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12 tiomicu I Face Trial Convenes ^B two homicide cases for trial ^B face the Jackson County Su^B perior Court, when it convenes, B Monday morning, with Judge Felix E. Alley presiding, and ^B - John M. Queen prose gouuivv* cuting the docket for the State. Qrover King, young man from Barker's Creek, is charged with murder, for the fatal shooting of [ John Harley McDowell, Sylva Negro, in Sylva on the morning I of November 1?, last. The shoot| ing occurred in the east section of Sylva. C. C. Cole and Clyde H. Ledford, are charged with murder I in connection with the death by I an automobile of Garland Ma han, 25 - year - old WPA truck I driver, who was struck and instantly killed, on the highway I between Sylva and Dillsboro, on I the night of December 5. Cole and Ledford are also charged with fleeing from the scene of an accident, or, in common parI lance, "hit and run driving." It is alleged that McMahan was I struck by the car driven by Cole, and that the two men left H him lying on the roadway and I fled, later to be arrested ' by Chief of Police Griffin Middle ton, and Patrolman John CKel ley, on highway 107, just inside the city limits of Sylva. Cole is still in jail, and Ledford has I been released on $2,000 bond. There is one kidnapping case, that in which Cecil Buchanan I is charged with this grave of| fense. It was continued from the June term. A case in which Fred Ashe is charged with assault with intent to rape, is on the docket, and there are two seduction cases, one against- WiHourn Norman, and one against Willard Antony. Barney Van Eachern, is charged with larceny,, in connection with a shop-lifting expedition in a Sylva store, last week. Drunken driving is the chief nffpnsp t.hnt. has hppn mnst. frp quently committed in this county, judging by the docket for trial at the Superior Court, next week. There are fifty-seven cases on the docket, in which the defendants are charged with operating automobiles while intoxicated. There are 11 cases of violating the prohibition laws. If traced to the fundamental causes, it is probable that liquor or intoxicants is at the bottom of ninety per cent of the cases on the docket. The men who will serve as 111 rOT* C O y-\ rl rr?*rt <4 1 11 ? /%?? 0* r* jwivio axxu gxaxxu juxuxa axe. First Week E. G. Lombard, Cashiers Valley; Lloyd Hooper, River; Frank Green, Savannah, Lyndon Cabe, Green's Creek, Roy Monteith, Cullowhee; Thomas. A. Cox, Cullowhee, Early Deitz, Green's Creek; c. W. Ashe, Sylva; Lloyd Coggins, Mountain; E. L. Bryson, Sylva; John C. Morris, > Sylva; t- f. Buchanan, Green's Creek; G. J. Lessley, Savannah; David Bishop Savannah; Jim H. Bryson, Hamburg; Ed Fisher, Sylva; d. d. Cogdill, Sylva; J. P Stovall, Sylva; W. T. Collins Savannah; T. N. Massie, Sylva Nelson Buchanan, Greens Creek; d- P. Davis, Qualla; Frank Bumgarner, Sylva, W. C. Hennessee Sylva; Oscar Wike, River; Le< Cook, Barker's Creek; Johr Broom, Canada; Luther Stephens, Caney Fork; Willie C Crisp, Dillsboro; SamF.Buchanan, Green's Creek; Allen Adams Cullowhee; John Wood, River J- T. Revis, Qualla; Ralph Bry5011. Hamburg; J. L. Jones, Sylva'. Garland Ashe, Sylva; B. R Leopard, Hamburg; Charle: Barnes, Sylva; C. W. Monteith Hamburg; Harry E. Henry, Sylva; M. M. Galloway, Canada. Second Week A- D. Parker, Sylva; Harle: Powell, River; Jim Rice, Cash ler's Valley; Will C. Crawford Cullowhee; D: A. Phillips, Cane; *ork; Gurney Webb, Savannah j en ^ryson, Sylva; Sextoi Ln*K Cashier's Valley; > Elliot iContinued on Last Page) wmiam rnomas cnapman, retired Southern Railway engineer, died suddenly at his home at Addie, Sunday afternoon. * Funeral services were con- ( ducted at Buff Creek Baptist church, Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Nando Stevens officiating. Interment was in the : Clayton cemetery. Mr. Chapman, who was 64 years of age, is survived by his widow, one son, Jack Chapman, of