t $150 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OXJ1
Excavation
m For Palati
M Building ]
Ferguson and Parks began the
m excavation, Monday morning
/or flie erection of one of West
em North Carolina's finest mo"
Hon picture theatres, which will
m mn bc erecfed on the South
*i(Je of Main street, opposite tne
I Carolina Hotel.
I - j. E. Massie of Waynesville,
and aiis son, Frank Massie of
I gylva. will have the plans and
I specification8 for the new
theatre- ready this week, Mr.
frank Massie stated, and the
contract will be awarded within
I a short time, at least before the
excavation work is completed.
The structure will be of brick
and steel, sixty feet wide by 165
feet deep, and will provide for a
thirty foot lobby, lounging rooms
I for ladies and gentlemen, smokI
ijig rooms, and a nursery. Moth
ei.s wit-li young children can sit
I in the nursery and see and hear
the pictures, and at the same
time, the crying of babies will
I not disturb the audience.
I The front of the building will
be of special design, with two
modern business shops on the
I sidewalk level. A unique idea is
I being worked out for the marI
quee and front which will be of
I colorful structural glass.
The building is expected to be
A/Mvm]0tPri hv about Januarv
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first, and then will be equipped
with the latest installations for
comfort and convenience, including
the most modern type
of vapor heating and air conditioning
for summer and win
ter comfort. The stage will be
large enough to accommodate
the best vaudeville troops, and
will have special curtain arrangement.
A screen of the largest
and finest types will be installed,
as will be the best of
sound equipment.
Sylva will have the most upto-date
theatre in the State, and
one of the finest.
iMr. J. E. Massie owns and operates
theatres in Waynesville
and Canton, and Mr. Frank
Massie has been owner and operator
of the Lyric Theatre in
Sylva for the past several years.
BroughtonAppoints
Mrs. E. L. McKee On
Cullowhee Board
Five of the present trustees of
Western Carolina Teachers (follege
were retained on the new
board appointed this weeki by
Governor J. M. Broughton. The
five who remain on the board
are the present chairman, D.
Hiden Ramsey o f Asheville,
Harry E. Buchanan, Hendersonville,
M|s. J. S. Silversteen, Brevard,
and Glen C. Palmer, Clyde
and Mrs. D. H. Tillet, Andrews.
The other appointees, or new
members are, Mrs. E. L. McKee,
Sylva, Frank Hyatt, Bryson City,
E. E. Wheeler, Asheville, and
Gilmer A. Jones, Franklin.
The board will serve until
May 1, 1945, it is understood.
Former Commissioner
Passes In Asheville
Thomas H. Barrett, 68, died at
an Asheville hospital at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Funera]
services were conducted on Sun
day afternoon at Whittier.
Mr. Barrett, whose home waJ
in Whittier, was formerly ?
niember of the Board of Count}
Commissioners of Jackson, wher
this county had three full tim<
commissioners. He made hi
home in Sylva, during the tern
?f his office, and for severa
years thereafter.
Mr. Barrett is survived by hi
widow, by - one daughter, Mn
Thad Varner, of Whittier, a son
J- S. Barrett, of Dillsboro; fou
grandchildren, one brother am
three sisters.
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CSIDE THE COUNTY
Starts: Here
al Theatre
For Massies
2OJACKSONIEN
LEFTM1NDH
FOR FORT BBH
Twenty young men from this
county left Monday morning for
Fort Bragg, to begin their year's
training in the United States'
Army. They boarded the bus in
Sylva at 8 o'clock, and arrived
at Fort Bragg the same day.
The young men are: Joseph
Alex Jones, Howard Joseph Revis,
Glenn Jack Allison, Oscar
Howard Price, Arley Alexander
Tilley, David Lem Guilliams,
Joseph Coleman Thompson,
Grady Lafayette Dills, Johnny
Odell Johnson, Charles Allen
Barker, David Clemond Woodard,
Emitt Hall Blanton, Clarence
Eugene Fisher, James Paul
Revis, Lawrence Albert Rogers,
Lex D. Norton, Alvin Charlie
Moore, Melvin James Henderson,
Robert Hughie Revis, and
Thomas Edgar Bishop.
i COMMERCE BODY
HELD lEIll i
MAY NIGHT.
r
A large number of citizens of c
the county and members of the J
Chamber of Commerce were *
present at the Community
House, Monday evening for a c
general meeting of the Chamber, c
called by John R. Jones, man- r
ager, Dan Tompkins, president, ^
and the board of directors.
