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I 52.00.4 l'EAR IN ADVANCE OUTl
I War Time ^
I The Diiratic
I Clocks Move
I the business houses of Sylva I
I a!id the industries, as wel] as the
I people in general have gone on
I a.ir time for the duration, ac- '
| cording to a statement made to- I
I da}' JUI1CS? inaimgcx j
I of the Jackson County Chamber
I 0f commerce.
The dry goods stores and five
I and ten cent stores have agreed
to open at nine o'clock each i
I morning and close at six o'clock
I each evening for the present.
Mr. Jones made a survey of |
I others of the business houses, j
I and they have made an agreeI
ment to open their places of
I business at 8:30 each morning
and :o close at 6:30 in the evenI
jugs. This, it is pointed out, will
pive employees time, in the
I evenings for recreation, fori
I planting and tending Victory!
I Gardens, and engaging in civil- |
I an defense activities along the
I -^nes for which their talents
I yst suit them. j
I The Mead Corporation plant,
operating on three eight hour j
shifts each day has changed
the shift to change at 8 o'clock,
I 4 o'clock and 12 o'clock, instead
of at 7. 3. and 11 as has been the
practice heretofore.
| The Armour Leather Company
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plant, working out one snni
starts work one hour earlier
than heretofore.
The business houses in the
agreements regarding closing
are:
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop, Farmers
Federation, Bowers', Army
Store. Sylva Supply Company, j
The Leader, Eagle Stores, A. F. j
douse, Hale'S; Slovall's 5c {o $T
Store, Dixie Store, Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company, SchulI
man's Department Store, Jackson
Furniture Company., Dave
Karp Department Store, Cannorj
Brothers, Massie Furniture Company.
The Radio Shop, Sylva
Feed Company.
Mr. Jones has been unable to
contact t h e other business
houses in the outlying districts
of the city, but it is presumed
that they will cooperate in the
movement.
The cooperation of the public
in helping the shops to keep
to the hours agreed upon is
asked by the shop keepers and
the Chamber of Commerce.
'
SPECIAL ATTENTION, |
INCOME TAX PAYERS
For the purpose of assisting
individual income taxoayers in
I the preparation of their 1941 income
tax returns, I will be at
the Svlva Post Office, Sylva, N.
C.. on the following dates:
February 24th, 25th and 26th,
from 9:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.
Individuals required to file a
return for 1941 include:
Every single or unmarried
Person (or every married person
not living with husband or
A'ifei whose gross income for
!9*1 was $750.00 or more.
Every married person (living
*ith husband or wife) whose
joint gross income (both husband
and wife) for 1941 was
$1500.00 or more.
The returns must be filed in
time to be in the hands of The
??Uector of Internal Revenue
at Greensboro, N. C. or in the
hands of a Deputy Collector on
?r before March 16. 1941 (since
Inarch 15 is on Sunday).
* am leaving forms for this
Purpose with the Post Master at
Sylva, or you can obtain same
^r?m me by writing me at the
following address:
Koom 9, Post Office Building,
Ward, N. c.
S. E. VARNER,
Deputy Collector.
halcyon club to meet
^ Halcyon Club will meet
?nday evening, February 16, at
^l&ht o'clock, with Miss Mary
an* Coward, at her home on
I ?UrUand Heights.
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)
SIDE THE COUNTY
adopted For
>11 In Sylva;
,d Up lHour
HORSE AND MULE
CLINIC HERE
NEXT MONDAY
Four clinics for horses and
mules will be held in the county
next Monday, February 16, at
which time all horses and mules
will be examined for internal
parasite, defective teeth, and
other ailments. The examination
is free, but a small charge will
be made for dental treatment;
and for treatment for internal |
parasites.
The clinics will be held on
the following schedule:
Glenville school, 9:00 to 10:00; i
R. C." Hunter's Farm, 11:00 to j
12:30; W. A. Hooper's Farm,
Speedwell, 1:30 to 3:00; Savan-|
nah school, 3:30 to 4:30.
County agent G. R. Lackey ad- I
vises all owners of horses or |
mules who will take their ani- j
mals to the clinic to withhold
feed for at least 18 hours prior
to treatment.
The Bureau of Animal Hus- j
bandry gives as symptoms of in- j
ternal parasites: loss of body
weight, unthriftiness; a rough
coat of hair ana not sneaaing m i
the spring; loss of appetite; digestive
troubles, especially
cholic; v weakness, and lack of
ability to do work.
All owners of horses or mules I
are invited to take their animals
-to the clinics for free examination.