Detroit, Mich, and one daugh ter, Mrs. Robert Shular. MISS CAMP WRITES NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY TEXT Cullowhee (Special) ? Miss : Cordelia Camp, a member * of 1 Western Carolina Teachers Col- i lege, is the author of a new i North Carolina History text for use in the fifth grade. While the 1 State Board of Education did . not adopt this book for the fifth grade, it was very highly recom- i friended to the board by the : elementary text book commis- : sion. After a thorough study of : the various texts offered, the ' commission stated * that Miss : Camp's book was well organized, i scholarly, and accurate It was < recommended as the most ped- < agogically sound and teachable i of all the books presented. The ; commission stated that Miss 1 Camp's treatment of the racial 1 elements in North Carolina was ' the best in its opinion, so far ] written. John R. Jones Named Local Representative Of Jefferson Standard :? I John R. Jones, has accepted i the position as local representative of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company of , Greensboro. Mr. Jones has for years been one of Jackson County's prominent citizens. He served the I nc Donriefor1 ^f C QnH UU UH oy ao JLVCgiavV/i yjx i^vvuu, has since held various business positions in the community.. Since 1917, until a few months ago, Mr. Jones was a member of the firm of the Jackson Hardware Company. In his various capacities in the business and church, and civic life of the county, Mr. Jones has made many friends, and is known to practically everybody in the county. Fred R. Bryson, another native and former citizen of the i county, is district supervisor for the company, with headquarters , in Asheville. Mr. Bryson has been working with Mr. Jones here this week. [ CHURCHES OBSERVE BOY SCOUT WEEK , Rev. H. M. Hocutt, pastor of , the Sylva Baptist Church, ; preached to the members of the Boy Scout Troop, at a union , meeting held in the Methodist > Church Sunday night, ushering i in Boy Scout Week. The members of the troop, . troop committee, scout master - and assistant scout masters attended the' service and sat in a ; body. i - Presbyterians To Have Services Sunday s > . Rev. Paul P. Thrower, pastor - of the Presbyterian Church in i " ~ 4- 4-U?, I I Bryson City, win prcuun wiC ' Community House here, next 7 Sunday afternoon, at 4:30 " o'clock. ' '? . Services are held regularly on 7 the first and third Sunday af; ternoons of every month, by Rev. * Mr. Thrower, to which the peot pie of the community are in1 vited. ? 1, I Pje Id t * ie Cases 1 As Court I. > Monday Thomas Chapman Dies Suddenly TTTJlll * ; . I | I v SYLVA, NORTH C Memorial Service Held Sunday By Methodist Society A memorial service for Mrs. M. D. Cowan and Mrs. W. H. Rhodes was held by the Woman's Society of Christian Service, at the Methodist Church, Sunday afternoon, at which time memorial certificates, showing that fifty dollars had been invested in the missionary work as a memorial to these two ladies by the society, were presented to the members of their families. Mrs. John H. Wilson presided at 'the meeting, and tributes were paid to Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs. Cowan by Mrs. J. F. Freezs and Mrs. Dan Tompkins. Mrs. Dora Lee Collins read a speech made by Mrs. Rhodes, several years ago, when the society held a birthday meeting honoring Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Sadie J. Long. Mrs. Ratledge sang "This Is My Task." A large crowd of the friends of Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Rhodes was present at the meeting. The church was decorated with vases of gladiola and snapdragon, placed in the church by the Cowan and Rhodes families. After the service, the flowers were taken to members of the society who are ill. Mrs. Cowan was president of the Missionary Society at Sylva for twenty-five years, and was active in the work of the church