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1. V' -c .. 1 r # ' ' ^ ^ A highway Coi Resignations ? i L' D_. r>. rfudiic uy jjj (Bv Dan Tompkins) i Raleigh, Jan. 29?The whole- I sale resignation of the North { Q?/1 DnKlin I I Carolina j ^orks Commission, which hap- ' pened some time ago; but was just made public this week, did not come as a very great sur- < prise to many observers. The 1 members of the commission and ' the chairman, all tendered their 1 resignations to the new Gov- 1 ernor. in order that he might 1 feel free to deal with the high- 1 Way situation in any way that 1 he may see fit, without any em- 1 barrassment to him, or anyone 1 else. Everytime a new governor t has come to live on Blount ( Street, a new highway commission has been appointed when i the General Assembly waned c and the flowers began to bloom t in the spring. One expedient or s another had been used to bring i about this reorganization and j new appointees. One year a new t set-up would be provided by the $ General Assembly; a different oi^anization would be rovided, r and so on. It was all to allow the ? new Governor to make whatever \ appointments he wished, in or- z der to have a Highway Commis- ? sion of his own. This time, the J Commission beat the Governor , and the General Assembly to the draw, and resigned, effective on j any date the Governor desires the resignations to be in forqe. ] Governor Hoey had the chance ? to appoint a new commission, ? and the reorganization bill stag- < gered the length of the terms j so that three of his appointees < went over into Governor * Broughton's term. Just who the new commission will be nobody , knows except the Governor, and j even he may not know, yet. It ^ is believed that there are some 1 ( members of the commission that! T he would like to see continued in | { A their present offices; but, with the whole commission resigned, it would perhaps be the { source of some embarrassment * should he appoint one or two of * the present members of the I commission, and not reappoint the rest. One thing is certain, and that is that unless Commissioner Mc- . * Kee should be reappointed, c orvimfTT of n o I r 1vwv*MJVii ^/UUIl IJ OIdllUO XIV/ chance now of having a high- * way commissioner, and it will probably be a long time before another man from this coun ty sits on the commission. There < is a lobby from the west urging i the appointment of Senator Ben Prince from Henderson as 1 Chairman of the Commission. 1 Monroe Redden, powerful Hen- t derson county leader, who was Governor Broughton's manager1 y in the mountain counties in the ( primarv PSJTrmcjicrn io ooi^ fo_ ) j xo UUlVi W ***? Vor Senatpr Prince. That will carry considerable weight with i the Governor, most people be- ( heve. No appointments will be ] made until after the adjourn- 1 ment of the General Assembly. 1 The reasons for this are ob- 1 vious; and include the fact that ' anY new governor wants as few I ruffled feelings and sore spots ; in the General Assembly as pos- 1 sible. He wants the honeymoon to continue at least until after toe adjournment of the first General Assembly of his administration. . Social Security for the State PltlPloyees seems certain of enactment. It started with a movement by the teachers, several years 3.P*n QYirl nro o Itm AltTTI dS I I?O?> U11U VY t*o *?? teacher retirement.- Governor ^r?ughton recommended not ?% old age retirement for the teachers; but extended the Principle to include all of the employees of the State, includes the highway workers. The ^islation is now pending and M11 be enacted at this session .01 the Assembly. Two years ago a commission to consult with Varies and make recommendations of a workable plan *as provided. The General Assembly of 1939 paved the way, ? < -V" . v : , i * ' ' ' 8 f . Iht % . - i; . aimisioners' * Made i 1 . , i roughton i . . | Hunter Before Committee Today Cullowhee, Jan. 23 (Special)? Dn January 30, President H. T. | Hunter of Western Carolina Teachers College plans to go be- j fore the appropriations commit- I b eeof the North Carolina legisature to talk to that group on ;he subject of "More money for Western Carolina Teachers Colege," and to plead with them ;o make this year's appropria;ion for the college at least jqual to last year's amount. Last year Western Carolina Teachers College received $84,>30 while the appropriation for his year is only $78,230. The 'f o f O VmiHrraf 1 >vt*vw l/UllUlllOOiUIl Xlcto ecommended that for the next rear the appropriation be cut o $74,009, a reduction of over >10,00 since last year. Since the price of food equipnent, and materials is going up md the school is getting less noney with which to buy these lecessities, the college administration is seriously concerned vith the problem of