ft ?! Hi %?# 4- jJ * P y A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN TH3 VI \H . 4 1 C.i.1 v < . r S| *J. 4.. 44I 1. > wj j J. A. Av.r..i4_,>, P. i'. L/v'v.ii, I ' 1*1. L. Bean, .Wis EsMe lUcun, N. N. I Dija. n, Annie r.yson, A. C. Bryson, I Roy Potto, Mrs. Hoy Pods, Dapiiney J Potts. K. C. Broo.ks, Mrs. R. C. Brooks, 1 I Tom Brybon. Minnie Bryson, Eibert I I Reeve, Mrs. Eibert Recce, Willard I Barrier, Walter Smathers, Mrs. Walter omatliers, Marion Ashe, Mrs. Marun Ash.-, Mrs. Mabei Perry, Mrs. Glenn Parris, Glenn Parris, Miss fluid 1 Foster, Mrs. Bessie Barnett, j Robert Bryson, Mrs. Robert Bryson, O. J. Seek, Mrs. Lona M. Green, Mrs. 0. J Beck, Eeulah Beck, J. D. Jone3, Mrs J. D. Jor.c., Mrs. Martin Hoyle, I Ch;ii lie Hoyle, R. L. Pierson, Mrs. R. I L. Pierson, Geo. Smathers, Luther I To. \ r, Mrs. Luther Foster, Oscar? ^ Mrs. ( I Smi .ltrs, Mrj. uscui kjiiww.,-. I L. Smathers, Johnnie Woodall, I M;Johnnie Woodall, Phillip Smath- j I er-> Mrs. Nellie Smatners, Albert Me- j I bailey, Mrs. Maud Mehaifey, James ' I Coward, Mrs. John Coward, Claud I Mrs. Claud Warren, Mrs. I B. M. Nenney, Bascum Queen, Mary I L. Q jeen, Paul Arringlon, Mrs. Paul I Ston, Miss Harriett Derrick, W. I L^rrick, Mrs. James McClure, f M Ley, i McClure, Fred Connor, Jim ! Buncan, Mrs. Jim Duncan, Theodore I r Untan. Mrs. C. L. Duncan, Mrs. I f Duncan, Dewey Bryso.n, Carl I Dolly Ccnncr, Mavy Ensley, ' I -;^cn Beck, Mrs. Wilson, Deck, Mrs.! 1 Cy p,-^a Beck, Henry J. Beck, Mrs. I I ^i.'y J. Beck, F. M. Recce, Mrs. I ^e?- hazard, J. N. Warren, \7. H. I Mrs. ,7. H. Jones, Brysoo I L:t Smatners, Sam Beck, Mrs. I Lecn, Wcodrow Smatners, W. J. I , rnr':' Wanda Lane, J. K. Kenney, I 1VV'i'yne Byatt, Mrs. Wayne Hyatt, I Shuier, Elsie Shuler, Will Reed, I 7<-Uic Cooper, Lon L. Cooper, CharI le,s Biatt, Louise Hyatt, L. E. BryI -on, Bertha Bryson, Roy BrysAn, I lc*a Bryson, Anna Laura Hoxit, C. I J- Lean, Martha Dean, Dock Dean, I e Fredia, Maggie Fradia, jD. M. I eni y- Nellie Gertry, Cicero CrawI ft* A*yrtie Crawto.d, Mrs. W.'ii I ( d, L -b Br.,son, Ceo. Coward, My. I Bryson, J. uoi.r.cr, My. o. ' Conner, E/a Conner, 3. E. Fiat I vC?- W' Ho>le, Belle Iloyle, Fred r'c,*,7an, N. R. Christy, Mrs. N. It. I p isly' Mrs. W. S. Christy, Itilie iJ' ou, Mrs. Tallie Pinnbn, C. C. I mT?' A' C' Ciawfo-'d, Mrs Dd I .Son i0w31!' i, yV. B. Jry* . |S( 5;V ; ? ? uu* : ,;.t .: : \i W ?*> 2 COUNTY M* - - ** SritSL.n. QUAi iLA i Mr. ?T. R. M: : ,.-r. who was injured J vhen sin. k b; a i\ Ring tree, Saturis re. arU ! io be improving. .VIrs. L::. y I'-all and Miss Annie Li.-.rbo Vcri *11 caller! on Melba Cornell, wbo was sick but is improving. Mr::. S. M. Crisp, Mrs. W. W. Anthony and Mr. Jess Bianton visits 2d Mr. M. L. Bianton. Mr. Miller Hall and family and "dr. Frank Owen and family were quests of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kinsland Sunday. Too Wnmp Dprr onstration Club | net with Mrs. Golman Kinslandj Friday. I Mr. H. G. Ferguson and Mr. and I Mrs. Oscar Gibson called at Mr. D.| VI. Shuler's Sunday. | Mrs. J. E. Battle and Mrs. James ? Wiggins visited Mrs. D. C. Hughes ?riday. Some new buildings are being erected and a sawmill moved to the Dooper farm on Highway 112. W. C.T. C. Students Are In "Who's Who" Cullowhee?Charles Hollomfcn, of Hookerton; Edith Wilson, of Bryson City; Horace Meredith, of Guilford; Elizabeth Ammtn, 01 Cullowhee; ElLyra Greenlee, of Spruce Pine; and C. A. Dandelake, of Raleigh, six students from Western Carolina Teachers College, were chosen re J., n nnnular oubli cenii}r iu m v. t t cation for students, Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The six students //ere chosen beI cause of qualities of character, scholarship, leadership in athletics, society, religion, student government, and potentialities for future usefulness, by the eniire faculty from a list of outstanding students which was compiled by the college registrar, | Miss Addie Beam, and supplemented with other names suggested by facility men: hers. F:.-: icgn ; i d biographical j skatcic ti.e ;e t- -e girls and three boys have been : ."t to the editor who plans :or the publication to appear sometime in the late spring. Something like th.rty-five hundred students from over iour hundred and j fifty colleges of the nation were rep- j relented in lasu year's edition of j Who's Who Among American Uni- j versifies and Colleges. i UNA, FEBRUARY 23, 1939 iTPir uirri/ ui rnr ii:i. mtti\ iii inr. NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington, Feb. 22? (Autocaster) ?The two important subjects which f overshadow everything else in Washington are the President's row with Congress and the necessity for increasing national defense precautions. There is little difference of opinion on Capitol Hill on the