and Sunday School during the whole of the long years of her residence here. Mrs. Rhodes was active in the work of the society, the church, and the Sunday School. Some years ago, be cause 01 ner service, xurs. cowan was presented a life membership by the society. ROTARIANS LEARN INTERESTING FACTS ON LIFE OF LINCOLN A discussion on the life of Abraham Lincoln was the feature of the program at the Sylva Rotary club meeting Tuesday night. The discussion was led by President R. U. Sutton. Many interesting facts and stories in connection with the life of Lincoln were brought out. President Sutton pointed out two items of note about j Lincoln that none of the club members had ever heard. One of these was the fact that Lincoln helped his father make his mother's casket; and the other: Lincoln, after going bankrupt in the general store business, finally paid off all his creditors after 20 years. Dr. H. T. Hunter gave a short resume of the Book, "Why Was, Lincoln Murdered," Dr. Hunter said that the author of this book gave evidence that those who called themselves . his | friends were connected with the assassination of Lincoln, reason, being that they wanted control of the government. Many other members took part in the interesting discussion, considerable time being given to discussing the stories of Lincoln being a North Carolinian. President Sutton read a letter, from the Hartsvffle, S. C., club stating that Dr. Sylvester Green,! whom that club had planned to run for district governor of Rotary International this year, had withdrawn from the racePresident Sutton said that this practically assures Dr. H. THunter of the district governorship. C. F. Dodson and Ralph Sutton, who had birthdays recently, were toasted by Jack Walters. The club had one guest, Dr. Frederick Neuman, who is an instructor at Western Carolina Teachers College. ROY HALL PROMOTED Roy Hall has been promoted by the Southern Railway to a position as clerk in the office of the company at North Wilkesboro. Frank Deitz has accepted the position to take Mr. Hall's place in the station at ^ylva. / TT .\ ' f AR0LIN3^^RSDAY, FEB. 13, 12 Volunteers Leave Wednesday For Fort Bragg . . Twelve volunteers from Jackson county will leave here at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, February 19, for Fort Bragg, to begin serving their one year's training as selectees, according to an order issued today by the ,/v""1 Caiofltivp Sprvipp "Rnard lu^ai uwvuvAvv ? The men who have been selected from among the list of volunteers are Harold James Bowman, Claude James Morris, James Burton Connor, Ervin Claude Buchanan, Britt Jefferson Dillard, Clyde Keener, Jesse Leroy Shelton, Wayne Parrie, William Marshall Keever, Lloyd Jackson Cogdill, Bedford Johnny Nations, and Glen Eugene Holden. Thomas Reeves Wykle was selected as replacement, should sudden illness prevent any one of the above named young men from leaving. Every time a call has been made from this county, there have been enough volunteers to fill the county's 'quota. Mrs. Hunter Will Address SylvaP-T A Mrs. H. T. Hunter will be the principal speaker at Founder's Day celebration at the Sylva Parent - Teacher Association, next Tuesday afternoon. The Mn finn o 1 fnilTlHoro QflH tV?P TlfPS nabiviiai M*?vt idents of the local P.-T. A. will be honored at the meeting. Mrs. A. P. Ratledge will sing, "Mother's Hymn," a song composed especially for ParentTeachers Associations., On Pounders' Day, an offering Is always taken for the purpose ^extending th* P^fTA. Vdrr in the state and nation. HUNTERS. FISHERS TO MEET FEBRUARY 25 The Jackson County Hunters and Fishers Association will meet on February 25 at 8 o'clock in the evening, and every member is urged to be present, as the matter of advocating the appointment of a Jackson Coun ? rtf tV>0 I ly mail aa a incmuci ui viiv [conservation and Development Board will be taken up, and the placing of 16,000 trout from the rearing