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I fle sylva Rotary club heard
^VrtfKev. Grier Davis, pastor of
die First Presbyterian church in
[ Asheville. at its meeting TuesI
dav n^ht- The ^ v* Mr" ^avis
spoke 011 ^ie crisis w^ich AmerI
jCa is facing today.
Mr. Davis was of the opinion
Hi Amprica's great danger was
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not from enemies from without,
I but the character crisis with
I which the country is faced. He
pointed out that the fall of
[ France and other democracies
H was not due entirely to the
H superiority of German arms, but
I in a great measure to the moral
degeneracy of the entire population
of the fallen countries.
Mr. Davis said thai certain
minorities within our country
I arp a great threat to our dem
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ocracy. He added that domestic
tyrants inside are a greater
danger than foreign tyrants
without the United States.
Mr. Davis said that what this
country needs is regeneration of
character, and if it does not |
come we shall surely reap what j
I we sow. "Our one bright hope j
is that war did come and vindiI
catc that fact that there iS" a
I righteous God," he added.
Reports were heard at this
meeting from local committee
chairmen who are raising funds
for the National Foundation for
Prevention of Infantile Paralysis.
The Club's semi-annual fin
ancial report was read.
I FCA Opens Loan
I Office In Franklin
Announcement has been made
by S. S. Williams, Field Supervisor,
Asheville, that the Emergency
Crop and Feed Loan Office
will establish ajgL_pffAce in
Franklin
counties. The office will be located
in the Court House,
Franklin, and this work will be
handled with the assistance of
Mr. S. R. Griffin, Jr. who will be
located in Franklin as headquarters
for the western counties.
Application forms are expected
at an early date and these
loans will be available to all
farmers in this section who are
in need of assistance in their
farming operations and eligible
. for this type of loan. Applications
will be available at the
Court House in Sylva, as soon
as these forms are received.
First loans made in the state
began in 1929 and since this
date through 1940, 255,458 North
Carolina farmers received loans
through the Emergency Crop
; and Feed Loan agency, totaling
$23,546,000.00, repayment to date
on all loans made is approximately
93 percent. North Carolina
leads the United States in
the percentage of collections of
loans.
Young People's
Leaders' Conference
The associated Baptist young
people's leaders' conference for
all Sunbeam, Royal Ambassador
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xiuAmary, anu luuiig vwman's
Auxiliary Counselors
will meet at the Sylva Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon, January
19, at 2:30. Miss Mary Currin,
State Young People's Leader
will lead the conference period
and Miss Margaret Wilson,
Associational Young People's
Leader, will preside.
Every counselor, Young People's
Leader and W. M. S. president
in the association is urged
i? be present for this period of
information and inspiration.
Legion To Meet
The William E. Dillard Post,
American Legion will meet on
Friday of next week, January
at the Training School buildmg
at Cullowhee, at 7:30 in the
evening. ,
All former service men in the
c?unty are urged to come to
toe meeting, and any other perSOns
who desire to be present
will be welcome.
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Varied V acations
Several members of the faculty
took some interesting trips
during the Christmas holidays.
The Ashbrooks enjoyed their
vacation in the South. They
visited Atlanta, Georgia; Pensacola,
Florida; Mobile Alabama;
and New Orleans, Louisi
ana, wnere* ut. Asnorook attended
a joint meeting of the
American Economics Association
and the Southern Economics
Association.
In New Orleans Dr. and Mrs.
Ashbrook visited the French i
Quarter and enjoyed French
food. Dr. Ashbrook did not get
to do some anticipated hunting
and fishing because of bad
weather.
* Miss Anne Hammond of the
business education department
and Miss Josephine Shaw, busiriocc
oriTi/^ofirm tr?st.riir?tnr in fh#*
Shelby High School, Shelby,
North Carolina, spent six days
in New York City where-they
heard Grace Moore in the opera,
"Louise", saw Walt Dinsey's
"Fantasia", Charlie Chaplin in
"The Great Dictator", Ethel
Barrymore< in "The Corn is
Green", and Helen Hayes in
"Twelfth Night." They also attended
Miss Hayes' Lipton Tea
Broadcast.
