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H $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUT I Four Cand I Unopposed I As Filing I? six candidates in the Demo era tic primary are uhopposed H s(:uu1 as the Party nominees m [0r the utlives in the November ejection. The date for filing no.)i candidacy expired at 6 (t,vlOi-k last Saturday. The unopposed candidates are: Slate- Senate. Mrs. E. L. McKee; member of the General Assembly. Dan Tompkins; Clerk Superior Court, Roy M. Cowan; and Register of Deeds, Glenn Hughes; coroner, C. W. Dills, and county surveyor, J. Lyman Stewart. For sheriff there are two candidates in the field. Sheriff Leonard llolden is opposed by Fred Sutton. There are three candidates for chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. T. Walter Ashe, [lie present incumbent is running to succeed himself, and John H. Morris and Frank Hall qualified as candidates for this office. There are four candidates for the two posts as part time commissioner. Cleve Fisher, a present member of the board is a candidate, and the other three i Chris Passmore. of Cash Iier's Valley, Ed Fisher of Sylva. and W. S. Fowler of Hamburg. R C Howell, a member of the present board qualified as a candidate. but withdrew his name on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Howell stated that he had decided that he would not again make the race. John H. Long and Mack V. Breedlove are candidates for membership on the Board of Education. opposing the present board, which is composed of C. E. Smith, John H. Hooper, John Deitz.'J. H. Middleton, and D. H. Stephens, all of whom are candidates. Mr. M. D. Cowan, veteran political leader of the county, who had announced his candidacy for the nomination for sheriff, allowed the time to elapse without filing his candidacy with the board of elections. In a statement which he released, Mr. Cowan stated: "This is to announce that I did not file in the primary race for the sheriff's office of Jackson county. Circumstances over which I have no control have forced me to demHo t/-? i-nn T hmoV* t A to IrP I' nut iu 11411. A YY I'll* this opportunity to thank my many loval friends who have so generously uiven me their support." The statement was signed by Mr Powan. church at scott's ( reek has record attendance sunday Scott's Creek Baptist church set another record last Sunday, with an attendance of 258 people, and a collection of $19.15. The nifiht service and the Young People's Union were also well attended, as was the teachers' Meeting, held during the week. The assistant teachers took charge of all classes at the Sunday School, last Sunday. There is preaching service twice each month, on the second and fourth Sundays. Rev ? S. Hensley is pastor, and J. ^ Bryson is superintendent of lhe Sunday school. ? ? ? training school it?r methodists 1n training school for Methodist teachers and workers wil] be held at the Sylva Methodist church, beginning May 10 and continuin? through May 13. At lhe school, Rev. MacMurraj tehev will teach the classes for y?un^ people; Miss Elizabeth ^'Ver. those for teachers and Sunday School workers; and Dr . lrkp.itrick, those on Methodism. In order for the school to meet s^ndard requirements it is necPS,Sary that a minimum of 4? attend the classes, work^ f?r credits. All Methodist interested are invited bj J Sylva church to attend th< *hooi. tyt It SIDE THE COUNTY idates Are In Primary $ Completed G. 0. P. CHOOSES STILLWELLAS^ nnifiTfrir i r i nrn lUUIW LtAUtK: 1 E. P. Stillwell, Sylva attorney, , was elected chairman of the Re- j publican executive committee j for Jackson county, at the , j county convention held in Sylva j last Friday afternoon. Hugh E. Monteith was chosen as secre- j | tary, Mr. Stillwell succeeds John ; B. Ensley as head of the G.O P. j in the county. At the convention a ticket was , | nominated and the names of the nominees were filed with the board of elections on Saturday. W. C. Hennessee was nomi- j nated for State Senator; S. C. j Cogdill, for Representative; E. A. Bumgarner, for Sheriff; Fin- ] j ley Arrington, Clerk Superior Court; Bennie Reece, Register of , nooHc- Phiirips Hpnslev. chair ; man of the Board of County ] I Commissioners; J. H. Painter, ! coroner; S. M. Parker, surveyor: ] and W. H. Snyder