service, Praises the Red Cross
-v
Th!t Week an Indian mother
approached * Cherokee Red Cross
worker w!th a ten doiiar SH and
thia remark—"1 want to'^yttrt
bute reguiariy to the Red Croaa—
! am getting a part of my gone
army check—he is fighting and
haa wr!tten me that hie oniy
rea) pteaeure !e prov!ded by the
Red Croaa—th!a is my f!rat reg
utar contribution—! wii! bring
more each month."
Examination For Postmaster
At Fontana Dam, N. C.
The United States Civii Service
commission has announced an open
competitive examination to fill the
vacancy in the position of postmaster
in Fontana Dam, N, C., in accordance
with an act of congress, approved
June 25, 1S38.
In order to be eligible for examina
tion, an applicant must be a citizen
of the United States, must have ac
tually resided within the delivery of
the poStoffice for which examination
is held for at least one year, must be
in good physical condition and with
in the prescribed age limit. The com
petition is open to both men and
women. **
All applications must be properly
examination will be stated on the
'cards sent applicants after the date
' for the close of receipt of applications
and will be about 15 days after that
date.
Salary for the Fontana offices is
$2,400 per year.
Whitaker- And Edwards
Return From Raleigh
Senator Edwin B. Whitaker and
Representative McKinley Edwards
arrived home last week following ad
journment of the 1043 session of the
State Legislature on Wednesday.
This year's session of the legisla
ture was the shortest in a great many
years. The session as a whole work
ed harmoniously, and was commend
ed by the Governor as having done
a eood job.
Local Officers Attend
F B. 1. Conference
Chief of Police E. H. Corpening, E.
I, . Welch, of the Sheriffs Department,
Sergeant T. A. Sandlin and Glenn
Roberts of the State Highway patrol,
J. L. Woody and F. F. Grant of the
Auxiliary police, attended a regular
quarterly conference of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in Asheville
Wednesday, March 10.
Kephart Tavern Makes
Improvements, Raises Rating
W. P. Angel, of Kephart Tavern,
stated today that the has made cer
tain improvements at the Tavern to
conform with State health board re
quirements for a "B" grade rating.
Mr. Angel stated farther that he is
making other changes and improve-r
ments to make his place an "A" grade
restaurant. The private dining room
is being enlarged to care for large
groups, such as Lions club, etc.
Mrs. Stearns' Father Dies
Mrs. I. K. Steams left by automobile
Tuesday night for Cincinnati to at
tend the funeral of her father, E. H.
Grueninger, who died at his home in
that city Tuesday morning.
General George C. Marshall, Chief
of Staff of U. S. Army: The Army
depends heavily upon the Red Cross
as a vital link between its men and
their home#. Red Cross is of in
estimable value to us in maintaining
morale*
h* gees back to farming before being;
epHed <to appear for iadnctibb.
"The Greatest Mother"
Somewhere, on some distant battlefield' an Ameri
can soldier will be wounded in action today. He may
be your son. Or the laughing, tow-headed kid that only
yesterday lived in a house down the street. Remember ?
Strong but tender hands will carry him back to an
Army dressing station A blood transfusion may be re
quired to save his life—blood contributed to the Ameri-:
can Red Gross by thousands of Americans back home.
nurses, recruited* by the American Red Cross, will dress
his wounds. Sympathetic Red Cross workers will ad
vise his family of his progress, and, as he convalesces,
other Red Cross workers will help speed his recovery.
* *
Somewhere tonight an American boy is longing for
home. He may be in bomb-scarred London—in far-off
Australia, in a Pacific island jungle, or on a North Afri
can desert. - ;
But his heart and his mind will be back in the States,
at the home fireside. He will long to pat the head of that
frisky pup; to laugh again with the girl who awaits his
return; to live the life of a civilized man.
If he can, he will go to the American Red Cross
club. It won't be the home for which he longs. It will
be only a substitute—an antidote for loneliness. But
there he wjll find a warm welcome, an American style
meal, a comfortable bed. He may sit down to write a
letter to the folks back home. He will find entertain
ment to relieve his mind of the thoughts that pass
through the minds of homesick men.
