North Carolina Newspapers

S2 00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUT! Elbert Wats< Last Confed At Glenville I Elbert Watson, the last Con- \ federate soldier from Jackson county, died early Sunday morning at his home at Glenvine. Mr Watson, who was nine- | tv niiu years, seven months and | ;jiree days of age, had been ill j fjr a :'ew days prior to his death.! He unlisted in the Confederate army and served throughout the j u.ir'ii; ihe armies in Virginia, and was wounded at the Battle of Petersburg. He loved to tell his friends of the younger genera::^1. about the days of the and his mind was clear a;;d !r.s accounts particularly | lucid. Mr. watson was at home on f.;: '.. at the time of the sur* - 1-5- 1 4. remit and maae nis noine au Gle:iv:lle from that date until a r'f.v years ago, when he renu>v:\i \) Burnsville. Later he :e:-.ir:u-d to this county. He <ervea '-lie county and com:y as a justice of the peace una o:!ier capacities, and was is: years one of the leading citi/er.s ot the county. Funeral and interment were a: Barnsville on Monday. Mr. Watson is survived by his w.dow. a second wife, one son, Hon. E F. Watson of Burnsville, one brother, Zeb V. Watson, of Speedwell, one sister, Mrs. Emily He:> n. of Macon county, and by several grandchildren and u:her relatives. I l. S. GOVERNMENT AIDS SERVICE MEN W ITH DEPENDENTS The Servicemen's Dependents .V.w\\ a;uv Act of 1942 authorizes the payment of monthly family allowances to eertain relatives unci ivru::i dependents or soid.ris. 'liid.ng corporals and II;it* servants. upon written apby ihe enlisted man, or by L,r behalf of the relatives a..d d' p- ..dents concerned. Vr.dvr :he terms of the bill, I the^ dependents are divided in :s"j Class A, wives and V Pij:!dre:.. also a divorced wife .vh >!:: alimony is payable; and Cla? B. parents, brothers, sis"ers. ^.-iindparen^, or grandchiicin-;-:. class A dependents ay be paid the allowance either ".:iv application of the soldier '" ' :heir own application, "i' the application of other inparties. However, pay ' : ' "o class B dependents is "P*. j:.ai with the enlisted man. Class A Allowances A vtidier's wife may receive an a..a:.. e of $50 a month where 'here are no children, $22 be-isi deducted from the soldier's H -ir>P. hpincr r?r?n t.rihll t.Pf] 'JV Ciovernment. In the case a v.u> and one child, the fcT.v.iiiiicm will contribute $4C <;i addition to the $22 from the pay, making a total ol a month. For each additiona.' the Government contribir'>10 a month. In the Clasf A , ip (wife and children) bott "Iclier's deduction of $22 anc ("ivernment's contributor C"!n})ulsory upon filing o 'dif application, if approved. 1- 'lie soldier has no wife bu 0,i'- child, the Government wil {'?>''iibute $20 a month in ad to his $22; and if then ' s no wife but two children thi (] jvrnnient's contribution wil h<* S30 with $10 a month for eacl iAcJcli:ional "child in addition t the .soldier's $22. 'he .soldier has a divorcei V ift" '.o whom alimony has beei dteroed and is still payable, th Government will cdhtrrbute $2 " addition to hi: $22 deduction U A v?A11V*fo TIF til h m uum a.ujuiius ?*?" ? r'clucecl jf the amount of th alimony i.s less than $42 a montl: ( lass B Allowances 1:1 in- case of Class B depend hl,v the soldier also can allc a month of his pay, or $5 : hf' already is contributing $22 t Uuys a dependents, and th (^v<-rnment will add $15 if thei j" wie parent, $25 if there ai ' v,? parents, and $5 for eac &,aiiflchild, brother, or siste I Efye J SIDE THE COUNTY on, County's erate Passes On Sunday Mouth Health Program In Schools Here Dr. C. N. Sisk, District Health Officer announced ~today that an eight weeks Mouth Health Program was being conducted in the public schools of Jackson County by Dr. George W. Smith of the State Board or Health Raleigh. Dr. Smith began work in the Qualla school, September 28. Un| derprivileged children, selectec ! by the teacher, twelve years o] j age and under receive treatmeni | in the clinics held at the school Every child is examined; and the parents of those children needing dental attention, not treatec ; at school, are notified of thi; I need and referred to their fam ily dentist for treatment bj j means of post card. Lectures or I nutrition and oral hygiene ari given in each class room en j couraging children to eat thi right kind of foods and keep j .clean mouth so they will havi proper growth and developmen and enjoy better health. The proper type of toothbrusl is essential in keeping a