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I ^ / 4 I A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUT* I Cherokee Ei I Puts $150,0 I For Uncle Sa I \ The Eastern Band .of Ch.rn j kef .Indians, whose towns lie in I I Jackson. ?jw<mi, aim uioxioui counties, have just invested O150.000 worth of the tribal funds in Defense Bonds of th? United States. The authorization for the purchase of this amount of bonds to aid the United States in the prosecution of the war, was rerently voted by the Tribal Council. meeting in the Council House at Cherokee. LOCAL boy is on [ x. c. debate team Marcellus Buchanan III, has won out in the elimination contest for the University of North Carolina Debating Team, and will take part in the intercollegiate debate with the University of Pennsylvania, relatives -ere have been informed. Mr. Buchanan has only been | m school at Chapel Hill for fi?n nraob-e oHrtcrpthpr i 3D0UI iHC YY tvuu Mt.vgv. , | V having become ill soon after he! matriculated, last fall. I COLORED FOLKS GIVE I TO LOCAL HOSPITAL A committee of colored people, headed by Frederika Love, as I chairman, have taken the reI >ponsibility of looking after the I colored ward in the C. J. Harris Community hospital. They have I already outfitted the ward with curtains, curtain rods, waste baskets, and a water ' pitcher, and will continue to supply the I Aard until its needs are m6t, Mrs. Carter, the superintendent, stated. I nnn rnnnn rvnnT uumm # CUSS tO BE IIIDIED HERE: A Red Cross First Aid Class, sponsored by the County Health Department, will be held each Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, at the Sylva High School. The first of the weekly classes will meet next Wednesday, February 4. Mr. Howard Edgerton, a student at Western Carolina Teachers College will be the teacher. All interested persons are invited to be present for the first class. A fee of 10c will be charged f"r the purpose of buying the necessary supplies. The classes will continue for ten weeks. The National Defense Chairwan of the county has approved the move most heartily, and exa* . . _ m _ . me nope that a large number of the people will avail themselves of the opportunity of 'earning to be of valuable service should an emergency arise. COUNTY HOME AGENT G1VE S SCHEDULE Miss Margaret Martin, Jackson County Home Demonstra ?n agent, has announced her phedule for next week's and appointments. The Monday, February 2?Office. Tuesday, February 3?Cullo^hee-Speedwell Home Demon yation Club at Hoey Auditor,Ufn. 1:30 p m. Wednesday< February 4?Gay ?me Demonstration Club with j^John Buchanan, at 2 P. M. Ljnursday, February 5?Olene Home Demonstration Club at School, 2 P. M. Friday, February 6?Cashier's me Demonstration Club at " ^ Lunch Room, 2 P. M. aturday, February 7?Office. n(?e Navy's women nurses are ?wed in combat zones. i i . ' r * v . .. . n I - V-" S>M. / ' ; * I SIDE THE COUNTY astern Band! 00 In Chest im's Defense . * . i ? * i . SUNDAY Sail CONVENTION TO nrrT mi rrn n mm un rto. fi The Tuckaseigee Baptist Sun- j day School convention will meet at Webster church at 2 o'clock ; in the afternoon, on February ; 8, according to announcement just released by W. G. Womack for the program committee. The program for the meeting will be as follows: Congregational song, led by ' the choir leader of the Webster church. Devotions, conducted by G. H. Cope of the Webster church. Special music, led by Floyd Carden of the East Sylva church. Minutes and roll call of the Sunday Schools. , Special Music, led by Floyd! Carden of the East Sylva church. Address, by Rev. Ernest Jami- j son, pastor of the East Sylva Church. | Special music, led by Floyd | Carden of the East Sylva church, j ? ? j? I i Talk, by Ernest remana on me j Sunday School work in Clay county. Reports from the district superintendents on the fifth Sun- j day meetings. Announcements. j. Congregational song, led by | the choir leader of the Webster j church. Prayer.,. Adjournment. I f New Club Organized Miss Margaret Martin, with a j group of 16 ladies, met at the j home of Mrs. S. T. McGinnis, on