$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUT
I SLAYING SYLVA
MAN IN ATLANTA
A Negro caddy and amateur I
golfer, who has played in a
number of Negro golf tournaments
in the country, has confessed
to the murder of George
H. A. Thomas, former Sylva
resident and brother of Mrs. C.
Z. Candler, according to Atlanta
police.
The body of Mr. Thomas, 57 \
year old manager of the private i
Black Rock Country Club in At- !
lanta. was found on the club's
grounds.
The Negro, arrested in a cafe,
confessed to police. They said
that he had hit Mr. Thomas and
taken his pistol and shot him,
after Mr. Thomas had refused
him a loan of $50. The Negro
stated that he forced Mr. Thomas
to open the safe at the oint of
a gun after he had assaulted
his victim and secured the pistol.
He then shot Mr. Thomas,
. rifled the safe, stole Mr. Thomas'
automobile and fled, after
Amoving the body from the
club house.
| Geroge Thomas was born in
I Sylva, a son of the late Rev. A. B
and Mrs. .-Thomas. His father
was one of the best known ministers
in this part of the State,
and organized many Baptist
churches, including those in
Sylva and Dillsboro. George
Thomas grew up in Sylva, and
removed with his family to Oklahoma.
He later returned to At
lanta. where he has resided for
several years.
sist.pr.s surviving: him are:
Mrs. Candler, Mrs. Harrison
Knight of Fairburn, Ga., Mrs.
TVC. McCuray, Archer City,
Texas, and Mrs. Holmes Scott,
of Matthews, N. C.
RECORD IS SET BY
FSA PEOPLE
The exceptionally high record
of 93 per cent acceptances on
physical examinations of men
volunteering or called through
1 , Selective Service to the Armed
Forces has been established
among farm families living on
six cooentive farm projects administered
in North Carolina by
the Farm Security Administration.
Figures recently compiled by
Hudson Wren of Raleigh, FSA
assistant regional director, show
that of 122 men examined by ser
vire physicians, only eight were
rejected on their physicals. Of
the 114 men passed, 11 were
temorarilly deferred in order to
complete necessary crop harvesting.
Mr. Wren attributed the high
rrvord of acceptances to the
fact that famines undergo pnysical
examinations before acceptance
on the projects and are
also encouraged to practice approved
nutrition and sanitation
programs, after acceptance.
The projects include tUfe
North Carolina Farm Tenant
Projects around 3mithfield,
Penderlea Farms in Pender coun
ly, Scuppernong Farms in Wash
ington and Tyrrell counties.
Pembroke farms in Robeson
county, Wolf Pitt Farm in Richmond
county, and Tillery Farms
and Roanoke Farms in Halifax.
The projects are designed to give
former tenant and share crop
Families the opportunity of setting
up farming operations with
adequate lands resources, farming
equipment, and expert supervision.
t-* ?1J mannnw
I-D't??> 1U tfUUilli iuui/iiig
or to the armed services, the
families are helping in the war
f ffort by producing food, feed
and fibers for their own use and
for the commericial markets.
CEILINGS
The OPA has taken action tc
limit top prices which bee!
slaughterers and wholesaler!
with unduly high individua
ceilings may charge for th(
Pressed product.
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SIDE THE COUNTY
crTspritesare
HELD AT BETA
Funeral services were conducted,
Monday Afternoon at
Slcott's Qreek Baptist church,
for Ben Crisp, 67 year old wellknown
citizen of Sylva township^
who died at his home on
Cope' Creek, Saturday, after an
illness of 10 days.
The service was conducted by
Rev. B. S. Hensley and Rev. T.
F. Deitz, and interment was in
Old Field cemetery.
Mr. Crisp is survived by his
widow, the following children,
Mrs. Lon Ensley, Gastonia; Mr.
Golman Crisp, Cramerton, Allison
Crisp Mrs. Charlie Sutton,
Mrs. Richard Browning, Mrs.
Guy Blanton, Mrs. Frank Barron^
Clifton Crisp, Sylva; one brother
S. T. Crisp, of Dillsboro; one
half brother, J. G. Hoyle.of Balsam:
and three half sisters, Mrs.'
Walter Tatham, Mrs. Joe Leatherwood>
and Mrs. Jim Hicks of
Andrews.