cleai mouth. Toothbrushes are offerei for sale in the school at a min imUm cost and many childrei for the first time become tooth brush owners. Most children ar grateful for having their teetl cleaned and corrections mad and many express the desire to keep their mouths in good con dition. Educational material am booklets suiting the needs o each particular grade are dis tributed among the teachers t be used in teaching Mout) Health. Methodists Wilt Have Fellowship Supper In Sylva The Methodists of the Sylva Dillsboro charge will hold thei a annual fellowship supper at se\ en o'clock Wednesday night, i the Charles L. Allison buildinj The menu will consist of turke and the "trimmings" and 2C i members and friends of tfi . church are expected to be pre* ent. At the supper the sixty ne ( members' of the church will t . guests of honor. The accomplish ; ments of the past year will 1: 1 reported and plans for the corr . ing year will be reviewed. In ac . dition to the reports, an intei > I Mfinfr fellowship program is b( / vw"-?-o ? . . _ i ing planned. The supper is free, a gift of tl" I stewards and ladies of tl: . church. All members of the Dill, s boro and Sylva M e t h o d i s i churches are urg^d to be presen i * RED CROSS OPENING f WORK ROOM IN SYLV; t ' 1 The Red Cross work room w . be opened within a few days e the building belonging to S e Schulman, on Main Street, ar I will be open each day for tl i women to work on various R< 0 Cross projects, making garment rolling bandages and the like^ 3 Mr. Schulman offered the u q of this store room, and the off e was accepted by the women, 0 being a most suitable and co: venient place to carry on tl e activities. e l. MORE CEILING PRICES Following passage by Congre iv, ^ oortnnH nrice r.ontrol ai | OX l/ilC OCVV/iiU >t | President Roosevelt ordered ce if ings placed over wages, salari ,0 profits, farm prices and ren ie and appointed supreme coi e Justice James F. Byrnes as I :e rector of Economic stabilizati h with the job of developing a N r. tional Economic Policy. I ftdiSOl SYLVA, NORT] On The Tar Heel Front In Washington i . By ROBERT A. ERWIN And FRANCES McKUSICK Washington?The question of who won, the President or Congress, was raised as the price control bill went through to final passage at the Capitol. Mr. Roosevelt's supporters, wanting left to him the power to determine farm prices in the light of farm labor costs, felt they had won the battle in the senate. So did tne so^canea i Farm Bloc which had emerged ; the hands down winner when i the bill went through the House. [ Long post-mortems on the i price control bill are no longer , in order. Briefly, there is one , | very tangible result emerging ! from the battle, and that Is na; tionwide recognition of the farm - labor shortage and the need to I keep manpower on the farms as [ well as to assure farmers prices t that will cover the present high . wages they must pay for labor, i i North Carolinians who sup ported the amendments to re1 quire computation of parity s prices to include labor costs did - so because they felt something / must be done to help the farmi er, not because of pressure from ? the so-called farm lobby. * * * e Two prominent North Carolini ians. Dr. Roma Sawyer Cheek, of e Raleigh, Executive Secretary of t the State Commission for the Blind, and State Superintendent i of Schools Clyde A. Erwin testii fied before Representative Gra3 ! ham A. Barden's subcommittee - 1 on education in favor of the i Barden bill for vocational re habilitation of service men and e industrial workers wounded in n battle or injured in industry, as e well as the blind and deaf. o It certainly appe~ ed that it - was North Carolina day in the subcommittee room, /or the d chairman of the subcommittee, f I several star witnesses, and the - I sponsor of the bill were all North o ! Carolinians. h The committee room was so rrnwdpd on the first dav of the ' hearings that the subcommittee had to move to larger quarters. Witnesses who hailed the bill j as the finest rehabilitation proj gram ever undertaken by the Federal Government included specialists in the field of public education and welfare, a Congressman from New York, and " Manpower Commissioner Paul V. [T McNaitt. Attractive, charming Dr. Cheek ^ immediately won the admiration of both spectators and committee members by her learned, straight forward testimony. ie As it looks now, there will be little opposition to this latest step forward in social development. Mr. Barden, who represents