METHODISTS FROM
COUNTY TO STUDY
MISSION BOOK HERE
j Methodists from Sylva, Cullo|
whee, Webster, and Love's Chap- ;
el are invited to meet at the Syl- |
va church next Thursday even- j
ing, at 7:30, for the study of the I
mission book, "The Methodist |
Meeting House", by Dr. Garber. I
Rev. R. G. Tuttle, and Rev. MacMurray
Richey will discuss the
book. Following the study there
will be a social hour in tne oase;
ment of the church.
W. C. Brown Dies
In Washington
i
Relatives here have learned of
the death, on February 5, of W.
C. Brown, at his home in Olympia,
Washington.
Mr. Brown, who was 67 years
of age, was born and reared on
Caney Fork, in this county, and
was a member of (Jfce of the
county's oldest and most prominent
families. Some 35 years
ago he moved to Washington,
and has made his home in that
State since that time.
Mr. Brown is survived' by one
daughter, Mrs. Eula Hooper, of
Cowarts; three brothers, R. V.
Brown and David H. Brown,
Cullowhee, and A. E. Brown, of
Tuckaseigee; one sister, Mrs.
Eva Cannon, of Spruce Pine,
and a large number of other relatives
in this county.
THIRD OF N. C. FARMS
NOT RAISING HOGS
' Southerners have a reputa'
tion for eating more than our
proportionate share of pork. Yet,
l.cavs Prof. Earl H. Hostetler,
State College animal husbandman,
the 1940 census showed
that 86,000 of the 278,276 farms
in North Carolina were raising
| no hogs. Pork is one of the most
I important of the "Victory
^ Foods".
"Pigs reproduce more rapidly,
and can furnish the family
j table with a greater quantity of
*i tasty products in a shorter time
I tjian any of the other farm animals,"
Prof. Hostetler declared,
j "Then too, the initial cost of
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SYLVA, NORT
SCHOOL DIVES
HONOR ROLL
FIR JANUARY
The Sylva Elementary School,
in order to create more interest
in scholarship, attendance, and
deportment, will have an honor
roll each month. A high standard
for judging has been set
by teachers and principal. The
following pupils have attained
the honor roll for the month of
January:
FIRST GRADE: Betty Jo Davis,
Barbara Henson and Geraldine
Keenum.
SFnOND ORADF* F.nhriam
Stillwell Jr., Mary Bivins, Nancy
Hartmann, Vista Casada and
Elizabeth Davis.
THIRD GRADE: T. C. Shepherd,
Pat Montague, and Betty
Sue Jamison.
FOURTH GRADE: Elizabeth
Ann Dillard and Frank Crawford
Jr.
FIFTH GRADE: Gladys Adams,
Virginia Arwood, Jessie
Bryson, Margie Comby, Frankie
Fisher, Joyce Fisher, Anna Maud
Hooper, Jean Moses, Peggy
Painter, Jackie Robinson and
Mary Cole Stillwell.
SIXTH GRADE: Jack Hennessee,
Jimmy Bales and Nancy
Owens.
SEVENTH GRADE: Kent Cow- i
ard, Barbara Bess, Ronnie Sut- |
ton, Jimmie Sutton and Hal ;
Wilson.
Perfect Attendance
PRIMARY GRADES: Jeanne
Cogdill, Lambert Hooper, Stewart
Davis, Frank Stevens, Mary
Lou Gates, Peggy Jo Beasley,
Delas Hooper, Edward Sumner,
Billy Crawford, Wayne Ward,
?? rvillnwl .'T nia. UnulA TPrlpnP
IM13XC J-/1IICIX U f IJUUI AAVJtV) ^4 * ?v**w
Hurst, Geraldine Keenum, Mary
Parks, Betty Tuttle, Barbara McCullough,
Frank Abernathy Jr.,
Lindon Jones, Gene Mitchell,
Elizabeth Davis, Peggy Duckett,
Janice Holden, Hilda McGinnis,
Jackie Martin, Peggy Middleton,
Polly Painter, Forrest Lee Aikens,
Glenn Bryson, Ellis Fox,
Tommy Garrett, Roy Jamison,
Dexter Mathis, Bobby Robinson,
Carl Taylor, Carter Williams Jr.,
| Dorothy Ann Ashe, Wanda
Green, Mary Morris, Betty
M c N e e 1 y, T. C. Shepherd,
Neil Wilson, Hayes Bishop,
Mary Ann Worley, Ray Cogdill
Jr., Frank Davis, Ferman Dillard,
Frank Mathis Jr., Violet
i T-, 1
Arwooa, rern umaiu, iiincounc
Garrett, Barbara Hornsby and
Lois Moore.
