North Carolina Newspapers

% I /* I A YEAR IN ADVANCE E Heavy Touri I Through J I Setting P A great flood of tourists has I been pouring through Sylva, coming in on all the roads and highways, since July 1. It takes no statistician, no records, for anyone familiar with this local- I ity over a period of years to realize that the present summer is registering a high tide of the tourist flood, despite the fact that weather throughout the South has been unseasonable during the part of this month that has already passed. Cool air and dampness have marked the month, yet, beginning about the first day of July, there was a marked acceleration in the tourist traffic through Sylva and Jackson county. Most Just Pass Through But, the thing about it that causes us much concern is the fact that, as usual, the great bulk of these trurists just pass through. Some of them stop to buy gasoline, which, by the way is higher in this region than % almost anywnere eise m wie South and East, and is the cause of a great deal of complaint among the tourists. (They don't buy gasoline in these parts if they can avoid it.) Some of them stop to buy a drink at a drug store, or to eat a meal at a restaurant or hotel. Some of them stop over for the night at a tourist camp, hotel or tourist home. But the vast majority of them drive on through. Of course we are all glad to have them. We want the world, or the friendly part of .it, to know our beautiful country, and to talk about it to their friends, , when they get back home. How-., ever, a tourist, just driving through, is admittedly worth little to us. We want him to stop and really see our country, and spend some of his money with us. Our Problem That is the great problem that confronts us, so far as the tourist business is concerned. How are we to stop the tourists in Sylva and in Jackson county? What can we do to induce them to make this their headquarters, from which they can tour the Great Smokies, the Sapphire County, the Balsams, and the other scenic attractions that are spread around us in such magnificent profusion? The Journal is propounding this question, and is not attempting at this time to answer it. We are asking the people to give the answers, in next week's Journal. Send in to us your ideas of what ought to be done in the situation. We want the opinions of as many people as will volunteer them. It is going to take all of us to solve the problem, and all of us must give some thought to it, and express our opinions. What do you think we should do to induce the tourists to stop and linger in Sylva and Jackson county? 6,000,000 More than 6,000,000 farmers, operating 82 per cent of the "opiand in the. United States, are participating in the 1940 AAA Program, announces the Agricultural Adj ustment Administration. . PEAK Peak digging of tfils year's Irish potato crop in Beaufort county should be reached betWeen June 15 and 20, accordlne to a. l. Eagles, assistant arm agent of the State College ^tension Service. INCREASE A noticiable increase in the lumber of home gardens in thmPson county has taken place .18 year, according to J. P. th n- assistant farm agent of _.e State College Extension Service. \ ' I ' * Wi 4* . ?I)C Jf * THE COUNTY ist Traffic 5ylva Now few Records FUNERAL CONDUCTED FOR ANSEL LEOPARD Ansel Leopard, 30, of Glenville, died following a short illness in Angel hospital. Franklin, on Saturday. The funeral services were held Monday at the Hamburg Baptist church with the Rev. W. N. Cook, pastor, in charge. Mr. Leopard, son of the late John M. Leopard, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gertie Whitmire Leopard, five small children, Eldon, Harold, Arnold, Thomas, and Bernice, two brothers, Dewitt and Grover, of Glenville, and three sisters, Mrs. Dora Evitt of Easley, S. C.; Mrs. Esther Freeman, of Pickens, S. C., and Mrs. Lela James, of Central, S. C. Dramatics Class To Present Tom Sawyer Few writers ever had such a warm spot in the affections of the American public as Mark Twain. His writings have an appeal that is universal and will endure as long as life itself. But of all the characters he created during his lifetime, none of them have ever achieved the wide-spread popularity of Tom Sawyer and his pal, Huckleberry Finn. There probably isn't a per son on the face of the civilized globe, who, at one time or another, hasn't laughed and cried over "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Charles George, a brilliant young American playwright has given the American sta&e the only faithful,. authen-_ tic version of Tom Sawyer^tcT date. The critics and public have been unanimous in this verdict. The Dramatics class of Western Carolina Teacher's College have been fortunate enough to secure the rights to produce this play on the evening of July 16 in the Western Carolina Teacher's Col lege Auditorium at Cullowhee. The cast has been selected with care and includes some of the most talented members of the regular student body as well as a group of teachers who are experienced directors in the schools of Western North Carolina, as well as performers. I BALSAM (Mrs. D. T. Knight) Mrs. Canie Vales Jones, wife of Mr. Henderson Jones, who has been ill for several months, died at her home here at 11:00 o'clock Friday morning. