Jackson County Journal
DAN TOMPKINS, Editor.
Published weekly by the
JACKSON COUNTY JOUBNAL COMPANY
m second class matter at the Poetoffiee at I
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923
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At that he doesBorah lot of us ?
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/ Politicians have never learned to use the ax in tax.
Apples of discord are usually lemons.
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The Filipinos appear to have gotten their fill of Wood.
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Love may laugh at locksmiths but never at golden
locks.
The mailed fist is an impressive way to express your
' feelings.
His opinion is that notliing's well in Raleigh except
Maxwell. (
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Have you stopped to consider thai Sylva needs a new
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The old climate sure has been at herself for the past
few weeks.
When Greek meets Greek they organize a chain of
restaurants. . 1
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We fear that the chestnuts are the trees that will pass
with the blight
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We think we speak for North Carolina when we say
McAdoo 'ill do. (
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General orders appears to be the only order in Okla
homa, these days.
We are impressed with the fact that Sylva needs a
furniture factory.
Take a look around and you'll agree that Sylva is
the buildinest town. ^ *
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The large surplus in the state treasury didn't come
from a surtax, either.
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No, Mabel, a counter revolution is neither a sales-,
girls' nor a buyers' strike.
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The supply of coal may be ample; but all most of us
are able to buy is just a sample.
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The boss optimist of them all is the returned soldier
who still expects to get his bonus.
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Almost everything has been built in Sylva during the
year except that modern, new hotel.
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The most ardent prohibitionists haven't gone so far
as to want to suppress the cotton gin.
The navigators on Division 10 evidently had as small
an opinion of radio as the rest of us.
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Wouldn't it be a gTand and glorious feeling if we
could borrow money on Volstead percentage t
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The dollar Jie gets for his wheat makes entirely too
small wheels for the farmers' wagon of prosperity. )
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In the next issue of currency the wings of the eagle
on the dollar should be designed in the shape of a boome
rang.
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Maybe reflecting upon what happened to her five years
ago tomorrow is what caused Germany to cry ' 4 Kam
erad" again. ?
About all we can make of this Clinchfield row is that
the L. N. and the A. C. L. are trying to clinch the deal
already made.
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"Country Weeklies Pay Big Profits." ? Headline in
Publishers' Auxiliary. We would like to be one of the
big profits. \
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It's doubly hard to face the music if the music hap
pens to be " Aggravatin Papa"; or "Yes, We Have No
Bananas." ,
"Governor Walton Defies Oklahoma Solons Okla
homa Solons Defy Walton"? Headlines. Fe! Fi! Fo! ?
Ho! Hum! i ,
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We see by the papers where they are still firing the
"last shot of the War Between The States," over in
Waynesville.
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We are strictly in favor of restricted immigration ; but
it might be well to import some Spanish bull-fighterB be
fore the senate convenes again.
"Labor Leaders Think XfSmith Haa A Chance," says
David Lawrence. He has ? to break the solid South if the
democratic convention should nominate him.
We can't understand why automobiles insist upon argu
ing with locomotives over the right of way, when the
locomotives have had the best of every encounter.
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The situation must be serious in Ohlahoma. The Ashe,
ville Times tells us, on its front page that "No crows
were permitted to collect in or around the capitoli"
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No, we haven't forgotten that a hard-surfaced high
way to the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School is
a vital necessity, or that the Connor-Doughton ? Bowie
Act provides that such roads must be constructed to the
Btate institutions. )
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Tomorrow is the anniversary of Bellioourt, the great
Battle of the Hindenburg Line. It has been only five
years; and yet it is a safe bet that no more than one
half of one per cent of the people will remember it, ex
cept the boys who were in! the fight.
IS THIS OUR THAD BRYSONt
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Throughout the state Judge Thad Bryson has a reputa
tion of being the relentless foe, the terror of evil-doers.
The other day we were reading the account, in a Way
necville paper, of the proceedings of the Haywood coun
ty superior court, over whieh Judge Bryson has been pre
siding, and saw, with astonishment, where seven con
victed retailers had been fined $10.00 each and the costs,
and where a man convicted of driving an automobile
while intoxicated had paid $50.00 and the costs.
A CHALLENGE THAT MUST BE MET.
