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I j3 oo A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTS
I A Week
I Of The War
The Home Front
i as the war progresses, the AlI
lies are no longer caught nap
ping at any point, however obI
scure it may appear in the grand
strategy of the United Nations.
I if it is surprising that American
light tanks are reported in action
on the jungle-enclosed strip
of New Guinea Beach, how
much more extraordinary must
have been the means of getting
them there.
On the economic front our
government must be equally farseeing.
More than 50 million
p.mnds of seed, foir example^
have been destined for planting
on foreign soil, under LendLease
arrangements. Some of
these seeds are supplied to areas
occupied by our troops, who will
raise fresh vegetables when they
aren't fighting^ Grass seeds are
sent to new air fields for surfacing
barren strips. But'the bulk of
the seeds go for foods to feed the
peoples of the Allied lands in
desperate need of them and to '
replant farmlands lately freed ;
from Axis control. And seeds
I take up less shipping space than
produce in any other form.
A Civilians Will Not Benefit
Although American farms
*r.ust raise a great deal more
crops of many kinds next year,
civilians must not expect to benI
efit by the increase. Our armed
forces will need much more of
all that is raised, and so will our
I Allies. England, Russia, and the
I French in North Africa^ For not
I only is food, as it supports fightI
ing men, a direct instrument of
I warfare, it is an essential bulwark
of civilian population in
I war time. The hatred felt by peoI
pie of occupied Europe for their
Na^i oppressors, fs fed by the
pangs of nimger, their hopes of
I liberation and of ultimately getting
food from us strengthen
their resistance and definitely
I aid the Allied cause.
I JThe plight of starving millions
abroad and the fearful condiI
tions under which many of our
I soldiers are fighting in jungle
1 and desert should awaken in all
ft of us at home the willingness to
take cheerfully the slight dis
comforts and minor hardships
I which necessarily go with a war
of this kind, especially the in-'
conveniences connected with
rationing and other restrictions
of scarce goods.
The combined savings of milI
lions of Americans, in motoring
I nnd heating, particularly among
those living along the Atlantic
Seaboard, helped our army land
in North Africa and attack the
Axis, but the total quantity of
I these products needed for a conI
tinuing campaign is enormous,
and will require the service of a
fleet of tankers. For this reason,
the Army has sent an urgent
tn nHniianc tr* cnvp gasoline
i'"-" w.umlJU o
and fuel oil in every way possible
At the same time, the Pet
r o 1 e u m Administrator has
warned that several areas in the
East have only enough motor gas
for essential needs?supplies in
storage have been drained by
non-essential driving beyond
].revious estimates.
Efforts Made To Conserve Oil
Although fuel oil rations have
been increased 10 per cent in 13
Middle Western states, every effort
is being made to conserve
oil stocks throughout the entire
area of 30 rationed states. In
order to encourage conversion
from fuel oil to coal, new coal
stoves have been* made available
to those who will use the heaters
to replace fuel oil equipment,
who need to heat an unheated
snapp fnr psspntial working or
living whose present coal-burning
equipment is not usable, or
U'ho are eligible for additional
fuel oil and will use a coal heater
i" stead.
Because of increased military
needs for the "red meats,"
there'll be further reductions in
civilian quotas of beef, pork,
lamb, mutton and veal, but
these reduced allowances will be
Partly made up through the release
for civilian use of millions
oounds of cured and frozen
beef, dried beef beef sausage
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Fisher Rites
At Old Field
Last Tuesday
Funeral services for J. Oscar
Fisher were conducted at the
Whittier Methodist church, Tuesday
morning, and interment was
in Old Field cemetery, ?^t Beta.
Mr. Fisher, who died at the Community
hospital Saturday, following
a brief illness after a
heart attack,was 62 years of age.
He had beer} a prominent merchant
at Whittier for a numberof
years, living on the Jackson
county side of the river, and taking
an interest in the affairs of
Qualla township and the county.
Mr. Fisher was born and
reared at Beta, in Sylva township,
a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Fisher, and lived in
Sylva several years before removing
to Whittier.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs., Hattie Love flisher, two
sons,' Lieut. Carl Byrd Fisher,
of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey,
and J. O. Fisher, Jr., of Whittier;
three brothers, Ed and Charlie ;
Fisher, both of Beta, and Carl
Fisher, of Franklin, Tenn.; two
sisters, Mrs. W. H. Oliver of Sylva,
and Mrs. Jerdie Sigmon, of
Winston-Salem, and by a large
number of other relatives.
