IN . '
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCI
Three Hundrc
I In ^ummei
If is expected that the total en,.)i.ment
of teachers in the six-weeks .
siu-iial course of Western Carolina.
Tiv.rhers College, being held in Sylva.
will reach 300, according to estimates
made by officials of the collie.
180 men and women enrolled i
flM the term during the first day, and J
muniment continues daily. The last!
|ct,; for enrollment is Monday, May 1.
Mr. W. E. Bird, dean of the college,
jc director of the special six-weeks
. jum. Dr. A. B. Hoskins is acting
director. F. I. Watson is assistant
diacior; and the following teachers
bet an holding classes, in the Sylva
high school builing on Wednesday.
Dr. V\ illis W. Parker; J. B. Deyton,
jiuporintendent of school, inx Mitchell
icaaty; Miss Edith Buchanan, of
Svlva High: Miss Alice Benton, College;
Miss Kathleen Davis, Miss Lila i
Kitchin. Mi- John A. Bitzer, Rev.
Fieri Forester. Mrs. Lillian Buchanan,
ivd Frances Blekeney, of Westem
Carolina Teachers College; and
IUr>. L'ai:-y Wilkes, of Sylva.
Miss Brown Wins
McKeeU.D.C. Medal1
w -\nnin Noll Rmwn. of Svlva,
arc; Mr. Terry Joe Johnson, of Qual
la.were the winners in the annual
I reacting and declamation contest
I sponsored in Sylva high school by
I the B. H. Cathey Cahpter, U.D.C.,
I to; the Gertrude Dills McKee medals
I Tiicse medals are awarded eaci
I y? ar, and are donated by Mrs. Mc|
Kte. There were orginally 22 con
A tenants this year, necessitating hold
ing an elimination contest. Four boy
and four girls participated 'in tin
I final contest, Monday night. The^
were Louise O'Kelly, Annie . Sea>
I Annie Nell Blown, June Bess, Pau
I History, Billy Crawford; Athletic..
I Kute Henry. The medals for schoI
Unship and activities were presentee
I by Principal F. I. Watson, and thi
U. D. C. medals, by Mrs. McKee, the
I demor.
Mr: Watson stated that tests recently
made by Dr. Killian of WestB
err. Carolnu Teachers College show
ea inat Svlva higii students rani
rserond in Western North Carolina
Fiuimiin students had first rank; bu
tin dge ul tiie Sylva students is lower
than those at Franklin.
At tiiu- ucginning ot tiie exercises,
Monday night, Wallace Evans played
Se-ietinde, by Franz Scliubert; anc.
between the girls readings -and thv
,boys' declamations, R. E. Glenn
pi?iyed Couniry Gardens, by GrainM^.-.er,
Reeves Kilcm 11, Jonn Hyatn
Jr., anct Terry Joe Johnson.
Other medals awarded Monday
night to higii school students were:
English, Maxine Reagan; Mathematics,
Pansy Dillard; Scholarship, Lutilo
Reed; Dramatics, Lazelle Dillaid;
Agriculture, Fred Holcombe;
Science, J. R. Wornack; Business,
Snuioid Paxioii; Athletics, Ralph
llciison; Citizenship, Paul Messer;
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:
Jackson Folk In Film
| To Be Shown in London
Home Demonstration Club Woman
prepared part of the film strip
to be shown in London, at the World
Confederenee of Farm Women, which
to be held in the capitol of the
j British Empire in June.
I The craft shops of H. P. Cathey
and O. E. Monteith arc shown in the
strip; and the following people apP
ar in the pictures: H. P. Cathey,
lihle Miss Anne Cathey, Mrs. R. U.
Sutton, Mrs. M. B. Madison, Mrs.
Frank Crawford, O. E. Monteith, C.
B Bumgarner, Mrs. Roy Reed, Mrs.
Don Fisher, Mrs. T. K. Guthrie, Mrs.