A review was made of the
work that the chamber has done |
so far this year in placing four
large and attractive advertising i
bill boards, beyond Gatlinburg, (
beyond Waynesville, beyond
Franklin, and in Cashier's Valley,
inviting tourists to use the '
highways of the county Definite
results are already being shown,
Mr. Jones said, because the I
county had been crowded with e
tourists for the past few weeks, l
Sometimes it occupies the time ^
of three people to answer ques- c
tions and give information at t
the information booth main- (
hu t>?? nharnhpr. Ten I
tauicu wj , vtiv .
thousand Jackson County fold- j
ers^have already been placed ?
in the hands of tourists this j
year, Mr. Jones stated. Talks \
were made at the meeting by (
Dr. H. T. Hunter, John B. Ensley, f
H. Gibson, Dr. W. P. McGuire, W. <
T. Martin, and J. A Gray of Bry- }
son City, and others (
Announcement was made of (
the appointment of the follow- i
ing committees:
Highways and transportation, 1
W. P. McGuire, E. L. McKee, M. i
B. Cannon, T Walter Ashe, J
Ralph Sutton 1
City Planning: M. D. Cowan, 1
Mrs. D. M. Hall, H. Gibson, Mrs.
H. E. Monteith, Mrs. C. Scott.
Industries: S. W. Enloe, R L. J
. Ariail, Dan K. Moore, J. Claude
' Allison, S. C. Cogdill, E. P. Still- (
[ well
Tourist Accommodation and
Welcome: J. C. Cannon, Mrs.
, John A. Parris, E. B. Lewis, Ed
| Bumgarner, E M. Lloyd.
r Colleges, Schools and Church?
tj wnRiPv H. T. Hunter,
j I 65. u umi *-> , ?
a i A. C. Moses, Walter L. Lanier,
g Mrs. Mary Cowan, Louis Hair,
l Mrs. C. L. Allison, T. F. Deitz,
1 A. P. Ratledge.
Advertising: T. N. Massie, Reg.
s Enloe, Sol Schulman, W. K.
Chapman, R. U. Sutton, R. C.
lt Allison.
r Agriculture: G R. Lackey, C.
d Scott, R. C. Hunter, Ed Reed,
W. G. Wilson, Denis Higdon.
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SYLVA, NOR
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SYMPHONY
'"jjjlllMIIBM
r1 looks like a xylophone but it'i
gauged in a Toronto munitions pi
of this kind before the war now poa
output of any automatic gun plant ir
the plant are women and they have ]
kind of employment. All the require
are being met by this one factory a
being supplied to Great Britain. Fc
tions required by Great Britain, Ca
During Canada's present fiscal yea
British war purchases in Canada to
equal to $23,000,000,000 in terms o
The Canadian taxpayers are providii
BISHOP CANNON TO
PREACH ON SUNDAY
Bishop James Cannon will [
conduct the services at the
Methodist church in Sylva, Sunlay,,
morning, according to a
statement by Rev. A. P. Ratedge,
preacher in charge.
Bishop Cannon, one of the
)lder bishops of the Methodist
:hurch, is a well-known churchnan,
and a prominent figure in
American life.
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Virginia's New
Governor Was
Here Two Weeks
?I
Colgate W. Darden, recent
Democratic nominees for Govjrnor
of the State of Virginia,
las been spending the past two
veeks vacationing in Jackson
:ounty, making his headquarters
at High Hampton Inn in ;
Cashier's Valley.
Governor Darden, whose home j
s in Norfolk, was a Marine avi- 1
itor during the World War, and
las served four terms as a mem-?pr
of Congress from the Sec
)nd Virginia District. He won
;he Democratic nomination for
governor of Virginia on Augast
3, over two opponents. A few
lays after the primary Governor
Darden left Norfolk for Jackson
county, for a much-needed
vacation. Democratic nomination
is tantamount to election
in Virginia, and Jackson county
and High Hampton Inn were
flattered at being able to entertain
the next Governor of
Virginia for the past two weeks.
Tn order to allow Governor Darden
an opportunity to rest, little
was said about his being here
until after the end of his vacation.
NYA MEETING
Mr. William Watkins, supervisor
NYA student aid, has asked
that all pupils who are 16
years of age, enrolled in school
and interested in the working
on NYA projects at school, report
to the Court House, Monday,
August 25, at 2 P. M.