They visited "Cloisters", a (
museum of ancient architecture, !
the New York Times Building, 1
and attended church services on :
Church Around the Corner."
Miss Hammondr said the !
weather was beautiful on the
whole trip. The temperature on
Christmas Day was 58 degrees,
the same temperature of the {
coldest day in July last year.
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Dean Anne Albright and Miss
Lenora Smith spent part of the ;
Christmas holidays in Washington,
D. C., where Miss Smith
visited her sister, Dr. Carrie
Weaver Smith who operates a 1
book store in Washington. Miss
Albright visited friends.
One of the high spots of the
trip was an authors' party given
by Dr. Smith at her book shop, '
at which Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- '
velt was guest of honor. Among 1
the guests were Francis Parkin- 1
son Keys; Leslie Frost, daughter
Roberf Frost; Floyd Bell; and
Miss Mabel Boardman, secretary
of the National Red Cross. '
Mrs. Roosevelt's Christmas
story was read in Mrs. Roosevelt's
presence and she herself
read "The Night Before Christmas."
Miss Albright and Miss Smith
also attended a concert by the
National Symphony Orchestra
on the same evening that Mrs.
Roosevelt and Princess Juliana
of Holland attended. Miss Albright
and Miss Smith fortunately
secured seats near them.
They also visited the art galleries
and libraries in the city,
attended a Christmas concert at
the Library of Congress, and
saw Elmer Rice's new play,
"Flight to the West."
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Beginning their work of revaluation
of all the real property
in the county in Cashier's
Valley township, last week, the
revaluation board will complete
the entire county as rap|
idly as possible. The board is
visiting - every piece of real
property in the county, as nearly
as possible^ and is classifying
and valuing ft at present prices,
and in keeping with other property
in the county. The board
,is composed of M. D. Cowan, T.
C. Ledbetter, and J. C. Hayea. j
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Allison Gratified
With Drive Results
J. Claud Allison, general
chairman for the President's
Birthday party in Jackson county,
expresses himself as being
gratified at the response that
is being made by the people in
raising money to fight infantile
paralysis.
The Sylva Rotary Club has
nonaiea $zu.uu to tne runa. a
double-header basket ball game,
at the Sylva High School netted
$22.50, and the boxes that have
been placed about in the county
are becoming repositories for
many dimes and other coins.
The plans for the Birthday
Ball and Cake Walk are shaping
up, with complete cooperation
by the people, Mr. Allison said.
The Jackson County Recreation
Unit has charge of the
decorations for the ball.
Local chairmen are: Cherokee,
Bill Ensor; Whittier, A. H. Carter;
Dillsboro, W. R. Enloe; Sylva,
Louis Hair; Webster, Mrs.
John H. Morris, Cullowhee, John
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Methodist Hold j
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There will be services at the t
Methodist church in Sylva every t
Sunday night in the month, it
has been decided by the Board *
of Stewards, breaking a custom J
of several years standing. The ^
preacher in charge has been i
holding services, at Dillsboro
every Sunday evening. Here- I
after, the preacher will conduct I
services in Sylva on the first
and third Sunday evenings, and J
at Dillsboro the. other Sundays. J
Arrangements will be made *
for the conduct of the services
the other Sunday evenings at
Sylva.
Several weeks ago, the young
people of the church got behind ^
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the movement for an evening
service, and they have sponsored
the services, which have been
held regularly since that time.
Aged Former
Jacksonian Passes
Charles M. Buchanan, 95 year
old native and former resident
of Jackson county, passed away
at the home of his son, in Lowell,
Monday.
Mr. Buchanan was born in
this county and lived here until
a few years ago, when after the
death of his wife, he moved to
Lowell to make his home with
his son, L. P. Buchanan.