D. G. Bryson, and Mrs. T. C. Bryson,
Jr.
Vacation Bible School
At Methodist Church * ,
Under direction of Mrs. A. P. Ratify,
the annual vacation' Bible
school at the Sylva Methodist church,!
will begin on Mother's Day, and will
continue for two weeks.
Mrs. H. R. Hastings is assistant
director, and Miss Louise Mason and
Mrs. Fred Hooper will be teachers.
Two other teachers are to be selected.
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? IN THE COUNTY
id Teachers
r School Here
I
Charles Gray Heads
W. C. T. College Body
Cullowhee, April 26, (Special)?
Charles B. Gray, of Rutherfordton,
.vas elected president of the student
oody of Western Carolina Teachers
-I_11 :i i ?_ ...UI?U
oOiiejje in jfcsieiuii^ 5 uctnuuu^ wuicu
closed the annual spring elections of
student senators, house council members,
publications officials, and class
officers.
Mr. Gray is a rising senior. He
attended Brevard College for two
quarters before entering Western
Carolina and is majoring in science
and minoring in mathematics. He is
an outstanding linesman on the Cullowhee
football squad and is president
of the Monogram club. *
Mr. Horace Meredith, of Guilford
College, who opposed Mr. Gray for
president, will serve as vice-president,
of the student body. The sec> "'1
t-t hp elected next year
A. CM i j ** ? w ^ _
when the student senate convenes.
Nine student senators were named
in the voting. From the rising senior
class Mr. Gray and Mr. Meredith,
Mr. Shelby Robertson, of Swiss, and
Mr. Judson Edwards, of Barnardsville,
were elected. The rising Jun'or
class reelected Miss Mary
?lle Davis, of Andrews, and Mr.
- arles McCall, of Lake Toxaway.
oth people have served one year
). the senate. The new senator from
e junior class is Mr. Herbert Cohn,
Candler. The rising sophomore
.ss reelected Mr. Robert Colville,
' Bryson City and elected Mr; J?n?
ngs Bryant, of Asheville. Mr. Collie
served this year as representive
of the freshman class.
Moore Dormitory elected Miss
!na Dinkins, of Lewisburg, as its
icsident, Miss Josephine Morgan,
Mount Olive, vice-president, Miss
lary Delle Davis, secretary, and Miss
atherine Sandlin, of Bryson City;
.easurer.
Robertson Hall elected Mr. Lee
loenix, of Cane River, president,
- ^ r\4 Rrvsnn
i. Jonnson daunuci s, U4
ity, vice-president, Mr. Joe Wallin,
Marshall, secretary, and Mr. Sam
idrey, of Charlotte, treasurer..
The day student organization has
if yet elected its officers.
In the class elections, Mr. Joe Wal-ii
was ejected president of the
~niors, Mr. Judson Edwards, vicelesident,
and Miss Josephine Morj?n,
secretary.
The juniors elected Mr. John Henry
Juesser, of Henderson ville, president,
Miss Alwayne DeLozier, of
.andler, vice-president, and Miss
Jetty Penland, of Leceister, secretary.
The sophomores elected Mr. David
Stowe, of Asheville, president, Mr.
David Meredith, of Guilford College,
. ice-president, and Miss Irene Green,
"?'-"a cwrearv. All sudents
Ji L'LillUWilcc,
elected to the various officers will
j.gin. their duties at the beginning
the 1939-40 session in September.
Miss Jane Greenlee, of Spruce
Pine, was elected editor-in-chief of
-lie Catamount, college annual, and
Mr. Joe Wallin business manager.
Miss Ruth Barton, of Marble, was
elected editor-in-chief of bi-monthly
newspaper, the Western Carolinian,
and Mr. Charles Moody, of Waynes0
/ille business manager.