first of those; Congress, especially the Senate, is in a fighting mood and is defying the Presidential wishes. There is considerable difference of nnininn in Cnn crrfce nc tn tV-io r#?nl ; need of spending as much money as the Arrr.y and navy, backed by the (President, think should be spent for ! increasing the nation's armaments. ! Without the backing of informed public opinion, even those who strongly favor heavy increases in armaments feel that it would be unwise to go too far. If the public knew the facts, these members oi Congress believe, there would be no opposing sentiment against spending all that might be necessary on our fighting forces. The facts about the military strength of America and the democracies of Europe, as compared with that of the dictatorships, which, were told to the Senate and Hous Military Affairs committees, are beginning to leak out, and they art making a deep impression upor members who had not heard them and who were inclined to oppose thfc whole idea that the United States needed stronger defenses. Craig Gives Figures As outlined by General Malin Craig, Chief of Staff of the Army, the comparative figures are very interesting. Military men talk of armed forces in terms of Army divisions. A division is a completely self-con laired fighting unit of, usually, 200,000 men and officers, equipped rnd manned to take the field alo.ie if necessary. The latest figures show that Germany has 00 such divisions, Italy 44, Frarce 38, and England only scvon. Japan has 50 army divisions in China, 12 more in Manchukuo und nine at home. And the United Slates has only partis of our divisions. There ari 400,000 soldiers on the War Department rolls, including the regular Army, the National Guard and the enlisted reserve; but they do not constitute an effective fighting force because they have not tiie equipment for war. The Army has developed at the Springfield Arsenal a new type of .nfantry rifle which is said to be the best in the world, but there are onlyi 3,000 of these modern rifles to equip .he entire army. There are only 140 of the three- , inch field guns which are the main reliance of a mobile army; only two | of the modern 105-millimeter guns I upon which foreign armies are rely ing, and less than half the number of machine guns needed to equip what troops we could put in the field if necessary. General Craig startled the Congressional committee by citing pages of such facts, and especially by alleging that most ?f the gunpowder the Army has now was left over from the World War and has deteriorated so that it explodes often by spontaneous combustion, sometimes blowing the gun-barrel to bits, Inclined To Do Something In the light of such information Congress is more inclined than before to put the nation's defenses inwnrlch 2 :;haDe. but is still inclined w T* w" O c -r to be suspicious of being led into entagling foreign alliances. The real battle between, the President and Congress may have only begun. The Senate's refusal to confirm the appointment of Floyd H. Roberts to be a Federal judge in Virginia, by a vote of 72 to 9, was the opening gun. The President's attack upon the ancient system of "Senatorial courtesy" under whicn no high official can be confirmed i;' he is personally obnoxious to the Senators from his home state, has opened up '.he whole question of the m power o.i ippcintmjnt. The President ineists that it is a power granted by the Constitution to the President alone. The Senate holds that the power of appointment is a dual function of President and Senate together. Ivluch re-reading of the Constitution is going oh on Capitol Hill, and (Please turn to page two) j ) r=WHKfflSJ3BiaBS54B5?' !F1XJCttn3*rrr;rasis of equal rights upon which (Please turn to page two) -fe I ' LDVANCE OUT SIDE THE 00 UATI then Terms '! fficers2 Years ^ (By Dan Tompkina) All officers of Jackson County would have terms of four years undor a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Tompkins of Jackson. The bill, which s similar to the ones that have been jnacted for many of the counties oI the State during the present General Assembly puts all the officers of the , county on a four-year basis, and provides that county commissioners will all be elected at the same time, in the off-year elections. That would leave the Representative, the State Senator, the Congressman, to be elected at the same time that the President and Governor are elected, > V and at the off-year elections also. The terms of office of the present commissioners, Register of Deeds and / Surveyor would be extended for two years, under the terms of the bill. It was referred to the House Committee on counties, cities and towns. The Jackson County Beer Bill is still before the House Committee on Finance, where all similar bills have been sent. So far not a single bill prohibiting the sale of wine and beer in any county has been reported fa. vorably by the committee. In other J words the committee has adopted a i .S.