^TSTn advance outs
luminal Picnic
Of Farmers
Draws Crowd
I Despite the rain, a large crowd
I of Pe0^ from various parts of
I jafksun county was attracted to
I sylva 1;lst Satiirday for the an
niial Farmers Federation picnic.
Tht3 speakings and other exerI
cises were held inside the ele
nientary school building in the
auditorium; but at lunch time
I the elements relented and the
picnic dinner was spread on the
-v.nmHe Snmfl fiS ner
i formers played and sang and
danced, and ihe crowd bought
$1,069 worth of victory bonds and
I stamps, and ate up 400 watermelons.
With James O. K. McClure
as master of ceremonies,
;he following speakers were called
upon and responded: A. C.
Reynolds. Jr., chairman of the
federation bond and stamp
drive; R L- Ariail, executive
vice president of the Jackson
bounty Bank, and county chairjjiin
of the bond and stamps
sales committee; G. R. Lackey,,
County Agent; William G. Davis, j
superintendent of Farm Secur- ,
ir.: Miss Margaret Martin,)
County Home Agent; Verl Enslev.
manager of the Farmers
I Federation store; and Rev. Duciont
Clarke, educational director
of the federations
Samantha Bumgarner, Sebron
Cope, and Jim Corbin played the
eld time mountain fiddle music.
The performers on the stage
for the picnic were:
Barbara Martin, from Sylva; i
the Mills Gap Trio, Edith Drake, j
Allene ind Helen Cunningham, |
from Buncombe; Aunt Saman- |
tha Bumgarner, 65 years old,!
from DUlsboro; Charles Tolley;
Sebron Cope. 64 years old, from
Green's Creek; Uncle Jim Cor- i
bin. 78 years old. from Ellijay; :
Haz?l Boone Rhymer, from Lei*? ,
v ter; Llaude Boone. Johnny 1
Rhymer, and Gaither Robinson,
of the Federation. String Band;
The Blue River Boys, Veldee
Barnes. Vernon Wood, Lyman
Gasawav. from Whittier; The
Carolina Ramblers, Van Coggins;
\V i 11 a r d Plemmons, Iverson
Bradley; The Rock Ramblers, R.
L. 3 t. and Burdelle Riddle,
from U'aynesville; TMe uaronna
H Mawshine Boys, Harvey Nations, j
m Hubert Brvson, and Jack Blan
ron. from Addie; Perry and Ken- j
neth Rhodes, from Dillsboro; i
Kate Martin, from Dillsboro; j
Wilma Settlemyre and Nina
Fern Bradley, from Wilmot; j
Thelmeline Parker and Dorothy |
Bumgarner, from Chapel; Hayes j
Stuart. Mac Johnson; Elden and
Roseo Hooper, from Speedwell; j
Henry Shelton. of Cullowhee, j
Commodore Tulley, of Pressley's
Creek. Duff Mathis, of Sylva, j
Triad Greene, of Gay, and John
Dey, of Dillsboro, all danced; j
The Pressley Quartet, Thelma- j
toe Parker, Clyde Pressley, Cling
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NORTH carolina is
leader of region
in farm income
North Carolina led all other
s-ates in the East Central Region.
AAA, in total farm income,
including cash income, value of
Products consumed in farm
households, and government
Payments for 1941, according to
a report received by E. Y. Floyd,
AAA executive assistance of N. C.
State College.
The report shows North Carolina's
total farm income for last
^ear as approximately $384,000,000,
as compared with $228,000,?00
in 1940.
Second in the region was Kenlueky
with a total of $226,000,000
and Tennessee was third with
5264.000.000. Other states In the
re?ion and their total farm income,
were listed as follows:
^rginia. $223,000,000; Maryland,
110.000,000; West Virginia; $82,000,000;
ancj Delaware, $42,000000.
? "These figures," Floyd said,
reflect a steady improvement in
financial position of North
Carolina farmers. This can be,
attributed to several factors,
among which are improved
arming practices, soil conserva:'on
Practices, and the marketn&
quota programs of the AAA.