Church School Day
Church School Day will be observed
with appropriate exercises, on
the first Sunday in May, at the Sylva,
Methodist church. The exercises will
l take the place of the regular preachUnr
service.
j Beta Girl Rated Highest
I Miss Phyllis Dillard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Dillard, of
I Beta, was given the highest rating
I at the district recreation school, conducted
in Asheville April 24 to 26,
I by Miss Stevens, of New York, of the
I National Recreation Association.
I 4-H boys and girls ftom all the
counties of this Congressional District
participated in the school. There
were five delegates from Jackson
j county.
SYLVA, NORTH
Ramsey Addresses
Sylva Graduates
D. Hyden Ramsey, manager of the
Asheville Citizen-Times, was the
principal speaker at the graduating
exercises of Sylva high school, Tuesday
evening. Mr. Ramsey told the
class that the young people need have
! no fears about the things that are
. being said about there being no room
for young people any more. He stat|
ed that there is still opportunity for
! those young people who possess those
qualites of which there is no sur
plus. Those, he said, are cnaracter,
integrity, a willingness to work, and
alert intellect.
Mr. Ramsey was introduced by
Jan Tompkins.
Miss Lucile Reed delivered the
/aledictory, and Miss Georgia Revis,
ne salutatory. The diplomas were
^resented to the class of forty-two
young men and young women by
Glenn Poteat, the class president.
Forty-two boys and girls were
presented certificates of promotion
110m the elementary school to the
nigh school.
QUALLA \
The teachers elected for the next
school term at Qualla are Mr. Gudger
Crawford, principal; Mrs. Miller
Hall, Mrs. Alton Edwards and Misses
Jennie Cathey and Annie Lizzie
Terrell.
Miss Gertrude Ferguson has been
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* 6"~010CLCQ d 1 AliiiUHU| iTii j. A* v?*v
Ciayton and Miss Geneva Turpin, at
Wilmot, and Mr. C. B. Terrell, at
Gienville.
The Tuck&seigee Baptist Union
.neeting convenes with the Shoal
Creek Baptist church, April 28 and
29.
Revival services are still in progress
at Hyatt's Chapel. Rev. Parris
and others are assisting the pastor,
Mr. Oscar Beck.
Miss Alma Freeman, Miss Edna
?(yatt and Mr. Terry Jo Johnson were
graduates of Sylva high school thig
year. ;" "; ; * "v"-' "IT
Mr. Terry Jo Johnson won the deciaimers
medal Monday evtning at
*ylva- ' ,
The home demonstration Club met
,/ith Mrs. Eunice Kinsland Tuesday.
Dr. F. K. Gardner, of Asheville,
topped in Qualla Wednesday.
Mrs. William Allen, of Winston_>aiem;
Mis6 Louise Varner, of CulAowhee;
Mt\ OweJi Varner, of Whitaer,
visited at Mr. C. P. Shelton's.
Mr. and Mrs. J M. Hugnes visited
.riends at Cherokee Sunday afternoon.
|
Mr. Cari Hoyle spent the weekend
at Norfolk^ Va.
Mr. Tnad Varn?r and, family, of
.vniitier, Mrs. Charles and JNora
.aaggie Woriey and Mrs. Helen Cooper
called on Mrs. J. H. Hugnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gibson visited
Mr. and Mrs. Artnur Gibson, at
vJnerokee, Sunday,
* ? * 1 nrrv Johnson made
/Mr. ana mis.
a trip to lNorth Wilkesooro. Miss
Mildred Howell, who had been in
jctiool there, returned wth mem.
Miss Hazel Freeman visited relatives
at Candler.
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle and Mrs. Thad
Beck called on Mrs. Effie Howell.
Mrs. C. P. Shelton made a business
trip to Highlands and Franklin Wednesday.
Mis. Alton Edwards and Miss Annie
Lizzie Terrell entered the W. C.
I f. C. school at Sylva, Tuesday.
