I ^
I j]50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSJ
I Elijah Owen
lis Held Wit
tin Jack son <
Wiley Owen, 36, 0f Canada I
founship is dead and his broth- I
er, Elijah Owen, is being held i
jn Jackson county jail, charged
with firing: a load of buckshot j
II into his body as he sat in a cnair j
on the porch of his home, about
7 o'clock. Saturday evening. ;
Sheriff Holden and Coronor
c \V. Dills, on being notified 0t j
the shooting, went to the Owen
home, where a coronor's jury
was impaneled, and an inquest
held. After the inquest, the of- c
fjeers went to a room on the j.
second story of the house and
found Elijah Owen asleep in his c
bed. It is stated that after the
shooting he retired and slept a
through the coronor's inquest r
being held over the body of his ^
brother, in the same house.
The coroner's jury, composed J
of R E. Ervin, Carl Wood, M. J. *
Oalloway, Sam Owen, Arthur ^
Wood, found that Wiley Owen
came to his death by a gun shot, E
lired by Elijah Owen.
It is stated that the two T
Brothers naa Deen wonting m the
woods together, during the c
day. getting out acid wood, and r
that after they knocked off for
the day, some liquor was obtained.
According to allegations,
Elijah tried to get Wiley to go
for some more liquor and when
Wiley refused an altercation en- 11
sued. Whereupon, Elijah is said
to have fired a load of buckshot v
into his brother's body as he ?
sat in a chair on the porch. a
Five Killed In County r
In Six Months Period
E
Jackson county was one of the s
fifty-seven counties of the State c
that won the unenviable dis- ?
tinction of having scored more ^
traffic fatalities during the v
first half of 1941 than during s
the first half of 1940. n
Five traffic fatalities were a
charged to Jackson County in a
a report issued this week by the q
Highway Safety Division cover- g
ing the first six months of this ?
year, as compared with none for
the corresponding period in 1940. ^
This report showed a grim toll f
of 545 human lives reaped on 1
North Carolina streets and high* E
ways the first half of this year, J
against 363 persons killed in the
same period last year. This increase
of 50 per cent is well n
above the increase for the country
as a whole.
In the face of this steadily *
rising slaughter, ten North
Carolina counties succeeded in ;
having clean traffic fatality rec- ^
ords for the six months period; c
these being Alexander, Alle- P
ghany, Avery, Camden, Chero- ^
kee, Dare, Hyde, Jones Polk and c
Yancey.
Nineteen counties with 10 or
more traffic deaths each ac- N
counted for an almost even 50 w
Per cent of the total. These r<
were: Wake, with 29; Cumber- t
land with 24; Mecklenburg, 22; a
Guilford, 20; Buncombe and q
Columbus, 18 each; Halifax and p
Durham, 14; Robeson, 13; Rock- si
Ingham and Alamance, 12; Dav-. ti
Wson and Gaston, 11; and Har- I
nett, Henderson, Johnston, Pen- a
der, Sampson and Wilson. q
Fifty-seven of the 100 coun- o
ties in the state showed in- p
"eases over the first half of b
last year. f;
The greatest increases were k
recorded in Wake, Columbus, i<
Cumberland, Henderson, Hali- c
and Rockingham. a
The report showed further s'
hat 94 persons were killed in r
| traffic accidents in the state n
I ^Uring the month of June. This d
I was a 50 per cent increase over a
I the 62 traffic deaths in the state v
I *ast June. The state's 1941 traf- f
I toll to date is averaging three n
I lives a day.
I DISASTROUS 0
I Rains arid drought have com- F
I to make this a year of to
I hard luck for Polk County farm- s
I ers. reports J. A. . Wilson, farm a
I S!nt of the N*c- state College d
I ^tension Service. ^
tyt %
[DE THE COUNTY
, Fratricide
thout Bond
County Jail
MEN CANNOT
EVADE SERVICE
nv uinnuuir
Dl MAHKIinU
Registrants who get married
in the eve of induction, or after
>eing ordered t0 report to the
loctor for physical examinaion
will do so at their own risk
md will find that marriage will
tot keep them out of the army,
rhis was made clear, yesterday,
>y a bulletin received by the
ackson County Selective Served
Board from General Van B.
/letts, State Director of Selecive
Service, as he announced a
nodification of the former poljy
of leniency toward married
nen which has been recomnended
by State Headquarters.
