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Imr *' :f.i ' ' v " -J ' ' ' . - , . .I'y,: H n $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTS llocal Poet Wins Place I (In Important Voiune Mr. John Lee Galloway, Wolf Mouiita in, North Carolina, is one of the authors whose poems . are included in POETS OF AMERICA, 1940, Democracy Speaks, a 700-page volume j^ist wblished. More than 12,000 oets living in every part of the nited States and Canada com. >ted for a place in this impor_ nt volume; only a small per_ ntage of these were found to ite poetry of sufficient merit be accorded a place in the ik. The volume contains the k of little-known authors as 1 as that of writers who have i published in many magas and books. A similar vol_ 1 is now being compiled and s who are interested in hav_ their work considered for new .book.-skoiild .write fa [, the publishers for information: Avon House, 1107 'Broadway, New York, New York. Tax Listers Nanied By County Commissioners Tax listers have been named ; for the fifteen townships of Jackson county, by the county i commissioners. Thfey will begin their work on January 1 and ( will serve through the month. ^ All taxes must be-listed during ( the month of January, as of ( January 1, under the law. < The list takers appointed are: j Barker's Creek, Ben Jones; Can. < ada, Fred Galloway; Caney j Fork, J. c. Shular; Cashier's ( Valley, Lynch Dillcud; Cullo_ < whee, Victor Brown; IMllsboro, ] N. C. Brown; G.een's Creek, j Lyndon Cabe; Hamburg, J. Sam j Bryson; Mountain, Mrs. Pe\rl Stewart; Qualla, Elbert Patton; j River, Thomas Wike; Savannah, ( John W. Buchanan; Scott's j Creek, Price Dillard; Sylva, J. ( W. Cope; Webster, A. D. Cowan, j 1 $Vllf9 Q+nrno vjiVQ OIUIGO Have Good Season i Sylva shojs experienced the ( greatest volume of holidaytrading in the history of the 1 town. This is the story told The Journal by the store-keepers all to and , around the town. The \ Sreat rush of shoppers, beginning days before Christmas, and continuing up through Christmas Eve, depleted the stores of their merchandise as never before. Several reasons h'aVe been Kiven for the Christmas rush 111 Sylva. One is that fewer peo_ Jto from this county went away j? do their shopping than in, former years. Another is the I \&cnerally improved businessI Editions in the country. StiUl Mother is that the construction 01 dam at Glenville had 1 turned loose a lot of money in county. And last, the mer ' ,'v * I ., , 1 . v r * . ' f : ' ' ' i ' . . . > : appit . " 1 . I ' 1 i ' ' , ' ^ ' * ' ? A A I 'lie ,7 a eh sol / IDE THE COUNTY , SY1 JHM| II?^ ,T a^^B .:V-. . l&^^flj^^^^^Bc|:::i:::v:::-V^U^$i::r' iM ;^s|^hh8H^^ BBa ^H^B S: ;': ^gSffx |;^f B ^B' B B I' COMMENDS NORTH CAROLINA?National Commander' Milo J. Warner (center) is shown in the above photograph extending congratulations to officials of the North Carolina department of the American Legion on the department's outstanding record in placing laineiig thtliegiiiiW^Big^ge^" dopattmints Dapsrtan^fiopmslyfar Dave Hall of Belmont is shown shaking hands with Warner! wnfle Department Adjutant Jim Caldwell smiles his approval The North Carolina department enrolled its entire 1941 quota of 14,611 members by December 1 and placed fourth among the Legion's 68 departments* Many Marry j Jackson Traffic During Holidays Deaths Decreac Only four of the 100 countie The office of the Register of in North Carolina had not hai Deeds of Jackson County was a single traffic fatality chargei ^ m? ' ? a fairly busy during the holidays, gainst them wnen the nignwa; issuing license to marry to Safety Division released it /oung people. i eleven7inonths summary las Eight young white couples and week, and 40 counties shower Dne Indian couple married in increases, the county. They were: Arthur Ronald Hocutt, director of th Dgle, 22, of Bryson City, to Lillie division, stated that 108 fatali Cunningham, 23, of Bryson City, ties in November brought to 85 Blenn H. Wyatt, 26, of Haywood, the total for the first elevei :o Jessie Marie Nichols, 23, of months of 1940. This representee Swain T J Thomasson, 24, of a two per cent increase over th< Andrew*, to Glena Franklin, 21, 834 persons killed on Nortl )f Bryson City. Frank C. Wilson, Carolina streets and highway 25, of Glenville to Beulah'Mae the first eleven months of las Bradley, also of Glenville. Fred year. Bryson, 20, of Speedwell, to The four counties with cleai Hazel Green, also of Speedwell, records at the close of Novem John R Haskett, 21, to Ollie ber were Clay, Gates, Mitchel Mae Watson, 18, both of Jackson and Tyrrell, all small counties ,ountv. Clinton McElroy, 30, of Two of these, Tyrell and Gates ? 