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Acting upon the increase in J S
valuation of the county, the p
commissioners have reduced the ?
general tax rate of Jackson
County by 20 cents on the, $100
valuation of property, according
to a statement made yesterday W
by T. Walter Ashe, chairman of 01
the board. The old tax rate for c
the county was $1.59 on the $100. T<
The reduction, applicable to 1941
taxes makes the new rate $1.39.
The only exception 'to this
rate is in Sylva township, where
special taxes force the rate to ^
be 10 cents higher, or $1.49 on Ti
the $100 valuation. The reduction
in Sylva township, however, C
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I.; ic more man tnat in tne
iciinty, as the old rate in Sylva at
Us $1.76 on the $100 valuation. _
The budget, worked out by the
( immissioners, can be met with
'he reduced rate, according to
tttimates made by them; and
Itflva township's special burden '
taxation can be cared lor
v.ith an extra 10c on the $100 ^
valuation.
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The power plant and other r(
property of the Nantahala Pow- &1
I .tr Company in Hamburg, River, -r
I &nd Mountain, and the power ^
I linos of the company in Green's ^
I Creek, Savannah, Webster, Cul- ^
I towhee, and other townships, is
I included in the increased j,
I valuation of the county, for 1941
I Ration; but will be added to
I ^!le general taxable property^ of n
county for 1942. The Nanta- ^
I hala Company will pay this n
I y?ar only on the value of the ^
I that it purchased. How- I ^
ev^, next year, the total prop- 1Q
I TL?* comPany' including I
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will swell the taxable e
. Ue Jackson County by a n
sum, it is estimated by ob- . ^
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CHEDULE GIVEN FOR
OOTBALL SEASON AT 1
WESTERN CAROLINA ,
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i September 19, when the ! ]
atamounts meet Georgia
eachers College at Cullowhee. \
Other games are: ]
September 26, Elon at Elon. j I
October 11, Appalachian at j
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cfcober 18, East Carolina <
eachers, at Greenville.
October 25, High Point at.;
ullowhee. 1
November 1, Emory and Henry i
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November 14, Lenoir Rhyne at i
ullowhee.
November 22, Maryville at i
taryville. i
The opening practice for the :
atamounts began on Septfcm- i
?r 3, when the squad reported
) Coach Jim Whatley. Daily
ork-outs have been in progress 1
nee then, as the Catamounts
)lled, and tossed, and tackled,
nd took exercises under a blaz?nr
dm nn Hunter Field, as Jim
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fhatley looked them over for
is most promising material
:om which to forge a winning
jam for the Catamounts in
941.
Seven of the letter men of
940 will not be with the Catalounts
this year, mostly be-j
ause the men are in govern- I
lent service, having swapped1
tieir football uniforms for those |
f soldiers, sailors, or marines, |
r are engaged in vital defense j
rork.
Coach Whatley has, however,
ight letter men of backfield
laterial, Wayne Bradburn,
tobert Reece, Charles Leagan,
Jill Hardy, Bill Smith, Bert Miler,
and Jack Roberts.
For the line, seven lettermen
eported for duty, Claude Jamion,
Roton Barnes, Ray Hunter,
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The Town and the Chamber
Df Commerce are rebuilding the
footlog across Scott's Creek, at
the end of the lane opposite the
community center, as a part of
the beautification project on the
grounds around the Community
House.
Old Timers in Sylva remember
the footlog, which was used for
many years by pedestrians, and
by school children going to the
school building, when it stood
near the present site of the
Community House.
The foot bridge is being constructed!
of locust posts and logs
with oak flooring, and will have
attractive hand railings, to prevent
children from falling into
the creek.
Other improvements on the
grounds will be the construction
of at least one additional tennis
court, and the providing of
grills, tables and other convenfor
tourists who desire
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center.
N. Y. A. ALLOCATES
SCHOOL FUND HERE
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A total of $2,610.00 has been
allotted the public schools of
Jackson county by the National
Youth Administration, State
Administrator John A. Lang, announced
yesterday. Funds allocated
will be used in carrying
on the NYA student work program
in the local schools during
1941-42.