GRAMMAR GRADES: Betty
Lee Gibson, Loquetta Holden,
Doris Love Middleton, Joanne
Moody, Patsy Abernathy, Jeanette
Moore, Anna Jean Harris,
Dan Allison, Jr., Elizabeth Ann
Dillard, Roy Dillard, Frank
Crawford Jr., Charles Cope, Hilda
Arrington, Harold Bishop,
Buddy Cunningham, Richard
Fox, Jimmy Hornsby, Kent
Hoyle, Harold Parris, Annette
Burch, Lois Bryson, . Gertrude
Cagle, Mary Alice Guffey, Betty
Jo Hurst, Joan Mashburn, Peggy
Hayes Parks, Carroll Ashe,
Gladys Ashe, Pearl Beasley, Barbara
Sue Cunningham, Frankie
Fisher, Margaret Garrison, Anna
Maud Hooper, Helen Jamison,
Leroy Jones, Lavinia Mashburn,
Peggy Painter, Jackie Robinson,
Bennie Reece, Mary Cole Stillwell,
Charles Tolley, Jack Womack,
Jimmie Arrington, Jimmy
Bales, Grover Bishop, Francis
Buchanan, Harry Dillard,
Edward Dillard, Randell Goldman,
Walter Allison Jones, Joe
Guy McClure, Kenneth Parris,
Charles Stillwell, Ben Sumner,
Boyd Sutton, Nancy Ruth Al
lison, Marie Beasley, wuia Mae
Dillard, Helen Guffey, Jacqueline
Holden, Ruth Jamison, Betty
Jean Queen, Dorothy Sue
Parks, Hazel Parris, Mary Soderquist,
Marguerite Sutton, Rachel
Ann Sutton, Pauline Wo^ack,
Margaret Ann Ryan, Helen
Barnes, Kent Coward, Clara Lou
Styles, Mary Bess Henry, Lymon
Parker, Barbara Bess, Ronnie
Sutton, Jimmie Sutton, James
Ryan, Ila Mae Buchanan, Douglas
Jordan, Thelma Poteet, Hal
Wilson, Hilda Hoyle, Vernon
Jamison, Lillian Davis and Betjty
Parris.
i ou
H CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBB
I NEW NATIONAL
LINE TO B
The above photograph shows work
on a section of the new 1261 mile
Plantation Pipe Line, which will be
formally opened within a month with
ceremonies at Greensboro, N. C, its
'northern terminus. This vital national
defense link, which will have
a capacity' of 60.000 barrels of refined
petroleum products, runs from
Baton Rouge, La., to Greensboro
and, through lateral lines, to Knoxville,
Tenn., Montgomery, Ala., and
MRS. SUTTON
TO SPEAK AT
P. T. A. MEET
Mrs. R. U. Sutton, district
president of tHe worm Carolina
Congress of Parents and
j Teachers, will be the principal
speaker at Founder's Day for
jSylva P. T. A?? next Wednesday
j evening, February T18, at 8
o'clock. |
Music for" ^ occasion will
be furnished by the Girl's Glee
Club. A social hour, during
I which refreshments will be
| served in the cafeteria, will fol!
low the Founder's Day exercises.
i cadmium Lining
may poison food
says dr. reynolds
Raleigh?Dr. Carl V. Reynolds,
State Health Officer, has announced
receipt of a telegram
from Dr. E. R. Coffey, of the
United States Public Health
Service in Washington, stating
that the Office of Production
Management has stopped releasing
cadmium for use in the
manufacture of food containers.
Recently, Dr. Reynolds, at the
1 -r Cannrifv AH
request, ui rcucmi uwu..^
ministrator, Paul V. McNutt, issued
a warning against the use
of cadmium-plated food utensils
because of the fact that a number
of cases of food poisoning
had been traced to this source.
Following the warning, he rej
ceived inquiries as to how the
buyer may know when he is purchasing
cadmium utensils. In order
that the public might be
advised on this point by an authentic
source, he telegraphed
to Washington for this information
for publication in North
Carolina.
While the few cadmium-plated
goods now on the market cannot
be recalled, the telegram
from Dr. Coffey said* "the public
should be told not to purchase
when in doubt."
"The public now has all the
facts in my possession," Dr. Reynolds
said. "I do not think there
is any further cause for serious
alarm, as the OPM is releasing
no more cadmium for the plating
of food utensils. However,
when there is any suspicion that
illness was caused by having
--a? * ? ? W "orimium nlat
ea i/Cii 11 u in t
ea utensils, the family physician
should be consulted immediately.