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Reading from left to right,
Bryson, Frank Moody, D. M. Talle
and Deputy Insurance Commissio
O'Kelly, Policeman; and R. O. Wil
Left to right, on truck: Davl
Members of the fire depart
Secretary and Treasurer; Roscoe I
Price, A. J. Dills, and J. D. Cowan.
Moves To Stop
Charges For !
Paper Cups i
iiai^igh?Newspaper articles to
the effect that soft drink chisel*
ers in the vicinity of Camp Davis
and Fort Bragg have been
brought under the scrutiny of
the Office of Price Administration
bring to mind another form
of violation, which will be dealt
with in due course, Dr. Carl V.
Reynolds, State Health Officer,
stated here last night.
"Reports have reached me to
the effect that soft drink dispensers
are charging extra for
paper containers. Investigation
has disclosed that this is true in
some instances, and if the practice
is not discontinued at once,
names of those engaging in this
practice will be made public," Dr.
Reynolds continued.
"I have already taken this
matter up with the Office of
Price Administration in Washington,
and from Henry S. Reuss,
assistant general counsel, I have
just received a letter to the effect
that:
"We know of no tax on paper
containers. There have been no
price increases since the issuance
of the General Maximum Price
Regulation, and there is no excuse
for retailers to charge for
these containers.
"We d^fre to be informed of
any persons who are violating!
the/General Maximum Price
Regulation by now charging for |
Containers, and we assure you;
we shall take appropriate ac- \
tion."
Such practice puts av penalty j
on sanitation," Doctor Reynolds j
; said, "and it tends to tear down
| what it has taken a quarter of j
a century to build up. Hence, it
is a menace to public health
which we do not propose to condone,
besides being an injustice
to the purchasing public.
Old Savannah Church
To Have Homecoming
The residents of the com:
munity around Old Savannah
Baptist church will meet on Sat
I urday, August 8, and clean off
I the cemetery near the church.
[On Sunday, August 9 "Home|
Coming Day" will be held, when
members of the church, with
their friends will gather for
services at the church and to
decorate the graves in the cem
etery.
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Bonds and Stamps.
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int, Phil Stovall, Chief; w. B. Co
ner; Assistant Chief Bailey, of A
son.
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On The Tar Heel Front
In Washington
By ROBERT A. ERWIN
And FRANCES McKUSICK
Washington?This has been an
actlye week on the Tar Heel
front in Washington with legislators
keeping busy in the Interests
of the folks back home on
just about every subject from
gasoline to seeds.
Examining the first item on
the list, the all important gasoline
and what can be done, to
relieve the traveling businessmen's
dilemma on the 470 miles
a month edict issued by Leon
Henderson, we find that Paul
Ervln, of Charlotte, executive
secretary of the Traveling Businessmen's
Association was In
town for several days to present
his organization's case before
the Price Administrator.
In a meeting late Wednesday
afternoon, Ervin assured Henderson
that he was not complaining
of the sacrifices the
businessmen would have to make
but that he felt Henderson
should know, and would want to i
know, exactly how difficult it
would be for travelers to stay in |
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d11 sin ess 11 umy anu yvv-u vu uuv
their automobiles 470 miles a
month. He stressed that because
of inadequate train and bus
connections throughout the
country districts, many of these
men would be faced with bank- ,
ruptcy.
The upshot of the entire meeting
was that although Henderson
promised the meeting he and
his staff would investigate the j
situation thoroughly, the tanker
sinkings on the East Coast were
so serious he doubted if much
could be done to relieve the situation.
Vigorously chewing gum during
the entire conference, Henderson
was sympathetic with the
problems of the traveling men, !
but could promise nothing more
than that the 470 a month minimum
would not stand if there
was any possibility for making
it less stringent. On Tuesday,
Deputy Price Administrator in
charge of Rationing Paul
O'Learv told the traveling busi
nessmen the best solution he
could see was that they double
tip on their trips, thus cutting
down on individual mileage,
r In conclusion Henderson expressed
his appreciation of the
cooperation given him by members
of Congress.