and Calvin i Wilson, county commissioners. ] The convention nominated A. i D. Parker for chairman of the ] i board of commissioners, and Mrs. Bennie Reece, for register of ] I deeds, but they both declined f he , nominations because they felt ; I they could not serve, and the committee filed Mr. Hensley and Mr. Reece to take the place oi the convention nominees. j- , - - ? CIRCUS COMING TO SYLVA SATURDAY Elephants, ponies, funny clowns and pretty girls will all be included in the offerings of Beers-Barnes Circus, scheduled to play two performances in Sylva, Saturday. The show will have 25 trained animal acts, and included in the many features will be Chubby Teddy Bear with a human brain, Madam Tillie Troup with performing ponies, monkeys and dogs; the Louis Troup of premier girl wire-walkers; the three Rathburn Sisters, aerialists; Bozo and Toby, clowns who are appearing for the first time with , any circus, having come direct 1 1. Xlfolf from tne screen aim muiu, Davis and his Wyoming Rambi lers, real cowboy band, singers, ! rope spinners and dancing girls. IS. ALLISON IS NEK P. 1.1. HEAD I Meeting for the last session of the school year, the Sylva Parent-Teacher Association elected Mrs. Dan M. Allison as president, on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Harry Ferguson was elected vice president; Mrs. Claude . Campbell, secretary; and Mrs. ' Herbert Gibson, Jr., treasurer. 1 With the president, Mrs. Edgar Duckett, presiding, the meeting was opened with a short devotional, conducted by Mrs. Dan Tompkins. J The High School Glee Club, I under the direction of Mrs. Grover Wilkes, presented three j i numbers. ; Mrs. Duckett gave an interr j esting report of the meeting of . ] the North Carolina.^Congress of i Parents and Teachers which met [ recently at High Point, and which was attended by Mrs. . Duckett and Mrs. R. U. Sutton. The association vated to send t one or more delegates to the P. t1 a fnct.ttiit.o in ChaDel Hill, A lit ittUV?VMWV ? # > this summer. There was an interesting ext hibit of art work which has been T done by students, from various f grades, taught by Miss Annie -*-Cc>nti2itted 6tk Page Three ttksoi SYLVA, NO StoIe NAMED HHI THE H4YF1 FHTinN 1111 1 I UliUVllVM The Jackson County Board of Elections has appointed the prelinct election officials to serve in the primary on May 30, and in the General Election in November. Registration books will be open ?ach Saturday before the primary, and all persons eligible to vote, who are not already registered in their proper precincts should see the precinct registrar. The officials appointed by precincts are named below, the name of the registrar appearing first, followed by the Democratic judge, and the last named is the Republican judge: Barker's Creek: Ben Jones, Lon Segle, Lonnie Sutton. Canada No. 2: Mitchell Shelton, Plumer Painter, Cleve Wood. Canada No. 1: Ralph Broom. Joe Middleton, Bob Brown. Cashier's Valley; Lynch Diliard, Bud Lombard, Buras Alexinder. Cullowhee: Oscar Norton, Shiriey Wilson. John Watson. Caney Fork: Oscar Lovedahl, Jim Potts, Howard Wood. Dillsboro: W. A. Sutton, Ralph rilll- 1 n.... LMii.s, meuuure onyuei. Green's Creek: Joel Wetmore, Lyndon Cabe, Elsie Sutton. Hamburg: Fred Bryson, Dewitt Leopard, O. L. Lanning. Mountain: Walter Bryson, Ab Edwards, Clifton Moody. Qualla: Thad Patton, Willis Enloe, Dave Worley. River No. 1: Leon Moody, O. D. Moses, Jr.I%S. M. Parker. River No. 2: Oscar Wike, Lonie Watson, Haygen Hamilton. Savannah: R. O. Higdon, Dave Bishop, Herman Cabe. Scott's Creek No. 1: RojTMan^ ton, W. E. Bryson, Rob Parris. Scott's Creek No. 2: Price Dillard, Rufe Keener, Fag Henry. Scott's Creek No. 3: Geo. Bryson, George Coward, Bryson Beck. South Sylva: John Henson, Leon Sutton, S. C. Cogdill. North Sylva: Ben N. Queen, Bedford Parris, Raleigh Warren, Webster: D. C. Higdon, Rogers Coward, W. C. Cagle. VICTORY DRIVE FOR BOOK ON IN COUNTY FOR MEN IN SERVICE Forty-seven books have been collected by the Sylva school from its patrons, to contribute to the Victory Book Drive. The drive was organized to provide reading for men in service. Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, librarian at Western Carolina Teachers College is chairman of the Campaign in Jackson County. The Campaign is sponsored jointly by the American Library Association, American Red Cross and the United Service Organization The goal is 10,000,000 books to be distributed among soldiers sailors and marines. Type ol books wanted: Applied Psychology; Current Affairs, English Grammar; Arithmetic; Algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry; Calculus; Up-toDate technical books, published not later than 1935; Accounting Shorthand; Business and Salesmnnchin Phntnirranhv: Car ilianouijj , ? 1 ? , toons; Novel and Play Writing; Sports; Poetry and Individua Plays; Geography; Travel Book? of the last ten years; Biography; Modern History; books aboul music; and good modern Novels All text books donated must be in current use. Simple reading matter for men who did nol finish graded school is alsc wanted. Money to buy books may b< donated instead of books, if preferred. Books donated will b< collected within the next tw( weeks. A box for the books ha.* been placed at the Western Autc Associate Store. It is requested that donors pui their names and addresses ir the books donated. Any additional informatior may be had from Mrs. C. C. Bu chanan, at Western Carolin? Teachers College. sjmwr? 1:" ' PSgflN N-.-Jvj'V.' : ' ?" - '. V- A- : K* -v i Ci'ir ho S L' ?: t-t , -, ? * ===== ^ ;.j I RTH CAROLINA, TH tf g ^Y, AP Jih. NO TIN IN 1 1 1 hIq^H 11 THE name "tin hat" is just a pet army name, carried on from the last war, for the steel helmet which the army wears in battle. Ther; is no tin in a tin hat. It is made from a very special type of armored s:eel which is capable of withstanding a steel-jacketed revolver bullet fired at a distance of only 30 inches. Another feature about these steel MRS. JOHN W. SMITH | PASSES AWAY FRIDAY j AT HOME NEAR SYLVA Mrs. John W. Smith died at; her home near Sylva, last Tri- | day afternoon after a long ill- j ness, at the age of 62. Born and I reared in Sylva township. Mrs. I Smith had spent practically her j entire life here. She was a daughter of the late Joseph $ind Edith Dlllard Cope. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Scott's ; Creek Baptist church, by the j pastor, Rev. B. S. Hensley, and Rev. W. N. Cook. Interment jwas > in Old Field cemetery. j Active pall bearers were Roy ? Dalton, Herschel Ashe, Vernon Cope, Shirley Ensley, Ray Cog1 dill and Homer Cope. Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, five sons, Lejwis, Charles, Roy, Carl and Alfred Smith; one daughter, Mrs. Troy Davis, all of Sylva; one sister, Mrs. Robert Walls, of Wayjiesville, and by several grand[ children. I MEN FORTY - FIVE TO SIXTY-FIVE Tn Dcr.icTiiD : IU ULUId I Lll All men between forty-five 5 years of age and sixty-five, will ' register under the selective iierv- j ice act on next Monday, April 27, according to notice sent} out' : from the Jackson County Se-| I lective Service Board. I The notice sets forth the pro clamation of the - President of 1 the United States and the bov> ernor of North Carolina, declar ing April 27 as registration day for all men who were born on I or after April 28, 1877 and on or 1 before February 16, 1897 to reg ister under the Selective Traini ing Service Act of 1940. t The board has designated the following places of registration, - and appointed the following > people to be in charge of the t registration: > Cashier's school, Buren Terrell; Glenville school, F. I. jvati son; Tuckaseigee school, Mrs. - Fannie M. Brown; John's Creek > school, G. C. Cooper; Cullowhee ) Training School, Edward Bryj son; Webster school, R. P. Bu) chanan; Savannah school, R. O. Higdon; Sylva Community House I J. C. Allison; East Lajporte i school, D. M. Hooper; Wolf Creek school, Elwyn Queen; ^ead i Paper Corporation office, ?ylva, -1R. U. Sutton; Armour Leather 11 Co. office, Sylva, O. E. Btook?Continued on Page Two itto li RIL 23, 1942 j ' * * IN HELMETS \ I ? p" ' ^ ; : I f i I H v" flfll H^v helmets is that they are non-magnetic. This prevents them from interfering with some of the delicate instruments which are used in range finding, etc. The picture shows a small portion of a day's output of steel helmets in a Canadian factory. As well as equipping her own .troops, Canada is making these helmets for the forces of the United Nations all over the world. WAR SAVING BONDS COMMITTEES NAMED BY COUNTY