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I Coipijnissione
I Listers For
|Mum| Finish
I The B0;|rtifof County ComI
missioned JMaJs made the folI
lowing apppihtments for tax
I jjsters for the county:
I Barker's |'creek, Bjen Jones; I
CTrlUioallowav: Canev I
ilFork. m|. Woody Hooper;
I cashier's ';#ll<y. J. C. Passmore;
Cullowhee, |Edward Bryson;
pillsboro. ' <T. Brown; Green's
Creek, Lii : Cabe; Hamburg,
Lewis Noi < n Mountain, Mrs.
Pearl St(i\ar;; Qualla, W. L.
Enloe; Rlvir, Thomas Wike;
Savannah J. W. Buchanan; j
Scott's Cr Jk, George Knight; j
Sylva, L. I U en; Webster. Rog- j
ers Cowar iJ
T. W. jyihe, tax supervisor,
stated tha J it is imperative that
the listingjte completed during
the montljiqf /anuary, and that
the peoplfllis, with their own
list taxers Jsjo ;hat the informa- J
tion obtaii eel en the larm schedules
can | e [assembled and forwarded
t? th; Department of
Agriculture. Mr. Ashe stated that
pis year! ;he farm census information?
s| a vital part of the j
National tjefetise effort, since
I the data jvill be used as a basis
upon whin tc> make plans for
the- agriiiliuial effort of the
country. i:ii that hence it isj
necessary ;hai the people list
irith the r p\an list takers in
:heir ow i ^ownships as early
n this m >r.tn is they can.
IACKSDS SCHOOLS TO
)PEN WQNDAY AFTER
[WO 5 E1C6 HOLIDAY
After a ttvo week's holiday, the
chools (f Jadkson county will
eopen o 1 (MJonclay morning, for
he winter -term. All teachers and
lupils aiei expected to be back
it their dlesks, when books are
The oinly has been most !
prtunati i Ithis session, so far, in
mat th( rfe ljia/e been no epidemics
cr cjtl er interferences
ith th< pchbofl work.
UpffOR
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WUIVI llipillUllil"*
mm WHBSIKR
Funeral se^v ces for Mrs. Ida
Bhinehrt were held at the j
Bebstfr Baptjs , church, Monday
tern x n, with Rev. W. N. Cook
Bttcia;iig, and interment was
the Stillwfelj cemetery.
Mrs Ihinepart, relict of W.
Rlinehart;, died suddenly at I
Br h )ne nefcr Webster, Saturyy
iteming] at the age fo 81.
B>rn ; ,nd rea -ed at Webster,
Brs. 1.1 iineha|:t was a daughter
the! ate Ramsey Dills, one of
.^Bcksdr county's earliest atBmejjs
who biilt his home at
ebstir during the War between
B&tes and who was one of the
Bomiunt ci;i:;ens of Western
Brth Carolina for many years.
B*s. Hhinehjai t lived in and
Bar V ebsterf ill her life. She
Barrio Willia^i W. Rhinehart,
mei a >er of !a prominent HayBod
c ounty I family, and they
B^l a largb family at their
Bme n ear Welister. Mr. RhineBrt
iVi,s for|y?ars a merchant
B W( ter, anc a farmer of the
B^r S ivannif Creek section of
Bbs' ei township. Later Mr.
Bineinrt wais (circulation manBer
lc^ the Jackson County
Iurnkl untill tjis death.
^rsl ^hinetjart is survived by
Ur P)ns, Jfreph W. Rhine[r^?
J^f Webster; yWilliam Jpeiirt,
Bliiifield, West VirfejHenry
fehinehart, Akron,
p>". a^d Frkik T. Rhinehart,
I W I ster; bf one daughter,
p- * r na C.joagle, of Green's
l^k'. two sisters, Mrs. James
I z lananj and Miss Emma
W*>(- Dillsbqro; by a number
l&ra ^children, and a host of
Bend
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rsName Tax
rhe County;
This Month
4-H ELECTRICIAN
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Enterprise shown by Phyiita
Di I lard, 16, of Sylva, Jackaon
county, in using electricity in the
home and on the farm won her
place in North Carolina'a delegation
to the recent 20th National 4-H
Club Congress in Chisago. Competing
in the national 4-H rural electrification
conteet conducted by thd
Extension Service, the girl wired air
old railroad latern for a porch light,
a jug, a cedar baao? and an oldfirkinnarl
nil lamn* mirl* mil ?!??.
