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President Bird Heard By Brevard Kiwanis Club President W. E. Bird of West ern Carolina Teachers College ad dressed the Brevard Kiwanis club i last Friday evening. H:> topic was. "I Am An American." l&uUKdelo. GOMECBI QnUfeW 12ERA-C0lLH SontSjrin^^ " Mh.e TfetdiOur Wndom Your Ford Dealer invites you to listen to the Frtd Allen Show. Sunday Eveniogs - NBC network. Usttn to the Ford Theater Sunday Afternoons-NBC Wtwoffc. ^?e your newspaper for time and station. REECE-HAMPTON MOTOR CO., INC. Sylva, N. C. I "Your Overjoyed . JhrdPealer# TOMPKINS SEES GOOD PROSPECTS FOR NOMINATION Dan Tompkins, candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, who return td the first ot the week from a tour of the Piedmont, expressed himself as being highly gratified with his prospects for nomination. If I receive the huge vote in the mountains that I anticipate, there is no doubt 'of the result," Mr. Tompkins stated, "for I have iound much strong and enthusias tic support in the large Piedmont counties, and in the cast. It is an almost certainty that I will carry at least three of the four largest counties in the Piedmont, and will receive a tremendous vote through out that whole section of the State." SCOffPREblCTS^ HEAVY VOTE IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY * Kerr Scott paused in his whirl wind campaign long enough this week to predict the largest Demo cratic Primary vote in history Sat-' ui*iay. Scott said it would not be sur prising if the vote approached 600 000. (The largest previous vote was in 1936 when 516,864 ballots were cast in the first Primary.) "The people are aroused to the need for a vigorous go\%rnm?nt in Raleigh, and they are resentful of the efforts of a few officeholders to ram a hand-picked candidate down thf throats ,of Democratic voters," Scott said. . ' i The former Commissioner of Ag riculture, who resigned in Febru ary .before beginning his cam paign for Governor, said that he expected the Governor's race to be decided by "independent voters^ who this year, as never before, are informing themselves about the issues and the qualifications of candidate before deciding how thev will cast their ballots." * Scott said he was impressed by ?he number of people who believe the big^vt issue is "whether North Carolina is*going to continue go ing forward as a State, or whether we are going to be content with a Egging ring-controlled govern ment?" The candidate praised the rec ord of the Democratic Paity since Aycock, led it to power in 1900, and said that for nearly half a century the Democratic Party has given good government, and that he found the people eager to elect a Governor who would lead the State in continued forward prog ress. Scott reiterated his opposition to Vote for Jack F. Cooper For Clerk of Court of Jackson County Jack F. Cooper a former successful Sylva busi ness man has announced that he is still in the race for Clerk of Superior Court of Jackson County, subject to the vote of the people in the Democratic Primary on Saturday. He is the son of the late Andy Cooper and Mrs. Weaver Cooper Hurst and the grandson of Mrs. Georgia Gibson Cline and the late Bert Cline, also of Jackson County, and a great grandson of the late Billy Conley and a great grandson of the late Finley Gibson ,both of Jackson County. Mr. Cooper is a member of the Woodmen of the World. Served 17 and a half months in CCC camps at Fort Bragg and Aquone in 1933-34 and was honorably discharged at the end of his service. He has been a member^ of the Lovedale Bap tist church for five years and has been a Sunday School teacher for the past two and a half years. Your Vote And Influence On Election Day Will Be Appreciated Jack F. Cooper EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES REACH PEAK IN N, C. LAST QUARTER Kaleigh, May 22 ? Both total employment and average weekly wcges rcached the highest point in history ol' North Carolina during the last quarter of 1947, exceeding even the war time peak reached in 1942, it is shown in a compilation made by S. F. Campbell, director of Research and Statistics, for Chairman Henry E. Kendall, of the State's Employment Security Commission. the State's issuing Donds for any1 purpose until the "surplus tax money now piled up in banks with out interest is used for the pur poses for which it was collected". He repeated his assertion that the ^ales tax should be eliminated as soon as possible, and amended immediately to reduce the tax on farm machinery to the same level as the tax on machinery bought for use in industry, and to remove the sales tax entirely from food. The candidate declared that all indications point to a renewed ec onomic upsurge, spearheaded in North Carolina by 50-cent tobac co and increased industrial pro duction, and that in his opinion State revenues will be sufficient v to meet demands for increased State services without increasing taxes. The average employment for that quarter, subject to the Employ ment Security Law, was 649,307. or 11 percent above the average for 1946, 23.4 percent above 1945, and 9.8 percent above the peak war year of 1942. The average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of last year are not comparable with wages in oth er quarters, due to the practice of including bonuses in the last monthV wages on earnings during the entire year. Thg"average week ly wage in the fourth quarter was $42.03, as compared with $37.81 for the third quarter, which is nearer an accurate measure of wages. | The compliation shows that ave rage weekly wages in North Caro Una increased more than 100 per cent since 1939, yet, when com pared with the national averages, the relative position of North Cari lina has been improved only slight. -ly. Jackson^ County, this compilation shows, had total covered employ ment of 976 workers during the fourth quarter of last year, who received total wages of $499,810 or an average weekly wage of $39. 38. Breaking this county's employ ment down into six major classi fications, \he compilation reveals the following employment and wages: Employ- Total Av. wkly. ment Wages Wages Construction 8 5,314 51.08 SYLVA MUSIC HOUSE One Block Behind Hospital THE BEACHAM BASEMENT Everything in The World of Music Phone 178-J Manufacture 610 345,859 43.60 Transportation and Communication 30 9,635 Trade ? 189 85,363 Finance, Insurance and Real Estate 15 7,809 Service and other Cotton as a farm crop is gain ing new popularity in many North Carolina counties this year, large ly because of new insecticides for boll weevil control. activities 124 45,830 oC^ REPAIR 5 ^ ) SAVE ON THE WHOLE FAMILY'S SHOE COSTS THROUGH THE YEAR By keeping them in good repair with our fine workmanship and tough quality materials. ALSO we have all colors of good grade shoe polish and for all leathers. ?for the farmer? Good Leather For All Types Harness Repair BLUE RIBBON SHOE SHOP phone 114 8ylva, n. C. r 1 . t VET ERANS Choose A VETERAN THE ONLY VETERAN TO SERVE NORTH CAROLINA IN THE UNITED * STATES SENATE SINCE 1895 THE ONLY NORTH CAROLINA VETERAN CANDIDATE FOR THE TNITED STATES SENATE IN 1948 SENATOR WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD of DURHAM For the United States Senate Military Record: Enlisted United States Army May 1917; Assigned to 317th Machine Gun Battalion, 81st Division; Served in Actual Combat Overseas 8 Months; Discharged April 1919; Active Member Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion (Post Commander 7 yean.) ^ Legislative Record: * Congressman from 6th District 1932-1938 (retired voluntarily); U. S. Senator since De cember 18, 1946; Has Supported Every Piece of Progressive Legislation for the Veterans During Entire Washington Career. With much important Veterans Legislation pending, it is imperative that Senator Umstead be returned to the Senate. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARYM A Y. 2 9 Veterans, Vote for Umstead. Umstead Votes for vou (Paid Political Advertising) '
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