CHAIRMAN The Jackson County War Savings Bonds Committee, met yesterday afternoon in the office of R. L. Ariail, the county chairman, and adopted plans for the canvass of the county for pledges to_purchase bonds, to be held 'early in May, under plans of the Treasury Department and the proclamation of Governor Broughton. Local committees for each township in the county were appointed by Chairman Ariail. These committees will meet and appoint workers in the several townships, and add members to their local committees where they think it advisable. The local township committees appointed were: Barker's Creek, Jahu Jones, Lon Revis, Ralph Dills. Qualla, Mrs. Jessie Cordell, Mrs. Frank Hall, Ed Bumgp.rner, Jarrett Blythe, J. O. Fisher, Jr. Scott's Creek: C. P. Dillard, W. O. Robinson, Mrs. George Knight, N. R. Christy, Mrs. Don Cogdili. Sylva: H. Gibson, H. E. Monteith, Dan K. Moore, G. R. Lackey, T. N. Massie, E. L. McKee, Vernon Cope, Mack Ashe. In Sylva, committees will be appointed tr? ronrocpnt t.hp oivir rlnbs. the women's clubs, the American Legion, and other organizations. Cashier's Valley: J. C. Passmore, Mrs. Marshall West, Mrs. Joe Wright, W. S. Alexander, M. B. Madison. Hamburg: F. I, Watson. Mrs. T. L. Monteith, Clayborne, Bryson, H. D. Fotoler, Mrs. Lyman Stewart. Mountain: Mrs. Pearl Stewart, Fred Brown, J. H. Long, Marion Moody, Mrs. John A. Stewart. River: Roy Mickels, Mrs. Joseph Keyes, McKinley Hooper, T. E. Middleton, Mrs. Lythe Hooper. Canada: Cleve Wood, Mrs. Onia Shelton, A. L. Brown, Ransom Shelton, Mrs. Mitchell Melton. Caney Fork: Blaine Nicholson. Oscar Lovedahl, John L. Wood Mrs. Luther Stephens, Mrs. Ben Nicholson. Cullowhee: Edward Bryson, B. B. Long, W. W. Bryson, R. L. Knight, Mrs. David Brown. Webster: Mrs. John H. Morris, Mrs. L. C. Cannon, Dennis ttj?t oiiric T?pv W mguuu, Ciliitou UV n ?U, ?v?,f . r ' ' N. Cook. Savannah: R. 0. Higdon, John Deitz, Joe Bishop, Calvin Wilson, Mrs. Sue Bryson. Green's Creek: Ransom S. Cowan, Golman Green, Bragg Allison, Mrs. Joel Wetmore, Mrs. O. V. Cagle. Dillsboro: J. C. Cannon, W. R. Enloe, J. E. Barrett, Mrs. P. ?Continued on Page Two ntritft $1.50 A YEAR IN A Registration Rationing Week As D< FOREST FIRES DO ICHDMUIiEK THIS COUNTY 0 Forest fires have raged in parts of Jackson County during the past week, burning over hundreds of acres of land and doing incalculable damage to timber and game. One great fire, said to have started in the Big Cove section of Savannah township, swept over Dead Timber Ridge, to the head of East Fork, Roaring Hole Knob, Shell Ridge, and on to the headwaters of Pressley Creek and Tilley Creek. | Fire fighters under direction of : County Warden Mack Ashe and ' Forest Rangers of the Nantahala National Forest have been opposing the flames day and night. C. C. C. men, WPA workers, hired ! workers and volunteer men have ' been meeting the flames; but the fire continues on, as we go uj press. Another fire in the Qualla seci tion of the county, near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, started on yesterday, and is not yet under control. It is believed that the fires in this and other counties have done more damage during the past week than has been done to the forests of Western North Carolina in many years. The dry weather and the wind have ?ontributed? U* -ihe at 4fte flames, and the fact that the sap has just risen in the timber renders it especially susceptible to damage. Two persons have been arrested in the Pisgah National Forest charged with setting out fires; and three have been arrested in Swain and Graham. All three of these are young men I fmm ripnrp-ia and one of them is said to have confessed to FBI operatives that he started 23 fires in the Nantahala National Forest. The damage of the fires to the nation's timber lands, and to power supply was so great that Federal Bureau of Investigation operatives were called in to help track down the fire-bugs. Atl least one of the men may be charged with deliberate sabotage because fires he is said to have started interfered with the flow of power to defense plants, and with the construction of dams for defense work. Conviction on that charge would bring a maximum sentence of 30 years. BROWN RITES HELDJRIDAY Funeral services for N. C. Brown, prominent farmer of this