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mtiiiwell Urges \ I
I levival Of Ideals I
^ Urging a revival of Democracy j
m:'c of the Christian religion f0r
Whe salvation of America and |
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^Blmerican laeuaa, ?
^Etillwell, of Western Carolina |
Bleachers College, speaking be- I
fore the Sylva Parent-Teachers I
Associationf Tuesday evening, I
stated that he /ears that we are I
Kabout to lose these things. I'
K Therefore, he asked that the two |1
great American institutions, the |1
home and the school, join in an ;
effort to bring a deeper appre- I
Petition of these things, in the I
minSs of the children. / j
discipline, education, lofe of
K liberty, and faith ,in God, Mr. IJ
^ Stillwell told his listeners, can I
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I (prove the Din win n. ?
|n0 attack can be successful. But, '
|he stated, the way may be hard,
I an(j we must prepare ourselves to '
accept the hard way, in faith
land service. 1
I prior to Mr. Stillwell's speech, J
(two first grade boys, Tommy ]
IFerguson and Carter Williams, ]
I jr.. waving American flags, sang
I-God Bless America," and then '
l^ited the audience to join with '
^ in the singing. '
f its. R. U. Sutton, president,
[presided at the meeting. Following
the business session and
Mr. Stillwell's address, refresh- 1
ments were served in the school
IIcafeteria.
Mountain Picture
[objected To By Folk
IOf Macon County
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Mountain Folk," a two-reel
educational picture, produced 1
'during the past year in Macon 1
County by WPA and University 1
of North Carolina jointly and 1
photographed in Macon County (
was objected to so streunously 1
following a showing in Franklin 1
that it was necessary to have the 1
sheriff guard the reels to protect 1
them from a crowd of 400 to 500
local people who protested the
showing. j
Descriptions of the picture 1
were alleged to be typical moun- J
| to folk, uncultured, and un- (
touched by civilization, living <
primitive lives such as most j
people lived a century or two j
I ago. (
The picture selected the absurd <
and unusual conditions of the <
community, the erf wd declare<*?
and presented them as the typi- i
cal condition of the culture of j
Macon County. <
Narratives accompanying the t
picture described the characters <
as sturdy, thrifty, independent 1
people, but a people who had ]
been literally untouched by pro- i
gress. Primitive chairmaking (
from native materials, done by
band, apples being washed in a 1
spring, wool being carded and i
spun into cloth, churning by s
means of an old-fashioned dash 1
fiburn, a one-roomed school, a ^
street preacher exhorting the 1
People in front of the courthouse 1
> a true "John the Baptist"
The crowd took exceptions to 1
* scene showing the feet of a :
froup of women, one with bare <
I feet, others with toes protuding i
I from shoes and with ragged ;
I ^citings and tattered calico i
The pictured bore proof of artI
IStirt i -
I-'v ana expensive work on the
Primative and dramatic but 1ft" 1
the production the usual
^ typical life of Macon Coun- ,
ty.
The film was the work of Erwin 1
Hart-ley, photographer working
^er Miss Elda Keithly, state
| %rvisor of WPA visual aid protots.
Both were present for the
lowing of the picture to residrnts
of Franklin for the first
IJ?*. Both expressed surprise
I ^t there was objections to the
I Picture.
I fihv^Uty Sheriff John Dill felt
I t!* 10 take the picture in
I bv^y to Protect it; from WW
I L crowd that collected near
I 6 theatre last Saturday night.
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THE COUNTY
Strike Is Settled
At Andrews Dam
More than 500 workers striking
against the Utah Construction
company at the Nantahala river
dam project of the Nantahala
Power and Light company near
here returned to work this morning
at 8 o'clock.
The action was taken after the
employes had been assured Tuesday
by labor leaders of a closed
shop agreement and other requested
labor provisions following
conferences here and at
Washington.
Principal features of the'settlement
have already been decided
upon and the agreement is expected
to be consummated in a
Washington conference Tuesday,
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aeparwneiu 01 laDor conciliation
commissioner and, labor representatives
told workers in a
meeting at Topton late Monday.
Detailed information on the
agreement, yet to be signed, was
not disclosed, but from speeches
made to workers at Topton it appeared
certain:
1. That there will be a "closed
shop" provision and that this already
has been assured by Utah
Construction company repres
entatives and labor leaders.