getting its ippropriation increased. For some time Western Caroina Teachers College has been vorking for admission to the Southern Association of Colleges ind Secondary Schools, but the imounts spent per studet,n for class room equipment, jfor the ibrary, and other needs are too small to warrant the admission. \ccording to Mr. Hunter Western Carolina Teachers ^Tttllege leeds $25,000 more each year rrom the state or a total sum of >100,000 for maintenance and jperating the r college plant, vhich has doubled in size durng the last two years. Sylva Rotary Club Meets Short talks by two of its mem)ers followed by a general discission constituted the program it the regular meeting of the 3ylva Rotary club Tuesday light. CClinton Dodson talked >n, "What It Means to be a Ro;arian," and Thomas A. Cox discussed, "Recent Developments n the Field of Chemistry." (Mr. Dodson, one of the club's lewest- members, listed the nany advantages of belonging ;o the Rotary club. He said that ;he feeling of brotherly love vhich Rotarians have for each ither is the outstanding adr??forro r?f hoinof a R.ntarian. raiito^^ vi MVAA*d M. Mr. Cox told of the great strides being made by chemical engineers in the petroleum and natural gas industries. He reviewed a newspaper article! which told of the rapidity that science had been able to increase the octane content of gasoline. Mr. Cox also discussed the synthetic rubber industry, one of the nation's newest industries, and the progress that it is making. | The club had one guest, Johnnie Hooten, Gulf Oil corporation engineer, who was the guest of Reggie Enloe. | - -- < ~ and tne present one is gumg w enact the law. A new congressional district has been carved out of the present ninth district, and that part of reapportionment is behind the assembly. No other congressional district in the State was affected. This means that the present eleventh district will remain as it is now composed. It is represented by Congressman Weaver and includes the counties of Rutherford, McDowall, Polk, Henderson, Buncombe, Transylvania, Haywood, Jack(Continued on page J) . y\ . j* I '* I I I J ' i """^ * ' NjjHfear Old Caney Fork Citizen Passes Away Javan Coward, 90 year old citizen of Jackson county, died Tuesday afternoon at his home on Caney Fork, following a brief illness of influenza. Mr. Coward, one of the,coun ty's oldest citizens, and a member of on6 of the pioneer families, was a prominent farmer and stock man for many years. Born and reared in this county, he spent his entire life here, and had many friends, throughout Western North Carolina. Mr. Coward is survived by his widow, I who is also 90 years of age, be- j ing only a few months younger j than her husband; by three j daughters, Mrs. A. M. Henson, of Sylva; Mrs. Will Brown, of Caney i Fork, and Mrs. W. H. Smith of I l ! ' i East LaPorte, a large number of j grandchildren and other rel-! atives also survive. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon. Deitz Retires From Active Pastorate Rev. Thad F. Deitz, veteran Baptist peacher of the mountains, who has been proclaiming the Gospel throughout Western North Carolina for the past 53 years, has retired from the i active ministry. Born and reared on East Fork of Savannah in this county, Mr. Deitz was converted in his youth and entered the Baptist ministry. He has served churches in Sylvar Andrews, and* other places in Western North Carolina, and was pastor of the church at Bryson City for 23 years. He has been moderator of the Tennessee River Association, and is now serving his 16th year as moderator of the j Tuckaseigee Association. At the last session of the Baptist State Convention, he was elected a vice-president of the convention. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Deitz was pastor of Scott's Creek church, which he has served for the past 15 years, and of Jarrett Memorial churcl^ at Dillsboro, where he is serving his fourth year. Ar,man of deep convictions and consecration, and a speaker of eloquence and conviction, Mr. Deitz has been making an impress upon the life of his native' mountains for the past half century. Although retiring from the' active ministry, Mr. Deitz expects to hold himself available for evangelistic and supply work, and to continue to take a deep interest in the work of the church in this region, and in the welfare of his people. i Wrestling At Cullowhee Saturday A sports event that is some-; thing new in these parts, and which is attracting considerable attention, is the wrestling - ? -A r<nvn matcnes oetween wcsoaa ^aiulina Teachers College and Knoxville Y. M. C. A., at the gymnasium at 8 o'clock, Saturday night. There will be eight matches, ranging from 121 pounds to the heavyweight class. In addition there will be a badmitton exhibition, and other attractions. This is the first of a series of wrestling events that have been scheduled by Mr. Ralph J. Andrews, who has been coaching a large number of students in the art of wrestling. The next meet wil be with Appalachian on February 8. Following that, will be with the University of Tennessee, February 15; Canton Y. M. C. A., March 1, and with Maryville College and Vanderbilt University, the dates to be arranged. y*wi i, U ,<**?