Pallbearers were, Milas Parker,
L. T. Watson, John W. Ashe,
John W. Smith, Harley Shular,
and Homer Cope.
and esseh
The young ladies in charge of
f.he flowers were Misses Irene,
Bryson, Sara Belle Hooper, and
Bertha Dean^ and Mrs. Shirley
Ensley, Mrs.' Johnny Stillwell
and Mrs. Fred Russell.
MRS. CATHEY IS
IMTCODCn UEDP
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie
McDade Cathey, relict of the
,?late Francis M.? ,Cathey, were
held in the Methodist church
in Sylva on Saturday, November
21, and interment was in
the Parris cemetery. The service 1
was conducted by the Rev. R. G. |
TnfHo naetnr r?f t.hp rhlimh ThP !
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pallbearers were Fred L. Hooper,
Lewis Cannon, Dan Tomp- I
kins, Harry E. Buchanan, Arthur |
McDade and Paul Kirk.
Mrs. Cathey died at her home
in Asbeville following a long
illness. Born in South Carolina,
she moved to this county when
a young girl, and married F. M.
Cathey. She made her home in
Dillsboro and later in Sylva until
after the death of her husband,
who passed away in 1912.
Mrs. Cathey is survived by
three sons, W. A. Cathey, of Andrews,
Charles M. Cathey, of
Sylva and Newport, Tenn., and
Harrison Cathey of Chicago; b>
four daughters, Miss Otelia Cath
ey, of Newport News, Va., Mrs.
M. Buchanan, Jr., Sylva, and
Misses ^nez and Irene Cathey
of Asheville, and by several
grandchildren, and other relatives.
WEBSTER TEACHERS
HOLD MEETING
Webster?The faculty met in
regular prfessional meeting at
Webster High School for a dis
cussion of the "Home Room Program",
with Mrs. Kate Rhinehart
presiding. Those taking
, part on the program were:
Mr. R. P. Buchanan, "The
Philosophy of the Home Room",
Mrs. Pearl Madison. "Group|
ing of the Home Room".
Mrs. D. D. Davis, "The Pur;
pose of the Home Room."
Mrs. Lawrence Reed, "Organization
of Home Room".
Mrs. R. P. Buchanan, "The
i Home Room Programs."
, j Some ideas brought out were
. | that the home room should
[! serve as the "family" in school
I life. "Teachers learn to meet the
needs of your student whether
you give any program or not",
in the future the secondary
teacher will not be a specialized
> but a teacher of an integrated
I program. Home room programs
j should supplement class work.
1 Refreshments were served by
> Mrs. O. V. Cagle and Miss Mary
B. Simmons.
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SYLVA, N0E1
MORE POULTRY
IS NEEDED FOR
SHARETHEMEAT
Pork, beef, veal^ lamb and mut
ton will be rationed because
there will not be enough of
these meats for the armed forces
if civilians eat all they want.
But, C. F. Parrish, Extension
poultry specialist of N. C. State
College points out that poultry
is not included in the ShareThe-Meat
program.
"Meats supply protein in the
daily diet", says Parrish, "and
for all practical purposes poultry
and meat are identical in food
value. Eggs are rich in protein.
In addition, eggs are high in
minerals and two of the B-vitamins.
i
"The yolks of eggs are especially
rich in iron?the mineral
that helps to form the red
blood cells. They are a rich
source of phosphorus, a good
source of thiamin and riboflavin
which are two of the B vitamins."
The Extension specialist says(
that poultry meat and eggs are
like othe** protein foods?they
must be cooked slowly and at a
moderate temperature. High
temperatures for a long period
of time shrinks and toughens
the proteins. The secret of
cooking eggs or any of the meats
is to use moderate^ even heajt.
Parrish also emphasized that
the color of the egg shell has
nothing to do with egg quality.
"A good egg may be brown or
white,,' he declared.
The State College worker says
that both broiler and egg production
in 1943 will be above
that of 1942. This year poultrymen
are producing a total of
4.414 million dozen eggs. The
1941 production was 3,829 million
dozens. U. S. production of
chickens in 1932 is estimated at
3,118 million pounds, compared
with 2,722 million pounds in 1941
EARLY MAILING IS
ADVISED BY OFFICIALSI
The Information Service of
i the Post Office Department Is ]
advising as early mailing of
' Christmas packages as possible,
and cites the fact that in 1941,
i 21,950 mail cars were required,
between Dec. 15 and Dec. 24 to
deliver Christmas maU?enough
cars to make a train 270 miles
! long; and the further fact that
the postal service usually borrows
2,500 trucks from the Army
and rents 10,000 from private
owners to handle Christmas
mail. This year it will be extremely
difficult to obtain a sufficient
number of vehicles to
meet even a substantial part of
of the needs.