He may be at some distant outpost, far removed
from that Red Cross club. But tonight, or the next
night' the Red Cross will come to him, bringing with it
(Continued to page four)
SEVEN VOLUNTEERS, 49 DRAFTEES TO LEAVE
MARCH 24TH FOR EXAMtNATtON AT CROFT
Sixteen Colored Men Left
On 16th For Fort Bragg
Swain County Selective Service
Board officials have announced the
following list of names of men to
leave on Wednesday, March 24th for
rxmp Croft for their final physical
examination. Those passing the ex
amination and accepted for service
will not know what branch of survice
they will be in until assignments have
been made Draf tees are now placed
iii the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and
Coast Guard.
VOLUNTEERS — Hubert Winfred
Ball, Walter Nelson Seay, William
harold Melton, Sam Edward Hedden,
Joseph Franks, Clint Brogden, Hast
ings Benard Huchapan.
DRAFTEE* — James Thurman <
Green, Harvey Barker, Robert Bums,
I redreck David Slagle, Odell Sutton, <
General Pearson Ledford, William
Claude Cable, Gomer Watkins, Don- ]
aid Barker, Edd Henry Carson, Jesse )
James Seay, James Woodrow Laney, <
James Clint Lowe, Troy Albert Lewis, <
Charles Alec Randall, Layuous Frank ]
Robinson, Leonard Washington ,
[SmHey, Albert Lloyd Watkins, Jen- <
nihgs Crawford Wiggins, Vernon Mil;-'
lard Lollis, Mark Grant, Garfield
Thomas, Grady Barker, Kenneth Osco
Sneed, Roy Lee Gibby, Johnny Butler
Sneed, Willard Joseph Plemmon,
Thurman Samuel Walls, Carroll Ta
bor, Warren Harding Chastain, Sam
uel Dock Lambert, George Buhel
Cochran, James Robert Woodard,
Lennard Lee Roper, James Denning
Rochester, Carter A. Cable, Loyd
Styles, James William Stanberry,
Lester Ewen Gregory, William Frank
Thompson, Johnnie Mack Herron,
Robert Leroy Ramey, Sylvester
Wayne Southards, Glenn Dewayne
Brown, Arville Hodge, John Harley
Tallent, Harrie Malone Parton, Leon
ard Williams, and Lloyd Alexander
Shell.
First Draft For Colored
Fourteen colored men left Tues
ia^ the 16th for Fort Bragg. This
vas the county's first call for colored
Iraftees. They are:
Vernon Sanders, Garland Henry
Powell, Robert Lee McDonald, Rhu
wn DeHart, Robert Lee Parrish, Rob
g-t Anderson Brice, Carl Eugene Pow
;ll, James Morris Simpson, Albert
Lawrence Davidson, Dimple Smith,
lames Bruce Walker, Ernest Fredrick
Leleman, Serge Dillard Thomas and
Wallace Coleman.
SWAM BR!YE FOR REB
CR3SS WAR FNM
STARTS M8MBAY
The local Red Cross volunteer
workers are completing plans for the
greatest drive for money they have
ever made. Monday, Mar. 22, is the
opening day for the local War Fund
Drive.
In announcing plans for Swain
War Fund Drive, Mr. A. M. Simons,
Chairman of War Fund Committee,
stated that the American Red Cross
was being called upon for the greatest
service in its history—this service will
require more than $125,000,000 for
1943. Thus it is evident, Mr. Simons
continued, every loyal American citi
zen must give much more than ever
before. We should expect to give
double our 1942 contribution.
The American Red Cross is the only
non-military organization that goes
with our men to the scene of the
battle. It is the only such organization
that places its services to American *
men in uniform all over the world.
"It goes where your boy is." It is the
only medium through which you can
contact yoUr boy on the battle front'
or jn the enemy prison camp.
At the time this is written there are i
more than 2,780 trained Red Cross
workers serving with the Armed
forces—among other things they pro
vide two-way contact between each
fighter and his home. The American
Red Cross has to date supplied more'
than 1 1-2 million pints of blood to
the Army and Navy which has meant
life to thousands of American boys.
by Red Cross for service with our
forces. More than 1,000,000 women
volunteers have produced more than
520,000,000 Red Cross surgical dress
ings—and the list of services continues
many times over. To quote Gen. Mac
Arthur: "No call however great or
small passes unheeded. The Red
Cross never faiis the soldier."
Thus, Mr. Simons concluded, we
see something of the tremendous and
imperative need the American Red.
Cross has for our generous contribu- }
tions. This will be the only time this ;
year tliat Red Cross will call upon us,
for help—we must not be "too tate '
with too iittte."