4-v.rt civ pnnnr.iP Haywood, to Belle Bradshaw, 30, were ctxxiuiig i/iit am Df Haywood. Francis F. Jones, without a traffic fatality in 193? 13, to Kathleen Fullbright, 27, Jackson county had 4 person ooth of this county. killed in traffic accident Indians through November of this yeai Owen Littlejohn, 35, to Agnes a 20 per cent decrease over th Bigwitch, 19. ? 5 killed in the county the firs It is believed that many coup. 11 months of 1939. les from the county went to The largest increase was b other counties or states to se_ Robespn County, where 38 wer cure license to wed. Under the killed - through November o law, each of these is required this year, against -17 for th to file health certificates and same period last year. Mecklen . worriagre recorded in burg's 48 fatalities topped th * M 1 Vv nayc uic uu<* - ?w _ this county within 60 days after state, ionoweu 111 ui uci u they come home. Otherwise they Robeson's 38, Guilford's 37, For are subject to fines of $50.00 syth's 34, Buncombe's 30, Cum ? berland's 28, Wake's 25, Gaston' Vamimt ll^ti DiirnnrJ 22, Harnett's 21 and Rowan' T Oling mail DUfllCU and Alamance's 19 each. Thes Qu r:rQ Prool^orc 11 counties accounted for 32 Dj rire-uiacners fatalities, or 40 per cent of th ?: j total. Logan Ensley, young Sylva For the state as a whole, fa township man, was severely talities by months were as fol burned, on Christmas Eve, when lows: January, 69; Februarj a number of fire-crackers ex_ 68; March, 55; April, 49; Ma] ploded in his pocket. He is said 63; June, 63; July, 66; Augus to have lighted a large cracker, 81; September, 111; Octobe. and when it failed to explode, he 113;"alid November, 108'. put it in his pocket with some -? ? other and smaller ohes. 'The A drink addict may be cure whole pocketful went off at by getting on the wagon; Th once, causing severe burns on only hope for a speed addict 1 his leg. ' if he gets off. . ; I i ? V ? ' . i . . ;A. mm I I I I I ' I jfI '\t~$? ; ?* M ^^m/. Ma n in ^BPIB From > i Com 6 - JVA, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMB Hocutt Gives Talk On Safety 1 * "North Carolina needs a Marshal Foch to tell motorists that they shall not pass,".Ronald Hocutt director of the Highway Safety Division, declared this week in commenting-on the fact that several people wre killed in the state last month as at result of improper passing on the highways. I Hocutt said close to 30 per-.sons have been killed in North Carolina this year as a result of passing or attempting to pass on curves, on the crest of hills, at intersections and at other places where common sense should have told them " it was dangerous to pass. -J "Knowing where ?to pass is important, but it is Just as imf wHSn^^as!^and how to pass," ' HocUltt said. "When you have ' overtaken another car and wish to pass it, be sure that there is - sufficient space ahead. Give a left turn signal to notify the driver behind you that you are changing lanes., Then sound B your horn so that the driver in front will know that you intend s to pass. Look to the rear to see j if any car is passing you. Always 3 pass the other car on the left. y A'good way to judge when you s! are safely past a car is when I .. - l-J!. * J1J i t. you can see tne ieit neaungno i in your mirror. Then you can return to the right hand side of e the road;" Hocutt listed the following I is places where passing is not i only dangerous but is forbidden I by law: e On hills, on curves, at inter1 sections, at railroad crossings, 3 within 100 feet of a bridge, and t when another car is approach: ing. 1 "The use of good judgment - and common sense in passing is one of the surest earmarks