General Metts stated that a
nodification of this policy was
nade necessary by an increasingly
large nunjber of regisrants
wh0 are apparently unlertaking
to abuse the policy of
eniency in an effort to evade
nilitary service.
The modified j. policy, which
/as passed on to all Selective
Service agencies in the State is
is follows:
"When a registrant acquires ,
narried status after issuance of
Notice t0 Appear for Physical
Examination', it should be asumed
that both parties conluded
the marriage knowing
hat the registrant was subject
o early call for service and
/ere prepared to take the conequnces,
and therefore defernent
in .such cases would not
ppear to be justified. But when
registrant has indicated on his
uestionnaire that he is enaged,
giving the date set for
he wedding, or has given simi- ,
ir information in writing to <
he local board and the wedding |
ate falls after issuance of i
Notice tQ Appear for Physical j
Ixamination,' his case should be i
onsidered in the same way as ]
hose who married after regis- j
ration, as provided by AmendVTn
HI fn Qplpr?tivP RPI*V- 1
1C11 b 11 KJ f I lf\J MVAVV V ru'V > V J
:e Regulations. O f course, <
here may be other conditions
rhich would obviously temper
tie above announced modificaion
of policy, e. g., proof that (
tie wife was pregnant, or conlusive
evidence of absolute de- i
endence wherein the wife (
rould suffer undue hardship if
ompelled to live on the regis- ]
rant's income as a koldier, etc."
This modified policy, General
fetts pointed out, is in line <
'ith a recent amendment t0 the (
egulations, which is as follows:
"It is not advisable to defer ]
ny such registrant if he ac- (
uired such status for the purose
of avoiding training and
ervice, and therefore, no regisrant
should be placed in Class
EI if he acquired such status :]
fter the day when he was reuired
t0 register u iless (1) he
r his claimed dependent or de- \
endents present to the local (
oard written statements of the j
acts pecularily within their j
nowledge, showing the history 1
?ading up and the circumstan-. j
es under which sue i status was 3
cquired, and (2) such facts \
"?A AU/, nfnfnc r\f t.hp i
how mm mc ^lauuo >... i
egistrant was acquired in a (
lanner consistent with the or- j
inary course of human affairs j
nd was not acquired to pro- j
ide the registrant with a basis
or a claim for Class III defer- j
lent." j
General Metts was careful to ]
?oint out that in the application ]
f these principles I he antici- i
?ates that some mistakes will i
?e made. But he stated he was J
atisfied that Selective Service '
gencies in the State would en- <
leavor to do substantial justice ]
q every individual case. |j
j {
ackloi
SYLVA NO
Slums
HEARD ON RABID
FROM LONBBN
Johnny Jarris, Sylva boy, who
is a correspondent for the
United Press in London, was
heard over the short wave from
the British Broadcasting System
by people in Sylva, Sunday
night. Among those who listen
ed with intense interest to
Johnny were his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Parris.
Johnny, who has been covering
the activities of the "V"
Army, for the United Press in
Europe, was interviewed by
another newspaper correspondent,
on the articles he has written
about the "V" Army.
, His parents stated that Johnny
sounded as if he were in the
next room.
Beginning his newspaper work
by writing articles for The
Jackson County Journal, While
he was a student in Sylva High
School, Johnny became local
correspondent for the Asheville
Citizen. Later he went to Raleigh
as correspondent for the
United Press. He served on
newspapers in Winston-Salem
and Memphis, and then went
with the United Press in New
York City. Last spring, he was
transferred to London, and
came home for a short visit before
leaving the United States.
He sailed from New York and
disembarked at Lisbon, where
he remained for several weeks,
before taking the plane for London.
rniiirniTinii nr
bUMENHUlVUr
BAPTISTS TO BE
AT LOVEDALE
The Tuckaseigee Baptist Sunday
School Convention will meet
with Lovedale church at 2:30 in
the afternoon of Sunday, August
10, according to W. G. Womack,
secretary of the convention;
and the following program
has been worked out by the program
committee:
Congregational Song, led by
Mr. Will Painter, of the Lovedale
church.
Devotion, conducted by Mr. J.
r. Gribble of the Sylva church.
Minutes and Roll Call of Sunday
schools.
finpitfai mnsirv hv t.he Sneed
,_x
well quartet of the Speedwell
:hurch.
Address by Rev. B. S. Hensley,
Pastor of the Scott's Creek
church.
Talk by Rev. L. H. Crawford
3f the Buff Creek Baptist
:hurch.
