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\ a i S! 00 A year in advance in ' I fork To St I On Hyd rc I Dam Ai work on the construction of the Glenville Dam,, by the Nan tahala Power and Light Com pany is expected to begin withI in the next thirty days, placing [ in Jackson county a' hydro electric power dam, covering I 1.470 acres of land in Hamburg I and Mountain Townships, and I with a total fall of 1,215 feet, thp highest in the United States. hi fact engineers and assistants I 'are already at work, chopping I out the fall line, and the route of the tunnels. The dam will be located on the Hamburg prong I of the Tuckaseigee river, below I the mouth of Pine Creek, and will back water to the foot of tlie Blue Ridge, on Hurricane I and Cedar creeks.' It will be I above Onion Skin falls and the High Falls of the Tuckaseigee. From that point the water will be tunneled through the moun| tains, in two separate tunnels, to a point on the Hill Hooper old place, where the power house, I with a capacity of 30,000 horse I power will be located. Two Years To Complete I It is estimated that it will take two years to complete the work uf constructing the dam and I driving the tunnels, and many I millions of dollars in money will be expended in the enterprise. I The Nantahala Power ComI pany is a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America, one of the Mellon interests, and the I parent company will be the purI chaser of the securities that are to be marketed to provide the funds with which to do the work. The North Carolina Utilities Company has approved the project, and the right of condemnation through the petition for a certificate of convenience and necessity. FARMERS ORGANIZED IN DEFENSE PROGRAM Farmers of North Carolina are organized for any emergency, says Dr. I. O. Rchaub, director of the State College Extension Service. They are ready to meet any call for contributions to National defense in the form of food, feed and the materials for clothing. They have been prepraing for such a call in recent years. They have experienced leadership to do the job, he declared. Dr. Schaub said that the Nattonal Fnrm Program has en tbled farmers to became better organized and more ready to work together than at any time in history. He also pointed out that through the Agricultural Conservation Program, the fertility of the soil has been built up to where the necessities of war could be produced in greater quantities, with less time and expense. * "Our Extension organization was only three years old when the United States entered the firf World War in 1917," Dr. Schaub continued. "Yet, with limited personnel and experience the farm and home agents and subject matter specialists prodvide efficient leadership in that &reat crisis. Farm and home demonstration work is now 26 years old, and we have an organization of trained agents, specialists and administrators. Every county in the state is organized for Extension work. "Many of the farm and home aEents, canning and clothing specialists, and otSers who directed emereencv activities of rural people in 1917 and. 1918, and again during the depression years, are still with the organization. They did their jobs efficiently then; they still have the confidence of the farm people, and are ready to lead again. "It will not be necessary to set up new services, or new organizations of farmers to carry on agriculture's part of the National defense program." I l\)t 3i rHE COUNTY art Soon ^-Electric t Glenville AMERICAN REPUBLICS CAN MUSTER 2.025.000 TRAINED SOLDIERS JOHN B. WEATHERMAN Washington?As the battered armies of France lay down their arms and permitted the mighty Nazi war machine to roll on unopposed, the twenty-one republics of the New World are again taking a close inventory of their armed forces. They are thinking in terms of what they have in the way of defense today. The number of men under arms at the moment, the strength of the naval forces now on the sea are the things which are now coming under the appraising eyes of the key figures in the Western Hemisphere's defense program. A recent survey reveals that the Americas could today muster a total of two and a quarter million trained fighting men to stave off an invasion of the Western Hemisphere. It is alst revealed that there could be put to sea a fleet of 452 naval craft to patrol American waters or fight an invading fleet. It was brought out in the survey by military experts that the two and a quarter million men could take the field on very short notice. Behind these there stands in the Western Hemisphere a vast