Wage Advances Assured
2. That "advances in wages"
are assured. It was understood
that tentative wage provisions
are accepted to labor leaders,
with exception. The workers
were assured by John S. Turner,
representative for this group,
that a satisfactory agreement
would have to contain a proper
wage advance for these workers.
3. The workers were assured
that the Utah Construction company
would take steps to have
released from jails men who were
arrested due tA picketing activities.
Project superintendent George
R. Putnam announced to
vorkers that any employes fired
because of the strike could come
jack to work at their same
places.
Pickets Are Removed ,
Strike leaders declared that
pickets were being removed late <
Wnnd&v from the Beachertown,
\quone and Dicks Creek entrants.
At Beachertown a tent and '
mating table had been set up for
pickets and they took the task ;
n shifts.' This picketing had (
continued since the strike was
jailed against the construction
company nearly a week ago. .
The workers were informed of
ihe assurance of a closed shop ,
agreement and other provisions
described as being acceptable in ;he
meting Monday, held at home
)f John (Big Fist) Nelson. The
porkers crowded about the front
porch, which was used as speaking
platform, as they learned of
developments.
Workers were told they haa
been victorious and had scored a
victory which makes history. The
agreement is described as being
when consummated, the first
building and construction agreement
resulting from a strike in
this state.
Labor Officials Agree
Labor officials here agreed to
workers returning to their tasks
and withdrawal of pickets after a
conference held about noon Monday
and following assurances
from L. S. Corey, president of
Utah Construction company, and
labor officials in Washington that
an agreement acceptable to
workers could be worked out in
Tuesday's conference, they said.
Participants in the Washington
conference will be Commissioner
Brice P. Holcombe, who has been
on the scene at strike here, and
several of the labor officials who
negotiated in Andrews conferences
leading to settlement.
Also present win ue iv**.
Utah firm president; John P.
Coyen, building and trades president
of the construction workers
union and others, Mr. Holcombe
and labor officials J. P.
Shields, John F. Turner and C.
McMillian left Monday for Washington
to engage in the conference.
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PROMOTED
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R. L. ARIAIL
Has been made Executive Vici
President of The Jackson County
Bank.
Orders For Forest Trees
Should Be Placed Earlj
Last year 244 farmers wer<
disappointed when they were unable
to obtain 544,000 forest tre<
seedlings ordered through thei:
county agents. The State Fores
Nurseries, where the seedling;
are growri, were unable to supply
more than a million trees requested
by farmers and others
With this in view, R. W. Graeber,
Extension forester at N. C
State College, urges that farmers
place their forest tree order:
for the 1940-41 planting seasor
at an early date. Already applications
for more than 1,400,000
trees have been received bj
the State Department of Conservation
and Development which.
operates the two State nurseies
at Clayton near Raleigh and in
Henderson County. The nurseries
will have 5,400,000 trees
available this year.
County farm agents of the Ex
tension Service have order blanks
for the trees and they will be in
a position to advise with farmers
as to the correct species for
climatic and soil conditions.
The following species are available
this year: Loblolly, longLeaf,
shortleaf, slash, and white
pine; black locust, cypress, white
ash, yellow poplar, red cedar, and
black walnut. No order will be
filled for less than 500 of any
one species, except black walnut
for which the minimum order
will be 100 trees.
Stock may be used only for
forest 'planting, erosion control
and Windbreaks. It cannot be
used for ornamental planting,
and may not be resold.
The prices: for black walnut
seedlings, $10 per thousand delivor^rf
and $8 50 ner thousand
F. O. B.; for white pines, $3 delivered
and $2.75 F. O. B.; for
white pine transplants, $4 delivered
and $3.50 F. O. B.; and for
all other species, $2 per thousand
delivered and $1.80 per thousand
F. O. B. the nursery.
Western P. T. A. Has
Patriotic Meeting
Webster, Oct. 23.?The Honorable
Dan Tompkins, of Sylva, was
the principal speaker at the
second regular meeting of the
Webster P. T. A.,on Wednesday,
Octobed 16. His appropriate topic
on this historic date of the first
peacetime conscription registration,
was phases of the national
defense program of America,
The program, which was under
the leadership of Mrs. u. u
Buchanan, included, in addition
to Mr. Tompkins' speech, choral
numbers by a group of students
from Western Carolina Teachers
College, led by Mrs. Charles Gulley;
the playing of the national
anthem,as a trumpet solo, by
Sammie Beck; and the salute tc
the flag of the United States ol
America.