Victory Club Holds Meet;
/XflO
Chooses iNew umcers
The Victory home demonstration
club met with Mrs. Walter
Ashe on November 23, with 15
members present. The November
and Decemoer meetings were
combined into an all-day meeting.
Having a pot luck dinner,
each member brought a dish of
food for the lunch.
The followine officers were
elected to serve for the coming
year: Mrs. S. T. McGinnis, president;
Mrs. Richard Hoyle, vice
president; Mrs. E. P. Stillwell,
secretary; Mrs. Adam Moses,
club reporter.
Pamphlets on '.'Foods for
Strong Bodies" were distributed
during the meeting.
/'A demonstration on soy bfans
as a meat substitute, was enjoyed
by those present.
The January meeting, will be
held at the home of M?s. J. C.
Brown.
ROTENONfE
Officials of the Commodity
I Credit Corporation hope to ir?1
port at least 4,500 000 pounds i;.
rotenone during 'the next 12
' months, this matrial being
' one of the most valuable for
controlling garden pests.
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H CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECE
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COATING out in the open is just p
i-^ soldiers stationed at Camp Lee,
geants, who must know how to prepa
may be. One of the many pieces of s
march is the mess kit, which folds ?
unit when not in use, but which hold
supplies, of course, are carried along,
fresh milk?protected from contamin
roes alone too. to help keep up the b<
REGISTRATION I
(IF ram!;
IN DECEMBER I
The registration of 18 year old i
boys for selective serivce, under 1
the recent amendment to .the ]
act by Congress, will be held be- ]
ginning on Friday of next week, i
December 11, and will be con- '
eluded by December 31. The reg- ]
istration for Jackson county boys i
will be held at the office of the ]
Selective Serviee Board in Sylva.
on the several tates fixed by the ,
Presidential proclamation ordering
the registration.
The Proclamation of President j
Roosevelt says:
The registration of male citi- |
zens of the United States and (
other male persons, who shall
attined the eighteenth anniver- ]
sary of their birth during the j
periods indicated below, shall <
take place in the United States i
between the hours of 9:00 a. m.
and 5:00 p. m. on the days hereinafter
designated for their registration
as follows:
Those who were born on or
after July 1, 1924, but not after
August 31, 1924, shall be regis- I
tered on any day commencing.
Friday, December 11, 1942, and
ending Thursday, December IT,
1942.
Those who were born on or
after September 1, 1924, but not
after October 31, 1924, shall be
registered on any day during the
week commencing Friday, December
18, 1942, and ending
Thursday, December 24, 1942;
Those born on or after November
1, 1924, but not after December
31, 1942, shall be registered
on anv dav during the period
commencing Saturday, December
26, 1942, and ending Thursday,
December 31, 1942;
During the continuance of the
present war, those who were born
on or after January 1, 1925, shall
be registered on the day they attain
the eighteenth anniversary
of the day of their birth- provided,
that if such anniversary
falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday,
their reigistration shall
take place on the day following
that is not a Sunday or a legal
holiday.
The local selective service,
board has ordered that the boys |
of the entire county register at j
to office of the board in Sylva, I
on the days designated by the
President of the United States.
Wall Visits His Mother
Cullownee, ? Pvt. Fate Wall,
of Fort Bragg is now at home
on a fifteen days furlough visiting
his mother, Mrs. Cora Wall
at Speedwell. Until recently, he
has been stationed in I.oni^-rn
! He indue4" ^
. Marcn 13. Having ^
I fered to Fort Bragg, Pvt. Wall
expects,after his return to camp
to continue his parachute training.
.
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nto
MBER 3, 1942
T -I
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art of the training?both for these (
Virginia, and for their mess serre
wholesome meals wherever they (
pecial equipment for eating-on-theiway
into a compact, easily-stored ^
s plenty of grub when open. Fooc
and when the jaunt is not too Ion? . ,
lation with over-all paper hoodsays'
stamin?
LAST RITES FOR
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ULikiili iiliiul
HELDAMLETS
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at Willets for Mrs.
VIellie Sutton Clark, relict of the
ate W. A. Clark. Mrs. Clark^
ivho was 71 years of age, died on
Tuesday night at the home of
ler daughter, Mrs. E. L. Robinson
in Canton, following a
long illness.