*/ .>' - !.. ' 4/ - /i r , j r : . ' - , ? &?: * '? -. > .' **?'] I ' " ' " \/*fc ^ ' t : 'f:' ; >. ... - - - - r^;'r. 3fi> *5*t+*?Vr=?" <r*"< i , i. Com 4 " : S1LVA, NORTH CAROLINA, JAJ r , ?j. , 4,368 New 4-lM Members Are Sought A new record for- North Carolina of 55,632 members of 4-H Clubs was established in 1940, but L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club Reader of N. C. State College, j promptly issued a challenge for an increase to 60,000 members in 1941. The 1,613 active ji-H.! Clubs -last year "fras" also a new high for the State, but Harrhl says "we should have at least j 1,700 clubs 'in 1941, and a mini.- j mum of five clubs in each coun- !, ty." - : The Extension Service club leader announced tne ioiiowmg j important 4rH dates to remember in 1941. Thd 4-H crops judging contest at'the N. C. Crop ! Improvement Association seed j show in Greensboro on February j 1; the annual 4-H Church Sunday on April'27; the Older Youth Conference at State Col- | lege June 10-14; the State 4-H ! Short Course at* State. College i; July 23-AuguSt 2; the Stater Wildlife Conference August 2530; and the 4-H Dress Review | at Siatc College October 3. I tToi'rill nvtoiirloH onn nri'O fuln _ J . .xivx AXX tAi/vxi\^vu V/Viigitttuia : lions to thq Copeiand 4-H Club ( in Surry Cqunty, which was se- i lecfccd as the bfest 4-H Club in lC iu. The Copeland Club had 45 members enrolled and they completed 72 projects last year. i| Members of the club also participated in camp, 4-H council, community, county, district and State activities. The best cluo in the State receives annually-a cash award of $10j to be used for club or com- ; mumty development. Other! State piizes include a four-year; college scholarship to the out- I standing 4-H Club boy; one-year college scholarships for the best corn, cotton, tobacco, horticulmi dairy and* many other honors. " i Six-Point Progiis ftr Quality Fouttiy bivtn ' T. T^ Brown, Extension poul- 1 tiy SpCCiaLSC Ox iN. L. kjluLC UGi- i lege, says the greatest need .in the North Carolina poultry in-|! iiustry is to improve the quality of poultry products offered on the market. "Local distributors of poultry products arc always, glad to handle our local products if we will furnish them quality i eggs and meat in sufficient! quantity and steadily," he says. 1 As a six-point program for mdducng qua! ty poultry, JJrov/n lists: (it Keep only purebred J I poultry and secure the -chicksj or I | itcck from a dependable oreeaer; (2) avoid overcrowding?al- 1 low baby chicks at least one I square foot of floor space for j each two chicks, exclusive of space occupied by the brooder; (3) provide plenty of ventilation ' without floor drafts;* (4) use a high quality feed and feed liber- 1 ally; (5) provide ample feed and watering equipment; and (6) j clean and disinfect ihe house I and equipment thoroughly be- |: fore the chicks are started, and keep the house and yards clean, j Three marketing hints are |l also given by the Slate College*! specialist: (1) Destroy thin,;; light, and diseased birds; never 1 offer them on the market and j market only finished birds; (2) ' grade and assort live market 'j birds according to size, color and \ finish., and (3) starve birds to ; be dressed for 15 to 20 hours be- j fore slaughter, but do not with-[ hold drinking water. . "Unless we meet the-quality! requirements," Brown declared, "we' shouldn't blame local dis- : tributors from gioing to Cali- j fornia and the Middle West for eggs and dressed poultry, and i to Texas for dressed turkeys. As much as some of us apparently j dislike it, it will be necessary j to dress and grade market poul- 1 try and turkeys, and to candie J and grade eggs before these products reach the retailer." j ~ 1 i : " ; i The campus of Drew University covers 120 acres. - j i. - ... ' : ' V ; i- = .: ! #*'. ' ' " ' ' ' . ? , . *v ; \ 7 . . '' |' r . I . Vt 13 m NI AKY 30, 1941 11 ' A V.C.T.C. Senior Ciass Elects Superlatives Cullowhee, Jan. 23 (Special)? The senior class of Western Carolina Teachers College met today to elect its superlative members and to choose the per.son 4a -whom' the college yearbook, The Catamount, would be dedicated. . i John Worth McDevitt, alumni' secretary ana director oi cor- i respondence courses at the college for the past three