Franklin Gudger, Clyde Smith,
Howard Barnwell, and Layton
DeitZ:
New material for the backfield
include Joe Wilson, Kenneth
Wilson, James Barnswell,
Carl Taylor, McKinley Hensley,
and Harry Goldschlag. New linemen
material includes, Wallace
Hyde, John Snyder, Elmer Meill,
Fred Gay lor, Herbert Howard,
Charlie Jones, and Sport Lance.
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ST. PETERSBURG, the old
capital of the Czars, never occupied
by enemy troops in all
her history, is the scene of one
of the greatest battles of all
time, raging with unabated
fury. Here have been employed
all the mechanics and machinery
of modern warfare, and the
old time hand to hand combat
with bayonet and clubbed rifles.
The army, the navy, the air
force of the Russians have all
been employed in the defense
of this modern Leningrad, and
the civilian population of the
second city of Russia have also
rushed to its defense. Thousands
of both men and women
of Leningrad are battling beside
their soldiers to turn the
invaders from the gates of the
never-conquered city, while inside
the town preparations have
been made to fight it out, street
by street, house by hous?,>should
the Nazis penetrate defenses
and enter the city. Barbed wire
entanglements, barricades, and
embankments have been thrown
up. The Russians say that the
city has never surrendered and
never will. The Nazis, on the
other hand hold before the eyes
of the people of Leningrad the ,
picture of Warsaw and Rotter- ,
dam, promising that if Leningrad
is defended to the last, the
city will suffer a like fate of being
turned Into a shambles, and
her buildings and streets into 1
worthless rubbish.
RUSSIAN counter attacks 1
south of the Baltic are reported
as meeting with reasonable success,
as the Germans are being
driven back front positions they 1
had captured, and with great
losses .of men and materials on
nu?re thaa
he Bargained for when lie attacked
the land o? the Soviets.
It won't do to become too optimistic,
for the war isn't over.
It can't be said to be being won;
but it is true that the picture is
a little brighter for the time being.
While Russia is sending
back thousands of , dead and
wounded to remind the German
people of the horrors of the
awful holacaust their couqtry
has unloosed upon the world,
England's fliers are pounding '
away at the industrial heart of
Germany in the Ruhr valley,
and are giving the inhabitant^
of Berlin a taste of what London
has had to suffer, and a fore-*
taste of what is to come when
the production of planes and
munitions in the British Empire
and America really reach ,
the stride toward which they are
rapidly forging^ (That, as TJie
American Legion Magazine remarks,
is what is really causing
Hitler sleepless nights.)
FRANCE, through the ma
chinicians of her government 01 .
traitors, may bring about a
greater defeat in the diplomatic
field than Russia can administer
in battle even though she drives
every German from Russian
territory. The conclusion of a
peace between France and Germany,
upon German terms,
would be a major blow to England
and to America, for it
would force the United States
to seize Martinique, and other
French possessions in self-defense,
and would give the Germans
a base at Dakar, a deadly
arrow pointed at the heart of
South America.
STARVATION faces the peoples
of a great part of Europe
this coming winter. The four
horsemen of the apocalypse are
mounting to ride again, perhaps
in greater strength than
they have ridden through the*
continent since the Dark Ages.
Germany, after having brought
ititn t.his loass. by her wan
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ton murder, burglary and rapine,
sits calmly back and says
that it is up to England and
America to feed the suffering
multitudes. But, should such a
thing be attempted, the blockade,
England's most powerful
weapon against the Ifuns would
be nullified, and the Germans
would again take the food from
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FOR FALL TERM
NEXT. TUESDAY
Western Carolina Teachers
College will open for the fall
term on Tuesday, September 9,
when freshman orintation begins.
Regular class room work
will start on Friday.
A large enrollment is indicated
by inquiries that have been
made and by reservations that
have been received, officials of
the college stated yesterday.
However, it is anticipated that
that there will be a larger preponderance
of young women in
the student body this year than
is usual because of the fact that
young men of college age,
who would be students at Western
Carolina are in the army,
f.hp nftw. th? flvine corns, or
other branches of the military
or naval service, and still others
are engaged in defense work in
various parts of the country.
It is believed that the colleges
in North Carolina may be hit
harder by the emergency conditions
than in perhaps any
jther state, for the reason that
there are now more men in the
armed forces of the United
States from North Carolina than
froqi any state in the Union,
regardless of population; and
it i& believed that many of these
youQg men would be enrolled in
the colleges of the State under
normal conditions.