pools for the county will be discussed Everett Harris, treasurer of the association stated the association now has 100 members, from which has been collected $242,21. Of this $99 has been sent to the State Association, $8.47 paid for printing and postage, and $78.84 for fish food and pools. This leaves a balance of $55.26 in the treasury. Mr. Harris asserted that there is a good chance for Jackson county to be represented on the Board of Conservation and Development, and is asking that the members be present to discuss this matter of importance, and to make plans. Work Is Under Way On "Stephen Foster" At W. C. T. C. Cullowhee (Special) ? Work is under way at Western Carolina Teachers College on what will probably be the most attractive musical and dramatic production ever given on the campus when the choral groups and the Western Carolina Players present "Stephen Foster" by Earl Holeson Smith Thursday evening, March 6, in the college auditorium. The play dramatizes the life of the famous composer, whose name was the only one of several great Americans submitted this year to the committee on adding names to the Hall of Fame, to receive the requisite number of votes for this honor. It features most of the best known Foster songs such as "Old Black Joe," "O, Susannah," "My Old Kentucky Home," i "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair," and "Beautiful Dream* , er," ?s well as- many others. i I ; , " T* ' - ' " ' i\ 1 ittii JN 1941 158 City License Plates Are Sold By Fire Department One hundred and fifty eight city license tags for the year 1941 have been sold by the Sylva Fire Department, and there are 22 tage left for sale to anyone wishing to have a city tag. The mAriDw frnm thpsp coIm otapc tn A A Vttt VA4VWV VV the support of the efficient fire department of the town, made up entirely of volunteer firemen, serving without pay. Those who have bought city tags are: Phil Stovall, J. D. Cowan, James Kindley, Bart Cope, Fred Hooper, Jane Coward, Tilgman Bass (2), Leon Picklesimer, C. C. Cagle, Sylva Paperboard, Roger Monteith, Dan Moore, Jimmie Morris, Mrs. H. R. Hastings, O. J. Lessley, R. L. f Ariail, A. H. Bryson, J. R. Elkins (2), D. D. Hooper, J. C. Cannon, jfranK uowan, narry Ferguson, A. C. Moses, Dr. R. F. Keenum, Lawrence Reed, Velt Wilson, A. B. Queen, J. A. Allman, Joe 1 Clyde Fisher, T. N. Massie, A. P. Ratledge, Mark Watson, H. O. Curtis, C. Z. Candler, A. G. Huff Jr., Frank Fricks, E. L. McKee, Dan Allison, R. C. Allison, Emerson Phillips, Chas. Reed, J. C. Allison, Wood? Hampton, Chas. Bumgarner, Fred Allison, Grayson Cope, D. M. Hall, Dr. A. A. Nichols, E. O. Mashburn, Paul Warren, Oscar Dillard, Raymond Glenn, Lewis Cannon, Claude Stanford, Sylva Tire Co., C. B. Thompson, Wade Baker. Horrace Bradshaw, Roy Reed, A. D. Parker, Dr. W. P. McGuire, Pet Dairy, Dr. Kirchberg, Norcella McGuire, W. E. Grindstaff, G. W. Jones, S. A. Carden, E. J. Duckett, W. G. Womack, Dan Tompkins, Jim Wells, H. B. Morgan, Ed. Curry, Paul Kirk^5%^o Shop, Jbhn "MtfrrisTH. P. t^fieyT Lucy Belle Tatham, Dr. Wilkes, Mrs. Wilkes, Ben Lessing, T. W. Ashe, Jennings Bryson, Anna v ? ? m 21 _ _ r> ^ ? m? L<ou Moore, d. v . uiies, iteg xwilow, Chester Scott, Harry Nicholson, Howard Allison, J. M. Hyatt, Ralph Dills, J. L. Monteith, O. E. Monteith, (2), A. J. Dills, F. L. McNeely, Walter Hartman, W. H. Moody, Theo Dills, Carl Corbin, Ashe (salesman), James Kindley, J. D. Moore, B. E. Harris. Joe Deitz. Fred Russell, Moody Funeral Home, Ernest Lewis, H. M. Hocutt, Ed Carnes, T. E. Reed, Mrs. J. W. Crawford, O. E. Brookhyser, W. T. Wise, Garland Lackey, Cogdill Motor Co., A. H. oinn, uavis wooper, wooay Hampton, Charles Evans, Henry Watson, Farmer's Federation, Vearl Ensley, Jeff Hedden and D. Coward, W. J. Fisher, W. W. Bryson, Joe Smith, R. O. Wilson, Ben Queen, Glenn Hughes, Rass Barrett, Mrs. Pierce Allen, Sol Schulman, John Shepherd, Vernon McHan, W. H. Greenarch, P. W., Claude