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her son, Sam H. Jones, on Balsam road, by Rev. J. G. Huggins, Jr., pastor of the First Methodist church, and the body was laid to rest in Green Hill cemetery, Waynesville. Those surviving are: her husband, five sons, two daughters, two brothers, two sisters, seventeen grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Mrs. Jones has been a member of the Methodist church since girlhood and was an active member here until ill health deprived her of the pleasure. She will be greatly missed by the many friends. Her 74th birthday was celebrated here June 2nd, by her children. Mr. and Mrs. James, D. Sturrock, James Jr., and Marion Jean, arrived Wednesday from Pajm Beach, Fla., and are in their pretty summer home. Mr. Samuel R. Harper and son Douglas, Miss Virginia Parish and Miss Rachel Birch of t>anville, Va., were guests of the Knights and Mrs. Farwell last week. They returned by way of Smoky Mpuntain Park, Roanoke and Lynchburg. The revival at the Methodist church closed Wednesday with four conversions. V-4* IckGOIl SYLVA NOR1 School Superintendents T Of State Coining To Cullowtiee Conference Cullowhee, July 10 (Special)? Public school superintendents d with their wives and children n from the hundred counties of a North Carolina as well as many c state school officials are ex- a pected to be present at the " fourth annual superintendents' n conference which will be held at e Western Carolina Teachers Col- ^ lege with headquarters in Moore Dormitory Aueust 1. 2. and 3. ac- a cording to an announcement E made today by H. T. Hunter, n president of the college. u The annual conference, both n professional and social in pur- ^ pose, is an outgrowth of and a supplement to the superintendents' group meeting of the North Carolina Education Asso- c ciation which meets each March in Raleigh. The summer confer- a ences instituted in 1937 have met for the last three summers at y Wrightsville Beach, Boone, and s Ridgecrest. n Begin Registration Thursday Registration for the confer- F ence at Western Carolina Teach- 0 ers College will begin on Thurs- s day evening, August 1, at seven o'clock in the administration building. The program for the c first session, with State Super- g intendent Clyde A. Erwin pre- p siding, will begin at eight o'clock. F After a short welcome by President Hunter, R. C. Deyton will discuss "The State Budget and Public Schools." The other * speakers, not yet selected, will speak on the subject of "Business and Education" and "The Next Four Years for Public Education." Friday morning's session from 9:00 to 12:30 will feat- h ure two panel discussions, one i< led by Dr.. J. Henry Highsmith on h the subject of /'Standards for ti Aecredftment,* and the other led n by Dr. N. C. Newbold, on the cnKWt e\f Snhnnls and _ OUIJJVVV W* A MWAAV _ Colleges for Negroes." " Friday For Recreation ( Friday afternoon will be given over to recreation and entertainment which will include a choice a of swimming, golf, a scenic trip C to Clingman's Dome in the K Smokies, or a trip to High Hamp- v ton Inn at Cashiers. A banquet V with special entertainment feat- a ures will be held at 7:30 Friday g evening in the college dining S room. N The last session of the confer- L ence will begin Saturday morn- n ing at nine o'clock with a forum k discussion of vocational education led by T. E. Browne. At ten ft o'clock Dr. J. E. Hillman, discuss- v ing teacher education, will talk e on "Proposals for the Future." s The conference will be con- S eluded with a symposium, "Co- F operating Agencies," led by Vf. F. a Credle; and these speakers will A be heard in short discussions of t: the following topics: Jule B. b Warren, "North Carolina Educa- v * ?TT I? TflAmViAiir 4-1 HOH ASHUClitblUn , il. u. u^iuiviu, hj "School Boards"; Baxter Dur-. s ham, "Retirement Fund Com- s mission"; Lloyd Griffin, "State o School Commission"; J. H. Sam- j pie, "Probation Commission"; p Dr. R. W. McDonald, "Forums"; c Miss Elda