The statement of Judge Hooker, of the county record
er's eourt, concerning the extent of the liquor traffic in
Sylva is an astonishing, an astounding utterance. This
paper does not pretend to know whether Judge Hooker
is correct in his observation, or whether he is mistaken;
but this we do know, that such a declaration, coming from
a judge sitting ^n the bench, and made in open court, is
one that can not be laid aside. It carries with it the
weight of the authority of a court, and coming thus, is
a challenge to theofficials of the town and county, a
challenge to the prosecuting attorney, and a challenge to
the good people of this community, who have respect for
the good name of our town. It demands investigation. If
it be true the conditions must be remeided. If it be a
mistaken opinion conceived through over-much zeal, the
good name of the community demands that it be disprov
ed.
Judge Hooker's statement puts the matter squarely up
to the executive authorities of the town and county, to
Solicitor Buchanap, of the recorder's court, to Solicitor
Davis, of this judicial district, and to the good people
of the town. Are we to remain silent and demand no
rigid investigation with such an accusation hanging over
our town I
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THE SALESMkNSHIP CLUB CAMPAIGN
The Journal's Salesmanship Club Campaign closcd
Saturday night, and within three hours after the ballot
box was sealed and the campaign declared over, the
judges announced the winners of the prizes.
The Journal wishes to thauk each and every one of the
members of the club, who have worked hard and faith
fully on the job, for the work that^they have done, in
spreading the fame and name and circulation of the
Journal to every nook and comer of Jackson and the
surrounding counties, in building up for their county
paper a circulation of which any weekly in Amerira
might well be proud, in extending the influence end use
fulness of the Journal among and to the people of this
town and county, to a large circle of readers.
We wish to publicly express our appreciation of the
way and manner in which the campaign has been con-,
ducted by Mr. Henry Loop, of Orlando, Fla., who was
campaign jnanager. We believe that we express tlu>
feeding of every member of the Salesmanship Club, and
we know that we express our own, when we say that Mr.
Loop conducted the campaign in as fair, gentlemanly,
and impartial manner as it was humanly possible to do,
and has thus increased the prestige and usefulness of
the Journal.
Wo are sorry that we couldn't have given an automo
bile to every one who worked hard; but each ono lias
our gratitude and our thanks.
We wish also to thank the splendid board of judges
for their unselfish and impartial work that helped so
much in making the campaign a success.
The Journal will try to show its appreciation of the
effort# and supprfa of its friends by publishing a paper
that will be a credit to this town and county, by being
useful to every good cause as we can, and by advancing
the interests of the people we are trying to serve.
BELLJCOURT ONE YEAR AFTER
(Republished from the Jackson County Journal of
September 26, 1919 ? "Lest We Forget.")
The men who were the personnel of the 30th Division,
U. S. A., are gathering at their old training ground at
Greenville for the first annual reunion, which event be
gins next Monday, September 29th ? a date Jong to be re.
membered in the minds of the men and yritten large
upon the history of mankind. One year ago the division
had moved from the rest area, after coming down out of
Belgium, up through the devastated pities and shell-pit
tedfields of Pieardy, and lay along the St, Quinten canal,
opposing the Germans at Bellicourt. Day and Right the
roads leading to the front wtrp crowded with ty-aihe, ]su*h
as is seen only on the congested streets of a great metro
polis; trucks and wagons ever going forward, massing the
stores of munitions for the coming conflict. Ah|?fld were
the boasted defenses of the strongest point on the Bin*,
denburg line.. Perhaps the greatest array of artillery,
Australian, that was ever seen on any front was present
ed on the side of the allies for the big tsJytw at Belli
court. The smaller pioces were almost in the fro?t Jjjie
trenches, and the heavy artillery was massed only a short
distance behind, and still the preparations continued
amidst the shell-fire of the Boche. I can remember lying
in the woods and listening to the infantry ojLaflrtiing to
the trenches singing "There's A Long, Long Trail AwhuI
ing Into The Land Of My Dreams"? it has bccome al
most sacred, that song, many of the poor lads never re
turned by that road again. They followed indeed the
Long, Long trail, and we can but hope and trust that it
lead each of them into the land of his dreams, where the
nightingales are singing and a white moon beams.
On the morning of September 29th the storm broke.