j January 26th, and organized a j new Home Demonstration Club which has been named the "Vic- I tory Club". Miss Martin gave a very interesting demonstration on 1 "Table Service." The following officers were elected: | Mrs. S. T. McGinnis, President; j Mrs. Richard Hoyle, Vice-presi| dent; Mrs. Robert Phillips, Secretary; Mrs. Adam Moses, Club Reporter. The next meeting will be held j at the home of Mrs. Robert Phil- I lips, on February 23rd. On Vacation M. B. Cannon and Lewis Can- j non left Sylva the first of the j week to spend a vacation fish- j ing in Florida waters. BANK REELECTS! ALL OFFICERS AFTER BIO ten At the annual meeting of the stockholders, of The Jackson County Bank, held last week, all the directors were reelected, and the directors immediately re-1 elected S. W. Enloe as president; R. L. Ariail, executive vice-president; E. L. McKee, vice-presi- | dent; Thomas A. Cox, secretary; W. J. Ftsher, cashier; and W. W. Bryson, assistant cashier. E. Pt Stillwell, and R. L. Ariail, were reappointed as the executive and loan committee. I Thp directors reelected are S. W. Enloe, E. L. McKee, R. W. Harris, E. P. Stillwell, Thomas A. Cox, J. C. Allison, W. H. Snyder, and R. L. Ariail. Mr. R. L. Ariail, the executive vice president 3V stated that deposits increased by $150,000 during the year to $1,403,919.30 on December 31; with the bank showing total assets of $1,501,451.76. , I . I lthsOH SYLVA, NORTH -?- t AS WORLD EVENTS I UNFOLD jll B86888 By DAN TOMPKINS *88*1 MACASSAR STRAITS attack upon a huge Japanese convoy, carrying men and munitions to the Dutch East Indies, dealt a cmgehlncr HlrmT fho Tone onH MAVTT \fyj U4AW (*liU marked up the first large-scale Naval victory for the United States in the present war. American forces are sure that they sank eight Japanese ships and possibly ten. This blasting cost the Japs a great deal in ships and munitions, and probably 10,000 men. The Americans lost no ships, and admitted only the serious injury of one man, and slight wounds to two others. Macassar strait brought the total of Japanese craft blasted to the bottom of the ocean by our forces to 50 since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, or exactly one a day. Pretty good score. When we really get going, after the factories turn out their huge supply of planes and munitions, we ; won't leave the Japs anything i larger than a row boat to visit their folks from one of their puny islarids to another. MACARTHUR celebrated his birthday with an attack upon the Japs and scored a victory, thus relieving the pressure upon his left, at least temporarily. But he and his gallant band of Ampriran and Filinino soldiers i; are in a spot. Confronted by J overwhelming numbers, they are making one of the most mag- F nificient defenses in all the mili- 1 tary annals of America. It was ^ the work of a genius to estab- ^ lish the lines on Batan so that they would hold against superior numbers. Every move that C MacArthur has made, so far, has n displayed brilliant military lead- h ership, and the superb fighting of his soldiers has proved itself worthy of such a commander. ^ Rooseevlt made no mistake when he promoted MacArthur to the tl unusual rank of General, full- g, fledged. . THE RAMPAGING Japanese j have landed on New Britain and on New Guinea, in the territory:c< of Australia, evidently seeking j JJ - - - - - - _ I A to consolidate their positions ana i. then attempt to take the con- i J tinent of Australian Dominion out of the war, and at the same j time preventing the United c States from using Australia and t] the islands under her mandate a as liases of operations against k Japan to recover lost territory S( in the Dutch East Indies and the s Philippines, or for a knock out c blow against the Japanese is- b lands. jf AUSTRALIA is much concern- d ed over the developments, and considers the situation extreme- d ly grave, while watching the a MALAY peninsula, and the re- ! e treat of British forces toward E Singapore, the key to the whole ? situation in the east. Fighting n gallantly to preserve Singapore j 6 as