Funeral was held at the Lowell
Baptist church, of which he
was a member, and interment
was in the cemetery in Lowell.
Mr. Buchanan had a host of
relatives and friends here. He
was the oldest member of the
numerous and prominent Buchanan
family of this county.
Court House To
Observe Half Holidays , ]
Beginning on Saturday of this '
week, all offices in the court J
house will close at 1 o'clock in
the afternoon, every Saturday.
This is in keeping with the
practice in most of the court 1
houses in North Carolina, and {
the policy was adopted by the 1
county commissioners by reso- (
lution, at their last meeting.
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Complete Board Of
Health For County j
The Board of Health of Jack- ;
son County was completed, last ]
week, when the statutory mem- i
bers, T. Walter Ashe, chairman 1
of the county board of com- i
missioners, A. C. Moses, superin- |
tendent of schools, and H. Gib- ,
son, mayor of the county seat, <
met and elected Dr. Grover 3
Wilkes, Dr. R. W. Kirchberg, staff
Dr. W. Kermit Chapman as the h
additional members. <
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lefense and so$ defense. Heavily
irmed planes stoch as the giant
tour-motored %ying fortress"
it top are frequently seen flying
)ver the State. They help provide
National defense. Thousands
of North^Carolina farmers,
like the tifo pictured beside
the truck, have been "here.
The Agricultural Adjustment
Administration has made aerial
)hotos of. about 40,397 of the
FUNERAL RITES
Funeral services for T. B.
to wan, member of the Jackson
tounty Board of Education, who
inded his own life at his home
n Webster, Sunday evening,
yere conducted Tuesday morn- ^
ng at 10 o'clock, at tne weoster
3aptist church by the pastor,
lev. W. N. Cook, and Rev. Thad
p. Deitz, and Rev. J. C. Gentry,
Methodist minister at Webster,
[nterment was in the Stillwell
lemetery. Friends and relatives
>f Mr. CoWan stated that he
iad been in poor health for
ibout a year, and this is
bought to have been the cause
)f his tragic act. At about six
)'clock Sunday eveAing he stepped
into the yard of his home
md shot a pistol bullet through
lis heart. A coronor's jury held
hat he came to his death at
lis own hand, following a pe iod
of ill health.
Mr. Cowan, who had been
prominent in public life in Jackson
county for nearly half a
?pnt.nrv was 68 vears of aee. He
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was born and reared in Webster
township, and spent his
mtire life there. He served as
:hief deputy sheriff under the
late Sheriff J. W. Buchanan.
Later he'was Chief of Police at
Sylva, and after that he was
welfare officer for the county
for several years. He was serving
as a member of the county
board of education at the time
rf his death, and had been its
chairman, during several years
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educational field.
Mr. Cowan was a member of
the Webster Baptist church for
a number of years.
Surviving^ him are his widow,
five daughters, Mrs. Frank Bryson,
Gay; Mrs. George Gibson,;!
Franklin; Mrs. .Leonard Bagwell !
and Miss Bernice Cowan,
Winston-Salem; and Miss Hannah
Cowan, of Webster; three
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
James Ashe, Webster, and Mrs.
Cora Davis, Enka; four brothers,
Robert, James, Ransom, and;
SaJhilton Cowan, all of Web-J
rter, and a large number Of
other relatives and friends, i
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48,740 iquare miles of agricultural
land in North Carolina.
Aerial photography in connection
with the AAA farm program
was started in the State in 1936
and in 1940 performance in the
program was checked through
aerial photos in 86 tounties. As
a part of their educational
work, county farm agents of the
State College Extension Service
show farmers how to use the
aerial photographs to check
their compliance with the program.
Poultry School And
Egg Show To Be
Monday
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i mere win ue a pvuiw-jr ov/nwi
and egg show at the court
house in Sylva, next Monday,
January 20, beginning at 10
o'clock in the morning.
Farm men and women from
Inine of the Western counties
will be present; and, since the
meeting is held here, the Farm
Agent.is anxious that a large
number of people from this
county be in attendance.