store of reserve man power, upon which to draw as circumstances demand. One-Fourth From U. S. This initial force consists of more than a half million men in the regular armies of the American republics, about 654,000 militia men and other organized units and more than a million reserves. Some of the smaller American nations are without regular standing armies but have excellent constabulary forces (Continued on Page Four) EVERBEARING BERRY GROWN IN MOUNTAINS Everbearing strawberries are providing an excellent source of inonme to Western North Caro lina farmers who find a market in the mountain tourist trade, reports H. R. Niswonger, Extension horticulturist of N. C. State College. The largest planting in the state is to be found on the farm of J. M. Hartley of Linville in Avery County. Mr. Hartley has three acres of one and two-year-old plants of the Mastodon and Gem varieties Niswonger says. He expects to market a total of 5,000 quarts by fall from these plantings! An average of 2,000 quarts per acre is normally harvested from the first crop of the new planting. Some of the more vigorous hills will produce from SO to 120 berries to the plant, and 48 of these will fill a quart cup. C. B. Baird, Avery county farm agent, reports that everbearing strawberries are sold to tourist and local mountain hotels at a price of 10 to 15 cents per quart in the summer, and 20 to 25 cents i per quart in the fall. Niswonger recommends thai the everbearing berriesi be grown on new ground, which should be cleared in the fall and burnt over to kill out forest weeds and trash. The ground is plowed in March and the plants set in April. Plants are secured from an old planting, which is never allowed to remain more than two years. The plants arc set 12 inches apart in three-fool rows. ?' All blossoms and new runnel plants are pulled off until the j first of June, and the fruit foi 1 the late crop develops from An| gust 1 to as late as the middle of October. The following year the original planting produce; berries for the early crop, beginning to ripen June 1, and extending into July. In this way, tw< crops a year are harvested fron the same planting. ? 0 ickswt - i # SUVA NOBT i Local lepra Hits At Fifth Columnist The WilUgpn E. DUlard Post, ! American Legion, meeting at the Court House, Saturday - afternoon* adopted * a resolution > pledging itself and its members i to aetWo support of the Government in the present world erisis, 1 ibid scored the German and Italian governments for their action in European countries, and attacked fifth-column activities in this country.' The"cext of the resolution, follows: "We, the members of WtHiam E. Dlllard American Legion Post No. 104 of Sylva, N. C., do herein pledge ourselves in this another national crisis to aid and assist our country in any way or manner to the limit of our strength, endurance and abili zy m preserving tne nonor ana 1 integrity of the constitution and *i the * people of the greatest Democracy on earth, and for which so many of our forefathers paid the last full measure of devotion. And for the same cause we who are here assembled gave our service and many of our 1 comrades g;tve their lives that > this nation might enjoy a fuller 1 portion of freedom and democ; racy than ever before. "We further resolve that whereas the German and Italian rulers have forced upon our sister Democracies another seige of war without legitimate causeand have perpetrated horrible 1 atroeities on non - combatant forces to the extent that they i have ruthlessly slain thousands of women and children, that we will not conduct or maintain business relations or social relations in any form, or in any instance employ or assist in se- i ? curing employment for any non* resident alien. We further resolve that we will not patronize a hotel, tourist camp, lodge, inn, .< road house or other establishment, or purchase food or drink ] c at any of the above named ? places, if the same is owned or nnerated bv art alien German or* Italian to our knowledge or if said places have alien Germans or Italians in their employ. , "We hereby recommend that our national authorities declare < war immediately on "FIFTH COLUMNISTS" and rid our nation once and for all of these , undesirable characters by deportation or otherwise." STOVALL HEADS WILDLIFE GROUP The Jackson County Hunters' ' and Fishers' association, which ' was organized here recently met i Wednesday night in the county , court house. Permanent officers were elected at this meeting. Phil Stovall, . of Sylva, who haef been serving ? i as temporary chairman, was olnfltoH