trie brooder, and drew plans for
wiring the house. She also gave
demonstrations on how to mend an
ironing cord, and make an I. FI. 3.
lamp. With her sitter as teammate
she demonstrated good and
poor examplea of lighting. The girl
was given the Chicago trip by the
Westinghouse company, which also
provides six $200 scholarships as
prizes for national winners.
E. L. McKEE, JR. GOES
WITH THE WACHOVIA
BANK IN ASHEVILLE
The following is from the
AshevUle Citizen:
E. L. McKee, Jr., who for the
past three years has been an
employee of the trust department
of the Wachovia Bank and
Trust company in Winston-Salem,
will transfer to the Asheville
office of the Wachovia early
next month, it was announced
yesterday by J. Gerald Cowan,
vice-president of the institution.
Mr. McKee is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. McKee of Sylva,
both widely known.
After completing his college
work at the University of North
Carolina and the Harvard school
of business administration, Mr,
McKee joined the trust department
of the Wachova in Winston
Salem in 1939, where his work
has covered the fields of real
estate, taxes, and accounting,
His duties here will be along
similar lines, Mr. Cowan said.
He is expected to report to the
Asheville office January 5.
DR. TRUETT WILL BE
FIRST SPEAKER ON
BAPTIST RADIO HOUR
Dr. George W. Traett will b
the first speaker on the Baptisl
hour which will be heard or
various stations each Sunday
morning, beginning on next
Sunday, January 4.
Dr. Truett will speak at 8:3C
on that date, and will be followed
on successive Sundays by Dr
Theodore P. Adams, Dr. Pat M
Neff, Dr. Fred F. Brown, Senator
Josh Lee, and Dr. Oscar C
Johnson.
The programs are sponsored
by the Radio Committee of th<
Southern Baptist Convention
and arrangements have beer
made for one program eacf
Sunday morning, at 8:30 fron
January 4 through March 29.
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T. C. LEDBETTER'S
npnTHlfR PASSES IN
LYMAN, WASHINGTON
Jacob B. Ledbetter, 08, died o
injuries received when he wa
struck by a car last Saturday
at Lyman, Washington, wher
he has made his home for man;
years. He was a brother of Hor
T. C. Ledbetter, of Cullowhe*
I and was a native of Haywoo<
county.
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SYLVA, HOR1
| AS WORLD EVENTS I
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?888888 By DAN TOMPKINaWlJ
JAPAN will pay through the
nose for every kick that she ha&
given your Uncle Sam in the Pacific
ocean. The day of retribution
is coming. It would be a dtf .
ferent story if America had
been prepared to meet the attack
when it came. The sacrifice
in lives, in blood, and in
treasure that has already been
marie onri +>?af ??ili *a
??~v| mow mihv nui iihtv bU UC
made before the Japanese are
paid in full for their perfidy,
is directly chargable to our policy
of pacifism and isolation,
that forbid us to get ready for
the coming storm, or to ward it
off. Nobody is to blame except
the American people and a group
of wilful Congressmen and Senators,
that we were not ready.
TOTALITARIAN states always
have an advantage over Democratic
ones, for they, when the
dictator chooses, dan strike the
first blow and strike hard. Then
the Democracy has to assemble
its folks, its munitions, and get
ready to strike back. The Jftps,
however, by their cowardly attack
in the back, when their envoys
were smoking the peace
pipes . in the big wigwam in
Washington, gave us sottiething
l that would have taken years
to bring about by our own action.
That valuable something
is the complete unity of the
American people, and a grim
determination to see this thing
through to victory, regardless of
it- - A
me cost.
THE FIRST months of American
participation in trie last
war was consumed by the United
States in training and equipping
an army. During that period,
we were protected by the
British navy and French armies,
while we. prepared^ hfUtfiflly. to
defend ourselves. At &a?SI it
not been for ecfuiptnent famished
us by the Preach and British,
our actual participation would
have been ihany months later.