I Two Sylva Youths Held
I For Eobbery j
I Tom Tolley and Fred McCoy, Jr.,
Itwo Sylva boyk, were held for the)
I Tune term of Jackson County Super-1
J or Court, when probable cause was
I 'ound by Esquire John H. Morris. I
I The tv < boys are charged with
I breaking ?nd entering the Eagle f> |
I ^r>d 10c store and removing a small I
I quantity of merchandise and about!
? - -^Afl
1*10.00 in cash. Thev were Hi I cai*-^ |
|lhe day following the robbery, bvj
|^tn)lman John CKelley, of the
I Sylva police. I
tO I
I Dillsboro Women I
J'ilia MeTver. Fy tension
jOlo+Vi^rt ovrinrf nf ^fgfp Ooll'><">- W""
I Bf demonstration to f?ie Dillsbor^
| T4<^ttip TVrnon?tr*?,Hnn Club, at th?.home
of Mrs. C. C. Mason, Thursday
'tfternpon.
4 CAROLINA, APRIL 27, 1939
Irout fishing in
kantahala area
4 .
The limit of fish permitted by each
fisherman on the Nantahala Forest
Cooperative Wildlife Management
Areas this year has been changed
over previous years to correspond to
ik ~ i: .*4 .j a
uie limit duuweu unuer otcitc regulations.
Each anglers will be permitted
to catch either 12 brook trout
| or 12 rainbow trout or a total of 12
I trout of either species. The kinds
jof bait to be used is left up to the
discretion of the angler so long as
jhe stays within the regulations permitted
under State law. Either artificial
or natural bait can be used and
?several lures will be permitted on
'each leader. It is believed that tht
absence of restrictions on methods
of fishing in these areas will tend to
make for better fishing with possibilities
of each angler catching hi.,
limit. Don't forget the opening datt,
May 18, 19, and 20.
| Kindergarten - to Continue
The pre-school group, being taught
Kv TOT i oja lVTnrinrip OrinHstaff wil.
continue to meet in the elementary
j school building, although the school
term has finished. The kindergarj
ten is a part of the WPA recreaton
program, and all children of the
community, as well as visitors are
, invited to attend the sessions, from
9 to 12. New play room equipment
has recently been bought and installed,.and
it is hoped by those havthe
project in charge, that a
| aflpr. The a^w are frora 3 to 6
1 Jkfeacnttic Women To
| "y ,
I Statements were' glvST'tnt*" tlRlay
I by North Carolina democratic woJmen
on the Regional Conference for
I democratic women to be held in WinIston-Salem,
May 23-24.
Mrs. W. B. Murphy,, State ViceI
Chairman of the Democratic ExecuItive
Committee, said, "Plans are get
I ting under way for the biggest poliItical
gathering of Women ever to be
jneld in this State. I am going to
Itour the State prior to the Confer
lence and get every County CommitI
tee to have at least five women a
I that Conference. I wish every preIcinct
could be represented."
I Miss Beatrice Cobb, National ComImittee
Woman, explained the objectives
of the National Committee L
I molding these conferences. Sai^
I Miss Cobb: "The Women's Division
|o? the Democratic Party is engageo
I ui a program of organization anu
[ education. It has two aims?To proI
mote enlightened government im\
I an informed Public Opinion, and tc
I assure success in elections through
-- - ' ; ?Unnc in ctatp POU11
vvell knil organiz.atidio a*.
ty and precinct."
Mrs. Cnarle W. Tillett, State Chairman
of Reporter Groups, said: "a
nope every interested democrat fron.
Murphy to Manteo will come. It is
an Institute on Government open U
all women interested in politica.
questions. It takes information anc
organization to win election."
I Mrs. E. L. McKee, former State
I Senator, urged women to take ai
I interest in government and come tc
J Winston-Salem May 23-24. Mrs
I McKee added, "Some of the most dis
I nnguished leaders in the democrats
Ljarty will be in Winston-Salem, a
I .icpe North Carolina women wiL
Lome to hear them. Governor ant.
I Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey will be there, anc
I .iiany leaders in the state and natio*
I iVly County will send a caravan c
I jood democrats and I hope ever,
I ,ounty will." j
I Increasing I
j The number of Buncombe Coun'
I armers participating in the Agr
I jltural Conservation program h;
j umped from 540 in 1936 to 3,400 i
I 939, reports C. Y. Tilson, farm ager
" 1 *? 111
I UOOQ ivesuiis
Ernest Lewis of Webster repor
xcellent results frpm the use of or
in of lime which he applied on grn
nd clover that was seeded to sms
Tain last spring, reports G. R. Lac:
ay, Jackson County farm agent
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People Of Nal
President Rc
IMPORTANT CHANGE
IS MADE IN AAA
PROGRAM FOR 1939
E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officej
^.f State College, has announced ar
' nportant revision in the 1939 Agriiltural
Conservation Program ending
farmers to earn full payment
ft'ered for compliance with their
creage allotments even though they
. : to plant 80 percent of their allotments.
In
the past it has been necessary
,r farmers to plant at least 80 per j
?nt of the allotments given them,
..herwise the payment was made on
me basis of 125 percent of the acreage
jrcage actually planted.
Floyd said that the change is the
rult of a recent amendment to the
gricultural Adjustment Act, and
hat Secretary of Agriculture Henry
\. Wallace put the change into effect
or this season.
In this connection, the AAA officer
aid that the idle farm land provision
>l the Agricultural Adjustment Aci
j not affected by the ruling. The re.jsion
applies to cotton, corn, wheat,
potatoes and commercial vegetables;
.nd Floyd said that farmers may
earn full payment offered for com
hiance even though they plant no
.vJieage to these crops, provided tii.
. _?rm is operated in 1939. No con
civation payment, except in con
.ectiton with the restoration of Ian.
.aid soil-building practices, will l
..ade with respect to a farm whie.
.a not operated in 1939.
"The purpose of this change is .
simplify the Agricultural Conserve
ion Program and to make it equitab,
o all farmers, which the AAA is
. onstantly striving to do," Floy,
la ted.
Clean Up! Rake Up!
Is Springtime Cry
It's springtime, and that mean
hat Clean Up! Rake Up! cam
ligns are in progress. Miss Ann
auline Smith, district home ager
. the State College Extension Serce,
says that whitewashing pays a.
dividends in improving the ap"
* ?oo onv crvrine
.arance 01 a iannsicdu ao 0
I aning practice.
She recommends the following
I aitewash for exteriors, such as outI
aldings and fences, and says it is
I aterproof: Slack 62 pounds (one
I shel) of quicklime with 12 galI
.is of hot water. Pour into this a
axture of two pounds of common
I ble salt and one pound of sulphate
I . zinc, dissolved in two gallons o.
I at water. Finally add two galloru.
I skimmed milk and mix thoroughI
Another formula which is suitabl
I .ji either exterior or interior u.
I allows: Slake one-half bushel c
l ^ick or lump lime with boilin<_ I
I ater and boiled to a thin paste, onealf
pound of powdered Spanish
I iiiting, and a pound of clean glue
I .ssolved in warm water. Mix these
I ii toffPther and let the mixtUi |
/I -II kWtj"
and lor several days. Keep ti I
iii tewash thus prepared in a keti. I
i portable furnace and when us.
ijt it on as hot as possible ,wi.. '
-linter's whitewash brush.
Miss Smith advises that one ounce
. alum added for each gallon 01
iii te wash increases its adhesive I
.-iality; that a pint of molasses addea I
oi each live gallons of whitewash
auses it to penetrate the wood or I
-aster; and that a pound of cheap
ji soap dissolved in a gallon ol
liling water, and added to five gains
of thick whitewash will impart
gloss like that of oil paint.