county, were conducted last Friday afternoon at Dillsboro Baptist church by Rev. W. N. Cook Rev. B. S. Hensley, and Rev. T F. Deitz. Active pall bearers were Claude Queen, Robert Queen Walter Burke Sherill, Jame.? Potts, Claude Pangle, John C Sutton, Jr., and David Cagle Honorary pall bearers: W. A Sutton, A. J. Dills, J. R. Dills, C W. Dills, Leonard Holden, Jennings Bryson, T. W. Ashe, Roy Cowan, Glenn Hughes, A. C, Moses, Dr. R. W. Kirchberg, Dr. Grover Wilkes, J. H. Potts, F. I. Watson, J. C. Cannon, M. B. Cannon, T. W. Keever, R. F. Jarrett. G. W. Terrell, M. Y. Jar rett, C. A. Snyder, James Mason. Theo. Snyder, Frank Jacobs, J. C. Sutton, Weaver Mashburn, R. E. Barrett, John Parks, P. W Kincaid, Dr. S. L. Crowe, Dr. G. W. Murphy, S. T. Crisp, S. W. Enloe, Prank Crawford, W. R, Sherrill, Guy Leatherwood, John Wilson, Garland Lackey, C. H I Kirkman, Griffin Middleton, A. ?Continued on Page Three I I lDVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY i For Sugar Starts Next balers Apply j I * The machinery for sugar rationing in the county has been t set in motion by the Jackson County Rationing Board, composed of W. R. Enloe, M. B. Cannon and Harry Ferguson, the school authorities of the coun ty cooperating. Ail tne members of the rationing board, and the county defense chairman, met with Theodore S. Johnson, j state defense chairman in Ashe| ville, Monday, and received instructions regarding the rationing system. All wholesale and retail dealers, and institutional and indusI trial users of sugar will register on next Tuesday and Wednesday, at the designated school I nearest them. They will appear ! with the information as to how much sugar they sold or used last year, and the dollar value of sales, in the case of retail grocers, and the average inventory of sugar on hand. After registration they will be issued certificates and purchase stamps. Hotels, cafes, boarding ; schools, hospitals, prisons, ana other industrial and institutional users of sugar must register on the above dates, along with the wholesale and retail dealers. The designated registration places for next Tuesday and Wednesday, with the name of the person in charge of registration appear below. Sylva High School, Louis Hair; Cashier's Valley school, M. B. Madison; Qualia school, W. Howard Crawford; Dillsboro school, Mrs. Virginia Cannon Terrell; Savannah school, R. O. Higdon; Webster school, Paul Buchanan; k a y-Tinoi, Mrs.?George KnightlEast LaPorte' school, T. L. Wike; Cullowhee Training School, A. C. Hoyle; Glenville school, Mrs. Kate P. Hryson; Tuckaseigee school, Mrs. Fannie Brown. The registration of the priva^ consumers of sugar will be on May 4, 5, and 6, and the announcement of the schools where the people can register will be announced later. At that time the heads of all family units Will register iui i/iicxi lainuicii, and will be issued ration cards for the purchase of sugar. All persons having on hand more than 5 pounds of sugar for each member of the family will be ! denied registration until the surplus sugar is consumed. No person can deal in sugar or buy it for family or institutional use until after registration. It is indicated that each consumer of sugar will be allowed one-half pound per week for the present, after registration. Mr. M. B. Cannos has been appointed custodian of sugar in this county by the rationing board. It was stated that provision for the purchase of sugar for home canning will be made after the registration of the private consumers. NO RECAPPS ISSUED ; IN COUNTY LAST WEEK % i There were no certificates is , sued for recapping tires by the . Jackson County Rationing Board last week. It was explained that , no blank certificates were avail5 able for the purpose, either in . Sylva or Raleigh. New truck and bus tires were . issued as follows: One tire and one tube to Garland Owen, Wolf Mountain, mail ' carrier. Two tires, J. A. Mehaffey, Balsam, acid wood hauler. Two tires, one tube to Kelly Hall, Green's Creek, acid wood hauler. Two tires, four tubes, Houston ? '? i?ii? -ii , uagie, syxva; ior naming on, vine. Two tires, Ernest Potts, Norton for hauling acid wood, lumber, , and produce. Passenger cars: two tires and , two tubes to A. B. Queen, Sylva, R. F. D. mail carrier. Buy War Saving Bonds and Stamps.