A rr^rl Wnman
f T Vf Attttrnx
Of Community
Passes Away
. Mrs. Pallie Monteith, 87 year j
old resident of Sylva township,!
' died Sunday night at her home j
| near Beta. Mrs. Monteith, born !
; and reared in this county, had
I lived in Sylva ttfftnship ail h?r
| life. She was the widow of
! Thomas Monteith, well-known
Sylva citizen and veteran of the
j Confederacy.
Funeral services were conj
ducted at Scott's Creek Bapj
tist church, of which she had
been a member for 74 years,
Wednesday morning, with Rev.
T. F. Deitz and Rev. B. S Hensley
officiating, and interment
was in Old Field cemetery. Pall
bearers were members of the
I American Legion.
Mrs. Monteith is survived by
| six children, Mrs. R H. Hyatt, of
Bryson City, John B. Monteith,
of Sylva, O. E. Monteith, Sylva,
Lee Monteith, Olympia, Washington,
Lawrence Monteith,
Saginaw, Oregon, and Felix
Monteith, Monsey, New York; by
24 grand-children, 24 greatj
grandchildren, one great-great
i grandchild, and a large number
I of offher relatives.
(Lease-Lend commitments to
Great Britain and other allies in
1942 called for large increases in
the acreages of the four princi- I
pal canning crops?tomatoes, |
peas, beans, and corn
material, and various domestic
cuts not suitable for military
diets.
Farm Labor Presents Big
Problem
The supply of farm labor will
be one of our major problems
next year The War Manpower
Commission expects that some
7,900,000 persons will be employed
in year-round farm work, and
additional millions will be needed
seasonally in the various agricultural
areas. In December of
this year farm hired labor |
1 showed a decided drop over the
same time two years ago. A large
part of the loss was due to en- [
listment in the armed forces, the
rest to the attractions offered
bv war industries. The deficit in
farm labor must be met by keeping
labor on farms and by enlist
| ing the services of an army of
i volunteers throughout the couni
try to help harvest next year's
crop.
Additional labor, too, is needed
i to meet our lumber production
goal of 1943, set at 32 billion
feet While our civilian lumber
requirements will be about 40
per cent less than for 1942, we'll
need far more lumber for aircraft,
ship decking, pontoon con'
struction, ship and boat tim
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SYLVA, NORTH
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MRS. E. L. McK'EE
Senator from the 32nd. Senatorial
District
Mrs. E. L. McKee, State Sena- I
tor, and Dan Tompkins, repre- j 2
sentative, will leave on Monday |a
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for the 1943 session of the Gen- j t
eral Assembly, which convenes , v
in Raleigh next week. ! c
New Books Have j]
Been Added To |]
Library In Sylva j]
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Mrs. May Stalcup, librarian, j
has announced the addition of a
number of new books to the li- |
brary here, and has furnished !
us with a list, which we publish
for the benefit of "the patrons of
the library: j
Fiction: "Drivin' Woman", by:
Chevalier; "Assignment in Brit- '
tany", Maclnnes; "The Gay Sisters",
Longstreet; Lieutenant's
Lady", Aldrich; "Flare Path",
Claymore; "Hostages", Heym; j
"The Dollar Gold Piece" Swain; \
"Time of Peace", Williams; "Es- j
pecially Babe", Annett; "Look to
the Mountain", Cannon; "Gentleman
Ranker" Jennings; "Big
Doc's Girl", Medearis; "The Seventh
Cross" Seghers; "Marling
Hall", Thirkell; "The Cup and
the Sword", Hobart; "Sound of
an American", Ormsbee; "Coffee
In? >> I ? f . i(XT DnirrVtf
, uvcisucci/, i"*0
er Glory", Sperry; "The Man |
Who Went Away", Wright- j
"House of the Roses", Baker; |
"The Robe", Douglas; "The Day ,
Must Dawn", Turnbull; "Mrs. !
Miniver", Struther; "How Green (
Was My Valley", Llewellyn; ,
"Pied Piper", Shute; "Mrs. Tim J
Carries On", Stevenson; "Val- iant
Dust", Mackay; "No Sur- |
render", Albrand. j
Mysteries: "Payment Defer- ]
red", Forester; "Pinoh of Pois- I
on", Lockridge; "Rio Casino In- 1
trigue", Mason; "Toast to To- 1
morrow", Coles; "With This ;
Ring", Eberhart; "Affair in Death
Valley", Knight; "Case of the .
Empty Tin", Gardner; "Evil Under
the Sun", Christie; "Fourth :
Bomb", Rhode.
Non-Fiction: "Our New Army", ,
ber, and structural umDers.