The meeting will be held in
the Court room.
Dr! Zeeb Gilman, oldest living
graduate of Dartsmouth college
celebrated his 100th birthday
May 13.
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CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG!
' of War j
.v, , y' ^jj
raSPHi^B^^BB:x<:ySii
^^^nHngw ; vjgss|
?Passed by Censor.
i a row of, Bren gun barrels freing
ant. Canada which made no weapons
tsesses a factory that has the largest '
i the world. Many of the workers in !
proved themselves to be adept in this
jments of the Canadian armed forces
ind large numbers of Bren guns are |
ir these guns and many other muni- j
nada is finding much of the money. !
r, the Dominion expects to finance
the extent of $1,500,000,000, which is
f American population and income,
ng the cash. :
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Marion Arnold
Died Friday, In i
Virginia Hospital j
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Marion Arnold, senior at (
Western Carolina Teachers Col- i
lege, and business manager of 1
the Western Carolinian, died at
a hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia,
last Saturday, according
to information received at the
college. The young man had
been prepared for a serious operation
on his brain, after having
been ill for some ninety
hours, but passed away before
the operation could be begun. He
had suffered with a clot on his
brain for several months, and
physicans had warned him that
he might expect serious consequences
at any time. However,
he had continued with his
studies and other activities at
Cullowhee during the past year
and at summer school, which
closed a short time ago.
Marion Arnold, a student from
Florida, worked his way through
college, was a good student, f
made many friends, and en- e
gaged in numerous activities at*
the school. He was business
manager of the Western Caro- c
lina Players, and as such, was
in a large degree responsible f
for the successful production of c
the plays given by that organi- 1
zation during the past year. ' *
His popularity and his sue- j
cessful management of the play- k
ers brought about his election by
his fellow students to the position
of manager of their publication,
The Western Carolinian,
for the current year.
1
Ten-County Singing To <
Be Held Fifth Sunday J
from t.pn rnunties of 1
oixi&cxo ???
Western North Carolina will ]
hold an all day singing conven- i
tion at the Sylva school on Sun- 1
day, August 31. I
The fifth Sunday sings of the
counties of Buncombe, Haywood, ;
Henderson, Transylvania, Ma- 1
con, Jackson, Swain, Cherokee, i
Clay, and Graham will not be ]
held and choirs, quartets, and ]
soloists from all of them will <
foregather at the Sylva school i
for a general Western North <
Carolina singing, which will begin
about ten o'clock in the
morning, and continue through
j the day. <
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[JST 21, 1941
1 AS WORLD EVENTS 1
I UNFOLD .. |
8888888 By DAN TOMPKINS Sot!
9
WITH ODESSA, principal Russian
port on the Black sea, unier
seige by the German armies,,
ind with the Northern German
armies approaching Leningrad,'
ye at last have something tangi3le
out of the Eastern Front,
something upon which we can
3ase our ideas as to how the
line-weeks old war is going, and
,he results so far give us little
mcouragement upon which to
msp rmr Vinr>Ac f.Viof fVia Avic hoc
it last met an enemy that can
withstand the shocks of the
3erman massed mechanical 1
xrmies. The Russians are reported
to have carried the scorched
iarth policy to a fine point.
Souses are burned, fields des-1 1
troyed, nothing left in the path
af the invaders whicl^ can be
used to further the ends of the
conquerors. Even the great power
dam on the Dnieper, one
Df the world's largest, has been
utterly destroyed, so the reports
have it, in order that there will
be a total paralyzation of the
industries in the Ukraine; and
every factory razed that might
fall into the hands of the invaders.
TITANIC has been the struggle.
Millions of men have been
in mortal combat. Russia has
held back the invader from
Leningrad, and the rich Ukraine
longer than military observers
believed possible. The Germans
must have suffered huge human
losses; but human befngs have
been the cheapest munitions of
war in Germany for generations,
rhe commanders of the Germans
have ever been prodigal
n their expenditure of numan
flesh and human blood. They
lave but to order their women
;o produce and within a few
fears' thereare millions more
men to feed the greedy maw
)f Mars for the Fatherland.
Strong as have the Russians
withstood the mighty and uriDrovoked
attack upon* their
country, the tide seems to be
turning against them. Germany
seems t0 be destined to be the
:irst enemy ever to occupy the
)ld Czarist capital of St. Petersburg.