Campbell, A. F. Arrington, Leonard Holden, Karl Wallace, John CKelly, G. C. Middleton, Louis Hare, F. D. Dillard Robinson, Frank Massie, C. L. Allison, Roscoe Dills, Paul Ellis, George Cunningham, Dr. W. K. Chapman, R. XJ. Sutton, M. B. Cannon, C. E. Smith, Fred Sutton, Realts Sutton, Claude Queen, Roscoe Poteet, G. K. Bess, F. K. Pjcklesimer, F. M. Williams, Hooper Motor Co., Wayne Terrell, J. R. Long, W. G. Davis, A. W. Wilson, W. H. Conley, Don Fisher, !E. M. Lloyd. CORN PRODUCTION UNDER 1940 CROP "d n ioi crVi ? Wnrtv> Carolina's iVOrlVA^AA .. v. 1940 crop of corn, grown in all I the State's 100 counties, totaled 44,733,000 bushels or six per cent under 1939, W. T. Wesson, junior statistician of the State Department of Agriculture reported today. The state's corn crop ranked 16th in the United States in total production. The yield of 18.5 bushels per acre was one bushel under 1939. Forest land in the United . States so heavily cut over that it is practically idle represents an area equal in size to Italy, says the U. S. Forest Service. f * ' *?. . ' / ntrntil '? i ' , $1.00 A YEAR IN ADV Retiremei Passes As? Without 1 Sylva Boy Scouts Have Banquet The banquet of the Sylva Boy Scouts, their parents and friends of Scouting was held last night at the Community House, with Hugh ?. Monteith acting as toastmaster. Mr. Monteith and Mr. Ed Duckett explained the Scout set up, and the work of the Scout Committee, and Mr. George Lee, Scoutmaster, called apon different members of the troop to give demonstrations 01 hings that they have learned in Scout work after Herman Bailey, Sagle Scout, had explained the everal ranks in Scouting and he! steps necessary for advancenent. > The dinner was prepared by a ommittee of the mothers of Scouts. EAST LaPORTE P-TA HEARS SPEECH BY SUPERINTENDENT East LaPorte (Special)? The East LaPorte Parent - Teacher Association met Friday, February 7 and elected Mrs. Thomas Wike as President to succeed Mrs. Roi Cole, who recently resigned. With Mrs. Wike presiding Miss Ruby Phillips gave the devotional and Superintendent Moses, the speaker, was introduced for the meeting. His talk was "Bottleneck in Education," in which he stressed the importance of home training and school training for children. He pointed out tne ract mat tne Parent -Teacher Association is in an important link connecting the home and school and urged the parents and members of the Parent-Teacher Association to make their school a place for training better and more useful citizens of the future and urged hearty cooperation of home, school and Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs. Robert Fisher, SecretaryTreasurer, outlined some of the improvements made in the school this year by the help of the Parent Teacher Association, NYA of Sylva, County Superintendent, and County Board of Education. The school lunch room was the outstanding improvement for the Parentm 1 si,-.* 1 CfclCXlCr AddUUlClblUll piUJCbb AVI last year while the library haj been their main project for this year. The NYA shop in Sylva made the furniture and chairs for the auditorium. Dr. and Mrs. John R. Brinkley of Del Rio, Texas, donated $25.00 to start the fund for purchasing books. With the help of the ParentTeacher Association and the principal, D. M. Hooper, the library work has been a success. It now has over 250 books, a hundred of which are standard books, and a full time librarian. The County Board of Education furnished paint, and the Parent Teacher Association paid for the labor to paint the library, hall, and lunch room. The Parent-Teacher Association purchased a stove and some new cooking utensils for the lunch room. With the help of the Federal Government and our eficient lunch room supervisor, trs. Clyde Hamilton, approxiiat.piv sixtv children are given ot lunch service each day. | Refreshments were served by - le lunch room workers and (rs. John Hamilton at the close | f the