71 -Uore
I iueiuuctd
I Martin McKimmon, Laurinburg, |
I d C. E. Upchurch, Raeford, have I
I jen selected as North Carolina's
I -rubers on a control committee to j
I minister the watermelon marketI
program this year. IJ
I Herbarium I
I Nearly 5,000 mounted specimens, I ^
I presenting more than 1,400 species!1
I higher plants, comprise the nu- I'
j us of the herbarium of the Great I
I noky Mountains National Park in I
I ennessee and North Carolina. J1
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Mi
OOT SIDE THE OOORI
tion Applaud
losevelt's PIpa
Washington, April 25 (Autocaster)
-President Roosevelt's appeal to
lhe Dictators of Germany and of
'taly, ? Hitler and Mussolini ? to
-igree to make no further warlike
efforts to extend their powers, and
then to sit down in a world conference
of nations to try to And a
peaceful way of settling their grievances,
whatever they may be, is
easily the most dramatic gesture
Mr. Roosevelt, with all his fondness
for dramatic gestures, has yet made.
How far it takes the United
States into the field of European
"power politics" is a question which
official Washington is still puzzling
over.
| As an appeal for peace, the Pres;
ident's message to the Dictators is
in line with established American
policy. At the same time that the
I announcement was made that such
I a message had been sent, orders
I
were given to the Navy to send all
of the fleet except the Atlantic
Souadron back into the Pacific
Ocean.
No explanation was given, but
he move was taken here as an in1
j cation that there was no thought
i the President's mind of warlike
teasures in case the Dictator pow-s
refused to come to his confer nee.
No Disagreement
There is no important disagreement
with this or any other effort
) smooth out the unsettled contion
of the world. There is a
' eat deal of disagreement exssed
in Washington as to the efctiveness
of this particular method.
This is the third time Mr. Rooseit
has asked the Dictators to be
)od boys and not grab off any
jre nations that didn't belong to
em, and they haven't paid any
ttention in the past.
This time, however, official Wasbgton
and the. most experienced
user vers here believe that the
fesrddnt^^co&itltxg epon becttQg p
his peace plea by a show of force
i he finds public, sentiment here
.d abroad strongly enough behind
him.
The appeal to the dictators came
; the climax to a week in which
ie President made several warlike I
iterances. Leaving Warm Springs
in a Monday to return to Wash.ngton
he had remarked: "I'll be
ack in the Fall if we don't have a
. ar." That remark started not only
i a *110 ruihlir Offl?
iewspaper men uiu w*c ?
orally to speculating whether he
ouant he saw a possibility of a war
ii which "we," the people of the
Jnited States, would be involved,
>r whether he meant by "we" the
tuman race in general. It also
arted the peoples arid governments
of Europe to guessing what
ie meant.
Explains Statement
On Tuesday he explained to the
ashington newspaper men that .at
he had in mind was that if the
pected war broke out in Europe
it would have a serious effect upon
the American nation and our people,
but that since the war had not
yet started when he spoke, it might
averted if the free nations, inding
the United States, took a
ind before it was too late,
lis intention was, in short, to warn
xiler and Mussolini that if they
itarted a world war they wouljl have
o count on the opposition of this
:oun?ry as well as England and
France.
A few days later, on Friday, the
President did some more talking
which set the public guessing. Addressing
the Pan American Union,
the organization of all the nations
ol' North and South America, he
called upon the people of the totalitarian
nations of Europe to break
the bonds of the idea* which enslaved
them and were leading them
toward war, and declared that the
United States would meet any invasion
of the independence of any
?of the Western Hemisphere,
I1CUV1A wa ?
"force with force."
Then on Saturday came the circular
letter to the dictators.
Speaks At Mount Vernon
In the meantime, however, on
Friday afternoon, Mr. Roosevelt
motored down to Mount Vernon
and there, on the portico of George
Washington's old home, on the
150th anniversary of the official notification
of the Revolutionary hero
CONTINTCO ON *
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