'Seal Lips?Save Ships'
No one can reckon what ships,
or how many, have been tor- '
pedoed through chance remarks
of relatives or friends of sailors
and others, or what vital inform ]
ation about war production, war
equipment or other confidential
matters has leaked througn to
Axis through careless gossip. A
safe rule, applicable to all such
matters, is expressed in the say- (
ing, "Seal Lips?Save Sh;ps".
Fruit and vegetable growers
and shippers are urged to stock 1
up on used wooden boxes, crates, 1
baskets, barrels and hampers for j
1943 crops, and cotton growers
should save and recondition old
cotton bale ties . . , The telegraph
industry will abandon its
special services to customers, but
low-rate form messages may still
go to members of the armed services.
Production of alarm clocks will
be resumed early next year
.. . The nation's castor oil supply
- - ? ^ * i-? ~ r
is at low ebb . . . ine uireciur ui
Transportation urges the
abandonment of ia 11 meetings
and conventions, requiring travel,
that do not contribute in an
important way to winning the
war.
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DAN TOMPKINS
Representative from Jackson e
County.
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Many observers in the capital c
ire of the opinion that the ses
ion will be the shortest on rec- 5
ird. It is hoped by leaders that
he assembly can be adjourned j
vithin six weeks after it opens, j
>r about the middle of February.
Farm Security i
Helps To Boost
Raising Of Food
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"Christmas presents to Uncle
Sam, 12-months to 5-years in
;he making" is the apt descrip
:ion of food produotion increases*
}n the part of Jackson county
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farmers, as their part in the war ,
jffort.
Presents of Farm Security Administration
bor&Jwers consist
}f production increases ranging
from 10 per centUo more than
LOO per cent, acctAUngrj^c^^;y
FSA Supervisor/ William d.
Davis, in announcing year-end
.Igures.
"A great tribute to patriots of
:he small farms and family-type
farms of the county is the fact I
:hat every Farm Security bor- ;
rower has increased his produc- <
tion of vital war foods, such as <
iairy, pork, poultry products
md family gardens," said Davis.
These are families who have i \
seen getting ready?through bet I
ter equipment, better stock and,
Detter farming practices?to do |
i better job of production. Some ; I
started the "getting ready" process
four or five years ago. A few
jot their first FSA loans under
the "Food for Freedom" drive ]
i year ago, soon after Pearl Har- <
jor, it was pointed out. There are :
299 families in the county wh0 i
have been getting themselves in !
better shape to contribute to the ]
war effort through Farm Securi- |
ty loans and planning assistance i
said Davis.
"War loans for purchase of <
additional cows, hogs, machinery :
u-iid other opeialing go. .
-,Lill nvaiJable through 1SA !..)
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IJiilll iaiUUiCO WIUIIUUU ilUHjiiaiu
?redit resources," Davis said. <
"All-out production of war i
foods not only means helping i
win the war but adds to the
family income as indicated in -j
repayment of FSA loans. Over 25
families in this area have paid
their FSA loans in full, while .
many others are makng payments
in advance, as they attain
full production for their units." ,
FSA goals for the new year
will be to help place every good
heifer calf and every good milk
cow being sold for beef with a!
farm family, help find tenants |
for all idle farm land, encourage ;
sharing of scarce farm machinery
and equipment, and help
plan fullest us&of all farm labor
' nf fnn/1 ,nn/^ fiKpO
1UI pivuutwmi ui luuu anu
needed in the war effort, Mr.
Davis explained.
Andrews; "My Friends, the Apes" .
Benchley; "Stump Ranch Pio-.
neer" Davis; "Bluenose" Dun-1
can; "The Long Ships Passiing",
Hav'ighurst; "Oommando Attack",
Holman; "Red Hills and
Cotton, Up Country Memory", '
Robertson; "Small Town South",
Byrd; "A Time For Greatness",
Agar; "My Father in China"
Burke; "See Here, Private Hargrove"
Hargrove; "I Flew for
China", Leonard.'
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\rvil Stephens
Dies; Sister-InLaw
On Bond
Arvil Stephens died in the
Community hospital, Sunday
i'ig<ht, of pneumonia, following
run-shot wounds he received a
veek before, and his sister-in
aw, Mrs. Howell Stephens, was
pleased from jail under $1,000
>ond, for her appearance at the
February term of Jackson couny
superior court, to answer to
ihe charge of having fired the
atal shot.
Bond was made by John Cowird,
uncle of Mrs. Howell Stephens,
and father-in-law of the
leceas^d.