The school will be conducted
by specialists of the poultry department
from State College;
and various phases of poultry
work will be discussed, including
breeding, feeding, housing and
marketing.
In connection with the poultry
school there will be an egg
show, and prizes will be given
| for the best dozen white eggs
and the best dozen brown eggs
on display. There is no entry
fee, and all poultry raisers
are invited to enter a dozen
jeggs.
Suggestions On The Selection
Of Eggs For Show (Prepared by
T. T. Brown, Extension Poul*tryman.)
In selecting eggs for the egg
show, choose the ones that are
uniform in shape, size, color and
weight.
Each egg should weigh at the
rate of 24 to 26 ounces per
dozen. (Don't choose extremely
large eggs.)
Eggs should be free from dirt
or stains and have firm, smooth
and fine texture shells free from
chips or eracks.
It is advisable to candle the
eggs so as to select ones with
clear, firm whites, small air
cells, and mobile but dimly
visible yolks, ah eggs selected
should be free of blood spots or
meat spots.
An entry consists of one dozen
eggs.
They will be displayed :-in
paper plates.
' There will be a ciasi for white
eggs and one for brown eggs.
Mill Repairs Completed
The repairs to the damage to
the Beta mill and dam, by the
flood of last August, have been
completed, and the mill is now
operating.
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Heads Of Important
Hnmrnittifis Go Tn Fast
Raleigh, Jan. 15?Not a single
one of the chairmanships of the
four most important committees
in the General Assembly went
to the West, unless Victor Bryant
of Durham can be considered
a Westerner. The East argued
that he was from the West, when
Vt A T i KKtr TTTrt mAHA aam
lie anu ijiuujr vvctxu wcic twntending
for the speakership, two
years ago. And, that may have
had something to do with the
Ward victory, by a slim margin,
for it was the East's turn at
the Speakership.
The four important committees
are Appropriations and Finance
in the House and Senate.
Victor Bryant, one of the ablest
of the members of the Assembly,
and a veteran, was appointed
chairman of Finance; and Senator
McBryde of Hoke is the
Finance Chairman in the Senate.
John Kerr of Warrfen, a
second-termer, who was conspicious
mostly for his inactivity,
two years ago, was appoint
ed Chairman of Appropriations
ii the House, and Senator Willi
: Lee Lumpkin, a member of
t e General Assembly since
1 33, and a leader in the McI
nald revolt of 1936, drew the
: pointment in-the Senate.
Representative L. L.. Burgin,
Henderson, a third-termer,
: d a capable legislator, was ap]
lnted chairman of Agriculi
:e in the House, giving the
i :st that post for the first time
\ thin the memocy of anybody
ualty^^ttvdy
loom larger this year. They are
Congressional Districts and Senatorial
Districts. Hubert Jarivs
of Buncombe, is chairman of
Congressional Districts in the
House, and Ashe's Austin heads
the House committee on Senatorial
Districts. Senator Gregg
Cherry of Gaston heads the
Congressional Districts committee
in the Senate, and Senator
Sanders of Alamance, that on
Senatorial Districts. So the West
will have much to say about
those matters.
The other mountaineers with
more than one term's service,
which carries with it a committee
chairmanship, drew the follnwinsr
Dosts:
Penland of Clay, Enrolled
Bills; Rogers of Polk, Conservation
and Development; Withrow
of Rutherford, Justices of
the Peace; Palmer of Haywood,
House Expenditures; Rogers of
Macon, Insane Asylums.
Fifteen Men From
Jackson Volunteer
Fifteen young men from Jackson
county, all volunteers, left
this morning to begin the year's
training in the army, under the
I selective service act.
I For the second time Jackson
county has had to draft not
one, for the required quota and
more volunteered their services.
A special bus, made up at Sylva,
left at 10 o'clock, with Jackson
county's fifteen volunteers
aboard. Others will be picked
up at different places between
here and Fayetteville, until the
bus is filled.