At the conclusion of this presentation,
a short business session
was held, with Mrs. Ernesl
Lewis presiding. The next meeting
of the organization will b(
November 21.
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Mrs. Chapman Is
Roll Call Chairman
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Mrs. W. Kermit Chapman has
accepted the appointment as
Roll ? Call Chairman fof the
American Red Cross for this
county. The work prepartory to
the annual roll call has already
been begun, and Mrs. Chapman
expects a great response from the
people in this county this year.
The people of the county have
already raised $1084.54 this year
for the local Red Cross work, and
$1000 of this has been sent in to
the National Red Cross.
Mr. M. D. Cowan, treasurer of
the county chapter is in receipt
of the following letter from Nat
C. Wilson, assistant manager jof
the Eastern Area: "I wish to acknowledge
the copy of your letter
r to Mr. P. K. Betts. It is splendid
that the people of Jackson Coun
ty raised $1,000 to help rehabilitate
victims of the August floods.
7 As you may know, over 20 couhties
in North Carolina were a,ffected,
6 of them in the eastern
; part of the State, with over 2,000
families receiving Red Cross
" assistance. The Red Cross spent
r $90,000 exclusive of any administrative
expense, in restoring
5 these families to their normal
? way of life.
"Your letter indicates that the
people in your county realize
more ^han ever the value of a
well organized Red Cross, and I
hope they will all work closely
3 with the Roll Call Chairman,
1 Mrs. W. K. Chapman, in an effort
"mi .? I
* to re-enroll ail tne previous
- members and get a number of
r npw enrollments.
"The reason the Red Cross can
1 respond Instantly following a
5 disaster is because of our annual
i renewal membership.
' Rotary Club Hears
Tompkins
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(By Herbert Gibson, Jr)
1 Dan Tompkins, editor and publisher
of The Jackson County
Journal, was guest speaker at
the Sylva Rotary Club, Tuesday
night.
Speaking on "Community Service,"
Mr. Tompkins told the Rbtarians
that, "If we cannot make
1 the world a better place through
our living in it, it would be bet
ter if we had never been born".
' Mr. Tompkins then listed several
ways in which to be of service to
the community. "No man- liveth
L unto himself," he said, "and we
i must forget ourselves and live
, for others". .
. David Brown, a member of the
, club, reviewed an article in thp
current issue of "The Rotarian,"
, "The Way Rotary Works", by
Wesley R. Perry.
President R. U. Sutton, whose
birthday was last week, was
toasted by several members of
. the club. Mr. Sutton read a toast
[ which he had prepared, which
included the name of every
member of the club, in alphabetical
order.
Jack Walters, whose duty it is
' to recognize members who have
had birthdays, had a birthday,
, himself, last week, and was toast.
ed by Clyde Blair.
! Tom Seawell, R. C. McBride
I and J. C. Brown, of Waynesville,
, and Joe Jennings, superintend.
ent of Indian work in the southeastern
part of the United States,
, were guests at this meeting.
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Younc Democrats
Will Hear Alley
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Jennings A. Bryson, president
of the Jackson County Young
Democrats Club, states that a
I rousing meeting of the j?lubs is
being planned for Friday night
r of this week, October 25, at the
J Court House.
Judge Felix E. Alley, one of
the best speakers in North Caro
lina, and a native of Jackson
County, will make the principal
t address.
. Mr. Bryson states that everyi
body in the county is invited to
oe present and hear Judge Alley.
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Just promoted from Assistant
Cashier to Cashier of the Jackson
County Bank.
Dillsboro Youth
Killed By Train
Funeral services for Ralph
Jones, young' Dillsboro man,;
whose body was found on the
tracks of the Southern Railway,
near the home of E. B. Monteith,
last Friday iriorning, were held
Saturday, at the Dillsboro Baptist
church, and interment was
in the Parris cemetery.