Congregational song, led by
Mr. Will Painter of the Lovedale
;hurch.
Prayer.
Adjournment.
Fifteen Men Fail To
Return Questionnaires
The following men have failed
to return questionnaires mailed
to them and have failed to
respond t0 notices sent at different
times. The time is up for
these men and unless they are
found by August 7th their
names go to the District Attorney
for further action. Any
friends or relatives who know
3f these people will be saving
them and the Selective Service
Board a lot of time and trouble
by reporting to that office.
The men are: Prank- Rich
mond McAvey, William Joseph
filler, Leon Graht CMalley,
Lawrence Angus Stallard, Bee
Love, Orvin Cady, Elmer Dillingham,
Larry Lee Wilson, Robert
Emmett Slattery, Conrad
L?wis Hucksold, Boyd Franklin
Taylor, John Bradley, Joseph
Qeorge Crowell, Lee Murice
Hutchinson, N o 1 e n Franklin
Montgomery.
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RTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JV
. .
I AS WORLD EVENTS
| !| UNFOLD . j
?888888 By DAN TOMPKINS SS8888?
JAPAN, with the acquiescence
of the puppet government in
Vichy, has occupied strategic
points in French Indo-China,
bringing the Nipponese within
800 miles of U. S. territory, and
constituting a threat to the
British sea lanes and-to Singapore.
(Some day when things get
straightened out, and the
French~ again control France,
the Guillotine will be Set up in
Paris and traitors' heads1 will
again fall like over-ripe apples.
The French are biding their
time) America immediately
froze all Japanese assets within
our territory. Britain followed
suit and abrogated all trade
treaties with the Japs. Even
Dutch East Indies, the territory
most placed in jeopardy, did the
same. And the economic war
against the Japanese, who began
this aggression business
anyway, is on. The days of the
State Department's attempts to
appease Japan seem to be nearing
the end. There is close collaboration
between the United
States, the British Empire, and
the Dutch government in exile
in dealing with Japan. If economic
sanctions are not sufficient
to choke the Japs into
stopping being the right bower
of Hitler and the bad boy of the
Orient, then it appears that war
is inevitable. The Navy is urging
such a step immediately, in the
full belief that a severe bombing
of the straw, bamboo and paper
cities of the Nipponese would
swiftly bring the Japanese to
their senses. They have been so
puffed up with a sense of their
own importance for a good
many years, being really good
at imitating their betters, that
' a dose of the kind of thing they
have Tiarided to China migfit
bring the little yellow 'men
around to listening to reason.
EVERY DAY somebody asks
us, "How long will j Russia be
able to hold back Hitler's lesions?"
We don't know. Neither
does anyone else. But this much
we do know: Despite all the conflicting
reports that have come
from the Steppes, we are sure
that the Russians have already
withstood the mightiest assaults
Germany could launch,
much longer than Hitler believed
they could. For weeks
now one of the most titanic
battles that the world ever saw
has been raging. Some nine million
men have been joined in
the struggle from the Arctic circle
to the Black Sea; and Hitler
must have lost many men, and
much stores of munitions. Napoleon
once said that no nation
could permanently dominate
Europe so long as Russia is unconquered
and England contcols
the seas.
ENGLAND still controls the
seas. The economic weapons
that the British have used
against Germany have not been
spectacular; but they have J>een
striking telling blows. Economic
strangulation Js the mighty
bludgeon with which England
has won many a war. Churchill
has warned that Hitler may at
last attempt his invasion of the
British Isles in September. That
is logically his next move. He
intends to take over Spain and
Portugal, and try Gibraltar and
the North of Africa, including
I 1_ ntron fVlof O/milH Tlfit
, UUJ, v?.?v ..
relieve the economic pressure.
He would have a longer coast
line; but it would be little easier
t0 obtain the supplies which
make a successful invasion of
Great Britain, and seize the
British Navy. That would stop
the tightening screws of economic
warfare that so besets
him. He can no longer use Japan
as a purchasing agent, and
the Transiberian railway as a
supply line. Japan is in deep
water herself; and he has attacked
his old ally Stalin. The
economic pressure from the
Americas is growing tighter, as
the activities of German agents
in South America come to light.
VldJHY is undoubtedly the
pawn of Hitler. That is the
reason that all of Prance was
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into 3
LY 31, 1941
FARMERS PICNIC
DREW CROWD
LAST SATURDAY
Twenty-five hundred Jackson
county farm people were drawn
to Sylva Saturday by the Farmers'
Federation picnic, held on
the high school grounds. The
streets of Sylva were thronged
all day, as farmers from the
country. mingiea witn tourists
from all parts of America.