a base of operations, when i 2 American and Britain reach o their full stride in the war ef- 0 fort, the troops of England, Aus- 6 tralia, and India are being n steadily forced back. F IN BURMA the Japanese and * Siamese are increasing their t strength against the Burmese, * English Australians, and Indians, driving steadily toward j the Burma Road, the world's most important highway, seek- I ing to cut the line over which 1 4. I flow the supplies to wie emDau- j tied Chinese, who have adminis- c tered defeats to the Japanese in * recent weeks. * STRENGTH and weakness 5 both develop in the Japanese * spread over the Pacific and In- ? jdian oceans. The strength lies 1 j in holding positions of strategic 1 importance that would hamper i American and British opera- 1 Itions; and the weakness lies in t long communication lines, which * are always hard to maintain. 1 ! ASTRIDE the strategic points i I in the Pacific and Indian oceans, 1 i if Singapore and Australia fall, i wrifv, tvip Rurma Road sev iliiu nrtw ???V ? ? . ered, if the invasion of Burma ' i is successful, the Japanese will ] hold positions of the utmost im- i jportance in the war. They can \ be dislodged, and they will; but j ' ?Continued on pare 3 1 % Mou | CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN I There's A Gre; . . TVHE little nations that Hitler ha -* not out. In Canada, men of P< Belgium have their separate camp thousand* and training for the day lias sent many hundreds of men < of their nations in Great Britain ai rom civilian life take their places i hese camps is at Joliette, not far fi Belgium mes and in it are training earth. The photograph shows five o: b string of ribbons and sleeve che in the last war. 'LANS BEINB MADE 'O REDCUE NUMBER >F FOREST FIRES The District. Forester and ounty Warden Mack Ashe, are laking plans to combat the fire azard to the forests that always artsesat fheapproach t>f Mr. Ashe pointed out "today lat it is necessary for all perDns to obtain permits before urning brush, and that the >rest service will make it as onvenient as possible for the eople to obtain the permits, lie district forester stated that lie following is the record of ires in this district in 1941: In 1941, we had in District >ne, which comprises eleven of tie thirteen western counties nd includes: Buncombe, Cheroee, Graham, Haywood, Hender9n, Jackson, Macon, Polk, wain, Transylvania and Yancey :ounties, 622 forest fires which urned an average of 31 acres a ire and caused an estimated amage of $59,308.00. The cause of the 622 fires are istributed as follows: Incendiry 189, of 30.5 percent; Smokrs 135, or 22 percent; Brush burners 126, or 20.5 percent; lunters, Campers and Fisher' ^ ?* len 74, or lz percent, namuauo 0, or 9.5 percent; Miscellaneous 5, or 4 percent; Lumbering 11, r 1.5 percent; Lightning 2, or .0 percent. Of these 622 fires, 20, or over 99.9 percent were nan-caused and could have been >revented if proper precaution lad been executed, and care for he value of our forests had been elt by the responsible party. IASMUSSON IS I VOW CORPORAL The following from the Roan>ke Beacon, of Plymouth, wil] >e of interest to many people lere, since young Mr. Rasmusion spent most of his boyhood n Sylva, where his father was iuperintendent of the paper nill: Silas S. Rasmusson, son of Mr ind Mrs. S. M. Rasmusson, 01 Plymouth, has been promoted tc ;he grade of corporal in the di'ector of technical training of'ice of the Ordnance Replacenent Center at the Aberdeer Proving Ground in Maryland, it vas learned this week. Corporal Rasmusson's new jot ;vith the army will be in the capacity of ammunition instructoi to new men coming into th< training center. Corporal Rasmusson graduated from the University of Alabama in 1934. ; ; : . ! . ! I nto i JARY, 29, MM* .> '??