Mrs. Clark, a native of this
;ounty, spent most of her life
in Willets and Sylva. She is
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
E. L. Robinson, two sons, Thomas
Olark and William Clairk,
both of Sylva; several grandchildren;
two sifters, Mrs. Alice
Allen, of Leeds, Ala., and Mrs.
R. J. Clayton, of Sylva; and two
brothers, Allen Sutton and L. C.
Sutton, both of Willets.
CHILDREN BUY
JEEP FOR ARMY f
WITH WALNUTS!
The pupils and teachers at the j
Whittier school, having gone : 11
out in this war, are raising the,
money to buv a jeep to prese -i |
to Uncle S? .'s fighting men "?\
the army.
With tw * nths in which t?;
raise t" money, $900, wiih j
which Lo pay for the jeep to
send against the enemies of our
country, they have already in
hand more than half the sum.
Gathering and selling black
walnuts has been a source of .j
considerable revenue.
Pearson Visits Home
Aviation Cadet Robert L. Pear- i
son, Jr., has recently been visiting
his parents at BalsamCadet
Pearson enlisted in the
Air Corps, April 23,vthis year^ at
Spartanburg, and furloughed' to
the reserves. He reported for
active duty at Fort Jackson on
August 12. and was transferred
to San Antonio Cadet Station,
San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 5., for
basic traniing. He completed his
basic training on Nov. 10, and is
now located at Stamford, Texas^
for primary flight training. He is j
a graduate ol Sylva High School i
and of Clemson College. '
When he enlisted, he was em- j
ployed by the Duke Power Com- '
- i. Orvn f Vi fa rnl in f)
pany au uuxj^nii
FER7ILIZERS v
American farmers will Le a.jie
to get most of the fertilizers
they need to meet crop production
goals next year, according
to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
jurtift!
$1.50 A YEAR IN AD
Largest Nun
From Jacks
During Con
GOVERNMENT':
SEEKS CRYSTALS I
IN MOUNTAINS ;
(
Charlotte?Residents of west- 1
;rn North Carolina were urged
today by James E. McDougall, 1
Carolinas' manager of the War '
Production Board, to seek out ]
deposits of quartz crystal.
"We must have quartz crystal ^
oscillators for use in radio sets .
for tanks, airplanes and. ships",
said Mr. MacDougall, "and yet '
aur imports are threaten *"1
:ause (, eruptions to sbii
ping. Bru... n?- *r
source of supov, beoiogists
say that extensive deposits ex- j
ist in western North Carolina.
As much as $20,000 a ton is '
oaid for certain crystals, and
A ..-.ons locating deposits will
not only profit themselves but
will also help the war effort.
Anyone knowing of available
crystals should communicate at
once with Miscellaneous Minerals
Branch, War Production
Board, Temporary "R", Washington,
D. C.
In order to be satisfactory for
radio purposes, each individual
quartz crystal must weigh a
half pound or more. Crystals
must be water clear^ and at least
30 per cent of each crystal must
be free from cracks, bubbles,
fractures, veins, flaws and needles.
The greater the usability of
the specimin, the more desirable
it is, 'because 'specimins from
which only a few oscillator
plates can be cut are expensive
to work.
The crystals taken from the
ground in B/azil are very often
trimmed with an ordinary hammer.
This trimming removes
the cloudy, milky white portions
at the base of the crystal, and
also removes broken and fractured
areas. The object of trimming
such a crystal is to make
the remaining portion 30 pef
cent usable or better.
The prices paid for satisfactory
quartz crystal are based on
the weight and the usability of
the crystal. Crystals having a usability
of 60 per cent of more
bring the highest price- crystals
having a usability o'f from
45 to 60 per cent bring a some
what lower price, and crystals
having a usability of from 30 to
45 per cent yield the lowest
price. The clear trimmed parts
of the crystal must be subjected
to the polarized bath test to
determine the extent of twinning
in each individual piece,
since material which contains
large amounts of twinning is not
satisfactory for making radio
oscillators.
Prices vary from $600 a ton
for the low-grade crystals up to
$20 000 a ton for large ones of
60 per cent and better usability.
The Government needs hundreds
of tons of this material,
and the high prices are a direct
reflection of the fact that only
a small percentage of all crystals
are found suitable for radio use.
' It is emphasized again that
the trimming operation men- j
tioned above very often makes a
good piece of quartz crystal
from one of little or no value.