One truck, driven by John
Deitz, brought 152 people to the
picnic, and the runner-up was
John Bishop wh0 hauled 149
people to the school grounds
on his truck.
James G. K. McClure, president
of the federation, declared in
his address, that "The purpose
of the Farmers' Federation is
t0 increase the income of every
farmer, in Jackson county."
Speaking of the Lord's Acre plan1
which has attracted national
attention, Mr. McClure said:
"We have the possibility of developing
the finest and newest
thing on farm organization in
America, which will incorporate
the Lord in our business and in
our lives."
The gathering was addressed
by G. R. Lackey, county agent.
The Indian choir from Rock
Springs, led by Henry Bradley,
won first prize and Addie choir
was second. For quartets, that
directed by Weaver Fox took
first place, with Balsam Grove
in second.
Mr. and Mrs. Ute Jumped won
the#prize for the longest married
couple; Mr. and Mrs. Thad
Green, for the most recently
marriedj D. H. Moffatt the baldest
man f and Mr. and Mrs. Dave
ftishnn for havincr the largest
family present.
REVIVALBEINIi
HELD IT CH1CH
1 CliLLOWHEE
Rev. Dr. A. D. Kinnfcfct pastor
of the First Baptist church of
Burlington, is assisting Rev.
Fred Forester in a revival meeting
at Cullowhee Baptist church,
which began Sunday.
Several of the best choirs in
IV _ .-A- t- w 1 J
me county nave Deen mvitea i?u
assist in the singing.
Dr. Kinnett is preaching twice
each day, at 10 in the mornings,
and at 8 in the evenings.
Farm People Are Invited
To State College Meeting
From officials of N C. State
College comes a cordial invitation
to farm folks of this and
other counties to attend the 38th
annual Farm and Home Week,
smarting next Monday August
4. Accompanying the invitation
is an offer to provide a room
in one of the college dormitories
for the entire week for only
$1.00. r
,The invitation is signed, first
by Col. John W. Harrelson, administrative
dean of the college;
and by Dr. I. O. Schaub, director,
John W. Goodman, assistant
director, and Miss Ruth Current,
State home agent, of the
State College Extension Service.
An attractive program has
been arranged for the farm peo
pie. It includes talks at joint
assemblies of farm men and women
by Governor J. M. Broughton,
Col Charles M. Busbee of
Fort Bragg, Dr. Helen Mitchell,
director of nntrltion for the
Federal Security Agency; Edward
Scheidt, special FBI agent
of Charlotte; and Dr. Sankey L.
Blanton, Baptist minister of
Wilmington.
1. Bayard Clark, representative
from the Seventh Congressional
district, will address the
20th annual meeting of the N.
C. Federation of Home Demon
ourtift
* i ...
ONE DOLLAR A YEA]
Weaver Will
For Dam ]
At Glenyillc
cniEKsn
TO ERECT SIGNS
ON HIGHWAYS
The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce is erecting large
road signs, 25 feet long, at ,
strategic points on the highways
leading into Western
North Carolina.
One is located at Pigeon Ford,
beyond Gatlinburg, Tenn. It has
just been completed. Another is
being painted on Highway 23,
beyond Franklin, directing peo- (
pie through Jackson county to
the Great Smokies. Still another
is being put up on the Highway
just west of Clyde, advertising
Sylva and Jackson county. An- 1
other will be completed this
week, in Cashier's Valley, at the
junction of Highways U. S. 64
and N. C. 107, directing people
to Sylva.
All these signs are on locations
leased by the Chamber of Commerce,
and are as attractive as
highway advertising signs can *
be made to appear. The locations
are as good as could be
found.
QUALLA
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
It was announced at the Baptist
church Sunday morning
j that they would elect the officials
of their church next Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs Herbert
Callahan on July 21st, a son,
Herbert Lail.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore attended
the' Moore-Swanson reunion
at Young Harris, Ga.
Sunday, July 20th.
Hyatts Chapel choir attended
the singing at the Dix Creek
church Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Battle, Mrs.
D. C. Hughes, Mr. Burton Bumgarner
and Mrs. Annie Bisch of
Charlotte, visited their aunt
Harriett Baker of Almond on
Sunday afternoon. She is about
88 years old.