Keithley, "WPA Visual Education." . g Philharmonic Violinist Presented At W.C.T.C. i] Cullowhee (Special)?Giovan- K ni Celantano, first violinist of o the Rochester Philharmonic F Orchestra, who is spending some e time at the home of Mr. and r Mrs. Thomas Cox at their home f Forest Hill, was presented to I* the students of the summer school at Western Carolina v Teachers College in a violin con- ? cert Tuesday morning in the c college auditorium. He was i accompanied at the piano by f Miss Virginia Hitchcock of the i college music department. Other a musicians who have appeared in concerts at the college this i summer are Miss Adelaide Van 1 Way of New York City and Mrs. * Charlotte Klinger, teacher in s the Don Richardson Summer t Music Camp now in session at i Brevard College. ^ i I~ "' Ii>' ra CAROLINA, JULY lt lMi uckaseigee Baptists Meet At Locust Field Church Next Sunday The Tuckaseigee Baptist Sunay School Convention will meet ext Sunday afternoon July 14th t 2:30 p. m., at Locust Field hurch near Dillsboro. An open ir meeting is being planned il tie weather is favorable. A large umber of Sunday Schools are xpected to send representatives [> this Convention. One of the eatures of the meeting will be report of the recent Southern taptist Convention at Baltilore. Every Sunday School h rged to send delegates to thii leeting. The following program rill be given. Congregational singing. Devotional, P. I. Watson. Special music, Locust Fielc Jhoir. Roll call of Sunday School nd secretary's report. Special Drill, by a group a oung people from Lovedali lunday School, led by Miss Thel ia Williamson. Talk, "The Value of Associa lonal Sunday School Work," b: aul Swofford, Superintenden f Macon county Sunda: ?hools. Song. Report of Southern Baptis Convention, by Miss Martha Loi tillwell, Miss Louella Brown tev. W. N. Cook, and Rev. Fre< 'orester. Adjournment. : \ OLLOCK'S SHOE EXPERT GOES WITJJ SCHULMAN'S STORI Leo Lebos, shoe ! expert, wh( ias been associated with Pol vlr's Shoe Store, in Ashevillc as accepted a permanent posi rlrs. Klinger Gives Piaiu Concert At Cullowhei i 1 Cullowhee (Special)?Student t Western Carolina Teacher; 'ollege heard Mrs. Charlotte [linger, concert pianist of Bre ard, in a piano concert o iennese music in the college uditorium recently. Her pro ram included Vienna Waltz b; trauss, Hungarian Rhapsody To. 1 by Liszt, Lieberstraum b: iszt, Chopin Waltz in C-sharj linor by Chopin, and a Mazur a a Chopin. Mrs. Klinger, a graduate of thi lusical State Academy and th< rorld famous school of the Fed ral University of Vienna and i tudent of the noted Fran: ichmidt, has concertized ii aris, Brussels, Vienna, Liepzei nd other large cities of Europe ft*r Adolf Hitler took over Aus ria, Mrs. Klinger and her hus and came to New York Clt: 'here she becajne a member o he faculty of the New Yorl Ichool of Music; however re igned from the New York Schoo f Music in March in order b oin her husband who is em iloyed by the Ecusta Pape Corporation at Pisgah Forest. State Farmers Boost Workstock Productioi I Despite the renewed interes u .workstock .production _oi rorth Carolina farms, farmer f this state still have to im * f\nt\ knuoag onrf millp K)Ft ZUfUUU 1IVI MilMi *rnmm ? ach year to meet replacemen Leeds, says Fred M. Haig, pro essor of animal husbandry a 1. C. State College. ) Until recently, practically al /orkstock was shipped into th State, running up an annual bi] if approximately $3,500,00( lowever, in the past few yean armers have spurred a move nent to raise their own horse ,nd mules. This year, as a result of th novement, 3,000 horse colts an .,000 mule colts were born o forth Carolina farms during th pring. Still, Professor Haig said his number, although encourag ng, is far below actual replace nent needs. ^^ f r m .* : i / MS m m ^Mr *y<z* k ^w ? ' .' ""J ? ? " , f ?r Events Of International Concern Are Happening Rapidly In Many Places , yitie world moves. Some peo> Pk think it is forward. Some t think that it is returning to the [ dark ages. At any rate humanity L Is on the march?going some> where; and the events move so \ rapidly that even those who j' give their entire attention to the jtvoTind oro nnfthlp tn keen un | VUIDMAM " ? " ? r -f i with what is going on in the world. t >-yrBy the time this is in print, it . is probable that Democracy in , Prance will be dead. The Liberty j lor which Frenchmen have given { their lives, through the generations, the Liberty that came up out of much blood-shed and . through great tribulation,will 1 have been swept away in a few weeks. "Liberty, Equality, Fras ternity," of France will be no more; and in its