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I 3 I ^7vf^K IN ADVANCE OUTS I primary Ele< geld In Cou Democrats of the county :j| (to to their polling places on coturday of next week, May, 30, wnomi?-ltr their candidates for officer. ;)u^ (.'(Hill ty many of the .jjjdidates are unopposed. Mrs. ? i McKee lias no opposition estate Senator. Dan Tompkins opposition for Represent a[ive Roy cowan is again the nomine f e r Clerk Superior f()urti no .me having filed to opp0se him: and the same is I Irlie of Fil ter of Deeds, Glenn HugJies fir Sheriff, the present sher ^ iA)iiarii Holden is opposed II by Fred Sut it 'ii. For CommissionI of Finance. T- Walter Ashe, ^present incumbent, John H. Morris, anil Frank Hall, are all candid.ircs for that post. One of the present county (omniissuMu-rs. Cleve Fisher, .of g:j Ridiit\ i-s a candidate. The | OIher member.- R. C. Howell, of Qiulla. ch>>sc not to run. J. Chris Pas.smore, of Cashier's, W. j Fowler. Hamburg, Ed Fisher, Sylva. and Cleve Fisher, Hamjurg. are the candidates from rhom the people will choose two founty commissioners. Every member of the present board of rriueation is before the people for renomination. They 3re c. F Smith, of Sylva, John H. Hooper. Sylva, John B. Deitz, I Savannah. D. H. Stephens, Caney Fork, and J. H. Middleton, River. iOnlv two other candidates are j! the field. They are J. H. Long, ( Mountain, and Mack Breedlove, of Cash it r's. Chief interest in district races is in the two candidates for solicitor John M. Queen, the present solicitor, is opposed by Baxter C Jones. Mr. Jones ran in opposition to Solicitor Queen in the last primary. Both man sura well known throughout the district. and there is considerable interest in this race. There is another race that is of importance to the State and to the nation. Senator J. W. Bailey is opposed for renominationby R. T Fountain, of Rocky Mount. Senator Bailey, is recosmzed as one of the leaders in Congress. Mr. Fountain is a former Lieutenant Governor of Worth Carolina, and a veteran ra/npaigner. For cony re s s, Congressman Zebulon Weaver has no opposi- j tion. Many political observers be- t v 1 I neve tnat the vote in the pri- 11 m^ry will be unusually light, for : < the reason that the people are i j thinking more about the war ? than they are about politics; g and for the additional reason ] that so many of the voters are j ?ut of the State, in the army, the < navV. the marine corps, or away j on war work, and cannot be cached. All members of the armed 1 forces who are qualified voters cast absentee ballots, but { number of applications has small up to the present. Bobhy Hull Named ' Junior Cluss Head > Cullowhee ? Bobby Hall, a ] I Jj0Phomore fit Western Carolina I Teachers College, has been elect- , I ^ to serve as president of the ^ I Jjru?r class of next year at ( I e^tern Carolina Teachers Col- ^ I of. Mr. linn served as presi- 1 I of his freshman claas last ?( I -Jar- He is a member of the InI National Student Society, and I cluirCaSUr"r 01 the Marshal's i I u!ain button, son of Mr. and ii'sonh001" Sl 111011 of Sylva, and J nj P morp was elected to serve . :n Vlce*Prosident of next year's M Clas's" Sylr' was a graduate of ent Hi^ School in 1938, and ! I9^red college at Cullowhee in : inbiiWhen ho began his major 'lless education and minor lhenhSical ?ducation. Since . ber of has l)?en an active memieSs Journalism and Busi- < he hei?UCation clubs- year ^latn office of sophomore r. and has served on the 0 the Western Carolinian. ! ) V>> . : 4 ' l\)t 1 ' IDE THE COUNTY etion To Be nty May 30 MOUNTAIN BOY x WAS IN THE AIR RAID ON TOKYO ? -J Western North Carolina can usually be counted upon to be in on the big events of history, ever since the mountain men marched down to King's Mountain and stormed it, marking the turning point in the revolution. All the world was electrified, and all of Japan scared out of its boots when American planes blasted a 40-mile path of fire and destruction through the industrial cities of Japan on April 18. And Western North Carolina was in on that feat, for Adam Ray Williams, 22-year old Morganton lad was in one of those planes that came from no one knows where to blast the industrial heart of the kingdom of the Mikado. Williams, along with all the others in this raid, has been decorated for bravery. 1190 Gasoline Cards Issued A total of 1190 gasoline ration :ards have been issued to the people of this county, according to the office of the Rationing Board. Of these, 144 "X" cards, illowing unlimited purchases of YQcnlina icfiiipri There were 3 UOUil&iV TV VA V 321 "B-3" cards, allowing the motorist 57 gallons of gasoline to'Jwte 36; ?S?y*??