meeting. ' ARM BULLETIN NOW OFT PRESS Raleigh ? The new annual issue of "Agricultural Statistics/' published by the State Depart- | ment of Agriculture to serve as a guide to farmers, farm leaders and others in planning and determining agricultural progress, I is now off the press and avail- 1 ' able for distribution. ' ?4Tlj ' r? - ' Vj .'ill ' f f " ANCE IN THE COUNTY it Bill iembly Dissent The retirement bill for teachers and other state employees < has passed both houses of the General Assembly, without a sinclp fiisapritincr vnt.p in either branch of the General Assembly. This bill, advocated by teachers of North Carolina for several years, and over which there has been a great stir in the State for the past two sessions of the Assembly is now the law. It gives social security for teachers and other employees of the State, just like the employees of corporations have under the federal Social Security Act. Contributions to the retirement fund are made by both the state and the employees, and the fund for the pensions for the sick and the aged are thus built up, so that old teachers and those who become ill after serving the state for ten years, can be retired with sufficient income for a comfortable living. The bill applies to employees of the Highway Commission, as well as teachers. Thus many people in all the counties are affected. The General Assembly of 1939 authorized the appointment of a commission to make a study of the matter and figure out the cost and the amounts of the navments with thp advice of competent actuaries, and to report to the present General Assembly. It was upon the basis of this report that the bill was drafted and passed. There never was much opposition to the idea. The only thing that has stood in the way of it senactment was findinjg the funds with which, .to finance 'its operation. This ses-' sion of the General Assembly finds itself with more money to spend than any previous session. So much so, that the passage of the retirement bill was easy; and the twelfth grade in the schools seems likely to be adopted. May Free Some Foods of Tax Not only that, but, with pres- . sure being exerted by the Governor to put his private platform pledge, when he was running in the primary last spring, into effect, it seems altogether probable that the sales tax on nearly all foods will be eliminated, cutting some millions of dollars out of the revenue of the State. The House has passed the reapportionment bill, transferring the numerical control of the House from East to West. The bill has gone to the Senate for approval by that body. Under it * Mecklenburg county will have four representatives, Guilford four, Buncombe three, and Cabarrus and Cumberland, two each. New Hanover, Halifax, Rockingham, Nash and Wayne will each lose a representative. The reapportionment, delayed for ten years in open violation of the Constitution, was made upon the basis of the census of 1940. It appears that the Senate will pass the measure. But, the east wil] still hold control of the upper house of the Assembly, for no bill tp redistrict the state for senators has been passed by either house, and it seems unlikely that such a measure will be introduced. Bill Forbids Wine in Dry Areas The Jarvis BUI, to eliminate the sale of fortified wines in the 74 dry counties of the state has won approval of the subcommittee, and wiU so?n be on the floor of the House for action. Under it the sale of wine with . more than 14 percent alcohol is forbidden in the 74 dry counties and its sale restricted to the ABC stores in those counties that hare adopted the liquor control stores as a policy for dealing with the liquor question. | This is admittedly a compromise measure, designed to relieve the situation in the dry counties. It has strong support from the administration and from independent groups. It * (Continued on Back Page) '''- wm . <
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