the Third North Carolina District, is to be congratulated on his public spiritedness in introducing the measure. * * Senator Reynolds announced he had been informed by Secreie tary of War Henry L. Stimson, ie that married men could no long5_ er be stationed near their homes, ;t because of the necessity for def veloDment of highly trained I U. * Aforces in a very short time. Stimson regretted that "this condition may inconvenience ^ many individuals, but any interference with rapid and efill ficient preparation of the armed in forces for combat must be preol eluded." id le Its news when James Hardi2d son of Wadesboro, one of North ts, Carolina's most effective business and political leaders, speaks se for the public record. Hardison, er on a visit to Washington broke as this self-imposed policy of sin lence and flayed Congress for tie failure to draft 18 and 19-year old youths for the army. Furthermore, Mr. Hardison spoke his words where they ;ss would do the most good. He callct ed on Senator Reynolds, Chair il_' man of the Senate Military Affairs Committee; Senator Bailey, CO, f . ts, Chairman of the Senate Comirt merce Committee, and Repre)i_ sentative William O. Burgin of on Lexington, member of the House a- Foreign Affairs Committee, in ?Continued on Page Two i Cqu H CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTO White Collar Girl J Julie Stevens personifies white j collar girl, Kitty Foyle, on Col- . umbi> network's week-day pro- ' gram, "Stories America Loves," r radio dramatization of Christoph- I er Motley's best selling novel, j Julie is a St. Louis girl?hit . Broadway as understudy to the ingenue in "The Male Animal." I WDTA Meet j Will Be Held I In Asheville ; ] John C. Lockhart, president of the North' Carolina Education Association, has announced that : a convention of the Western District Teachers Association of the North Carolina Education Association will be held in Asheville, Friday, October 16. On Thursday evening, October 15, at 6: 30 p. m. the Local Unit Presidents of the Western District will have a dinner meeting at the George Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville. All delegates to the meeting will lunch together at 1:00 p. m. on Friday, October 16, at the George Vanderbilt Hotel. i Dr. H. P. Smith, of the social ' science department of Western I Carolina Teachers College, is I president of the Local Unit of the North Carolina Education Association. Other Unit Presidents of the North Carolina EdT ucation Association for the 194243 are as follows: Charles W. Phillips, Woman's College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Professor Amos Abrams, Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone; Dr. B. G. Childs, professor of Education, Duke University, Durham; Dr. Roy W. Morrison, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dr. James E. Hillman, secretary college conference, Raleigh; and Dr. P. H. Gwynn, professor of education, Davidson. Dr. Smith has appointed the following committees at Western Carolina Teachers College: Helen Patton, Cordelia Camp, P. L. Elliott, and A. L. Bramlett; Federal Aid Committee, H. T. Hunter, C. D. Killian, and Fanny Goodman. YORKTOWN SURVIVOR IS VISITING PARENTS AT HOME IN WEBSTER Richard Morgan, one of the survivors of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, sunk in the Coral Sea, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Morgan, at his home in Webster: | A ^graduate of the Webster high school, the young seaman enlisted in the Navy some time ago, and has seen a great deal of service in the present war, on the Yorktown, which has engaged in a number of battles with the Japanese. He expects to return to active t duty when assigned to another ship, which will probably be in the near future. ntn J BER 8, 1942 fackson Sends L05 .To Army During Month On Tuesday morning at six 'clock one hundred and three oung men from this county left 1 three big \ buses for Camp ackson for their physical exminations. All have now rejrned to their homes. Those 'ho passed the examinations ave fourteen days at home on UiUJUgH. The young men who went to amp on Tuesday were, Don >avis Williams, Hubert Marshall utton, Ferry Clingman Green, >avid Siler Stillwell, Marshall lutton, Gilbert Preston Moss, toy Franks, Robert Vanoy Reed, lugene Jarvis Norton, Guy 'homas Seagle, Hugh Vincent 'erguson, Jake Alvin Parris, Clinton Franks, Gene Hampton Jeck, Roy Jones, Howard Smith, Jlenn David Mathis, Ranzier jambert Mathis, Ralph Percy Villiams, John