& = it Day Coming HI i ' ll mmm 1 mM j 1 i j ' "" '"issn ' ^:i^BBBW^IIill?lii^88BWI Passed bf Censor | s ravaged may b? down but they're 5land, Norway, the Netherlands and s. There they are gathering by the of their revenge. Already each group >verseas to swell the growing ranks id when they leave, new contingents n Canada. One of die most active of rora Montreal Over it the tricolor ol Belgians from the four corners of til* ; these Belgians, one of.them wearing vrons denoting four years of service TWO JACKSON COUNTY GIRLS HONORED AT WESTERN CAROLINA Cullowhee, Jan 26?The Alphi Phi Sigma of Western Carolina Teachers College recently held its quarterly initiation ritual in the Student Union building. Twenty-six degrees were conferred, eleven novice, seven apm eight- master's. I piv,u?.wv, ? o In ordef to obtain the degree of novice, which is the lowest degree, one must have made the honor roll for two consecutive quarters or have been valedictorian or salutatorian of his high school class. To receive the second or the apprentice degree, one must have made the honor roll for four consecutive quarters. To receive the master's degree one must have made the honor roll for six consecutive quarters. Miss Anne Bird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bird of Cullo whee received the master's ae| gree. Miss Bird is also an active I member of the International Students' Society, Junior Woj man's Club, and the college or' chestra. Miss Agnes Henson, daughter of Mrs. Vivian Henson of Cullowhee, received the apprentice degree. Miss Henson is a member of the Shubert Glee Club. ROGERS Rim HELD HHMf AT CILLOWHEE Funeral services for Pat Rogers, 37 year-old employee of the Stat^ Highway and Public Works Commission, and a member of an old Jackson County family, were held Tuesday afternoon, at the home of his mother, Mrs. Fannie Rogers, at Cullowhee. 1 Rev. B. C. Moss conducted the ? ???? fha service, imermeni; woo VAIV Rogers family cemetery. Mr. Rogers had been employed ; by the State Highway and Pub lie; Works Commission for five 1 years as a construction foreman, A few weeks ago he became ill ' and was taken to the State Hos' pital, in Morganton, wh?re he 1 died, early Sunday morning He ' was born and reared at Cullowhee, and was a resident Of thai ) community all his life. He is survived by his mother; r one sister, Mrs. Ella B. Roberts i of Asheville; and four brothers - John and Hugh Rogers of Cullo whee; and Robert and Berl Rogers, of Asheville. i ? i I , I 1 - " . 1 % ottritft! $1.50 A YEAR IN AI Sylva's New Beautifully i Nearing C REPORT OF ORES SENT TO SOLONS r?nu rARfli ina 1 nuiu uniiULinn Bulletin 41, of the North Carolina Department of Con- 1 servation and Development has been sent from the office of . Governor Broughton to every ' member of Congress from North 1 Carolina, according to a letter from R. Bruce Ethridge, direc- 1 tor. Mr. Ethridge's letter, dated in : Raleigh, January 26, states: "Hon. Dan Tompkins, Sylva, N. C. Dear Dan: A letter from Congressman Weaver today tells me that you have requested that a copy of ] Bulletin No. 41, dealing with ! magnesium, etc., be handed to each member of the North Carolina delegation in Congress. That is being done today in the Governor's office." HANDLERS ?<fcT WILL HELP FARMERS OF NORTH CAROLINA , Raleigh, Jan. 28?Protection for the farmer who makes production contracts with handlers of agricultural products and equal protection to honest dealers who have faced . unethical competition will be afforded under provisions of the North Carolina Handlers; Act this season; Harry T. Westcott, marketing specialist of the State Department of Agriculture, announced today. A "bonding system" will be placed in operation throughout the State this year "and all handlers of farm produce who make contracts with growers will be required to give substantial bonds to assure fulfillment of agreements, unless financial re sponsibinty can De estaDiisneu to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Agriculture," Westcott explained. Handlers, "other than those completing transactions with United States currency," will be required to obtain a "handlers' permit." Westcott said that "the 1941 General Assembly enacted the Handlers' Act as a farmer-protection measure designed to prevent unscrupulous dealers from contracting for produce without giving the producer a guarantee