The fifteen Jackson volunteers
are Dennis Roy Ensley,
Lyman Hal Keener, Jesse Franklin
Buchanan, Lloyd Painter,
Finley Denton, John Herschel
Ferguson, Ray William Cunningham,
Hubert Thomas Barker,
Ralph John Connor, Wiley
Roger Sorrell, James Cecil Moss,
Henry Mathis, Homer Tinsley
Shelton, Verlin Hqyle Owen, Ellis
Pressley Galloway.
One volunteer, Wilburn Lemuel
Norman, was designated as
replacement, should any one of
t ie fifteen be turned down upf
1 physical examination at
: art Bragg. Mr. Norman is at
resent suffering with measles.
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By Dan Tompkins
Raleigh, Jan. 15?If the bill
now pending is enacted, North
Carolina will have twelve congressional
districts, instead of
adopting the policy of electing
a Congressman at large, as had
been advocated, a few weeks
ago by certain elements in the
State. .
The bill, introduced simultanebusly
in the ' House and
I Senate, by Senator Cherry of
Gaston and Representative Jarvis
of Buncombe, would carve
the new 11th district out of the
old 10th and 11th, and create
jfche 12th district composed of
the counties of Buncombe,
Henderson, Transylvania, Haywood,
Jackson, Macon, Swain,
Clay, Cherokee, and Graham.
This would leave Polk, Rutherford,
and McDowell, all east of
the Blue Ridge, out of the same
district with the group of counj
ties with which they are now
associated as the 11th Congressional
District. The new 12th
district would have an approxi
'mate population or iw,uuu, ana
would be composed of the counties
that lie west of the Blue
Ridge. It would be an all mountain
counties district, and would
be the only congressional district
in the State composed en'
tirely of mountain counties.
The 10th district would be
composed of Avery, Burke, Caawba,
Lincoln, Mecklenburg, and
Mitchell counties; while the 11th
district would comprise the
counties of Cleveland, Gaston,
McDowell, Madison, Polk, Rutherford,
and Yancey.
MB haa streng support,
fsftce its 'ftftfo&aeers are- 1
| Chairmen of the -committes on
Congressional Districts in the
I House and Senate. It had been ? ^
Irumored around Raleigh that
I the veteran Pete Murphy, of
Rowan, sitting on the side lines
for the first time in a generation,
because he chose to run for
Secretary of State against Thad
Eure instead of coming back
to the House, was in a receptive
mood, hoping that the General
Assembly would favor a Congressman
at Large and that he
would be thus honored. There
was considerable sentiment to
that effect in the Capital City,
since Mr. Murphy is one of the
elder Statesmen of North Carolina,
who has done yeoman
service for the State for half
a century of patriotic effort.
But the west, by reason of population,
is entitled to the new
Congressman to represent it
and not the entire State. That
win nrnhnhiv defeat the olan for
a Congressman at Large, though
Mr. Murphy is a westerner to the
bone.
Another bill, similar to that
defeated at practically every
session since the census of 1930,
is in the hopper, to reapportion
the House of Representatives,
upon the basis of the present
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pupiUittiUU) (U 10 j^iuriutu wj unv
clear mandate of the Constitu
tion. For a decade, reapportionment
has been fighting talk in
the General Assembly; but this
time, it looks as if the bill will
go through, and the balance of
power in the House will be
shifted from East to West for thef
first time in all the long and
turbulent history of North Carolina.
Bflfck in the early days,
the bdfrs down East kept the
balance of power in their hands
by creailng a new county in the
East every time it became necessary
to carve another out of
the great West, which was fast
becoming populated by the tides
of immigration westward. That
accounts for the shoe-string
counties down in the frog ponds.
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since nrau, uie naiance 01 power
was kept in the East because
the East had the votes in the
Assembly, and refused to obey
the constitutional mandate. This
year, one eastern county will
gain a House seat, and if the '
West will present a solid front, .
which it never has done, -the ;
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