Stephens was shot near his
lome in the East La Porte vicinity,
on December 19. The only
;ye witness to the shooting is
:aid to be his widow.
Funeral services for the 29
fear old man were held at Cowirts,
Tuesday afternoon.
Both the dead man and his
sister-in-law are members of
tfell known Jackson county
families.
Rites For Aged
Citizen Held
At Big Ridge
Funeral services were conduct *d,
Sunday rfternoon at B:
Ridge churc) by Rev. Jonatha .
E. Brown, fo .James E. Pruitt, 9 :
/ear old prominent citizen of
the county, who died at his
tiome on Big Ridge, Saturday.
Mr. Pruitt, for nearly a century
a well known citizen of the
county, is survived by four sons,
Be*, Will, David and Jason Pruitt,
five daughters, Mrs. J. W.
Moore, Mrs. Lee Fisher, Mrs,
3am Fisher, Mrs S. C. Fisher,
and Mrs. Lon Pruitt, by 39 grand
;hildren, and 2 great-grandchildren.
Credit Corporation
To Elect Officers
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On January Ninth
Stockholders of the Asheville
Production Credit Association
will hold their annual meeting
In the Court House in Asheville,
on Saturday morning, January
5th, at 10:30 o'clock, it was announced
today, by John A. Hud?ens,
of Hendersonville, President
of the association.
Complete and detailed reports
on the operations of the organisation
for the past year will be
submitted by, the officers. Plans
will be discussed for further developing
the services the association
has to offer the farmers,
upon whom the war has placed
the responsibility of carrying on
the greatest agricultural program
the world has ever known.
At this meeting two directors
will be elected and other business
will be transacted.
The Asheville Production Cred
it Association, a farmers' cooperative
organization, makes shortterm
loans for agricultural and
livestock purposes to farmers of
Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Clay,
Cherokee, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell,
Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania,
and Yancey counties.
Springer Transferred
Private First Class Clyde L.
Springer, of Whittier, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Springer, of Whittier,
is now with the Quartermaster
Detachment, at Camp
Carrabelle, Florida.
Private Springer was stationed
at Camp Butner, North Carolina
before lis (transfer t o
Camp Carrabelle. Under the
command of Colonel Walter E.
Smibh, Camp Carrabelle is located
on the Gulf of Mexico, 50
miles southwest of Tallahasse,
Fla.
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$1.50 A YEAR IN A]
JaclLson C
Send Eighty
As Quota F
Little Girl Dies
From Head
Injuries Here
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Linda Coward, small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Coward,
died in the Community Hospital
tonighit, a few hours after she
was kicked in the face and forehead
by a horse on her father's
place at Webster.
It is reported that the little girl
and a small companion had
started to meet Mrs. Coward,
wh0 had gone to a neighbsor's
home, and it is believed that
they got too close to the horse,
which was running loose in the
pasture, and that the animal became
frightened and kicked
backward, striking the child in
the face and forehead and crushing
her skull.
T'Vin ifwn nrflHirl AQmo f_r? tho HrtlU
111C '(/ldgV^UJ VUAiiL VU VAAV VWTI
ard home and the Webster community
this, Thursday, afternoon.
An ambulance was summoned
from Sylva and the little
girl was rushed to the hospital;
but never regained consciousness
Surviving her are an older
brother, her father and mother,
her grandmother, and other rel|
atives. Mr. and Mrs. Coward are
'w?ell knfown in Siylva,, having
lived here for several years.
Funeral services will be conducted
Saturday, at 2 o'clock
and interment wih be in the
cemetery here.
1942 Is Banner
Year In Producing
Dairy Foodstuffs
Despite many difficulties, 1942
was a banner dairy year in
North Carolina, says John A.
Arey, Extension dairyman of N.
C State College. Production was
high, but costs were great and
labor problems were many.
As for the future, Arey said:
"Milk is an essential war food.
It is the greatest builder of body
resistance to disease of all foods.
The need for it in this State
during 1943 will be greater than
in 1942. T^? ^upnlv. ?n tl~ ' *
hand, will l ?' governed by the
rPfPivvH fnl* it hv t,ll^ fariYl
I
| er. An unfavorable price will
. make it impossible for him to
pay present high prices for labor
and feed Without a supply of
both, milk production will drop."
Tlie Extension mah said that
scores of dairymen had either a
large or complete turnover in
labor during 1942. Much of the
new labor, when any could" be
secured, had been high priced,
green and inefficient. "This condition,"
said Arey, "together
with the ceiling price, on milk,
has in some instances eliminated
all profit from the dairy business
and resulted in the dispersal
o number of herds."