A coroner's jury decided that
the yo.ung man was killed by a
freight train travelling west. A
west-bound freight had passed
through Dillsboro about- half
past eight on the night before the
body was found, Friday morning.
Young Jones, who was thirtytwo
years of age, was a son of
Fidell Jones, and was well known
in this part of the county.
He is survived by five brothers,
Johnny, Franklin, Richard,
Scroop and Tom, and by two
sisters, Misses Sallie and Margaret
Jones.
It is believed that the young
man was walking on the railroad
tracks, in the direction of Dillsboro,
when the train came upon
him in the deep cut, near Mr.
Monteitji's home. .
Death Claims
Mrs. Mary Cope
Mrs. Mary Cope, 68, died sudenly,
of a heart attack, at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Frank Russell,
on Cope Creek, Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Cope was born in Swain
County, on August 18, 1872. She
was dearly loved by all who
knew her. She was unusually devoted
to her children, her husband
having died more than thirty
years ago, and she had to fight
the battle of life alone. She was
always optimistic, and always
upholding the good.
Survivors include six children:
Clingman Cope, of Charlotte;
Mrs. Frank Russell, Mrs. Hershel
Ashe and Dillard Cope, of Sylva;
Pearlie Cope, of Altk Vista, Va.;
and Mrs. Eugene Romizer, of
Canton, Ohio; one brother,
Thomas Bradshaw, of Hemp, Ga.;
and three sisters: Mrs. Rebecca
Davis, of Dillsboro; Mrs. Julia
Carver and Mrs. Nancy Brendle,
of Hayesvllle.
Funeral services were held at
Scott's Creek Baptist Church, of
which she was a loyal member,
at 2:30 o'clock Monday, with Rev.
T. F. Deitz officiating and aissisted
by Rev. W. N. Cook.
Pallbearers were nephews of
Mrs. Cope: Fred Cope, Vernon
Cope, Verlon Lee Cope, Barton
Cope, Grayson Cope and Clinton
Bryant. The flower.beau*ers were:
Willa Mae Ashe, Arbie Parker,
Mildred Ensley, Mamie Ensley,
Dorothy Dalton, Faye Bryant,
Ozelle Crispe, Kathryn Moore,
and Bonnie Brown.
Interment was in Old Field!
Cemetery.
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Former Legislator
And Prominent
Citizen Passes
William Dallas Wike, former
representative in the General
Assembly from Jackson County,
and one of the county's best
known citizens, died in the hospital
at Six Mile, South Carolina,
at three o'clock this morn:
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iilg, accyiumg wj au vices received
here. The body will be returned
to Cullowhee, his home, and
funeral services will be conducted
from the Cullowhee Methodist
church at 3 o'clock, Friday
offarnrirtn hv Ppv Wolfpr T.
MA VVX AAV/WAiy WJ AVVTt f f MAWVA Mt
Lanier, the pastor of the church.
Mr. Wike was one of the foremost
citizens of the county. He was
born near East LaPorte, and
won wide recognition among the
people of his native county as a
teacher, lumberman, merchant,
farmer, churchman, and legislator.
While a member of the General
Assembly of 1913, Mr. Wike
introduced the necessary legislation
to provide' for construction
of a highway from Sylva to
Cullowhee, and in DUlsboro
township, which was the beginning
of the good roads movement
in the county. At the
same session, he secured the appropriation
for the construction
of the Joyner Building at West
ern Carolina reacners college.
It was this session of the General
Assembly that called the
election on the removal of. the
county seat from Webster to
Sylva.
Mr. Wike had been in poor
health for some three years. He
had been in the hospital, operated
by his son-in-law, Dr. Erastus
Peak, for several days.
He had been one of the staunchest
supporters of Western Teachers
college. After having taught
six years in the high school department
of Cullowhee school
and having served as principal of
the normal department, he was
a member of the school's board
of trustee as long as the membership
was made up locally.
Mr. Wike was one of the Cullo
whee school's nrst eignt stuaenis
who heard the teaching of RobertMadison
on the first day of the
first session in 1889. He graduated
in 1894 and was' a member of
the school's second graduating
class. At that time, the institution
was known as Cullowhee ;
High School. .