TYTASiripnt. % i/lw l/VU Other officers are: first vicepresident, Ray Irvin; second i vice-president, T. N. Massie; secretary-treasurer, B. E. Harris; . legislative chairman, Reginald Enloe; educational wiairman, ; Garland Lackey; three-year di, rector, A. J. Dills; two-year dii. rector, Harry Ferguson"; onei year director, J. C. Allison. Mr. stavaU appointed two township directors; Doyle Hoop> er for Qualla township, and t .James Clement for Webster L township. Tom Revell, of Charlotte, sec; retary-treasurer of the state or; ganization, was present +o as1 sist with the completion of or; ganization of the association. Eleven new members joined at i this meeting, bringing the totaL i membership to 20 . Plans were made for increasing the mem: bership.;. ? - The group discussed building r pools to rear fish to stock the - lake to be created in the souths ? ern end of the county by the , Nantahr.la Power and Lights company's dam. 'i - t New York City receives about; > one carload of fruits and vege~> i J tables a minute for the daylight: time of every working day. h j " aBr H CAROLINA, JUNE 27, 1940 Bat One Alien Registers In < Jackson County ? Mrs. 3. H. Oillls, of | Webster, is the only alien t | who has registered with f I the Clerk of the Superior r j Court in this county, in v onmnHancp with thp North ^ ! Carolina law. Mrs. Gillis is q a. native of Canada, and a citizen of that country. J The North Carolina law requires all citizens or sub- c i jects of any country other t ! than the United States, 2 1 who remain in North Carolina for a period of thirty 1 days or longer, to register * with the clerk of the Su- J perior Court of the county ; in which they reside. 1 Adopt Rent System For Supplementary Books t 1 The Jackson County Board of i Education has adopted the policy s )f supplying supplemental books c for the students in schools, by the rental system. The state i furnishes the basal text books for all elementary grades; but it is demonstrated that all students make better progress if they are also supplied with the supplementary books for reading and research work. s Superintendent Moses has pre- 2 pared the following letter for the information of the patrons of the schools in the county, showing the need of the supplementary books, and the cost of them by the rental system as contrasted with outright purchase: Said Mr. Moses: "Last year the state of North Carolina provided free basal books for all elementary pupils. This program? will o&ftnue. The pupils need all of these books, as the minimum equipment for their school work but other books are needed if our children are to do their best. The state law specifies that the "basal" j books shall be free and "supple- . mentary" books shall be rented. J With this in mind, the Jackson County Board of Education has adopted "Plan B" of the supple- i mentary rental system for the t renting, of supplementary read- i efs, effective with the 1940-1941 r session, because it believes that p the children of Jackson county r 1 rpru nCCU U1C UUU&ot l lie icntai qjo" a tern, as explained above, is not \ compulsory. t For example, each first grade pupil will be supplied with six s edditional supplementary books, c which, if purchased by the par- ^ ents, would cost three dollars s and one cent, they may be rent- f ed for a rental fee of fifty cents I per pupil. ? Supplementary fees for the 1 grades are as follows: No. Rental Retail 1 Grade Books Fee Price . 1 6 50c $3.01 1 2 3 50c 1.T0 I 3 3 60c 1.77 5 4 3* 60c 2.12 ? 5 3* 60c 2.19 1 6 3* 70c 2.40 7 3* 70c 2.40 c 7 3* 70c 2.54 ? ?and dictionary. ?. ?tiii lrtnlr nvAr the school i , XI jruu ?rui _ .? record of your child for several ^ years back, you will find that where he or she has had access to supplementary readers, the ' progress is greater than where your child has been denied the use of additional reading books. fc- ? ? COMBINES < Johnston County farmers now , have at work between 25 and 40 ] combines harvesting the small , grain crop, reports R. M. Holder, \ assistant farm agent of the N. C. { State College Extension Service. ( ( CHOLERA i ( A hog cholera epidemic, < caused by animals brought in J from out-of-state markets, has gained considerable headway in i Avery county, reports Farm 1 Agent C. B. Baird. 1 i i - T' ^ x/9, ! V# I ' ' I* | . , ;. ' * I ^/1|;:;ijv I- '\ . led Cross Drive Is Still Far From Goal The house-to-house canvas for he American Red Cross relief uhd, for Belgian and French efugees, which hftt been under /ay in Jackson county during he week, is still in progress. The > aAm s ie r*9 [uota is $ouu, ana oniy *1*0.01 ias been subscribed so far. The oung ladies who have voluneered their services for this anvas urge that the citizens of ; he county contribute as liberilly as possible. The territory has lot all been covered, but will be n the next few days, as the vork must be completed by rune 30. i " i ' ! 