The Ukraine, vast storelouses
of munitions, of foods)
)f oil, of metals, appears desined
to offer up her treasures
o aid the Axis in its program
)f the enslavement of mankind,
rhe scorched earth policy will
lelay the fruits of the victory,
jut Germany can rebuild dams,
-econstruct factories, reopen
nines and oil wells, reestablish
efineries, and plant other crops
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vith the multitude 01 siave m)or
she can import from coun- 1
ries already conquered. J
JAPAN appears but awaiting
he propitious time, when the
ortunes of Russia are at the
;bb, to strike a blow in her back,
;nter her territory from the 1
tast, and become America's
:losest old world neighbor in Si)eria,
scarce a score of miles
Tom the continental territories
)f the United States, in Alaska.
:f and when Japan moves northvard,
she is expected to also
nove toward Singapore through
Siam, and into the Dutch Iftlies,
another vast storehouse of
leeded commodities and muniJons.
That, coupled, with the
;reachery of the Vichy governnent,
put the United States
lefinitely on the spot, and a
mi<rh snot, the touerhest she has
;ver been called upon to occupy
TURKEY nervously watches
the massing of troops and
planes in Bulgaria, warily fearing
that Turkey will be the next
/ictim, as the Germans move toward
the Dardanelles.
DEFINITELY the world has
little comfort to gather from
the reports that have come out
of Europe this week. Only in the
meeting and agreement o f
minds and wills of the heads
f the American and British
governments in the Atlantic
can hope be found. Only in
meeting, of minds and wills of
the English speaking peoples of
the world, both during the present
crisis and following it| can
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAI
Jackson Cou
Will Be Opei
List Of Teac
YOUTH TWENTY,!
DIES WHEN CAR:
GOES OVER BANK;
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rr* i.. rvl/4 TXTillinw> Umr_
? weilty ycai Uiu nuiiaui j-nj on
was fatally injured this afternoon,
when the truck he was
driving left the. road and turned
over down an embankment,
near Speedwell. He died enroute
to the hospital in Sylva. His
mother, Mrs. Walter Bryson, was
riding with him and received
painful, though not serious injuries,
and was brought to the
hospital.
A coronor's jury empanelled
by Coronor C. W. Dills, found
that the death of the young man
was due to accident, caused by
speeding. Funeral services will
be held at Pine Creek cemetery
at 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
The young man is survived by
his parents, three brothers,
Elmer, Fred, and Lawrence Bryson,
all of Speedwell, and five
sisters, Mrs. Iva Crisp, Franklin,
Mrs. R. L. Mashburn, Mrs.
Martha Ellen Bryson, Miss Bertie
Mae Bryson, and Mrs Luther
Coggins.
TV A TAKFSI1VFR
iil DAMS
IN ALL THIS AREA
That the Fontana Dam will
oe speedily constructed was
practically assured by the announcement
' from Washington
that the Tennessee Valley Auhority
and the Aluminum Company
of America have signed a
contract, whereby TVA will take
]>ver the power of the Aluminum
Company and its subsidiaries in
his area and operate the plants
r'or a twenty year period, furnshing
the Aluminum Company
i specified amount of power for
he operation of the aluminum
>tant at Alcoa.
Under the agreement, the
Montana Dam is t0 be construct- j
?d by the TVA at a cost of ap- ;
oroximately fifty million dollars.
At the same time the present I
lAtrolAnwDnfc nf t.he Nantahala I
,iC VCiVyplliviivu WA .....
3ower in Jackson,, Macon, and j i
3raham counties pass over to *
,he TVA for operation for the, i
lext twenty years. Included in I
his- transfer are the Glenville if J
Project, now about completed in
.his county, and the Nantahala I
jroject under rapid construc- I
;ion in Macon. N '
The agreement brings to a
ilimax a series of negotiations
jetween TVA and Aluminum v
Company officials, and means C
that the two, one a private en- n
terprise ajid the other a gov- I
*rnment agency, will work side a
oy side and together in the busi- J
ness of National Defense. Ob- i
servers believe that this is a
most important example of how r
private enterprise and govern- J
ment can be brought together ?
in harmony for the benefit of I
he country as a whole. There (
has been much criticism of one |1
3f these by the other, and relations
have at times been I
strained. But, it is generally un- ^
lerstood that the agreement *
means the burying of the hatch- J
n. _ t
It also brings the TVA into *
Jackson and adjoining coun- 3
ties as an active producer and 1
seller of power. Just what the *
implications here are is not yet *
known. 1
*e find any reason for believ- .
ing that this will again become i
and remain a safe, sane world I
of rational human beings, in t
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nty Schools
a Thursday;
;hers Given
All the schools in Jackson
jounty will open for the fall
term on next Thursday, August
*8, and the largest enrollment
)f students in the history of the
;ounty is expected. The teachers
n the several schools are:
Sylva High: Louis Hair, Mrs.