Clifford Davis, asper Nathan Ashe, John Theolore Davis, Jasper Nathan Ashe, ohn Theqdore Franks, Marion rehu Brown, William Clyde Beck, Jarry Huston Brown, Woodrow Vilson Smathers, Lawrence Raynond Cop6, Hubert Grinnel looper, Edgar Lucker, Talmadge Cldon Mathis, Edmond Garth leed, Jack Queen, Hayes Brown, lolmes Boyd Farmer, Bryson _,ouis Ammons, Loye McCoy, Auiell Gribble, Arthur Bedford =>ettlemvre. Richard Browning, Warren Frank Rice, Talmadge Ferry Ashe, William Conrad Henderson, Thomas Tolley, Larry William Mull, James Howard Bradley, Valley William Minnish, Albert Loyd Stewart, Paul Francis Wright, Marshall S. Kincaid, John Candler Sutton, J esse Wood, Alvin Loranza Frizzell, Glen Robert Wilson, Alton Parris. Alvin Mafchis, James Feaster Rice, William Louis Henry, Williams Thomas Evans, Garret Littlejohn, Hugh Sam Rogers, Eugene Lawson Nicholson, Lesker D e a 1 i s Buchanan, Bradburn Francis Pell, John Nabors Nicholson, George Edman Woodard, Eugene Charles Hyde, James Ralph Buchanan, T. B. Sutton, Emmit Earl Green, Oscar Bradley, Leon Bannister Adams, T. J. Griffin, J. M. Mashburn, Gfcorge Benjamin Keener, James Clifton Beck, Paul Richard Queen, Ralph Sevier Green, Delos Raymond Hoyle, Ted Brown, Thomas Hilliard Sutton, Carlyle Coggins, Walter Wood, Jesse Griffin, Edgar Case Peyton, Garland Edward Jones, Rerue Rentz, Jr., James Raymond Coward, James Thomas Styles, Vernon Wesley Parker, William Riley Shuler, James Junior Frahks, Edwin Fugate, George Robert McCall, Sim Thomas McGinnis Lawrence Edward Cook, George William Penland. The total quota was made up by the transfer of Vinel Roy McConnell to Grafton, Mass., John Avery Elliott, to Marion, N. C. John Arthur Raymond to Rochester, N. Y., and Fred Charlej Langfeldt to Bishop, Calif., anc the enlistment of Floyd Heltor and John Arthur Echols in thf Navy. MCKEE BOYS BOTH SERVICE OF COUNTRY William McKee and Lyndoi McKee, Jr., sons of Mr. and Mrs E. L. McKee of Sylva are botl in the armed service of th< United States. Lyndon, who re cently completed his training a Harvard, Cambridge, Mass., is ar Ensign in the Navy and is sta tioned at Norton Field, Okla. William McKee, recently en listed as a private in the Unitet States Marines, and is at th< Marine Training Station, Pari Island, South Carolina. INCREASING The number of farmers re questing phosphate i n Cla; County is increasing rapidly, a there seems tch be a new realiza ! tion or tne value or tnis ma I terial on farm land, says As sistant Farm Agent R. G. Vick. Keep 'em Flying. Buy ' Wa Bonds and Stamps. Raleisfc, N.C. 1 * Carrie Broughton, | -State Library ournn $1.50 A YEAR IN AD Next Thurs( As Salvage I Town And G East LaPorte Ships 344,000 ! Lbs. Of Scrap ! The Blackwood Lumber Company has shipped 344,000 pounds , of scrap metal in the present drive, with the request that the East LaPorte School be given ( the credit, and is loading an- ( other car for the same purpose. This is in addition to the other , amounts of scrap that has been gathered by the East LaPorte school children. The 344,000 pounds from East LaPorte, added to the 260,000 pounds already reported, gives Jackson a total of 604,000 pounds of scrap, putting the county far in the lead in Western North Carolina in the scrap drive, which is really just getting under way in the county. Graham county is second in this area with 400,00 pounds. COLE CANNON BREAKS LEG YESTERDAY; IN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL J. Cole Cannon is in the Community hospital, suffering from a fracture of both bones in one of his legs, which he sustained yesterday morning. Mr. Cannon was leading a calf at his home, when the young animal ran and entangled Mr. Cannon's leg in ' " U i o nH tne rope, Miiuwmg nuu anu breaking the bones of his leg. He was removed to the hospital where he received toeafcment and is resting. Mr. Cannon, a member of Cannon Brothers, is one of the county's best known business men. Miss Brown Is Divisional Head Baptist W.M.U. ! Meeting at the Baptist church in Franklin on Tuesday, the Bryson City Division of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union elected Miss Louella Brown, of Cullowhee, as Divisional Superintendent. Miss Brown succeeds Mrs. Sam Gibson, of Macon county, who requested that a 1 -* i- i | new superintendent dc cxiusch. ! Mrs. Gibson has held the office ' for several years. The theme for the meeting was ! "Expect?Attempt" and an inspirational message, by Mrs. J. , S. Farmer, of Raleigh, president . of the State