of a good driver," Hocutt stated. s - Allknn Chairman s ?? v.... Of President's t Birthday Party a . * e - Chapel Hill, Dec. 24?Dr. Ju_ f lian Miller, of Charlotte, who is e serving as State Chairman of _ the President's birthday parties e on January 30 for) the benefit y of the infantile paralysis fund, - announced today that 55 county - chairmen had been appointed s and that others would be named s in the next few days. 1 He said that North Carolina e is expected to raise about $35,000 this year and that one-half - of all raised will be retained in * North Carolina for infantile T paralysis cases. J. Claude aiii_ t' son, of Sylva, was appointed as r, chairman for Jackson County. Under a dictator, the informed public gets the kind of infor_ te kg mation the dictator wants them to have. i , [ i ? ' . if; % * . . ' * I W*!mm& ^v my ?IH ER 26, 1940. Appointed i ^H^H 81 Appointment of Blackburn W. Johnson of Ashevhle (above) as superintendent of the Credit tmion DivIifon of tte-SUtrfcer partment of Agriculture was announced today by Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott. He succeeds C. C. Booker of Hendersonville, who resigned to accept a position with a commerI * '? n T-1 oHl cia 1 iirm. duiuisuix, iuiim-1 v.%? tor of the Farmers Federation News of Asheville, attended the University of North Carolina and has been identified with newspapers and has recently been prominent in the Credit Union movement in Western North Carolina. He is 38, married, and will assume his duties with the Department on January 2. / * Twenty-two Families Get Christmas Cheer it, f ' i Twenty-two Jackson county families, located mostly in and around Sylva, were recipients of Christmas cheer baskets, provided by the Rotary and Lions Clubs, through the medium of the dime board, which was placed on main street during the we^c preceding Christmas, Other amounts were subscribed privately, making the total sufficient to pay for the baskets. One family received a load of coal, in lieu of the basket. * The baskets, packed by Sylva grocers, contained meat, flour, meal, lard, coffee, sugar, and confectionaries and fruits. Each cost $4.50. They were distributed on Christmas Eve and Christ. mas Day by the local fire department. STARS SET CLOCKS !! , i ! ; Scientists have learned how to keep accurate time by the stars and it is a simple matter now for man to know the exact time, day or night. Our official clocks are set by the stars. HIDES Argentine hides now have their largest market in this country, the United States taking about 60 percent of the total produced by the South American republic. i . ; ) t ' ' ' I ygM fcs yJ v \ v t mriiA 1 irni $1.00 A YEAR 1 Teachers Retiremei As As By Dan Tompkins Raleigh, December 26?With Christmas past, the New Year coming close on its heels, brings North Carolina minds to the 0 >ening of the biennial session | o the General. Assembly, on I J nuary 7, and the inauguration c a new governor, the same .c y. _ Political leaders from this 1 rt qf the State, at least those V 1U iXLV ICUUCIO 111 UiC uiajuimjr j rty, are expecting to be pres. e t in Raleigh for the inaugu. r tion of Governor James Mel_ v Je Broughton, Lieutenant 0 Dvernor Reginald L. Harris, and other State officials. The inauguration of a governor in North Carolina is always pageantry, the booming of cannons, the marching of National Guardsmen, and the blaring of brass bands from high schools and colleges. This year, the style \ and amount of pageantry may be somewhat cramped because of the fact that the National Guard has been called into federal service by the President, and is now in training at Camp Jacknrrt ANIAfl^O son. ine a,usance ux uic giuuiw. men will, however, be compan. sated by the cadets from the R. O. T. C. at State College, and a number of high school and college bands from various parts of North Carolina. The beginning of the maneuvers will be when the caucuses of the majority party in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on the night of January 6, at eight o'clock, when '>the nominations will be made for President-protem of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Principal