-c*rdflr limiting the purchase of gas to' 15 gallons for the period; 1124 'B-l" cards, entitling the-holder lo 33 gallons; and 267 "A" cards, the holder of which can buy only 21 gallons. It was pointed out that of the 144 "X" cards issued only eightytwo were for passenger cars. Seven of these cards were issued so taxicabs, three to ambulances ind fifty-two to trucks. Persons who hold "A" cards jan use their gasoline for any purpose they please, as these are ssued to pleasure automobiles. The holders of the other classes }f cards have their classifications because they use their lutomobiles for business purDoses that are essential, and they ire not supposed to consume jasoilne for any other purpose. Sach holder of such a card pledges himself to keep the con m-o,-vHnn r\f trasnlinp t,f> the ITlin > tllll %JA\JL k U* mum of his actual needs. McKee Head Of County Democrats The Jackson County Democratic Convention, meeting last Friday afternoon, elected M. D. Cowan as chairman and Jennings Bryson as secretary of the convention. Practically every township in the county had representation at the convention. H. T. Hunter, Dan- Moore, Dan Tompkins, J. E. Brojvn and Mrs. E. L. McKee werq elected as delegates to the-State convention in Raleigh, and the convention stipulated that any other democrat in the county who can attend the State convention be admitted as a duly authorized delegate. The County Executive Committee, meeting after the contention adjourned, elected E. L. McKee: as county chairman, for the eighth consecutive term. f?) SERGEANTjunnamo IN AUSTRALIA " 1 ? | Mr. and Mrs. Lon Jones of Addie have received a cable from their son, Sergeant Harrison Lee Jones, stating that he has arrived safely in Australia, is having "a grand time," and to give his regards to everybody at home. f ^ ? i 9 I rr^tl SYLY 1**1 -?4 :. . ========= ?J $ .Dr. Chap man , j Goes To Army Dr. W. K. Chapman, Sylva dental surgeon, who volunteered his services to the Surgeon General of the Army, several weeks ago, has been notified that he has been commissioned in the J army, and will be ordered to report to Keesler Field, Biloxi, t Mississippi on June 3. r Dr. Chapman has served as president of the Dental Society of the First North Carolina Dis- j trict, and has been active in the f work of the State and American Dental Societies. He has been interested in civic Q and church affairs, having t served as a member of the Board of Stewards of the Methodist ^ church for several years, and t as president of the Sylva Rotary ? Club. Dr. Chapman stated that he j has approximately two weeks Q more of practice in'Sylva before s going to active duty in the army, t and that he expects to return to c Sylva and resume the practice of his profession here after the ^ victory is won. Mrs. Chapman and Miss Brent c Chapman will remain in Sylva a while Dr. Chapman is in the t army. ^ . c Don't Need Social g Security Number ' t Men should not aply for a social security account number * card merely for the purpose of * showing an account number on * their occupational questionnaire r stated Mr. D. W. Lambert, man- i ager of the social security board c in Asheville. 1 Social security account num- t bers should be obtained only i niVinn n narcAn la Drntriar tn Wrtrlf t W HCli Cfc ptiov/ii 10 v\j nv*?* or has a job in employment whicir tr ottcmr fty*thg Social ^ Security Act. Farmers who are required by the Selective Serv- t ice Board to fill in an occupa- t tional questionnaire do not need ? a social security account num- * ber card, according to Mr. Lam- s bert. - * The Social Security Board has been receiving applications for social security cards recently t from those who have registered c for the draft and who have re- < ceived an occupational question- I naire from the Selective Service * Board. There is a place on the i questionnaire for the social se- I curity number, but this is intended only for those who have 1 social security account number t cards. If an individual filling in 1 the questionnaire does not have c a social security t account number, he should simply write * "none" in the space provided for t his social security account num- i ber. 1 Those who have had social 1 security account number cards s and have lost them may secure I a duplicate card free of charge c at 203 Flatiron Building, Ashe- \ ville, or at their nearest social i security board field office. 1 Commerce Body j JMames Committees The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, of which Dr. W. P. McGuire is the president, and John R. Jones; manager, announced the following committees,, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held this week. Finance: R. L. Ariail, R. C. Allison, Woody Hampton. Membership: T. N. Massie, S. C. Cogdill, H. E. Monteith. Merchants: Chester Scott, G. K. Bess, Karl Wallace. Agriculture: G. R. Lackey, L. A. Ammon, A. J. Dills. Hospitality: Harry E. Ferguson, M. B. Cannon, Mrs. John A. Parris. Education: H. T. Hunter, Keith Hinds, A. C. Moses. Religion: T. F. Deitz, MacMurray Richey, R. G. Tuttle, G. C. Tftaerue. Civic Betterment: M. D. Cow- I an, Mrs. D. M. Hall, Mrs. Harry Ferguson, Mrs. Phillip Stovall, ( Mrs. J. C. Cannon. Highways and Transportation: * W. R. Enloe, J. C. Cannon, T. W. 1 Ashe. 5 ' A .