He will know what to do, a*
the presence of cadmium car
be determined by qualitative
chemical test."
Hugh L. Riordan, a Marquette
university professor whose birthday
is December 25, proposes s
Society for the Protection o 1
the Birthday Interests of Thos<
Born on Christmas Day.
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iUARY 12, 1942
' j
. DEFENSE PIPE I
E OPENED
I j . .
Macon and Columbus, Ga. It was
completed in approximately six
months at a cost of some twenty million
dollars. Product is already flowing
through the line as hydrostatic
tests are being made. The Plantation
Pipe Line will serve the heart
of the Army's fourth corps area and
will bring refined petroleum products
to many military establishments and
defense industries in the southeastern
part ?f the United States.
Methodist Youth
Of 3 Counties
To Meet In Sylva
i
??ri 1. ? nn?l nf
i n e ln-i^uuiiuy uuwu v*
Methodist Youth Fellowship rep1
resenting the churches of Jackson,
Swain, and Macon, will meet
at the Sylva church tomorrow
J (Friday) evening, at 7:30. The
| theme of the worship service will
be, "Hands That Serve", and the
j leader will be Miss Dorothy Sue
! Tallent of Sylva.
j A story will be told by Miss
, Ida Jean Allison, of Sylva, and
' the program will include the
reading of a poem by Jimmy
Keener, a solo by Miss Peggy
Bivins, responsive readings and
singing of hyms.
There will be a business session,
followed by a Valentine
j party, at which the Sylva young
| folks will be host to the visitors.
TWO NEW COURSES IN
HISTORY TO BE ADDED
TO WCTC CURRICULUM
________
PnUnmhpp fRneoiftl)?Accord
, ing to an announcement made
today by Professor E. H. Stillwell,
head of the history department
at Western Carolina
Teachers College, two new
I courses in history are to be add|
ed to the present college curricj
ulum.
The first course, Hispanic
j American history, is a survey of
i the early history of Latin America.
This course begins with a
study of the early history of
I Latin America. This course be;
gins with a study of geographic !
al, etymological, and European
backgrounds and continues
through discovery exploration,
and conquest to colonial development
and the beginnings of
revolutions for independence. A
selected bibiliography and topical
outlines will give the students
ample material for an understanding
of their Southern
neighbors.
The second semester of this
' course will be a continuation of
the first course and will take the
( students through the struggles
1 for independence in the Spanish
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| World Day Of Prayer
: [To Be Held On Friday
1 Christians and other believers
in the Deity are being called to
5 a day of prayer, reaching around
1 the world, on next Friday, Feb
ruary 20. The Methodist church
in Sylva will be open to peoples
of all denominations, from four
; to five o'clock in the afternoon
and all are urged to come to the
if church and engage in prayer
' A pianist will be present tc
; play soft music while the people
! engage in 'silent devotions.
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ournft
$1.50 A YEAR IN A1
Escaped Cc
Taken At Ch<
Post Offices
mission zone1
meeting to be
'held in sylva
The Waynesville Zone of the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service will meet at the Sylva
Methodist church at 11 o'clock
on Saturday, February 21.
Mrs. Rufus Siler, zone president
will preside at the meeting.
The work of all departments of
the society will be discussed, and
leaders are anxious that all the
local society and circle officers
in the zone be present at the
meeting.
Luncheon will be served by the
Sylva society at 1 o'clock, following
which an hour's retreat will
be conducted by Mrs. J. Dale
Stentz, district president.
MISS PATTON GIVES
PUPPET SHOW TODAY
Cullowhee, (Special)?Art students
from the class of Drawing
and Designing at Western
Carolina Teachers College will
I present a marionette snow,
"Hansel and Gretel" in the Hoey
Auditorium on Thursday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock. Under the
direction of their instructor in
art, who is Miss Helen Patton,
the marionettes, stage sets and
costumes have been made by
the fbUowing~*studehts: Misses
Eva Higdon, Pansy Dillard,
Elizabeth Warren, Ruth Liner
and Clinton Brookshire, and
Warren Moody. Parts of characters
in the playlet will be interpreted
by Miss Mary Lee Buchanan,
Selma Boyd, Betty Hogdin,
Anne McRaney, and Ruth
Liner.
Musical selections from Humperdinck's
opera, "Hansel and
Gretel will be given by the "College
Quintones", Misses Joyce
Juniper, Janice Smathers, Emelyn
Haynes, Ruth Ray, and Betty
Hodgin, accompanied at the
piano by Miss Dorothy Thompson.
i
The public is invited to attend
the performance.