The artillery opened a deafening barrage, and it seemed
that all the hounds of hell were baying, for the iron
throats belched forth iron at the enemy, as the world
roekfti beneath the continuous roar, and at 5:20 the
Thirtieth Wflflt over the top, and one of the great battles
of all the ages s on, as our lads, following the tanks,
and the Australia# fca/Tage, charged toward their object
ive in the little town of $t$?ourt, through the strongest
defenses ot the once-called i^via^iJ^le Hindcnburg line,
across the e&flal, that runs through the. B^i^ourt tunnel,
and through the intricacies of the the
lads carried on, through fcfll to victory, smashing the
mightiest defenses that the ^tkvjjish ingenuity of the
Germans could devise, and drove the gnemy into the
open eountry. They lost and lost heavily, Wt the day
was won and the decisive batil# of the Wax for ^'ivU/z.
ation wag ft victory for the Thirtieth Division ai^d for
the world. At Bellicourt and in the days t followed, as
before np in Belgium, the Thirtieth Division w?? the ad
miration and the plaudits oi the allied world. The Re
union coming on the anniversary pf^ellicourt each year
will he a great event in the Carolines Tennessee. It
marks the great date in the history of these smtyw whose j
sons composed the major portion of the fighting fore# j
of the Division that won at Beiliconrt.
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[Distress of Japanese Is Not Yet Ended,
f Despite Generous Aid from America
? Red Cross Executives Infor
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Left to right; James E- Ficser, Vice-Chairman, American Red Cross; M. Hanihara, Japanese Amir
Barton Payne, Chairman, American Red Cross; Secretary of Commerce Herbeit Hoover, avl ELot
Designated by President Coolidge
as an efficient channel through
which sympathetic Americans might
contribute funds for the relief of
Japan's sufferers from earthquake
and tidal wave, the American Red
Cross wasted no time in its organi
zation of an efficient machine to
carry on the great humanitarian
work.
Judge John Barton. Payne, chair
man of the Red Cross, has been con
ferring daily with two of his asso
:iates on the executive committee,
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
'Ioover and Eliot Wadsworth, assist
int secretary of the Treasury, on the
problems inrident to providing relief
with as little delay as possible.
The prompt response of the Amer
?can people to the appeal for funds
*as expedited greatly the efforts of
Jhc central organization of the Red
Cross. Within four days of the be
ginning of the drive $3,500,000 hnd
bsen subscribed and supplies and fi
nancial assistance to the amount ot
$2,657,500 had been committed by
the purchasing officer. Eight car
goes had been arranged for and one
steamship already had cleared from
San Francisco and one from Seattle.
Five days after the campaign was
begun another ship, the Kongo San
Maru, cleared from Seattle and five
others were loading with varied
commodities.
When it became apparent on Sun
day, September 9, that the great
problem for the Red Cross was that
of caring for homeless adults and
orphans, the executive committee is
sued the joint appeal from Chairman
Payne and Secretary Hoover which
urged America to continue without
stint the giving of the preceding five
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?ion Red
it.> efforts
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with that
A*i:i;.aistra
?at Russian
proving its
i>r'-?in;>t buy
ing of relief convir." ii'iis and tha
important work of o[>eeii!ng ?hip
yents.
The need is by no nvar.s covered,
despite tha iarge contributions to
dal-3. All the executives of the
Red Cross sgree that every dollar
days. This action w..- ?
by President Coolidyc v/
advised in cable dfc ?uk*i
broad extent of the
Japan.
The. broad f xpei-ier.vv
work gained by tlu> A;.;.
Cross during the war. U\
foi the ?con iitrieA.t'i" oyv..
"rope has been conihi'r.f!
of the American Relief
tion during the jrr
famine. It already is
value in the matter -if
mnnuin of
$5,000,000 that was asked will hive
a djrect quotient oi human suiTe.ing
mitigated, aad hm.'in Ufa
Committee of Soft Coal Operators Formed
To Put Bituminous Fuel Supply at Service
i of Nation in Emergencies of V/ar crPecce
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* A committee has b?en formed ft
ast in the industry of raining bi
uminous coal ? a gathering i 10
est brains in the business to form
closer relationship between the
pcrators fijid the public and to con
inue close and intelligent study of
tie problems which the industry
iust face and solve to insure a fuel
upply for the American people.
Twenty-five of the 'cr.fjin;? soft coal
perators of the United Slates have
onsented to serve as members of
he Policy Committee of the National
Joal Association, $nd to work for
hese ends.