-v:; (TH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, ?U ' ' v 1' jj - [ On The Tar Heel Front In Washington By ROBERT A. |RWlN And FRANC** McgUSICK Washington?Foriome reas- ! ?n or other, Congra*$ has acluired the faulty/ in recent 1 nonths of keeping lb hot water ] /ith John Q. PifcHc.JFirst it was he late lamented Congressional etirement or pension plan, . irhich raised a nationwide storm , if prbtest, and now it Is gasoine rationing, with cards good or unlimited gasoline for mem- j >ers of Congress. Like the pension* plan, there J ire two sides to every story, and j indoubtedly some Congressmen lo have need for larger than usiai gasoline rattims with which 0 conduct their Official business. ] The people, however, are bittery opposed to special favors for Representatives and Senators, md so, as this is Written, the hooting is dying down after blasts fired at Congress from all ' iver the country. ? North Carolines congressional ' lelegation is raled one of the iblest in Congress and consists >f men who never have made it < 1 habit to seek special favors for ] hemselves. r < Representative John H. Folger ' >f the Fifth District was quick ( o condemn X cards for Con- J jressmen, and said he himself i ixpected no favors and that he , vould neither seek nor accept ] he unlimited gasoline ration. 1 While Senator Josiah W. Bail- < ;y was absent in North Carolina, ] lis wife went to the registration i ables set up in the Capitol : otunda for members of Con- ' ;ress and their families and se- j :ured an A card, limiting the Bailey family automobile here to i hree gallons of gasoline a week i in til July i when the initial raioning period ends.l "Our daughters, .Sally and i can yrto And fimfl West-; ? >rn High School here on the < )us," Mrs. Bailey said. "Someimes it seems there really isn't i lot we women can do to help vin the war, but certainly the laving of gasoline is one way in vhich we can do our bit." * i A bill of tremendous interest i o farmers which was reported i ?ut of the House Agricultural ; Committee this week was one i jroviding a two year extension i or the maximum tyz per cent i nterest rate on Federal Land ; Bank Loans. I Representative Harold D. Cool- i ey, a member of that commitee, hopes Congress will pass the neasure without too much delay ' ? j\ ir ueuaic. "It seems as though money is 1 jlentiful enough at the present ime for the Land Bank to be tble to extend the time of these ow interest loans, and thus lelp farmers get a breathing ipell," the Congressman believes, le also said another advantage >f the 3?/2 per cent interest rate vas that it brought down the nterest charged by private cor- ' jorations. "In some places, this rate of nterest has been entirely too ligh and unfair," Mr. Cooley aid. He also remarked that ;wice before Congress had over idden the Presidential veto on similar bills. He does not know vhat Mr. Roosevelt's attitude on ;he measure will be this year, le said. On the subject of gasoline ra- , iioning, just to show that we're jroadminded, we'll say we think , >ur own newspaper fraternity is j jehaving a bit unsportsmanlike n the attitude of the gas ration, j rhr press aV: over the country, ] jarticularly in Washington, has . :riticized Congress ana outer , jublic officials for taking ad- j vantage of the X card award. At ] ;he same time, many newspaper- ; nen all over the Eastern seaard are applying for the X itfds themselves. It's sort of a , ;asp oi. not letting your rifht < la: d know what your left hand s u^ing, we're athinkin'. * * * I This week the Senate Judiciary Committee reported out the ] 'Equal Rights for Women" ] imendment. If passed, this ] neasure will grant the ladies all < ?Continued On Page 3 &> - : i E I i : *i i '.. '*r&:-;. ' -m ] r ; . J" ' "'/ J lT 21, 1942 Parker Gets Prison Term Hub Parker was sent to the federal prison for a term of sevsn years, by Judge Webb in the [Jnited States District Court at \sheville, after a jury had convicted him of starting forest [ires near the Piisgah National forest, at the time when forest fires raged in the woods along the Atlantic states, from Maine io Georgia, last month. There was no intimation 'of sabotage in the Parker case, though there is in other cases 3f incendiarism in the Nantahala National Foerst, that will ae tried in Bryson City, next week. Parker, who4 was born and reared in Jackson county, and lived here until a few years ago, now resides on the Haywood county side of the