d.oO
Year in Advance in The Count v.
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA,
DTOBER 27, 1932
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
revenues from
TAX ON MALT SHORT
OF EXPECTATIONS
o
U:? 20.? The
T,., -isiii \ Mi p.n iiH -"I has had a bio;
M in I lie failure of the tax
? i invurt>' ? *?rt and grape eoneen
t);,i ii> 'dure flit r.vvenue that
v;., ,.:iiii!iti'd wlit ii the revenue bill
u?> ^ ?"as estimated thai
tie t:iv id tift-rn cents a gallon on
,^,n ami hvmiy wits a gallo?. on
ri?ini-nt rates would bring in
, j,.|nv t v. ( < million dollars in taxes.
So far 'I"' i'lcome from this source
?(,?v ill, law Wild in'c ) effect on
i'ir- 1 >?!' Iidy is at a late which
U),ul.i ;inn?!inr only !o about three
luj|.j(MI ,l..ll:irs for a full year.
The failure of this tax to produ.v
u lull expected is in line with
tl?. lalli"- <.'11 'd* government m\
,.?inc iVnrii several other tax sou i vs.
Hi, inn' ? tax is not producing
?nulliiitir i!< the revenue whieh w.r
t'"' t'"1'1 (d" thi' increase
,,, iln in* 'iiie tax rates.
|i lnnn;;rs more evident every dav
tl,n> il" !"'st j?b ot' the next ses
vf.it i'l ' --tigress will be, besides eiu
lliii: iIhwm governmental leosts, to
liud st'hrt t s of fax rev< :?iu which
are Hint'1' oertniu and easy of col
l.rlimi. Tin- general retail sales tax
V ?iii?i":- -n|?i?ort in 1 1 directions, I
n-iiaidlt ~s 1 -t piriv lines. It would
??t lit a i all surprising to see a
? lav h'll put through early in
lliv euliiing >e>siuii.
D;' predated Clir^ncy
Of more serious .*o:iso?piMio?? fron:
Il?. (mini ?>l vi.w ,?r th? protection j
| $ Xtwriraii industry and lnhor are
\W AW.'.wui-fs made bof ?)!?<? I ho
0 rtift\\uv>\nnt r ot ( ns'oms, i?t" ! lit
; l./ilv nl :iu.l other coiui
1 1 n% ojior:iUng on n d.'preeint-il i?;ir
ithey basis to sril eoiriiUMliticK in
Ami-rim ni .a lo'w* |?ric?* in oiu
Mull i y tl l, VI lllrV rollld I 0 JHUll" f >r
in I lir l uitril Sl;i '
There ;iri' only half a cl??>u?n coun
tries in tlio world todnv vhose mon
ey i> worth its par value in pold.
The only important nation- 'if which
this i> true an* tl; I'luted Staf.->r
ami France- Knylisli money is at i.
discount of more than '10 per cent
from j?;ir. Canadian money is 10 per
mi! I)< !(i\v par. ..Japanese money is
ii;?f than .*>0 per oelil helow par.
The problem of stabilizing the cur-.
r> i, "I ;i II of the principal eoun
. ivi s .in :i i: Id basis is an "xtremely
("tl |?lii-:it?i! and difficult one in
wliit-li thi- various nations concern
el iuu>t all take a hand. For this
iviMin great hopes are being built
"P"ii tlii' outcome of the World
K."?i?uiii. Conference, which is to
iiUKiiler this fiiihjoct particularly
?ni'l wli!i*li w ill meet in the conrse of
tin' iicvt two months.
f|n>' outcome of that conference
l!a* 'k- tin- restoration of silver to
fi?rttii-r monetary position, 1 bus
' ' 1 :n.' tin- available amount of i
' Hal on which to base currencies is
?'iH uiiii'rtiiiii.
Expect Currency Bills
'I'-i* itu (jtmlity in international
>" v:i!ih > lends great strength
'"'hi- :ii";iiiinaiit that, by some means
,!f(' 'iirrfiicv of the United States
?ti'ild In inflated, so as to give our
? hitter ?purchasing power,
. ''Ilh iii<*r< :i4n?; commodity prices
' '' Hiiihlinir debtors to pay with
l,ss difficulty.