stead will have f arisen a Totalitarian State, uns der the domination of Germany. . No longer will there be a free press in France. No longer will a .. Frenchman have any voice or fX any vote in his own government, t His orders will all come down to j him from one man; and that one man will give bis orders from Berlin. t More than that, it appears to 2 be the policy of Hitler to make , Germany the dominant indusi trial and military power of the world. In keeping with that policy, it is to be expected that the raw materials from France will be used for manufacture in Germany. The French industrial plants will gradually be dismanti? led; and the French people will 1 honnm* an agricultural Deas antry, working for their German t> masters. At the same time, they - will have what will be known as >? the French gevernment, which will be a totalitarian, puppet - State, with Germany pulling all the strings. Such is the fate of a country 9 that falls under the domination of the German dictator. e Sweden, long a free and dm(Continued on Page Two) s s Concert Violinist To Be ] Presented in Bryson City f ' e John Everaman, concert violin 1st, will be heard in recital in / Bryson City July 16th under the f auspices of the Bryson City Muf sic Club. y The fine technical capabilities - and artistic musical understandings of this artist have made him e one of the foremost American s Violinists. His many concerts - throughout the south have met i with enthusiastic acclaim. z Mr. Sverman is an honor graai uate o/ the Cincinnati College of l Music and has for several years !. been head of the Music Depart ment of the nationally known - Asheville School for Boys. / The Bryson City Music Club f takes pleasure in inviting the z residents of Sylva, Cullowhee - and Cherokee to attend the , con 1 ?v,-u ?*iii foVa nlapp at the 1 cert wxutu noi vwbv 3 high school auditorium Tuesday - night at S o'clock, r Tickets will be 55 cents for Adults and 25 cents for students. These tickets may be obtained at the door. The program is as follows: k I. Concerto in E. Minor, Mendelssohn. t| Andante. 11 Allegretto ma non troppo; Als ' Jegro motto Vivace. . U. (a) Nocturne in D. Flat, 8 Chopin (transcribed in D. Major t fey Wilhelmj). (b) Rondo, Mozart-Kreisler. t (c) Cavatina, Raff. (d) Spanish Serenade, Cham11 inade-Krelsler. e (e) Caardas, Monti. 11 Intermission. ). m. (a) Ave Marie, Sehubertif Wflhehnj. (b) Gavotte, Gossec. is (c) Songs My Mother Taught He, Dvorak. e <d) Twilight, Massenet, d <e) Humming BM, Drdla. n IV. (a) Romance, Wieniawski. e <b) La Ghana, Kreialer. 1, <c) The Oid Refcain, Kreisler. On Wings of Song, Menh deissohn. (e) Malaguena, Saraaate. . . . i ' | I' , . I- v ^ A ' A A {I ?? i , ? $2.09 A TEAR IN 1 Stimulation III Local B Construe! . / . ; ' ^ * \ -' 1 AIR CONDITIONED COACH ON RUN HERE ^On July Fourth, the Southern Railway ran its first air-conditioned coach through Syhra. Now tv?? paopVi is a. riftilv visitor through the town, and all along the Murphy Line. It is painted green and white, streamlined, to some extent, and thoroughly comfortable, even on the warmest days with no smoke, no heat, no cinders, and no windows open. People here have expressed themselves as being pleased with the addition to our train service, and as hoping that the Railway Company will continue to have an air-conditioned coach on all its trains on this line. Many of them have stated that, with the air-conditioning, and if a schedule were adopted that would be more convenient, the Southern would regain its passenger traffic. Small Plots Grow Needed Vegetables Growing enough vegeables on a plot 25 feet square to feed a family and then have a surplus for canning is being accomplished this season in a Darif county mill community, reports H. R. Niswonger, horticulturist of the State College Extension Service. Intensive cultivation of small plots of ground is keeping a large percentage of the Erwir Coton Mill workers in Cooleemec well-supplied with wholesome nutritious food. Although some of the gardens occupy from one-fourth to on* third of an acre, many are onh 25 to 50 feet square. Of the 35< white mill families, 250 are usinj their backyards to grow vegeta bles. Zh addition, all of the 21 Negro toadies have gardes. Advantage Is Mm sf the fa vorable growing the spring and (bo up $. surplus for mm&g sow mixtures, snap beans, tomatoes kraut, and other vegefctWee. woman reported canning fas year 30 quarts of soup mixture 10 cans of tomatoes, and 12 can of snap beans from a garden 21 feet square. Also, she fed a fam ily of seven with fresh vegetables. Niswonger said these garden/ contain all of the popular