Balsam range. Five From County Are On Dean's List Cullowhee ? Pauline Pressley, iaughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pressley, of Speedwell, and a senior at Western Carolina reachers College; Lucille Reed, iaughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Reed, Sylva and a junior at Westsrn Carolina Teachers College; Ann Bird Engman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bird, of Cullowhee, and a sophomore at Western Carolina Teachers College; Ruth Eleanor Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Elliott, and a senior at Western Carolina Teachers College; and Thelma OmitVi Af Pnllnu/hpp anH ft sen ior at the college, were five of the twelve students who were selected on the Deal's list for the winter quarter ajt the college. This special list - which is decided upon by, a group of facijrto: courage the development of allround students who have met in full the following requirements: (1) A student becomes eligible for the Dean's list within the second quarter of his enrollment at Western Carolina- Teachers College; (2) a student must have made the scholastic honor roll during the quarter for which the selection is made; (3) a student must be active in at least one extra-curricular activity; (4) a student must possess social adjustments, leadership, health, good personality, good attitude, and morality. Meeting all qualifications for the Dean's list means carrying with it certain privileges which the faculty and administrative officers of the college grant to those named on the list. Rotary Father-Son " * 1 1 Banquet is tieia The Sylva Rotary Club observed "Father and Son Night" at its first meeting to be held in its new meeting place, the Sylva Methodist Church educational annex. Formerly the club met at the Carolina Hotel. All members of the club brought their sons, or, in case they had no sons or their sons were unable to attend, they brought some other boy. The Rev. Robert G. Tuttle wasin charge of the program. The i speaker was the Rev. W. L. Hutchins, superintendent of the Waynesville district of the Meth- ' odist church. He spoke of the need for a closet relationship between father and son and of the importance of a good example being set by the father for the son. He said that in counting the resources of this nation it must not be forgotten that the boys and girls are the greatest resources. Judge Allen Gwyn, who is presiding over the May term of Jackson county superior court, was a guest at the meeting. MRS. ANDY QUEEN IS ? ./?tioi MT www ? m TTAMV StltlU t 3Ij X ILL A1 nuiuxi Mrs. A. B. Queen, wife of the. rural mail carrier for " Sylva, | Route 1, is seriously ill at her home near Sylva, following a stroke she suffered a few days ago. i \:*n?: m :'r ' | v - 1 '- >* ' <-' , -? '. *:' ' '??&. 'f 1 $1.50 A YEAR IN A ? ' : Gas And Ti Affects Sm s | KEUSTER WILL BE THE SPEAKER FOR COMMERCE DINNER Clarence O. Keuster, manager of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, will be the ? - a ?i speaker at we annual dinner of 'the Jackson County Chamber of Commepee, next Friday evening, May 29, according to John R. Jones, manager of the Chamber. /' The meeting will be held at the Community Bom at 7 o'clock in the evening. Clarence Keuster is one of the best known Chamber of Commerce men in the Unit. ed States,. and has been manager at Charlotte for a quarter of a century. He has many friends in Jackson County, having spent several vacations here, in company with the late Col. Wade Harris, editor of the Charlotte Observer. A large number of the citizens of the county are expected to be present at the meeting. More Sugar For Canning The people of Western North Carolina, who are perhaps the greatest home canners in the1 country, will have sugar for that purpose, according to liberalized regulations promulgated yester+V?*\ Affina r\f Prino AH uay uj Mit vuiKv ui * .w ministration. The Jackson County Rationing Board isJ^aUng plans for Hii> TMflmstttit) *ot Atiuafgivea. for horned crannifig, wtthln the next few days. Under a new regulation, home canners will be entitled to one pound of sugar for every four quarts of canned fruit, and an additional pound of sugar for each member of the family to make jams, jellies, preserves and fruit butters. Previous regulations restricted each sugar ration cardholder to five pounds for home canning. If this amount has already been used in putting up early fruits and berries, it must be computed in any new canning allotment. The liberalization was made, Price Administrator Leon Henderson said, to conserve fruit which might otherwise be wasted and to supplement commercially canned supplies, thereby reducing the burden on transportation facilities. The much smaller allotment [ for jams and preserves was deliberately figured, OPA said* to encourage home canning instead of preserving, because the amount of sugar required per can of fruit is less in canning than in jam-making or preserves. Henderson urged consumers to apply only for the minimum amount needed immediately. "The present regulations place a great deal of responsibility upon individual citizens on whose integrity and good faith I am certain we can depend," he declared. Guy Sutton's Condition Is Reported Improved Prien/ds of Mr. Guy Sutton, who has been seriously ill for several days, will be glad to learn that/his condition is much improved. 