Woman's Mission[ ary Union, on the life of William Carey, was a feature of the pro' gram. While the congregation 5 sang "In The Garden," Mrs. C.' I F. Rogers, of Franklin, painted L a beautiful garden scene. The > high hour of the meeting came when Miss Ethel Harmon, returned missionary from Africa, r spoke on the subject, "Expect Great Things From God?At tempt Great Things For God." The afternoon session was de1 voted to Youne People's Work, '* and was led by the Divisional Young People's Leader, Mrs. W. H. Covert, of Bryson City. Ot/her speakers on the program were Miss Mary Currin, Miss Myrtle 1 Zentmyer and Mrs. W. D. Briggs, all of Raleigh. The Bryson City Division is j comprised of the counties of a Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham g | and Clay. CHARLES EVANS IS ILL IN HOSPITAL y Charles Evans is recovering in s the Community Hospital follow | ing an emergency appendectomy, - Mr. Evans is the proprietor of - a filling station and grocery store in Love Field, and has many friends in and around r Sylva who will be glad to know that he is recovering. % comp. VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY lay Named loliday For ounty Drive .af Next Thursday was fixed as the zero hour in the battle for scrap, that has been in progress in Jackson county for the past several days, by the County Salvage Committee, meeting tonight in the Community House with a Large number of the business and ^professional people of the town. It was decided that a holiday be declared on next Thursday in the town, and that all businesses in the county be requested to make the day a holiday and that all the people in the town and county devote their energies, their time and their automotive equipment to the task of getting the scrap in and ready to go to the production war of Uncle Sam. Business men pledged not only their time, but also the use of their trucks, their wreckers i;id other equipment. It was requested that the announcement be made at all the churches and Sunday Schools in the county on Sunday. The school children have already done a magnificent job in the salvage campaign and are going forward with their work. It was pointed out at the meeting that the school children have entered most heartily into the work, setting their elders an example that is worthy of emulation. Tons upon tons of scrap materials have been assembled by the children at their schools. Small pieces weighing only a fraction of a pound have been added to one piece that weighed four tons to make up the grand total that the boys and girls of the county have brought in; and they are urged to keep the scrap rolling to their school houses. At every school house in the county the boys and girls have been piling it up, doing a great service to their country. The town of Sylva had two * * J-i-i i- J ?rr truCKS WOrKing IWU uays uuimg the past week in and around Sylva, with Chief of Police Griffin Middleton and Mr. Earl Padgett Mading the work. The Future Farmers of the Sylva High School, under the leadership of Mr. Corbin, their teacher, have been working for the past two weeks, and have brought in many tons of scrap material, and the work continues throughout the county. It was pointed out that next Thursday, while a Salvage Holiday in the county and designated as one day in which the county will devote its entire energies to gathering and hauling scrap material, that it is urged that the children and the grown ups as well, work on the job every day between now and then as much as is possible; and that wood trucks be requested to pile scrap on top of their trucks and bring it to town with every load of wood. G. R. Lackey, county salvage Chairman, presided at the meeting, and short talks regarding the work were made by Dan Moore, Hugh Monteith, Dan Tompkins, John R. Jones, A. J. Dills and others. LIEUTENANT CRISP IS MISSING IN ACTION Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Crisp, of Candler, have been notified that their son, Lieut. J. B. Crisp, Is mission in action. Lieut. Crisp was a navigator, and was serving with the air force in England. 'He is the grandson of the late W. T. Crisp, of this county, and has many relatives in Jackson. His father was reared in Savan nan townsnip ana in ayiva, ana removed to Buncombe several years ago. Passenger miles traveled on , scheduled planes in 1941 totaled ' 1,492,000,000?a 30 percent in crease over 1940. i I Italy and Germany rank first r and second as countries of birth | of foreign-born U. S. residents.