"Rationing gasoline for the
eight million cars in the 17
Eastern Seaboard stajbes has been
no easy job, as of course you
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RTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JU
AUXILIARY^
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ashburn, honorary chief; Tilgham
pe, 2nd Assistant Chief; Sherwoo
sheville; Jess fiullins, Highway Pal
ade Wilson, David Sorrels, Lewis
ure was made: Ray Cogdill, Ass
ul Womack, and Emerson Phillips
4-H Metnbers Go
To Annual Club
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A large number of members of
4-H Clubs, from various sections
at ttoe count* leCt Monday for
Swannanoa, for th* annual club
encampment. Accompanying the
young people were Miss Margaret
Martin, home demonstration
agent, Mr. Garland Lackey, farm
agent, and Miss Eva Higdon.
Members attending the meet |
are: Peggy Reed, Joe Ann Curry, i
Edoleen Curry, Phyllis Dillard, j
Herman Cloer and Aler South- j
ard, Jr., from Beta; James Hooper,
Luther Norton, Dennis Norton,
Winona Cotter, John Raymond
Moss, Cullowhee; Sara*1
Ruth Pressley, Speedwell; Mil- ;
dred Lanning, Tuckaseigee; Ted j
Ray Parker, East LaPorte; R. L.!
u n..jj? u?uan Willa
frUClli, ouuuy nuiucu, t* u>u
Holden, Tommy Bryson, Junior j
Fisher, Willis McCoy, and Pad- I
gett McCoy, Glenville; Anna
Belle Watson, Cashier's; Marvin
Henson, Erastus; Irene Parris,
Dillsboro; Arbie Sue Ensley, Bar- J
bara Bumgarner, Barbara Bess,
Dorothy Hennessee, Frances
Bryson, Bud Monteith, Jack
Hennessee, Kent Coward, Jack
Cope, Sylva; and C. J. Cowan,
Jr., Evelyn Davis, Patsy Ensley,
Webster; Jeanette Moore, Sylva.
The party will return Friday.
I
Woodrow Middleton
Is Made Corporal
Woodrow Middleton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Middleton, of j
East LaPorte, has been recently
promoted from private first class i
to corporal. Corporal Middleton
Js stationed at Camp Chaffee,
Arkansas. He enlisted in the
army at Sylva four months ago. |
Prior to his entry into the armed j
service of the country, he was |
employed by the Armour Leather |
Company in Sylva.
Irwin Begins Training
* Camp Grant 111.?Brig. Gen.
John M. Willis, camp command-1
er, today announced tnai ist l.i.
John Robinson Irwin, Jr., of
Sylva, N. C., has been assigned
! to the 27th Medical Training
'Battalion at Camp Grant.
DISHWATER
A method of reclaiming from
dishwater large quantities of sol!
id fat which can be passed
straight to industry has been devised
by an 18 year old laboraj
tory assistant in England.
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LY 30, 1942 y
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Bass, Charlie Campbell, Alliney
d Brockwell, State Fire Marshal
trolman; Felix Picklesimer, John
Wilson and Bud Monteith.
istant Chief; Woody Hampton,
. Honorary members: Charles N.
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City License
Tags Sales
Lag For '42
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The sales of city license tags
have fallen off considerably, according
to a report of the fire
department, to whom the money
goes. Every year people in and
around Sylva voluntarily buy
citv license tags as a means of
supporting the volunteer fire department.
This year the sales
have fallen off considerably.
Those who have purchased
1942 city tags are: Phil Stovall,
J. R. Elkin, James Kindley, Bart
Cope, Fred Hooper, Miller Myatt,
C. J. Pressley, Verlon Parker,
Leon Picklesimer, Jack Cooper,
Sylva Paperboard Company,
Dan Moore, Jimmy Morris, Mrs.
H. R. Hastings, Shelton Bradsher,
R. L. Ariail, A. W. Watson,
Fred Russell, Carey Reed Snyder,
Dr. D. D. Hooper, W. G. Davis,
Frank Cowan, Harry Ferguson,
A. C. Moses, Lawrence Reed,
Glenn Holt, A. B. Queen, J. A.