4-H Canning Contest Awards Exceed $6,000 4-H canning is a No. 1 war pro- ' ject this year promising to easily exceed last year's pack of 11,000,000 jars of all kinds of foods by 250,000 4-H girls. Such a total assures ample supplies for home use and the release of other essential foods required by the 15 million or more people among our allies and in the armed forces. DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY re Shortage lall Towns , Bj DAN TOMPKINS rf f . The shortage of autorrvobile tires and gasoline rationing are having an upsetting effect upon the business of the small towns. It may prove that the effect will be revolutionary. Some observers are of the opinion that the people of Jackson county will have more money to spend this fall than they have had in a long time. Reasons assign^ for. this view are that prices^ of acid wood, farm products, and cattle are high, and the drain upon the finances of the people to meet partial payments upon automobiles, to purchase tires and gasoline and the like, has been lessened, thus causing money to accumulate in ttie homes of the people. P&ct is, it has been the pastime of many amateur financiers and cracker box politicians, for several years, to blame any shortage of money upon the automobile. They have , argued that many thousands of dollars leave the county each month to pay for automobiles; that many more thousands are spent for gasoline and tires; and that not one | thing that goes into the making : of an automobile is produced here. Dobbin and the steers used to eat the feeds produced upon the farms, but the gasoline and oils for the automobiles and trucks was all produced elsewhere; and these men have been arguing that the entire set-up was such as to drain uniintw r\f mnnoir mnnt.h hv UHU VVU1IVJ VJX iUUUVJ iiiv*?v?a w j month. Now, we shall see, perhaps, how right they were in their contentions. At any rate, the present stipulation has injured many lines of business in the community. ^ The newspapers were fitnC -wfreft atttotnuMiti, gaan - = line, radio, refrigeration, and tire advertising practically ceased, the first of the year. Then came the garages and the filling stations, to feel the pinch. Now, all lines of business are wondering just how they will all be affected. The coming of the wood trucks from upper Jackson county has hurt the town. There is no denying that. The shortage of rubber and gasoline brought about an order whereby the trucks from the southern end of the county come only to East LaPorte, where tne wood is measured and paid for, and from where it will be shipped by rail to the mill at Sylva, when needed. That, automatically kept a lot of money from coming to town to be spent, each day. Then, too, much of the business of Sylva came here by automobile from the country, and from nearby towns. Sylva has become really a shopping center for a large part of Southwestern North Carolina. Just how much the gasoline shortage and the rubber shortage will affect this, nobody can yet predict. The tourists spent a lot of money here each summer. The opening of the road from Cherokee to Asheville via Soco Gap, would have had an ill effect upon the town of Sylva, and the "t' tourist camps and homes along the route. Now, nobody knows just what the tourist season will . bring. Many people predict that the tourists will come just as they always have; but they will locate at a hotel or boarding ' 1 -4- ir /).,! nouse miu smy put iui mc uuiation of the season, instead of travelling from place to place, as they have been doing. That is another place where ( we may be getting back to what , has been often referred to as "the good old days." As the small town shops are cut off from the - . ' country, it may be wise to predict that the great institution * that once flourished as the green bav tree, the country store, will again come into its own. It is true that the good highways and the automobiles practically killed the country stores. The shortage may bring them back. After it is over, just how will the readjustment come? That will require some fine thinking and planning. The automobile factories have ?Continued On Page Z .. '.asuiVv --J. .*1
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