Yet, interest in dairy farming
! was at a peek in North Carolina
I during the last 12 months. During
August, the top month in
j milk proaucxion, aaixy procesa.
ing plants in the State received
11,869,870 pounds of milk This
j js 1,836,930 pounds more than
i the 1941 August receipts and is
j the largest on record.
Arey said that the annual cattle
sales fostered by the state
Ayrshire, Guernsey and Jersey
breeding associations in 1942
were tops. Through these sales
361 purebred animals, many of
them hellers, were sold for a to|
tal of $72,8Cfr .72. At least 380
" cows, most of which were Holsteins,
were purchased from
! without the State by local dairy'
men.
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Hunters are expected to add
135 million pounds of meait to
; the nation's food supply in the
next 12 months.
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DVANCE IN JACKSON COUNTY
ounty Will
-Three Men
or January
, A group of eighty-three young
Jackson county men will leave
next week for an induction center
for examination and induction
irbt0 the United States Ar
my. Those who pass the examination
will be inducted immediately
and then granted short
furloughs to conje home and
wind up their affairs, before receiving
orders to report for duty.
The list follows:
Sherman Phillips, John Robert
Nations, Henry Lee Miller,
Harold Lexington Jones, Clyde
Hooper, William Harley Bishop,
Roy Ralph Golden, Estes Webster,
Earl Fienister Fesperman,
James Richard Cunningham,
John Lewis Hooper, Roy Frank
Green, Richard Lee Jones, Clifford
Weaver Buchanan, Columbus
Allison Crisp, Henry Watson,
Zachriah Houston, W i 11 i a m
Clyde Painter, Frank James Williams,
Wayne William Dills, Benjamin
Alfred Bowers, Clarence
Brown, Fred Hooper, Luther
Mills, Edney Robinson, Clarence
Rufus Nations, Fred Bigwitch,1
Hooper Delos Price, John Coleman
Dillard, Alex Lee Whitaker,
Henderson Guy Crisp, Kenneth
Carey Moore, Jay Ward Farley,
Jr., William Clarence Browning,
Harding McKinley Locust, William
Perry Lark, Loyle Mac Nash?
Walter Burke Painter, Raymond
Mace, Richard Littlejohn, Julius
George, Charlie Coleman Buchanan,
Alex Wilson, Wilton DeWitt
Aiken, J. C. Franks, Thom- |
as Gaston Harris, Sam William
Watson, Charlie Jeter Hall, Jermiah
Toineeta, Coyie Shelton,
Fred James Buchanan, Claude
Moore,J ~ Alber^^fown, William
Raymond Ashe^Arthur Burke
Painter, Ernest Guy Buchanan,
Harold Truett Greef, Troy Davla
Martin, Boyd Littlejotyn, David
Hugh Mills, Dee Shook, Calvin
Wikle, Janle Ray Franks, Samuel
Isaac Fisher, Van Frank Chil
ders, Ray Lee Blanton, Wallace
Winfred Carter, Andy Asque
Frady, Lonnie Melton, Ray Cleveland
Hunter, Kellie Carl Frizzell
Grover Melton, Ernest William
Jamison, Jr., John Paul Moss,
Jerry Benjamin Parker, Robert
Bairl Fisher, George Walter Hoxit
Pearison Woodard Henry, Parson
Wesley Kincaid, Jr., Jesse LonU
Dills, John William Crawford, Jr.,
and Charlie Tillmian Dills.
William Harley Bishop Raymond
Mace, Robert Earl Fiaher,
> ^earison Woodard Henry, Par
. Wesley Kincaia, jr., Jesse
LcMiis Dills, John William Crawford,
Jr., and Charlie Ttllman
| Dills are volunteers. Loyle Mac
Nash and Walter Burke Painter
1 are transfers from other boards
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James Wood
! Killed In Duty
At Army Camp
Corporal James Wood was killed
in an accident in a jeep, near
Macon, Georgia, and his body was
returned to Sylva and 'then to hia
home on Caney Fork for funeral
and interment. Sergeant Austin,
nf rthp samp />amr?
the body to the home of 'the
young soldier.
Corporal Wood, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Early Wood, of Caney
Fork, entered ithe army as a private,
and was promoted to a corporal
in an armored division.
He was a member of a promminent
Jackson couryty family,
and had many friends here. It
i is not known just howv the jeep
got out of control of the driver.
' Corporal Wood was in command,
j and he wa^s the only casualty of
the accident.
HIGHER
Because of increased prices for
farm products, Henderson County
farmers are making a higher
percentage*return on their investments
(this year than usual.
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