It take* time to (tfeparfc a country
for war. This time, when the
Japanese struck, they struck
directly at surprised and unprepared
America. There was no
British Navy in the Pacific to
defend us, and no French or
British army to defend Manila,
while America bttlrfte&y prepared.
We have little in Luaon
with which to combat the Jap*
anese dive bombers.
THE DUTCH, dp to now hare
been more successful in Warfare
against the Japanese than anyone
else in the Asst. They have
a record of more than a ship
. a day sunk, since the war start
i ed.
SPIRIT can't be crushed beneath
the feet of matching
armies, or roHint tanks, nor
, blasted from the hearts of a
people by dive bombers. Therein
lies the certainty of complete
and utter defeat of Japan. We
can take it on the chin, while
our ^ factories, our mines, our
mills, gather momentum and the
ever-increasing flood of munl.
tions continues to come forth,
; to swee*p Japan and Oermany
L into com^Mte oblivion. It is a
r battle of extermination, for us
or for them. We shall win, because
of the spirit of our peo>
pie, handed down to us by our
. ancestors* and bred into our
very matfrow.
PRATER of a people can avail
. much. Pilttldeht Roosevelt
knows that, and he was very
wise when he called the people to
I a day of prayer on January
; First. That prayer, he said
should be one of confession of
[ our sins, of thanksgiving for the
i mercies of the father, and of
Detition for fortfvehess and fdr
the victory of troth and justice,
so that this may again become
a decent world, the British, the
Dutch, and the peoples in the
occupied latfds, will join with
America in that day of prayer.
That is the way to set upon any
f great ahtf imprtftfcnt und^rtaks
ing, and mdre especially in this
r, mortal combat to preserve all
e that is worth tfhtte in this
y world. When Woodrow Wilson,
t. nearly a quart# of * cetttury
i, ago, called a similar day, the
& dawn soon Wfgan to W^ak.
(Continued On *k*e 5)
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I CAROLINA, THURSDAY, J ANT
j Canada's Premier
rl ONE of the government arsena
William Lyon MacKenzie King, .
tees how cartridge cases for rifles an<
ing the process to him is Col. A.
arsenal Work in this one arsenal
expansion and the introduction of
w. rking day it now turns out as m?
whole of 1940.
MRS. MONTEITH
DIES AT HOME
NEAR GLENVILLE;
Mrs. Andy^ Mqnteiin, wue-.pi
one of Hamburg township's
promittent citizens, died last i
Tuesday at her home near Glen- j
ville, at the age of 72. Funeral
and interment were at the Baptist
church at Glenville, with
Rev. W. N. Cook officiating.
Mrs. Monteith is survived by
her husband; four sons, Lee,
Lawrence, Lawton, and Lewis
Monteith, all of Glenville; one
daughter, Miss Elzie Monteith,
of Glenville; eight grandchildfen,
and two sisters, Mrs. Dora
dryson, of Cashier's Valley, and
Mrs. Mattie Mitchell, of Asheville.
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LABOR UNION READY
TO DO ALL POSSIBLE
TO HELP WIN WAR
(FoHdwing is ? New Year's
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statement by rresiaeni wuItem
Green of the American
Federation of Labor.)
Labor faces the New Year determined
that nothing shall
stand in the way of complete
victory for America over the
forces of barbarism and totalitarianism
which have plunged
the world into war.
The ranks of the American
Federation of Labor are arrayed
five million strong on the industrial
front with but one
thought in mind?that this war
mu*t be won as quickly as posstWe.
To that end the members of
the American Federation of Labor
will work to the limit of
their endurance. They will produce
the materials of war as the
workers of no other nation have
ever produced. They will cheerj
fully make every sacrifice the
Gpvernment of our country calls
upon them to make. And tney
will gladly set aside all that they
can spare of their earnings for
the purchase of defense bonds
to help finance the war.
This is the program that we of
the American Federation of Labor
have set for ourselves for
the coming year.
To help make this program of
all-out assistance to the nation's
war effort effective, the leaders
of the American Federation of
Labor have succeeded in working
out an agreement with industry
barring strikes and lockouts
for the duration of the war.