7 ? V1ETHODISTS PLAN : CHURCH SCHOOL i PROGRAM SUNDAY r f. At elevent o'clock, Sunday norning, the Methodist church lere will observe Church School Day. The program will be presented by young people of the :hurch. ftotarians To Observe Ladies' Night And , Install New Officers The Sylva Rotary Club will observe "Ladies' Night" and initall its new officers Tuesday _ 1 A ??i> l/\ kn knlrl o f llgiit at a utcctuig w uc itciu ai iigh Hampton Inn, Cashiers. A ;imilar meeting has been held it High Hampton annually for he past several years. Officers to be installed are: ^resident, R. U. Sutton; viceresident, Clyde Blair; secreary-treasurer, W. E. Ensor; diectors, H. T. Hunter, P. L. Eliott, Dr. D. D. Hooper, J. C. Canion, and Sam Gilliam. The retiring officers are; Regnald Enloe, president; P. L. Eliott, vice-president, and R. U. Jutton, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. McKee Reappointed ro State Committee Post ! . Raleigh ? Ben W. Parham, >rominent Oxford attorney, has >een named as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Personlel of the North Carolina Unem>loyment Compensation Comnission, succeeding Col. J. W. larrelson, dean of State College, vho has completed a two-year erm tpe uonunusiun ohuuuikco. June H. Rose, Greenville school superintendent and commander if the State Department of the American Legion, was named to succeed Hector C. Blackwell, ormer commander and mayor of . payetteville. Mrs. E. L. McKee, 5ylva, was reappointed, drs. E. L. McKee, Sylva, was reippointed. These appointments ive as of July 1. These appointments are effeclandling the merit examinations or employees of the Commis;ion, through a supervisor of eximinatlons, and is, authorized to )ass upon any appeals from em)loyees relative to charges of classification, dismissals or other iction of the Commission. Dr. Frank T." de Vyver, of Duke Jniversity, has been supervisor )f examinations during the now ending two year period. Five Jackson> Boys At , vt Ocrlp.thome Camo I ? "" "o r- - * Jackson county Is represented jy five boys at Fort Oglethorpe 3. M. T. C. this summer. Trainees are Roy W. Dal ton, fr., James H. Golden, Roy V. Sail, Herman M. Mitchell, and Toseph V. Osborne. As this is ;heir first year, these trainees ire getting a big kick out of ;amp life. They have already become a part of the troop to vhich they are assigned. Each me eager to take his place when *alled upon. Morale among the men is high. Excellent leadership makes it possible for these men to go home feeling that they are greatly benefited by this camp. ' w ' ' . - ' . - -i . Hinml ' * V $2.00 A YEAR IN AD1 Plans Comp Big Fourtl Celebrati STATE OFFICE SAYS CCC IS NOW OPEN TO UNEMPLOYED YOUTH Unemployment and the need of the training available rather than a family's need for relief funds will broaden the third quarter Civilian Conservation Corps acceptance operations in North Carolina, T. L. Grier, State CCC selection supervisor, said this week. Acceptance of 2,405 enrollees will be held at Raleigh, July 1; Wilmington, July 2; Asheville, July 9 and 10, and at all North Carolina CCC Camps from July 1 to 20. County welfare superintendents are local selecting agencies operating in conjunction with the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, State selection agency. "Enrollment is open to all young men not employed and in need of work who are between the ages of 18 and 25, and no applicant will now be excluded from selection because his fam-. ily is not in need of the allotment to be sent home each month," Grier stated. -He quoted J. J. McEntee, national corps director, to the effect that the greatest field of service for the CCC lies in the training of large numbers of skilled and semi-skilled mechanic witVi plpmpntarv AntrinAPrina' experience,; With the CCC operating and maintaining the largest group of mechanized equipment in the country, 63 central repair shops will be in operation by the fall in which unemployed youths ean learn to repair trucks, power shovels, pumps, graders, generators and compressors under a full-time instructor. Fifteen hundred camp garages give an additional work space for repair and maintenance of 40,00 pieces of automotive machinery sonstituting a vast laboratory for repairs and maintenance on which 72,000 enrollees are constantly