One Of Three Brothers
At Home On Furlough
j Culli'Vv. e, Nov n "; *!/
Private 01.. 0 .;-.iingarner,
who is stationed at# Camp Croft
South Carolina, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman
| Bumgarner, at S. eedfwell, re"
liy. Ho has two brotlurs in
. ihe army, Fred Bumgarner, who
is also at Camp Croft^ and Alvin
Bumgarner, who * is overseas.
BUY WAR BONDS
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VANCE IN JACKSON COUNTS
iber To Go
on County
ling Month
.The largest number of selectees
to report from Jackson
:ounty in any one month, will
je forwarded to camp, early in
December, for physical examinition^
and induction.
Those who are accepted after
mdergoing the physical test, will
le inducted into the service and
granted a furlough for seven
iays before being ordered to report
for active duty.
The young men who volunteered
their services or have
aeen selected to make up the ?
December quota are: Virgil
Brooks, William H. Martin, Graiy
James Ridley, Raymond
Mace, William Earl Bumgarner,
Riley Broom, WilUe Amnions,
Arthur Linden Blackburn, Rudolph
Willie Rice^ John Curtis
. en,Alvis Bonds 'McCall,James
"ward Battle, Sam Clark Hollifield,
Dewey Clarence Henson,
James Berlin Bumgarner, Tildon
Palmer, Walter Wade Bucl
anan, Willie Clyde Sellers, Jo
seph Marion Nicholson % Eldci
Shook, John O. Hensley,* George
W. Roberts, Harold Lexington
Jones, William Pink Collins,
Walter Reece Davis, Homer Elbert
Dills, Ralph Euel Fugate,
Fred Homer Sims, Clinton McCall,
John Edwin Henson ^ William
Henry Garrett, Leamon Mc
Call, Rufus Taylor Cabe, Weldon
McFalls, Charlie Daniel Dills,
Martin Bob Mathis, Frank Hoop
er, Roy Glenn Watson, John Dee
UaviS, KODeri snuiar jonn
Frank Brown, Charlie' Elbert
Wilson, William Howard Warren,
Albert Carl Buchanan, Harold
Ernest Crawford, Percy Park
er, Joseph Roscoe Green, Frank
Henry Monteith, William Connor
Thompson^ David Reed,
Richard Lee Chastain, Tom
William Sims, Grover Callins
Cagle, Charles Buren Terrell,
Robert U. Garrett, Jr., Julius
Taylor, Herman Fischer Bailey,
Bedford Bryson, John Wesley
Brooks Robert Elmer Woodard,
Hayes Lee Webb, Kadaskie Arch,
Ben William Norton, Harold
Lane Hooper, Furman Boyd Mccoy,
Fred Bryan Nicholson, Pear
son Sherrlll, Paul William Bryson.
Alvin Claude Wood, Thomas
Wayne Keener, Warren Vernon
Nicholson, Walter Bradshaw
"-1 11 r\ \XTnrmti
r rij^Cll, UUSCpil V/. *T ajr ut IUU
Call, Grover Wilkes Davis, Coy
Frady, James Jackson Green,
Walter Lee Mills, Ernest Kennie
Craft, Ernest Charlie Stamey,
Charlie Harden Carter, James
Claude McConnell, James Landon
Hall James Earl Buchanan,
William A. Hooper, Joseph
David Buchanan, Louis James
Ensley, Lewis Victor Watson,
Hayes Mitchel Anders, Roy
Hamilton Childers, Bob Buchanan,
Carl Garner McCracken,
Reuben Bishop, James Ransey
Franks William Alfred Brooks,
Earl George Hughes, Houston
Coggins, James Robert Dillard,
Melvin Lewis Bradley, Henry
Howara Dills, Corneal Frady,
Charlie A. Norman, John Edmond
Long, Jesse Robert Brown,
William Vernon Fisher, Woody
H. Bishop, Earl Ray Hensley,
James F. Crawford,v and Neal
Junior Bishop.
THREE CENT STAMPS
ON CHRISTMAS CARDS
All persons are advised to put
three cents stamps on Christmas
cards mailed to men in the
service, Postmaster Charles N.
Price stated today. "Not only
should each card bear three
cents In postage," said the post
master, "but they shold have
p return address." This will asi
^.ire forwarding of the cards to
w herever the service man may
be stationed, or its return to the
sender in case it is undelivrrable,
it was explained.
EPISCOPAL SERVIECS
A service of evening prayer
and sermon will be conducted at
St. John's Episcopal church in
Sylva, Sunday afternoon at four
o'clock, by Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
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