We have pledged that all disputes
will be settled by peaceful
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IARYlr1942
Sees War Work
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Passed bp Censot
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Prime Minister of Canada (centei #
j machine guns are made. Explai .Theriault,
officer commanding t e
has been stepped up so much .f
new machinery that in one V/ . 6
my cartridge cases as it did in U?e
GOVERNOR REVIEWS
IMPORTANT EVENTS
OF 1941 IN THIS STATE
"In many important respects
the year 1941 has been one (of
the most notable in North Carolina
history. Many new records
have been made, and foundations
have been laid for even
broader and greater attainments"
said Governor J. M.
Bioughton. I;
In reviewing the war effort in
jhe State,' Governor Broughton
said:
"Our state, which already
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neld of industry, has experienced
during this year its highest
peak of industrial growth
and expansion. Production has
reached an all-rtime high; more
piants are operating at full tipje
and more people are employed
than at any previous time in our
nistory; and the many new
plants established together with
expansion of existing industries,
.tdded to enormus increase in
electric power production, give
promise of greater things yet to
jome. Agriculture likewise has
felt a quickening impulse. Intelligent
regulation of major
crop acreages, wider diversification,
a tremendous increase in
the production of hogsr livestock,
and poultry, together with improved
prices for all commodities
have given to our farmers the
most hopeful position and prospect
that they have experienced
in many years.
The outstanding event i n
North Carolina during 1941 has
oeen the State's participation in
the Defense Program. Few states
in the American Union ha?? had
a larger part than North Carolina
in the military aspects of
this nationally important. undertaking.
with Fort Bragg, [the
largest artillery post in the
world, as a starting point, the
Government has enormously Increased
the military establishments
in this state. Gvtt thirty
nillion dollars was exfcfendfaii at
Fort Bragg by the QWtimiieilt
this year, and employflAftt for a
considerable portion of the year
was given to nearly twenty-tore
thousand workmen, practically
all of whom were North Carolinians.
The Post now quarters
nearly sixty-five thousand officers
and enlisted men from
practically every state in the
Union. Subsequently, Camp Davis
the first anti-aircraft establishment
to be constructed in
the country, was built at a cost
of approximately 25 million dol
lars, giving employment to aoout
twenty thousand of our citteens,
throughout most of the year, and
now quartering about twentythousand
soldiers. A great marine
base, destined to be the
largest and most complete in
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|1.50 A YEAR IN AT
McGuii* Is I
Head Of Jacl
III
Chamber OJ
RES1DICHK
ON IKE SALES
vmrarai
With the appointment of W.
R. Enloe, M. B. Cannon, and
Harry Ferguson as the Rationing
Board for Jacksbn [County, ,
the sales of auton^6bile and truck
tires will be resu med in
the county on January 5, and
all applications for permit to ,
purchase tires will be 4nade to
this board. These
gentlemen wore appointed
by Governor Broughton
and will serve without pay, as a
patriotic service to the S tate and
Nation. They are a part of the
national tire rationing system
that has been made necessary by
the Japanese aggression in the
regions in the East from whence
comes more than 90 per cent of
the rubber used in th<; United
States.
The restrictions, it is stated,
will not apply to recs.pped or
used tires, but will be applicable
only to new tires and tubes.
North Carolina's quota of new
tires for the month of January
has been set at 2,871 for light
trucks and passenger cars, and
at 5,819 for trucks a] id buses.
Only 2,403 tubes for passenger
cars, and 4,865 for tricks and
buses can be purct ased by
North Carolinians during the
x. it i.:J. ?
morun, m uie eutuc autbc.
Before any resident of this'
county can buy a new tire or
tube, he must first apply to the
Rationing Board and obtain a
permit.
CENSUS TO P IN
OUR DEFENSE E] TORT
Raleigh?North C a r o 1 i n a's
1942 farm census, to be taken
by the U. S. and StaU; Departments
of Agriculture during
January, will be used throughout
the State as an accurate compilation
of agricultural information
"essential in planning food
for defense program*."