Allman, Velt Wilson, H. O. Curtis,
Dr. C. Z. Candler, A. G. Huff, Jr.,
W. H. Moody, E. L. McKee, R. C.
Allison, Dan Allison, Charles M.
Reed, J. C. Allison, Woody Hampton,
Charles Bumgarner, Gray
son Cope, Dr. a. a. mcnois, uscar
Dillard, Raymond Glenn,
Sylva Tire Co., A. D. Parker, Dr.
W. P. McGuire, Dr. Noracella
McGuire, W. E. Grindstaff, Sylva
Coal and Lumber Co., E. J. Duckett,
Dan Tompkins, H. B. Morgan,
E|d Curry, Paul Kirk, Radio
Shop, John O'Kelly, H. P. Cathey,
Dr. Grover Wilkes, Mrs. Grover
Wilkes, Ben Lessing, T. W. Ashe,
Jennings Bryson, R. G. Tuttle,
Reg Enloe, Chester Scott, Howard
Allison, J. M. Hyatt, J. I.
Monteith, O. E. Monteith, A. J.
Dills, F. L. McNeely, Carl Corbin,
Alden Bryson, J. D. Moore,
B. E.? Harris, Ernest Lewis, Ed
Carnes, T. E. Reed, W. T. Wise,
Lewis Kilby, Cogdill Motor Co.,
Charles Evans, W. J. Fisher,
Glenn Hughes, John H. Morris,
Lewis Cannon, Alliney Bryson,
A. W. Gaylor, John R. Jones,
Chester Harris, Ben Queen, C. H.
Kirkman, Claude Jones, Vernon
Cope,1 J. W. Rhinehart, Mrs. O.
t. pnnp Dewev Blanton.
TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Rev. W. L. Hutchins, superin;
tendent of the Waynesville District,
Methodist church, will
preach at the Methodist church
| here, Sunday morning, at 11
o'clock. Rev. Robert G. Tuttle,
the pastor of the church, is in
Yadkinville, where he is coni
ducting a series of meetings.
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Brockwell
Sylva-Dillsb
At Meeting
Dependents Of
Navy Men Now
Provided For
Asheville?Wives and children
Df men who volunteer for enlistment
in the Navy will be proJ
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Dependency Bill that became
law on June 23, Lieut. Charles B.
Neely, officer in charge of Navy
Recruiting for North Carolina,
said today.
The new bill provides for dependents
of men enlisting in the
lowest four- pay grades of the
tfavy. They are: apprentice seaman,
seaman second class, seaman
first class and third class
petty officer. Also included in
this category are mess attendants,
first and second class
buglers, firemen, second and
third class, and hospital apprentices,
first and second class.
Lieut. Neely pointed out that
men who are enlisted in the
first three pay grades of the
Navy, chief petty officer, first
and second class petty officer,
already are allowed $1.15 per day
for their dependents. Thus they
are not included in the Act of
June 23, which applies exclusively
to men in the lower four pay
grades.
Under provisions of this bill,
the wife will receive $28.00 per
month, with an additional $12
for the first child and $10 for
each additional child. The hus*
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Dana ana iatner wm ue icquucu
to allot frjom his Jhj&ithly pay
for the 3b0p6Pt<>r his family before
he can qualify for a subsidy
under the provisions of this Dependency
Act.
The officer in charge said that
provisions also had been made
for the parents, brothers, sisters,
and grand-children of a man
within the four pay grades to
which this act applies. This type
dependent, however, must rely
on the man for a substantial
portion of their support before
they can qualify for an allowance
from this source. More detailed
information, Lieut. Neely
said, regarding this kind of dependency
will be announced at
a later date.
Former Jackson Boy
Was On Lexington
Guy Robinson, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Robinson of Sedro
Wooley, Washington, was aboard
the aircraft carrier Lexington as
an electricians mate first class,
when she went down in the battle
of the Coral Sea. When the
time came to escape from the
doomed ship, the young man
slid down a rope into the sea
and was later rescured.
Mr. Robinson has a number
of relatives here. His mother
was, before her marriage, Miss
Etta Bumgarner. R. C. Bumgarner
and G. E. Bumgarner are
his uncles, and Mrs. Eli Cook, of
Asheville is his aunt. He visited
relatives here just prior to his
transfer from the Yorktown to
the Lexington.