learning garage mechanics. Each of the 1,500 camps conducts a cooking and baking school in which 22,000 boys have been trained in kitchen activities since 1933. Trained instructors in each camp have taught first aid work to 300,000 youths since beginning of the program. | Road and bridge construction, telephone line construction and repair, short-wave radio operation and photography a|l will now be available to unemployed youths with no work experience to fit them for a job later in life. Orier quoted Senator James P. Byrnes as saying that in event of national emergency necessitating a general draft, youths with mechanical and cooking experience in the CCC might as the result of such training be assigned to non - combatant activities rather than to combat work in uniform. MILAS PARKER ILL Friends of Milas Parker, prominent citizen of the Caney Fork will hp snrrv to learn tUIillUUtllVJ , nu* j of his illness. Mr. Parker was removed to the C. J. Harris Community. Hospital here; following a stroke of paralysis which he suffered at his home, a few days ago. LARD The outlook for lard appears to have some hopeful spots because of the large buying program planned by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation. A new market for dewberries . has been opened in Autryville, giving Sampson county growers new outlets for their berry crop, says J. P. Stovall, assistant farm agent. * . j i . 'ANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY - ^ leted For / 1 h. Of July | on In Sylva Ushering in the Fourth of July Celebratoin in Sylva, the William E. Dilhtrd Post, American Legion, has planned a parade of veterans and Boy Scouts to be held at 11 o'clock on next Thursday morning. The Boy Scout troops of Sylva and Cullowhee will participate in the pa raae, ana me region rost urges that every veteran in the county be present and participate in the parade. In this time of international stress, the Legion thinks it a splendid thing that the people of the county know just who are the veterans living among them; and that the patriotic note be really struck in the Independence Day celebration. Athletic events for the day have been prepared, consisting of five softball games. At 1:30 there will be a game between local business men, Sylva's minor league all-star team will then go up against a Fountain City team. Then the Sylva Major League All-Stars will play Sinclair Refiner's team from Maryville. At 7:30 in the evening Armour's Tanners will meet the Maryville Sinclair Refiners; and Velfs Cafe team will play Fountain City. A Safe Fourth Urged T? r n A. T\i A ny oaieiy mrector A plea to the people of North Carolina to make the Fourth of July this year a "holiday instead of a horror day" has been made by Ronald Hocutt, Director of the Highway Safety Division. Pointing out that nine people - * were killed on- North Carolina streets and highways over the Fourth of July week-end last year, Hocutt said: "Each year America cnooses the Fourth of July to stage a jamboree of carelessness. This mass slaughter on Independence Day can be stopped if every one of us uses caution and common sense. * The things that cause these tragedies are things we can control ? haste, selfishness, thoughtlessness, the desire to show off. I call upon the people of North Carolina to Join in a new Declaration of Independence?independence from annual tribute of many lives needlessly sacrificed. "Life is cheap today on the battlefield of Europe, but it is still precious in North Carolina, To all who next week plan holiday trips to the mountains, to the beaches or elsewhere, the Highway Safety Division addresses this earnest plea: Put safety first on the Fourth." To Attend Youth Crusade Conference Misses Carolyn Gibson, Matilda, and Cordelia Wilson and Mr. Bobby Hall will leave Sunday, for the Methodist Young People's Camp, at Lake Junaluska, where they will attend the Youth Crusade Conference. State Unemployment Fund Totals $36,008,480 Raleigh?Total receipts of the North Carolina Unemployment Compensation fund through June 20 were $36,008,480.86, which includes $35,206,313.05 in contributions of employers subject to the law and $802,178.81 earned as interest on the State Fund's balance in the U. 8. Treasury, Charles O. Powell, Commission . chairman announces. Benefit payments to unemployed workers from January, 1938, and through June ( 20, reached $14,742/439.97, which leaves a balance in the fund as of that date of $21,266,040.89. About $750,000.60 to $800,000.00 of this-is due to go to th^ Railroad Retirement Fund when the amount is definitely determined. 4