"Cooperation of farmers in
furnishing tax listers with farm
statistics and other in formation
for the census is a patriotic duty
that will yieia money ana satisfaction
dividends", Faim Census
Supervisor W. T. Garriss of the
State Department of Agriculture
said today.
Information farmers will furnish
the tax listers curing the
next forty days will include data
on acreage, livestock, farm machinery,
population, arid poultry.
"North Carolina is I the only
Southern State conducting a
farm census and as a result the
agricultural leadership is better
prepared today to cooperate in
the 'food for victory' campaigns
and in the defense m >vements",
Garris emphasized.
"Fanners will vaduiiteer agricultural
information f.t tax listing
time and the tax lister will
forward county s^im maries to
the Department fdr publication
and distribution to sgricultural
agencies and leader^, particularly
those working with the'food
for defense' programs", he add- j
ed.
Every county in the State will
participate in the 942 farm
census which has been conducted
for 25 years.
Students at Wayne university
now enrolled in cbtUmlums and
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special courses airecciy rewteu
to the defense effoft number
Ifi*.
"the world, is nowfiinder construction
on New RiVer In Onslow
County and is n)w nearing
completion and already accomodating
a large number of Marines
In training. Fifteen thousand
or more North Carolinians
have received empl jyment in
connection; and likewise, the
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Named New j!
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ison County
f Commerce
The new directors of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, meeting Tuesday
night, elected Dr. W. P. McGulre
is president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
for the next year. T. Walter
Ashe was elected vice-president,
tt. l. Ariau, treasurer, and Harry
E. Ferguson, secretary.
The directors will have another
meeting .at an early date,
when committees for th% year
will be appointed, and plans
made for the year's work. ; j
The directors, elected in November,
are: W. P. McGuire, R.
L. Ariail, T. Walter Ashe, Harry
E. Ferguson, Woody Hampton,
Paul C. Ellis, M. B. Cannon, Phillip
Stovall, and Keith Hinds.
The directors ordered a sur- jk
vey made by the manager of
available rooms and apartments .
in and around Sylva, that might
be used by workmen on the Fontana
dam. It is proposed that a
train be operated between here
and the dam site, in the event
enough workmen can be lodged
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Railway Company putting on a
shuttle train. All persons having
vacant rooms or apartments are
requested to communicate with
the Chamber of Commerce Information
Booth immediately,
Manager John R. Jones stated.
UNVEIL PORTRAIT
AT WAYNESVILLE
OF JUDGE ALLEY
An unusual distinction was accorded
a native son of Jackson
county, when a portrait of Judge
Felix E. Alley was unveiled at
the Court House in Waynesville.
A large number of the friends
of Judge Alley were present for
the ceremonies.
T. L. Green, president of the
Haywood county bar association
presided. The portrait was presented
by W. G. Byers, former ?
clerk of Haywood court; and it
was accepted by Hayes Alley, son
of the resident judge of this
district. Judge Alley, called upon
for a short talk, expressed
his appreciation of the honor
and his complete surprise. Addresses
were made by Solicitor
John M. Queen, and by Assistant
Attorney General George B.
Patton.
The portrait was painted from
a photograph, by artists in Chicago,
for members of the Haywood
bar.
HUGE TIMBER
BOUNDARY IN
com IS SOLD
Sixteen hundred acres of the
finest timber remaining in Western
North Carolina fras been
sold by the estate of IS. H. Jennings
to the Carr Lumber Company
and the Champion Paper
and Fibre Company, of Canton,
it has been learned. The lands
lie in Jackson and Transylvania
counties, and are said to be the
last large stand of virgin timber
remaining in private ownership
in Western North Carolina. They
comprise the holdings of the old
Toxaway Company.
It is stated that it will require
ten years to remove the timber
from the lands. The Carr Lumber
Company will remove the
saw timber, and the Champion
Paper and Fibre Company will
take the chestnut and hemlock,
to be shipped to the paper mill
at Canton. The logs for the Carr
Lumber Company, it is understood,
will go to the lumber mill
at Pisgah Forest. Both classes
of wood will be shipped from
Toxaway, where the timber will
be loaded on the railway cars
for transportation to Pisgah
Forest and Canton.
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