Clerk, Reading Clerk, and other I officers of the two Houses of the General Assembly. The election of these officials will be held the following morning; but they will really be chosen at the caucuses, for every mem. j ber of the majority party, who | attends the caucus is bound by [4ts action, and the election on At-~ dmi lo mn^Vifrnflr ov II1C luiiuwxxig uajr 10 uwiiuig m. cept a necessary formality. It is being freely predicted throughout the State that Odus M. Mull of Cleveland county will be the next Speaker of the House. He is close to the present administration, and a former Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, as well as a former and present member of the House of Representatives. ' The position of Principal , Clerk, while elective by the members of each of the two houses, is so technical in its nature, that there is little doubt that Ray Byerly, and Bill Baker, veterans in the work, will be drafted again for those positions by the Senate and the House, respectively. 2 \fter the election and installs ion of the legislature offi. c: Is, the two houses will meet ii joint session and proceed to t: 1 municipal auditorium, at j V' ; - ----- . v * fcSI ' : a . \v ' ' $ > \.. >- .%-ij *gl / ^k- 1 "9 B'VnHv m ^MB pS: , ' * ' % . -f ; - . - / [ "J i ... ' .-. . .' ' ' 1 N ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY wmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmkmmmmmrnmmtm nt Looms sembly Approaches the other end of Fayeteville I Street from the Capitol, and witness the administration of the oaths of office to the constitutional executive officers, and to the address by the Governor; as soon as he is qualified by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. There seems to be little general legislation that needs to be taken care of, except the routine of the appropriations, except that ft is anticipated that Governor Broughton will recommend retirement for school .teachers and other State employees; and then the matter of reapportionment of the House of Representatives will again come up, and it is said that the stitutionto be carried out, after a decade of procastionary flouting of the Constitution. By this, the east will lose some members of the House of Representatives, and they will be transferred to the western counties of Buncombe, Guilford, Mack_ lenburg, Gaston, Forsyth, and others. The loss will come in New Hanover, Nash, Rockingham, Johnston, Pitt, and other eastern counties. This will take the balance of power in , the State from the East and vest it in the West, for the first time in history. That balance was held in thfe olden days by creating a new, shoe-string county, down in the swamps, every time the draft of population westward made necessary the creation of a new western county. For the past ten years it has been held in the east by just firmly refusing to obey the Constitution. Then, another matter that will call for attention, will be the redisricting the State as to State Senatorial and Congressional Districts. It has been suggested that the General Assembly provide for a Congress. man-at-large, under the 1940 census, and allow the Congres. ' sional Districts to remain as they are. This, however, will not meet with the approval of the I west,v for the new district, brought into being by reason of the population increase, would 1 fall in the west, where the greatest increase was found to be. So, It is expected that the entire State will be redistricted, and that more in keeping with geography, and less of gerrymander, as is the present status. The teachers and State employees are expected to have their inning. It is generally believed that the commission, authorized by the General As. sembly of 1939 to employ actuaries and work, out a plan for social security retirement of teachers and State employees, will have a report to make that can and will be adopted by the General Assembly of 1941, and that North Carolina's servants will be given retirement benefits such as are now enjoyed by em_ . ployees of private corporations. The drys in the State are ex. i. (Continued on Page 3) AjS 1 V
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