vegetables, these being planted ir succession so as to make fullest use of the land. BETA A Daily Vacation Bible School was held at Scott's Creek Baptist Church last week. Fiftyseven pupils were enrolled witfc an average attendance of fifty The following teachers were izi charge of the different departments: Beginners, Miss Panes Dillard; Primary, Mrs. Dewej Jones; Junior, Miss Thelraa Williamson; Intermediate, 'Mrs. W G. Dillard. Other hypers wen Mrs. Myrtle Fisher, >Mrs. Leonon Bryson, and Mrs. Girlene Curry Commencement was held Friday night. y Mrs. Muriel Mooney and saal son are visiting Mrs. Moooey* parents, Rev. ana Mrs. Snyder, Miss Madge Myers of Cherap S. C., Miss Martha Pate, of 141m' berton, N. C., Messrs. Johnnii King and Robert Carr of Clinton visited Jeanette Dillard las week. Miss Mildred Tether<fcw o: Asheville is visiting Miss Bett] Sue Reed. Miss Bertie Lee Snyder o Cornelia, Ga., is visiting Mrs. G C. Snyder. Walter Dillard, Mr. and Mrs F. A. Hough, and daughters Margaret, Sue, and ZeUa o Zolfo Springs, Fla., are Yietttm Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dillard. *. % * C. 1 yj? I ' 3 V V wW r7yn^"~y ~ * INCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Expected usinesi By ion Of Dam A great stimulation of business in 8ylva is immediately anticipated, because of the work that is to be done on the dam of the Nant&hala Power and Light Company, at Glenville. A large number of men will be employed on the project, over a period of two or three years, and several million dollars will be expended. Already the impetus to business in Sylva is being felt; and it is expected to become increasingly apparent as the preliminaries are cleared away and the work of construction actually gets started. Company Opens Offices Business in Sylva will be good, while this construction project is under way, according to the belief of business men and observers .generally. The contract for the construction of the dam, which is to be of rock with dirt surface, and for driving the two tunnels has been awarded to Morrison - Knudsen Company This concern has opened temporary offices in Sylya in the Carolina Hotel, and the work of pre; paring to begin operations on a gigantic scale is going rapidly forward in these offices. All persons desiring employment by the . e contractor of this project, are 1 directed by a sign in the lobby of | the hotel, to apply through the * State JEmptoyment Service which has a branch office in Bryson City, and a representative at the Court House in Sylva once a week. ii R. O. T. . Unit May Be | Established at College - " '- ! . - *- * i . Cullowhee (Special) ? An in^ . - vestigation is being made by a f special committee, headed by -W. ) Newton Turner, $&, Westerp Carr [ z ollna Teachers College as to the -I feasibility of applying tor the >j estaWishtnept of* Reserve Qf| fleers' Tra^i^g Corps unit at the - coltege ip ijjhe pe*,r future. The ;\ committee 4$ to 4raw up reepmij mendatdqrM jkumediaiely and J submit them $9 ;H. T. Hunter, i, | pre&ctot of the ppttege, who hap 8) been ^r^espcopidence .with the t| United states War department , regarding what the teachers' cols lege cm 49 te help jin the >na.5 tional defense program. The Reserve Officer*' Tc^Jpipg * Corps is a system of military training for young men while * pursuing regular academic * work in high school or college, ' It is conducted in various insti' tutions complying with the requirements of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, and amendments thereto, under supervision of the War Department ^ and with instructors detailed ' ~ * *? ? Aranv fr?r siirh lt\MU IMC IVVgUMi <v? . duly. The national Defense Act t requires that a school have a minimum of one hundred eli' gible students enrolled before a senior unit of the R. O. T. C. may r be established. i ii I I, P, y - Quotas Means 10-Cent Difference In Prices 9 / If marketing quotas are apj proved for the 1941 flue-cured tobacco crop, this year's crop I should bring about 15 cents per s pound; if quotas are rejected in (# the referendum to be held July 20, tobacco may average as low > as 5 cents per pound this year. Those are the perdictlons of s farm leaders, made at a coni, ference of growers, bankers, t warehousemen and merchants held in Raleigh. J. B. Hutson, asf sistant administrator of the f Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the best inf formed man on tobacco in the . V. M. Department of Agriculture said that if quotas are approved t. on a three-year basis, the Fedi, eral government can almost f promise ihat prices this year will i be maintained at a 15 to i6-cent level. 1 ? ; '