Rev. Ben Cook conducted
services at the Baptist church
Saturday evening and Sunday J
morning. He was a guest at Mr.
Mr. J. L. Sitton's 1
onH Mrs Miller Hall have J
AfAl. Wi*V? ......w. ? ? ?
moved to their new residence
in Qualla.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall visited
at Sunset Farms Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Beck and
daughter, Barbara, made a business
trip to Asheville Saturday.
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle visited rela|
tives at Candler Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoyle and
Miss Gertrude Ferguson attended
singing at Bryson City Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Horace Howell and family
and Jim Edd Hughes have returned
from a visit with relatives
in Dillard, Ga.
Mrs. Seweli Hipps, of Canton,
and children called at the home
of Mr. J. E. Battle.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Blanton
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Shuler Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hughes
called at Mr. J K Terrell's Sunday.
, |
stration Clubs on Thursday.
Miss Margaret Edwards, head
of the home economics department
of the Woman's College
at Greensboro, will speak on the
Honor Day program Friday.
Special conferences for men j
are scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, and classes
in a great variety of homemaking
subjects will be conducted
for women Tuesday and Wed- (
nesday. c
Group singing, led by Jack F. 1
Criswell, will be held each night, r
and quiz programs will be con-; \
ducted by F. H. Jeter on Tuesday >
and Wednesday nighta. 1
i '
I
R IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY
Be Speaker
Dedication
? Site, Soon
Congressman Zebulon Weaver
has been invited to make the
principal address at the dedicat.inn
nf t.hp rilpnvillp Fiom
will take place at an early date,
according to advice from Washington
and New York. The exact
date has not yet been determined,
but it is expected to be
soon after August 1.
The dam was constructed by
Morrison - Knudsen Company,
contractors, for the Nantahala
Power Company, a subsidiary of
the Aluminum Company of
America.
The lake is rapidly filling up,
and the tunneling, tubing and
power house construction are
about completed.
It is understood that a great
celebration, at which National
Defense and the importance of
Western North Carolina to the
nation will be stressed. Plans
are being perfected by officials
of the Aluminum Company, and
the Nantahala Company.
Robert Erwin, writing to The
State, from Washington, in connection
with the expenditure of
National Defense money in
Western North Carolina, gave
facts and figures, and lavished
praise upon Congressman
Weaver. To quote Mr. Erwin: "A
recent congressional appropriation
carried $40,000,000 for construction
of new dams by the
Tennessee Valley Authority, and
of this sum $30,000,000 will be
spent in Western North Carolina
on three projects. They art
the Hiawassee Dam at Appallachia,
$20,000,000; a storage dam
for the Hiawassee in Clay county,
$5,000,000; and a dam at
?f %. M 1 1 AP AAA
iNoua, near iviurpny, aiso $o,uuu000.
These and other expenditures
by the TVA to develop the
water power in the mountains
are exclusive of continously big
expenditures by the Aluminum
Company of America. The company
has spent $20,000,000 on
the Tuckaseigee and Nantahala
dams, and the Nantahala project
is nearly finished. The TVA
is still contemplating an expenditure
of $50,000,000 on. the
Fontana dam, in Swain county.
"Mr. Weaver has played k
prominent part in securing
these these valuable Federal
projects for his district. He is
recognized as. the legislative
father of the Great Smoky.
Mountains National Park, on
which the federal government j
lias spent many millions of dollars
in recent years.
"The power dams, as mentioned
before, have great implications
for the future. Already
they are helping bring new inJustries.
The Ecusta Paper Company
of Brevard has doubled its
capacity. The Carolina Wood
turning Company of Bryson City
naking flares for Navy Planes,
ilready has on hand contracts
:or one year's production and is
)perating at almost twice its
previous capacity.
"It was not without a good
'ight on Mr. Weaver's part that
iVestern North Carolina recenty
lost the proposed aluminum
plant contemplated by the Office
of Production Management,
OPM wrote finis to the state's
ihances for getting the plant
with the announcement that
more electric power was immediately
available in the Pacific
northwest. Incidents like this
tfill hardly happen again when
x)wer projects under way in the
vestern section of the State are
;ompleted."
ELLIOTT TO PREACH
HERE AT METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. P. L. Elliott of Western
Carolina Teachers College, will
>ccupy the pulpit at the Sylva
Methodist church, Sunday
norning, in the absence of the
mstor, Rev. A. P. Ratledge, who
vith Mrs. Ratledge, will be at
.iake Junaluska.