I
Miss Martin Gives
Week's Schedule
Miss Margaret Martin, Home
Demonstration Agent for Jackson
County, has announced her
schedule for the coming week.
All meetings will be held by the
nfew War Time.
Monday, February 16:
Webster Home Demonstration
Club with Mrs. Fred Mckee at
3 P. M.
Tuesday, February 17:
Tuckaseigee 4-H Club at
school, 10 A. M.; John's Creek
4-H Club at school, 11:30 A. M.;
Webster 4-H Club at school,
1:45 P. M.; Qualla Home Demonstration
Club with Mrs. Crawford
Shelton, 3:00 P. M.
Wednesday, February 18:
Beta 4-H Club at school, 10
A. M.; Qualla 4-H Club at school,
11:30 A. M.; Savannah 4-H Club
at school, 12:15 P. M.; John's
Creek Home Demonstration
Club at school, 3 P. M.
Thursday, February 19:
Dillsboro Home Demonstration
i Club with Mrs. Mont Cannon,
| 3 P. M.
Friday, February 20:
[ Sylva 4-H Club at school, 10
i A. M.; Barker's Creek 4-H Club
at school, 11:20 A. M.; Cullo,
whee 4-H jClub at school, 12:35
i P. M.; Pressley Creek Home
. Demonstration Club with Mrs.
) Pink Pressley, 3 P. M.
? Saturday, February 21:
Office.
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DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
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mviets Are J
erokee After
i
Are Robbed
Clarence Tyler and Hugh Harrell.
long term convicts, who es
caped from the Polk county
jail on January 28, and who are
believed by officers to be implicated
in the series of post office
robberies in Western North
Carolina, were arrested yesterday
afternoon at Cherokee by
Sergeant T. A. Sandlin of the
State Highway Patrol and Deputy
Sheriff Ed Roland.
The tip that led to the arrest
was furnished by Burton Brown
of Dillsboro, who saw three men
beside a parked Plymouth automobile,
on a side road near his
home. They were burning something
which appeared to be mail
matter. He reported the occurance
to Sheriff Leonard Holden,
who got in touch with the highway
patrol. Sheriff Holden and
Patrolman Ray Erwin proceeded
to the spot indicated by Brown,
while Sergeant Sandlin took the
road to Cherokee. He noticed a
Plymouth, resembling that described
by Brown, and approached
it. He then noticed a shot gun
lying at the feet of the man
seated in the car. This man was
identified as Tyler, who blew the
horn at the approach of the officers.
Harrill was inside the
shop being shaved, and when he
attempted to jump from the
chair and run, Ed Queen, Darner,
held him fast by the hair on his
head, and held the razor across
his throat until officers took
him into custody.
A search of the Plymouth
coupe revealed five shot guns, a
flour sack almostfull of ammunition,
. an automatic . pistol,
hacksaw frames - and blades; .
hammers, pipe wrenches, a
sledge hammer, three sets of
automobile plantes and a quantltfof
clothing. "
The trail of lawlessness left
by the escaped convicts, or believed
to have been their work,
spread across North Carolina
[ from Rockingham to Cherokee
and down into South Carolina
as far as Spartanburg. The
crimes trail included highway
robbery, theft of automobiles,
the robbery of a hardware store,
and several post office robberies.
Tyler and Harrill already
have stacked up against sentences
totaling 40 years each.
Two Jackson county post offices
are among the victims of
the series of post office robberies
that have swept over Western
North Carolina in the past week.
I The first of the series was
when the Whittier office, serving
a large part of Jackson
County was entered and the safe
and contents carried away, last
Thursday night, or early Friday
morning.
Wednesday night, the post office
in Cashier's Valley was robbed,
the safe blown open and
some $200 belonging to the government
and Mrs. Genevive
Wright, postmaster, was taken
away.
In the interval between Thursday
and Tuesday, the post office
at Lake Lure, in Rutherford
County was robbed, and the
same night, Monday, an unsuccessful
attempt was made to
rob the post office at Gilkel, in
McDowell county, and the post
office at Mill Spring, in Rutherford
was entered.
Postal authorities and local officers,
highway patrolmen, and
United States service men are
making a wide search for the
perpetrators of the series of
atrocities perpetrated against
the United States post offices in
the area. Officers in Ruther
ford and McDowell believe that
the robberies there were com- ,
mitted by two escapees from the
Polk County jail, and attribute
the other robberies to the same
men. Other officers, however,v
believe that perhaps two separate
bands are operating in the
country districts of this part of
North Carolina. #
j Eleven weekly programs for
j classroom listening are broadcast
over station WHA on the
1 University of Wisconsin campus.