years, [was named as the one to whom ; the annual will be dedicated. Mr. McDevitt is an alumnus, of iWestern Carolina Teachers College, having been graduated j iwith the class of 1036. The superlatives chosen were: ! best-all-around girl, Kate Lind- ! !sey of Almond; best aii around hoy, Sam Pryor, of Bear Wallow; 'girl with best personality, Lor- : :etta Eass of Canton; boy with; best nersonalitv. Herbert Cohn jof Candler; most courteous jgirl, Zula Franklin cf Marshall; ! ;most courteous coy, Gail Bridges !of Shelby; prettiest girl, Mary j 'Jo Chandler of Walnut; best looking boy, Hal Plonk of Lincclnton; most popular girl, Lorraine Burleson of Asheville; most popular boy, Virgil Humphries of Kentucky most athletic gill, Pauline Hart of Faye Seville; most athletic boy, Clyde Peek of Mars Hill; girl most likely to^succced, Gertrude Carter of Zebulon; boy .most likely to' succeed, Elmer Stahlmah of Mt. Sterling; most: friendly girl, Eattie Hilda Stit- ! ton of Sylva; and most friendly boy, Vernon Martin of Hayes-; ville. . . .. ! " ' Marketing Lxjeting Called r : VLuleigh, Jan. 20?A plan for increasing farm income in N. C.! i.. * jugh the adoption and' pro- i non of. a broad agricultural . ichancl'sing program and-use P. a proposed uniform label to . ... W v farm products of quality j \v..l be presented by the State' p v- p a r i in e n t of Agriculture j Tuesday, January 23, at a meeting Ci growers,' packers and oihsia.jn the board rodm of the Agricultural building. \' ; An cafjorate exhibit of merUrand.sirs methods and adver U^-iac'a programs successfully :-.s in the Stale of Maine will !:s ' n at the. meeting at :'.v .meeting at which Sturges be l ranee of New York City, pres cL-nii cf a nationally-known Lnerch: ndising-counsel f i r m, twill be the principal speaker, j- Governor Eroughton, Senator L. Y. Eailentine cf Wake and jticp. L. L. Burgin of Henderson, (chairmen of the General Assembly's agricultural committee's: State College Extension Service officials and other state : leaders have indicated thein in- ; tention to be present. I'union White, marketing spe- j Icialist of the Department, will | explain the proposal to adopt a "uniform label of quality" for' North Carolina farm products, j Commissioner of Agriculture i 77. Iferr Sao It, commenting on j Ihe marketing proposal, said j that "obviously North Carolina needs and must have a broad merchandising program for ag- j riculture if the farmers are to receive a just share of the con- j sume^'s dollar," adding that "our | farm products are relatively un- j kho?/n in the great market centers cf the nation today, and in order to successfully compete ( with products of other states o-iri dopir* t.hp p nntr.niation of C'jL i VA UOV W.A V X ~ quality products grcwn by our farmers, it seems most necessary that we adept some uniform label that will attract thebuyer's eye." '?f ; DEST The Roxobel-Kelford club has been /awarded an achievement banner for making the best 4-H blub record in Bertie County, ' says R. D. Smith, assistant farm agent. ' - - i ' ,' - ; v-wV,' W W"*?[ *< ;-j"-?:'1-, & ' >.*?-." > ' * < a'Ayr ;. ?* f V. ' ' * ? -*. ? - v.: , -- **? f. tttrtutl ?? mmm Si.uo A 1EAR IN I 75^*. ? "B FPJ . nancy r or i Help ForBi 30-Year Old Sylva Man Ends ; Own Life 1 Vernon Harris, 30 year old Sylva citizen, was found dead near his home, early Sunday morning, with a gun shot wound m nis cnest, ana a snot gun lying near his body. Mr. Harris went hunting on Saturday afternoon, and when he failed to return, a search was made for him. Officers were summoned, and a jury impanucled by Coroner C. W, Dills. The jury returned a verdict of suicide. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at SeoU's Creek Eaptist church, at Ecta, and interment was in the Old Field Cemetery. Mr. Harris was a plumber by trade, and had been working with Ben Sloan, Waynesville contractor, for some time. He was well known in Sylva, having been born and reared U- M J H rt 1 ^ M/V/V M t I* A/! iieic, ct'iiu, xittu a i&x^e xxuxxxuex ux friends. He is survived by his widow and three small children; by his father and mother, Mr. md: Ivlrs.. Jim Harris; by two brothers, Everest Harris and Trady Karris, all of Sylva, and y a number of other relatives. jm&d , . ; ? awson Alien oss To Florida ?