Chester Scott, Edith Buchanan,
Mary Henson, Mrs.1 Cicero BryT
miicn TTonchn T annorH
JUli, UU UlOv llUllOUil, AJVUIlttlU
Huff, Mrs. W. K. Chapman, Mrs.
Claude Campbell, Roy G. Wat;on,
Osa Belle Middleton, John''
V. Corbin.
Sylva Elementary: F M. Craword,
Mrs. J. F. Freeze, Annie
^ouise Madison, Mrs. John Watson,
Mrs. Charles Thomas, Nimno
Geisler, Belzora Holden, Mrs.
George Lee, Evelyn Parker, Mrs.
Dan Tompkins, Bertha Cunlingham.
Barker's Creek: Mrs. Katheen
F. Jones, Jennie Cathey.
Dix Creek: Lucille Dills,
Dillsboro: Alliney Bryosn, Mrs.
Svelyn J. Sutton, Virginia Canion
Terrell, Mrs. Elma M. Donlahoe,
Mrs. Dorothy B. Higdon.
Beta: W. V. Cope, Ruby Philips,
Mrs. Annie Lizzie Hoyle,
Mrs. W. G. Dillard.
Addie: John Crawford, Mrs.
Louise H. Edwards, Mrs Clehi H.
Sogdill.
Willets: S. J. Phillips, Hicks
Wilson, Kathlyn Sutton.
Balsam: Cornelius Deitz, Mrs.
Sarah Crawford, Mrs. Alberta
Monteith.
Cane Creek: Mrs. Geraldine S.
Bayne.
Green Mountain: J. L, Smith.
Wilmot: Alvin Fullbright, Mrs.
Lucy M. Hall, Mrs. Harriet H.
Jenkins.
Qualla: W. H. Crawford, Edith
Alley, Mrs. Selma B. Middleton,
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Cope, Evelyn
Sherrill.
Cullowhee: C. A. Hoyle, A. L.
Bramlett, E. V. Deans, Jr., Winnie
A. Killian, Maud Ketchem,
Nell Bond, Fannie E. Goodman,
Trixie Jenkins, Edythe Walker,
Mrs. James Whatley, Mrs. W. N.
toward, Mrs. Miriam S. Allen,
\nne Rabe
Tuckaseigee: Fannie M.
Brown, Mrs. Inez Wachob, Mrs.
..essie R. Pell.
East LaPorte: D. M. Hoope^
tfrs. Carma Crawford, Mrs. Gerriide
A. Fisher.
John Creek's: G. C. Cooper,
drs. Marie D. Smith, Janie
iooper, Mrs. Lenoir N. Stack, T.
^erry ' Middleton, Marguerite
jrreen.
Rocky Hollow: Homer Wike,
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tRIAlLGKOUP
PUNS Stlf 111
DEFENSE BONDS
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With R. L. Ariail, executive
ice president of the Jackson
bounty Bank, as county chairnan,
plans for bringing Defense
tonds Savings advantages to the
ittention of all the people of
rackson County are rapidly beng
put into shape.
A group of citizens met this
noming in the directors' room
it the bank, with Mr. Ariail, presiding,
and heard the plan ex- .
Dlained by Judge Forest G. Miles
)f Winston-Salem, deputy adninistrator
for North Carolina.
There are three different
jonds of the Defense series.
Series E are appreciation "bonds
n the amounts of $25, $50, $100, *
>500, and $1,000. For a $25 bond
he investor pays $18.75, and .
he bond, when held for ten
rears is. worth $25. For a $50 . J
>ond, the investor pays $37.50;
or a $100 bond, $75; for $500
innH 4375* anH fr?r a *1 rum
/V/1AVA) yVIVf * VI I* <P A jUV/U
>ond, $750. This figures 2.9 per
(Continued on page 2)
vhich men can pursue their
peaceful pursuits and maintain
;heir human dignity.
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