Since the appointment of the
? nfted Stjates Coal Commission there
a~ e::istt.d w at is known as the
fi -i iiious Cj?e.*ators' Special Ccm
ii formed to co-operate with
n ?' ssion jn finding out the
a soft coal Industry. The
f- co-nnuttee expires with
it :v Coal Commission.
<e . .it"' acquaintance
fit!. f the bituminous
JAILOR
industry the members of this tem
porary committee have gathered
i from their work, its membership was
I taken over into the newly formed
Policy Committee.
Three men "prominent in the work
of this committee are shown above.
J. G. Rrp.dley, of Dundon. W. Va.,
at the left, one of the members of the
Bituminous Operators' Special Com
mittee and its first chairman, is also
a former president of the National
Coal Association. Mr. Bradley has
recently returned from Europe,
where he made a study of the situa
tion in the coal mining industry,
and is giving his colleagues the
benefit of his observations,
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Harry N. Taylor, president of the
United States Distributing Corpora
tion, of New York, formerly a mem
ber of the Bituminous Operators' I
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member of th? ; V-' itors'
Special Committee since its i.:raa<
tion.
In selecting the t\y ::ty-f.vc am
bers of the Policy CY> icrit'.w moi
jq- ?*?'???>*?? to ~ne:ik f"r *h
industry when enier-rcrcics of or
?- ? - Jr ?;eace require uu
Special Committee, is anothsr of th? ! the cool ! u '-:i- r,f til
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.hould be *air gi-jgra;??ii ?
sentation of all sections' where soft
coal is produced.
The conception of the j-cope of this
Commiitee's field of activity is so
broad that, although it is a coaimif
tee of the National Cw I A s.so?i?tioiv
in making up the n < icber.-hip the
industry reachc '5 .)ut;iil< th" A <??*?
tion in order that every bituminous)
mining district should !c u-pie*.
sented. >
In the Po'icv Committal', the soft
b- '-.1
operators
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new Policy Committee members
Michael G*dl?gher. of Cleveland, 0.,
is prominent in the work of the
Policy JSommittee, and has been a
natic.-?. and wr.ic.'i is dedicated tc
keeping the industry in fv.?c an?
continuous contact with ti.e liable
mind and tl_
NEW WATCII REPAIR .
AND JEWELRY SHOP
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Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Glenn and
baby arrived from Henderson vi lie,
Wednesday and Mr. Glenn will im
mediately open a watcli repair shop
in the Wilson building, vacated by
Mashbum's shoe shop. The shoo
shop has been moved to the room
jjiext door toCochran's grocery store.
Mi, aijd Mi's. Glenn have rented
Mrs. Carrie AIcKee's residence, on
Main street;, Mrs. .Mclvu, Jjowever,
reserving a rconi for her own use.
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gONSOLIDATE p SCHOOLS
AND GOOD ROADS
The "little red schoolhouse",
??ood as it is, is not as s^ood as the
"big red schoolhou.se. " States which
have experimented in rural districts
with- the "consolidated" schools ?
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(sometimes called "union schools"
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oi* "centralized schools") report a
great gain in education at little or
no increase of coat, , i
The "consolidated school" takes
the place of half a dozen or more
"little red school houses," collects
the several teachers, libraries and
facilities under one roof, and brings
the children to and take^ them from
such schools- via country operated
motor busses, horsed l'awn vehicles
or trolly curs.
The consolidated school flourishes
whet* goo>l toads ftre, It. panikot lit-,
established where are only poor
roads. ! '
The Superintendent of Public In
struction in the State of Washing
ton sets forth the advantages of the
consolidated school, that it provides
a better school plant, i. e., makes
possible the erection and mairitcn
jince o? more modern sphool build
iuipi ami school
ahlcs tin* district to
teaching stall amf I<> obtain t*-'
j trained teachers, ami - i '? c* the r-5
community the advam.i.'H 01 '
uniform graded school. 1'
si bio the csiabli.-liwci'* '"J
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school eoiirsesy ami. i.'i
stances, enables tin- rii.-d
erect a modern lii.h school
It provides s|iecial ?
manual train in::,
et^. , in thr nn
finally die fie
creases commun;
nuji.iiy jjctivit.Y
(cut i al ii?c-t*t ui-i i'
tractive .siirit*un<!!;
school the center o
sars
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