-.U.... -t i.; 11; . -11 * ? puncy ui twiung dii cuuiuy piuiuuition bills. It is believed, however, that the Tompkins bill for Jackson county has a better chance than the rest, for the reason that it allows the sale of beer and wine in restricted ( areas in the county, where there is police protection, and where the commissioners have supervision of the sale. It is believed that the reason the bill does not attempt to make the whole county bone dry, is because the introducer felt that such a bill would have no chance in the Assembly, but that the regulatory bill wouid hr ;e a chance of passage, and wouic: iu.mt.uy conditions in the county. The Appropriations Bill has been reported out of ine committee and will go onto the floor of the House, probably on Friday. That is one of the Dig bills of the session, and a joint committee has been at work on it for several weeks. It cuts the appropriations to $40,000 each year of the biennium below the Budget Commissions total recommendations. In fact, it ammounts to a cut of one million and eighty thousand dollars below the budget recommendations. This came about by reason of the fact that the budget was set up upon the assumption that the General Assembly and the people of the state would agree to a substantial increase in the tuition fees at the University and the colleges of the state. The committee, after the newspapers, the colleges, the students, and the folks at home had spoken in no certain terms their displeasure at this proposal, knocked these recommedatons out of the budget, which caused them to face a deficit of one million dollars in the estimated needs of the colleges. Ths vvas made up in various items in the appropriations. Tn order to get the bill under the Budget recommendations, the com mittee on Tuesday of this week, ciit the Adult Education figures from $30,000 to 25,000, slashed the appropriation for advertising, in which Western North Carolina is especially interested, from $125,000 each year to *590,00 each year, and lopped $80,000 off from Vocational Education. The appropriations for Western Carolina Teachers College, as it ii ! recommended by the committee stands at $85,245 for the first year j and $75,6G0 for the second. The $10,000 for the first year above that for the second, is to provide tor the betterment to the water system at the college. Friends of the college state ii__> mmII mnlfP a fight in the Uiai Uicjr v? ? ?w House next week, to get the appro pration increased each year of the biennium by $3,200. No one can say how far they will get since the committee has reported the bill as it stands. However, it is known that the school has strong backing in the House, and it can be said with certainty that the amendment to inI crease thv appropriation will not come from c. representative from Jackson or any ^c.joining county; but from a recognized leader from outside the immediate district of the school. But, every member of the House from the Eleventh Congressional District has agreed to back the amendment when it is ordered, as have other friends of the Cullowhtf (Please turft to page tve) u Secede I (By Dan Tompkins) I large group of citizens at Bal ^ir.i "o attempting to seceed from Jackson county and get them, clve: | annexed to Haywood, according to l petition sent to Senator Chester Cogburr., by John T. Jones, of Balsam and signed by approximately 200 citizens of Scott's Creek precinct No. 'A. Xaither tiie representative from Jackson nor from Haywood has ret^ie ed a copy of the petition, nor ha'. they received any letters retarding it. Trie petition follows: Hon. Chester A. Cogburn, Raleigh, N. C. Dear Sir: We, the undersigned, tax-payers crid Legal voters of Precirct No. 3, in Scott's Creek Township, Jackson J County, do hereby petition you that i you cause to be passed such laws as J may be necessary to have Procinct j ! No. o annexed ,o Plywood county, j Nor Li Carolina, d'e are much nearer v> '.Vuymsvillo than we are to Sylva, a:.d h men oL oar trading and other buiuavs in ' Lymsville tnan Sylva.'* Lospecauliy submitted. j Jack Arnngton, Mrs. A. F. Arring ton. A. F. Arringion, Curl Woods, I Joe Woods. Lee Potes, Mrs. F. L. ' Foils, F. L. Potts, Mrs. John Blan- j !.n, John Blanton, Daniel Blanton, ' Mrs. Elsie Ensiey, Elsie Er.sley, Geo. Foils, Mrs. Geo. McCall, Geo. McCail, J. A. McCall, A. XV. Armitr | .. Queen, William Cjwm.t. Howard I Vv'.i. "en, llxltoii r. -4vy, .irs. r-ube\. Enr.ley, Fred E:. it.a, i./rs. Fr i Br. son, Vernon Br a . e. fcui'.. M. s. V. a.ter B: ?. ? r. .w.vi.. M -fn :i j,i.