Of course all patriotic North
Carolinians are proud of the
record that the young men have
made in this respect, because
they are living up to the traditions
of North Carolina. Then,
it is only the fittest that are accepted
by the Army at this time.
The weaklings, the morons, the
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only the best are received either
through volunteer enlistment or
by selection.
CURTIS GETS
CONHMCT FOR
KITES TANK
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Henry O. Curtis, Sylva contractor,
was awarded the contract
for repairing and making
leak-proof, the reservoir of the
Town of Sylva, by the Board of
Aldermen, at its last meeting.
There were three bids made on
the work and material for this
project, and Mr. Curtis was low
bidder. The work will begin immediately.
?whinh stands
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atop the hill above the town,
was constructed in 1920, when
the present water works system
was installed. It has not been
used for severaj years, because
of the wastage of water
through" leaks in the concrete
tank. Water for the town has
been coming direct through the
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(An Editorial ? By Dan Tompkins)
You are beginning another year of college, a
year freighted with magnificient possibilities, with
grave dangers, with great opportunities and high
devotion. Only men and women who are worthy of
the name can stand the test of such parlous times.
Many young men from your ranks are missing
from the campus as you begin your school year. They
have exchanged the uniform of the football field for
the uniform of a mighty and free nation.
Much of the education that has been dosed out
during the past quarter of a century has been the
wrong kind. It has been the kind that tends not to"
build men and women of great characters and high
devotion, but to produce a nation of weaklings of
soul. It was so designated and so intended by those
who would see the foundations of the nation shattered.
our traditions thrown into the discard, our
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heroes of the past portrayed as self-seeking adventurers,
and our minds so befuddled that we would
become an easy prey to those who would enslave us.
The time Has come for a renaissance in the
schools ^and colleges of America, a renaissance of
Democracy, a renaissance of Freedom, a rerrtftfral of
straight thinking and clean living, a return to the
ancient landmarks that guided our fathers through
all the days that went before 1919. . v
The Ultimate battle for the preservation of Liberty
and Democracy will be fought out in the homes, the
shops, the schools, the colleges of the English-speaking
world. Berlin knew this, has always known it, and
that is the reason for the enervating teachings that
have crept into all our educational institutions during
the past twenty years. Berlin was preparing the
way for the overthrow of Democracy in the hearts of
our people, thus making it easy to trick and then enslave
us until mankind could again tediously work
his way, through blood and tears, out of the second
Dark Ages into which we would be plunged.
: Study American history?real, true American
history. Learn to walk in your thinking with the
mighty men Qf olc}, from the day the first English
stepped ashore oi)'Roanoke Island, until the last gun
fV??i"XX7<iof<arn TTrnnt. in 1Q1R Tiffim to
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stand shoulder fo^fc^uMef with every man and wo- I
man who has held aloft the torch of Freedom, in all
the ages, and in every country. Learn to make their high
devotion, their humble faith, and their magnificient
sacrifices a part of you. Learn that the inestimable
liberties that you enjoy were bought and
paid for, one, by one, through centuries of toil and
suffering and olood on the part of those who came before
you. Learrf that coupled with every privilege you
enjoy as an American citizen is a solemn duty of
citizenship..
With this in mind, learn to "Carry On'f. Remem- .
ber that it is the humble things of this ^orld that . %
are the great things, after all, and that he who holds
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fast to the faith, regardless 01 me wmus til at ucav :
about him, will forever be a freeman in his soul, and j
will possess that peace that can be purchased in no
other way. It is humility, and faith, and the willingness
to sacrifice that makes great men and women,
ailt that build mighty civilizations.
. These things are the important things of life;
and they are doubly important in this crisis that
threatens to overwhelm us. All else is but chaff in
comparison.
Cherrio O! Carry On! Your country and your
civilization are counting on you, young people of /
America.
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mains from the pressure re- PEACHES
ducing station and chlorinating Good Prices were paid growers
plant on Fisher Creek. The al- ?f 15 cars of peaches bought re- .
dermen decided that it would cenUy by the Surplus Marketing
, ^ . Administration in Surry County, be
wise to repair the reservoir county Agent R. R.
?*nd thus maintain a large re- Smithwick of the N. C. State
serve supply of water. College Extension Service.
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