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Born 72 Years Ago j
He was born 72 years ago at i
East LaPorte, but was reared in
the Fairfield section of Jackson ]
county. His parents were the i
late David M. Wike and Alice i
Norton Wike. All eight of his !
great-grandparents were among 1
the first settlers of Jackson coun- i
ty. Mr. Wike was the great- :
great-grandson of Absolom ]
Hooper, who was a Revolutionary <
War Soldier and is buried in the <
cemetery at East La Porte. <
His first schopl training was 1
received in a log cabin at Fair- )
field. Among his early teachers
were: Mrs. Ida Cotter, of Cullo- i
whee, Ralph Zachary, W. W.
Zachary and the late Henry Can- ,
non. ' I
After completing the course at ]
what was then Cullowhee, Mr. j
Wike took a teacher training <
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UUUioc au aaw??v?*%
in Texas. He then taught for I
one year in Texas and served for <
a year as a memebr of the board (
of education of McCulIoch coun- i
ty, Texas. Then he came back to )
Cullowhee for a period of service i
to the school as a teacher, trustee
and in other capacities. After
teaching six years in Cullowhee,
he served as principal of the first
graded school in Jackson county. \
That school was at Webster and I
was the first to be graded under <
a new educational system and <
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I
IDE THE COUNTY
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Service
Jackson county young men
registered 2,285 strong for selective
service with the military
forces of our country, now preparing
for National Defense, and
in getting ready to preserve and
enforce the peace in the Western
Hemisphere, and the local draft
began its labors of classifying
the registrants and certifying
them to Washington, preparatory
to the great National Lottery.
Hamburg led the county in the
number of registrants. This was
caused by the large number of
young men who are non-residents,
now working on the Glenville
Dam project. South Sylva,
Cullowhee, and North Sylva came
next, in the order named.
The proper forms for making
up the lists of the registrants
have have been received and
each registrant has been assigned
a number, to be forwarded to *
Washington.
The local board, composed of
A. J. Dills, Ed Bryson and Lewis
Bumgarner, has elected Raymond
R. Nicholson as clerk to the board
John H. Morris is special agent,
and Dr. D. D. Hooper is medical
examiner. All will serve without
compensation, except the clerk,
who will have to give his full time
to the job.
An interesting thing is that
both candidates for Representa- "
tive in the General Assembly
from this county are within the
age limits for registration and
both have registered, of course.
Mr. Moore's number is 39. He is
a Sylva attorney. Mr. Ferguson
who .is a student at Western
Carolina Teachers College, has
been assigned number 1630.
Improvement Mattel - ^
In Farm Program
An important improvement in
the Agricultural Conservation
Program, effective in 1941, has
been announced by G. T. Scott,
Johnston County farmer and
chairman of the State AAA Committee/
It provides for more emphasis
oh the conservation '
phases of the program, makes
the AAA program more adaptable
to all farms in the State, encourages
the production of food and
feed crops, ana snouia greatly
reduce the cost of compliance.
- "General soil-depleting allotments
will be discontinued with
the 1941 program and payments
will be based upon the amount of
soil-building accomplished,"
Scott stated. "The farmer who
earns all soil-building units will
earn his maximum payments for
planting within special allotments,
such as tobacco, cotton,
peanuts, and commercial wheat,
potatoes, and vegetables in designated
counties." . \|
As an example of how the new
plan works, Scott said: "Suppose
Parmer Jones had set up for his
farm a total farm payment of
F100, made up of $50 for planting
within special crop allotments
and $50 to be earned for carryIn?
out Dractices. such as seeding
legumes and grasses, winter
cover crops apd green manure
crops; terracing, contour stripcropping,
forestry practices,
home gardening, application of
liming materials, and the like.
"If Farmer Jones only carries
out enough soil-building pratices
to earn $40 of his soil-building
allowance, then he would only
get $40 of his special allotments
payments, giving Farmer Jones a
final total payment of $80 instead
of $100. That's because he earned
only 80 percent of his soilbuilding
goal. Of course, if he
carried out enough practices to
earn his entire $50 in soil-build- T
Jig anuwaiiuc, iic wuuju ICV/tlTC
tils full $50 for planting within
special crop allotments."
UNCHANGED
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While the prices of some "luxiry"
foods have risen because of
&e war, the prices of butter,
sggs, bread, milk, potatoes, and
)ther staples are either the same
is a year ago or slightly less.