-fcawnea'-Alleii' lm -tmcepCOT ie position as Educational Diictor of the First Baptist .lurch in Jacksonvilie, and he :.nd his famiiy wil go to Jacksonville within the next few days. Mr. Allen, has been Educational Director of the First Baptist church in Asheville for some time. Ilis home is in Sylva, and he is a graduate of Western Carolina Teachers College. Before going to Jacksonville, Mr. k TS ;r,.o a 11 r. ttaimcr iiU riiAoii aitu men ^yuung ! filler are visiting Mr. and ' s. P. C. Moody. Mrs.'L. L. Allen, and other relatives here. p. foai liU a* M fi3 u n Alius A rv'(\ that is much apprecir management of the Tu Hospital was received i;:'3 "ek, when a large amount c' cmhcd goods was - 1 - 'A 7 _ " "inn :> oy uic i^uiuicu uiLrstty Club of the A. M. E. Zion church, and the Liberty Baptist church. The idea*. was / born in the heads of two Negro women, Frederick Love aryl Mattie K, Shepherd, who went to Miss Grace Cordon, head of the hospital, and ttold her that the colored people realize that they have received much more benefit from the hospital than they have been able to repay, and | that the colored women wanted I to make this donation in ap! preciation of the service that the hospital has been to the Negro people of this county. Hoeutt To Loave Sylva In April The Kev. h. m. jriocult, pastor cf the 6ylva Eaptist church, has accepted a call from the congregation of the Reed Memorial church in Ashcville, and will assume the pastorate, of that church on April 1, it was announced on Tuesday, in Asheville, according to the AshevilleCitiZen Times. Mr. Kccutt, a North dCarolinian/came to Sylva from Texas in February, 1936, and has been ; ar assiduous worker here since | th X time. ? , i r-TTii.?" V-"n,ih*i -I .11 ? T m i U>VANCE IN THE COUNTY ill-Out | ritian senator josian w. Baiiey, North Carolina's Senior Senator, is for all-out aid for Briti ain and will support the lend- -* , lease bill-, -giving the "President extraordinary powers to that end. In a statement to the Journal, on yesterday, Senator Bailey so stated his position. Senator Bailey's full statement follows: ' f 3 The policy of our Government *. ;> | with respect to the war in Eu,- 5; rope, and in view of complication in the Orient, appears to be as follows: 1. It is our purpose to render full aid to Great Britain and other countries allied with her in resisting the aggressions of the totalitarian powers. 2. The limitations upon this? W;B j aid are>: (r\\ va; j-iic picociVO.UU11 OI UUT own security. ^il (b) A hope that we may escape involvement as an actual belligererft. (c) We do not intend to send I our soldiers to fight in any Old World country. t 3. In order that we may render aid promptly and intelli- v gently to Great Britain, we are about to give the President extraordinary powers, since mat- fa ters of this sort cannot be 1 handled as promptly as is necessary by the Congress. It is not intended that those powers shall ;! be permanent, but shall expire whenever the necessity for them passes. The President has declared that he does not intend to have our ships used for purposes of convoy of ships to Great Britain or ports of other belligerents and that he does not intenth^-to transfer to Great Britain, or any other country, any important part of our Navy. tj He has repeatedly said that this country will not be taken into the war, meaning by this that he will do nothing to take it . into the war as a belligerent. Limitations in line with the foregoing are likely to be enacted. It is important to this country that the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations shall not be overwhelmed, and it is important that the British Navy shall not pass into the hands of ?"?v o<her nation. In the final analysis, come what may, we nay reasonably hope to prevent ' y this course the control of lie seas passing to the powers oat wculd isolate this country n event they should get such control, and which countries cannot be trusted not to attack us if they should conceive it to be to their interest to do so. In . Ja other words, if control of the seas can be preserved as in the present hands which control it, that is the British and the Unit ed States fleets, we will be relatively safe in any event. . -i d Since there are many inquiries as to my position, I am issuing this statement in order that all may know that I am sustaining the policy of our Government as above outlined. I deplore the cost, the risk and the sacrifies entailed, but they seem to me to be necessary to the security and welfare of the people of the United States. i Having stated my position, let me add that I shall be utterly tolerant of those who differ with me and give appropriate consideration to their representations. My decision, as above set nut hoc hppn rpophprl nnt. siiri ? ?denly, but after prolonged consideration. AG eat North Carolinian Passes J # 'Va Judge Francis D. Winston, one of North Carolina's great men, jurist, lecturer, author,' legislator, Lieu tenant-Go vern or, Grand Master of Masons, one of the men who has made North Carolina a place in the sun of * culture, died at his home in* -* t Windsor, Wednesday night. * 1 \ r.- fM : ' :-zmm / ' j *"*' J - . .ija
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