that such contracts will be fulfilled." "Legitimate handlers of farm produce are recognizing the Handlers Act as progressive leg- , islation, essential in removing unfair competition and necessary for the protection of the growers," Westcott added. Copies of the act and applications for permits may be secured by writing the Markets Division, State Department of Agriculture, i Raleigh, i STATE INCOME TAX I MAN HERE MARCH 10 A representative of the State ! Department of Revenue will be i in Sylva on March 10 for the purpose of assisting in making [. out income tax returns for citizens who are liable for State i income tax. The official from the Depart[ ment Will be located at the City . Hall, v | - !' Methodist Preachers Go ; To Meeting In Nashville - Rev. R. G. Tuttle of Sylva and , Rev. MacMurray Rlchcy of , Cullowhee, are in attendance Upon the Missionary Conference b of the Methodist church, in | I Nashville, this week. )VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY Theatre Is |H ippointed; ' ill ompletion ill me new picture uicttuc iw* Sylva, which lias been under j4 I | construction for several months by James Massie of Waynesville and his son, Frank Massie of Sylva, is now rapidly nearing completion. The theatre is Western Carolina's newest and finest. There is not a theatre in this part of the State that can surpass it. The auditorium will have a seating capacity of 840, and can be made to accommodate more than one thousand people. The ladles' lounge will have facilities of every kind, just as milady would wish to have in her boudoir. In addition, there is a commodious crying room, where ladies can take small children, and the children can cry to their j,I X hearts content, or make any other noise they wish, without disturbing anyone in the auditorium. The crying-room is absolutely sound proof, but persons in it can both see and hear the picture just as if they were J|j|? In the auditorium. The projection room is absolutely fire-proof, reducing the fire hazard to a minimum.. It is expected that the new flliS theatre, beautiful in its appointments, will be ready for opening between the 15th of February and the 1st of March. j |K LIONS SPONSOR PAPER .SUM I IN SYLVA TOWN |j . - m The Lion's Club has assumed the responsibility of sponsoring the gathering of waste paper -.a and cardboard in Sylva, and will Jiave a truck call at each business house daily to take up the w^ste paper. All persons having waste paper and cardboard saved up in their residences should call the City Hall, and the truck will take up the paper from the residence sections of the town once a week. The money derived from the , Iff sale of these waste materials will be donated to the American Red X ]jj| Cross. Illl The government has asked all J jj}| persons to save paper. || |g| "Please bundle up your paper and cardboard and have it ready iH before the truck calls", requested a representative of the Lion's Club, today. -||B Christmas Cheer Fund . II Reached Total Of $858 The total of the Christmas cheer fund for the service men I of this county and for aid to -3 I the needy reached $858.00, according to a statement issued I by R. U. Sutton, treasurer of the I fund. The largest part of this came from the dime board, Mr. I Sutton stated. From this source $481.40 was turned in. The em- 111 olovees of the Mead Corporation gave $123.40; The teachers of the U county, $99.15; Mr. and Mrs. C. II L. Allison, $1.25; Home Demonstration Club, $1.25; Teachers at || Western Carolina Teachers Col- I lege, $23.50; Employees of Armour Leather Co., $41.56; The c| I American Legion, $15; and the i ' employees at the court house, * and county officials, $18.75. *J[ $308.96 was expended on Christmas gifts for the service ~ JI men, and for postage on the packages. 38 Christmas baskets II were purchased from various merchants in the county, at a |H cost of $129.83. This leaves a balance in the bank of $419.19, which will be used for the same kind of work, as occasion arises. j Navy doctors must be gr&d* j uates of accredited medical schools before being commissioned.