PRIVATE FARLEY
STARTS TRAINING
Kelly Paul Farley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Farley, of Mariposa,
California, enlisted in the
Qtofoc Air Pnpns nr? .Tulv
UililvU UlUUV/U f
9. He is now in the engineering
corps and officers training
school, at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Mrs. Farley and young son,
Pat, will be with her mother,
Mrs. T. K. Guthrie, for the present.
Kirkman In Hospital
Friends of Mr. C. H. Kirkman,
Jr., assistant Farm Agent of the
county, will be interested to
learn that he is convalescing in
the Community Hospital from-a
severe attack of sore throat. He
has been confined to the hospital
for several days.
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DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
Speaks To
oro Firemen
; Held Here
Sherwood Brockwell, Deputy
Insurance Commissioner and
Fire Marshal for the State of
North Carolina, for fifty years
associated with the fire service
in this State, and for forty years
an active fireman, twenty-eight
of which has been spent as Fire
Marshal in charge or personnel
training of all North Carolina
Fire Departments, and who, in
November, 1941, was sent to
Edgewood Arsenal by the State
of North Carolina for special
training in Chemical Warfare,
was, in Sylva and Dillsboro,
Tuesday, July 21, to inspect the
personnel, equipment and methods
used by these two Fire Departments
in Jackson County,
and to visit the members.
While in Sylva, Mr. Brockwell
addressed the Firemen of Sylva
and Dillsboro on the importance
and scope of the work now being
done by Fire Departments
throughout the world in keeping
down the fire losses from normal
causes and fighting the fires
caused by air raids. While he
talked about the fire service in
general, paying high praise to
the members of the Sylva Department
who have attended the
North Carolina Fire College and
Drill School, he stressed the importance
of their work in connection
with the training of
auxiliary firemen and of the
work to be done by these auxiliary
firemen in case of major
fire from normal causes or fires
from air raids. He witnessed a
well executed drill by members
of the auxiliary force and was
well pleased with the men and
the work done.
Following the visit the Firemen,
tl^fi Fire Marshal, accompanied
by Mr. J. H. Bailey, Assistant
Chief of the Fire De
partmenD 01 tne uity 01 Asnevuie
and well known to the Firemen
of Sylva and Dillsboro, and who
introduced him to the audience,
addressed a very enthusiastic
gathering at the Court Souse.
In this mass meeting Mr.
Brockwell showed plainly that
Sylva could be bombed, forcefully
brought out the fact that
shoes and textile products, such
'as shirts, socks, underclothes,
etc. are important military
equipment, all manufactured in
this vicinity and also called to
the attention of the audience
that one of the most decisive
battles ever fought in the history
of the world was lost to one side
on account of a raid on a shoe
factory. He showed that should
an attempt to bomb Knoxville
be made, that a direct line'from
Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington
or Norfolk would be directly
over Sylva. He told of how a
bombing plane when attacked
and forced to turn, would in self
defense, unload the heavy demolition
bombs as quickly as
possible and where they thought
they would do tne most damage
under such circumstances. He
pictured a part of Sylva being
directly between a railroad and
a river, difficult to camouflage,
and a fair target under such
conditions.
After showing how it was not
only possible, but probable, especially
when we take Knoxville
into consideration, that Sylva
could be bombed, he with
charts, black board diagrams
and replicas of bombs, explained
the method of bombing used by
the enemy.
He explained the effect of demoloition
bombs on buildings,
water mains, etc., and how the
enemy used incendiary bombs of
various types in connection with
the demolition bombs to cause
conflagrations.
This was followed by a detailed
ucoci lpi/iuxi ui biic uci iiiaii-iviagneslum
- Thermite - Incendiary
Bomb, the speaker taking one
apart and explaining each separate
part. After explaining why,
! how and the method of bomb,1
ing, instructions of how to comL
i bat the effect of the incendiary
J bomb (magnesium) were given.
> | At this point he emphasized the
! fact that if and when the bombs
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