RUTH PATTERSON
VALEOMHAN OF
SWAtN H! CLASS
Miss Ruth Patterson, daughter of
Mr. S. R. Patterson, and the late Mrs.
Patterson, of Bryson City, stands
highest in scholarship in the senior
class of Swain High school. Her
average for the four years of high
school work is 95.5.
Mary Ellen Cole, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Pearley Cole of Bryson City,
stands second with an average for the
the four years of high sihpol work of
94.2.
Miss Patterson will make the vale
dictory address at the graduation ex
' ercises. Miss Cole will give the
salutatory. ** ***
BR0U6HT0N APPOiNTS
MRS. M'KEE TO NEW
BGARO OF EOUGATMN
Mrs. E. L. McKee, state senator for
the 32nd district, of Sylva, was named
a member of the State Board of Edu
tion by Governor Broughton last
week. She, as the member from the
12th Congressional district, will take
office April 1.
The new board of education was
named in compliance with the con
stitutional amendment adopted at the
election last fall and will take the
place of the State school commission
and the other hoards in charge of the
education system of the state.
Mrs. McKee was the only woman
named on the hoard.
A11 Army and Navy nurses are re
cruited through Red CRot*.
B!G REE GROSS WAR
FUND RALLY TO BE
HELD FR!DAY MiGHT
Come To The Court House
At 8 O CLoch For In
formation, Fun, Music, Etc.
As a demonstration of enthusiasm
and sporrt for our Swain County boys
and others in uniform for America
Swain citizens will gather in the
courtroom Friday night for an hour
of informational discussion oh Red
Cross, music by Swain Hi Band, and
group singing of patriotic songs.
Mr. Simons, War Fund Drive Chair
man, in announcing the program for
the Rally, stated that Miss Jesse
Shanks of Carolina Wood Turning
Company, Senator Whitaker, Supt E.
C. Blair of Cherokee and Joe Auto;
of TVA will present interesting and
vital information on our American
Red Cross and its service to our boy#
and to others.
The Swain Hi band under the su
pervision of Miss Patton will provide
martial music for the occasion
also accompany the assembly in songs
everyone knows.
It will be an occasion of entertain
ment and education for all. The
local citizens extend a hearty invita
tion to all—come out and bring your
friends. Meet your neighbor and
learn about how your Red Cross is
serving men in uniform.
Nine Months School Term
Ratified, Other Important
Legislation Passed
The simultaneous fall of gavels in
the hands of the Speaker of the House
and the President of the Senate short
ly afternoon on March 10 brought to
a^pfose one of the shortest but one of
the most important sessions in rec
years. Duly "enrolled 'and ratifi
v/e^e bills providing for record-breast#
mg appropriations, a State-supported
nine months school term, a new set
up for the State Board of Education,
innovations in State, county ar.d
municipal finance in authorizations
for the establishment of capital re
serves, and the granting of broad a d
unprecedented powers to the Go -
vernor, to be exercised in emergen
cies. < ' S3
Of significance also were the types
of bills that were lc t, strayed or
atherwise found wanting at the
finish. The alcoholic beverage situa
tion, after a great deal of discussion
and in spit of a great flurry of bills,
was left practically unchanged, except
for the provisions of HB 10 which
prohibits the sale of wine and beer
between 11:30 A. M. and 7.JC A.
consumption on the premises between
midnight and 7:00 A. M., and author
izes counties and towns to prohibit j
Sunday sales. HB 291, the liquor
referendum bill, died in the House
Committee on Propositions and Griev
ances. A similar fate net Toy '
HB 523, which would have authorized
local referenda on the question of the
sale *of wine and beer, the coup de
grace being delivered by the House
Finance Committee, which also re
ported unfavorably some two-score
local wine and beer measures. SB 97,
which would have authorized the es
tablishment of ABC stores in cities
having a population of 15,000 or mere,
in dry counties, upon a vote of the
people of such cities, got through
the Senate but was reported unfav
orably by the House Committee. On *
the other hand, HB 144, which would
have created a Wine Control Division
in the Department of Revenue, would
have permitted the sale of 20% wine
in dry counties and would have pro
vided regulations with respect to
adulteration, labelling, times and
places of sale, etc., struggled through
a hard fight in the House and reached
the Senate only to lie upon the table;.
Among other hills that were report
ad unfavorably or tabled during the
?losiMg days of the station were: HB
(Oaubdued tepage four)