Kvfrw ,,i| important nation, in
,lu' W<'?I<1 lias either officially re
'''M tin ':;i.hl value of its currency,
1,1 '|!|-" tumid itself unable to main
'"i" it< iiiitiu y at its nominal gold
V:,! ;' ' it! Kuglund is delipeerately
K'?|)ii:tr jjs n)amky conwiderably bo
'"w i's !i"iiiinnl value and there is
? Mntnw mAnncnl in England to
tin- ??|,| value of the pound
^'?'liiiK from its j former price of
?! s,? t.i :i li.r,,,-,. mound three dol
? 1:"< nn.! r, \:i]f
1,1 ?!:iys when the United
w;i, ,l,.),tor nation, and our
bu-iii.N, .,M.| industry owed more
ln"n<'y i?l>: ??;u| t hati was owed to us,
,-i much stronger and wide
sl r"ii'l riiim nt in favor of chrap
h <m">- there is today. The sit
"?iliuii j j,., now been reversed. The
St;it,.s has become, hy the
?"'?"miii! war, the largest creditor
na,i">'. ami the other nations are
P'avinir jjM, sani(1 trick on \is that we
tj1(,m -n our 8truggling
Uv'btc.f days.
COMMISSION LETS
CONTRACT FOR
CULLOWHEE ROAf
The contract for grading and pav
ing Highway 106 from Sylva to Cul
lowhee vms awarded on last Thurs
day afternoon by the Stati? Highway
Commission. The paving is to he of
black-top traffic-bound macadam,
which is similar to the surface on
U'ghway '28 from the lYansvlvani i
'.vanity line to the concrete in Macon
county.
K. A. Wood and Company of An
drews were the low bidders on the
grading and paving, their bid being
064. Howerton-llagoman, Incor
porated, of Asheville was awarded
thn contract on the structures at $31,
70o. 25.
The date upon which the contrac
tors will begin has not been an
nounced; but it is presumed that
they will start operations at an early
da'e. The projects let to contract
will c;?n:plet'.' the paving from Sylva
t.< Dick's gap, where it will connect
with the section ol' 100 that is paved
from that point to the Forks ol'
Tuckaseigee. Kvery el't'ot will be
made by local people and organiz
ations to promote the completion" of
the- highway through, via Oh'nxille.
to Cashier's Valley, ?1 the earliest
possible date, which the Chairman ot
the Highway Con: mission" has promis
ed to do.
" The paving that is to be begun
shortly will connect Svlva and West
em Carolina Toaehers Col logo, am'
is a part of the groat trunk lim
highway ^utt wi^l, ovonhialiv rr.fi
through tin* oouhty from tho Rout li
c.'ist to tho Groat Smoky Voiintnins
'National Park and the Mid-west,
i and wil! lir the shorto.t it'id most
soonic of all ronton to 1 he Park.
MISS RAY PASSES IN ATLANTA
Relatives and friends in and about,
Svlva "havf learned of the death, "iff
Atlanta, on Sunday, of Miss Blanche
Hay. While not unex|>ected, the in
ti licence of her passing was a shock
to many friends here. Miss Kay had
been unwell for -..the p.'ist several
.Months. Funeral a.nd interment were
held in Atlanta on Mondav.
?
Miss Kay was the daughter ol' Mrs.
Maggie Ray, and the late Roy Ray,
and was a native of Diilsboro. She,
her brother Jand firjoth(er ||Lved in
Sylva, a few years ago, coming here
from* Florida. Surviving are her
mother, her brother, Herbert Ray, a
sister, Mrs. Kdw'ina Malsoney, of At
lanta, her grandfather, Ksquire R.
P. Potts, of Sylva, and other rela
tives.
WESTERN CAROLINA COMPANY
ACQUIRES CULLOWHEE SYSTEM
E. L. McKm, a director of the
Western Carolina Telephone company
has announced that the Western Car
olina Telephone Company has par
chased the Cullowhee telephone sys
tem, and that nt a meeting of the
directors, last week, appropriations |
were made to practically rebuild the
present plant and install the most up
to date dial system, which svill ?jfi\ ?
Cullowhee one of the most modern
plants in Western North Carolina.
These 'improvements will call for the
expenditure of several thousand
dollars.
The Western Carolina Telephone
Company has gradually expanded
their holdings until they now own
the plants at Clayton, Ga., Franklin,
Bryson City, Highlands, Sylva, Cul
lowhee, Dillshoro, Sylva - Cashiers
ll'igh Hampton-Fnirfield line.
BOILING SPRINGS-CULLOWHEE
GAME HERE ON NOVEMBER 11
Coach C. C. Poindrxter, of Western
Carolina Teachers College has an
i.ounecd that Boiling springs has
been signed up for the November 11
game in Sylva. It is thought that the
C nlkiwhee home games -md the one
in Sylva on November 1 1 will test
whether or not f^ople in this sec
tion will support college football.
If proper interest jind support is
manifested it is planned to have an
annual game in Sylva. Stores in
Svlva will be asked lo close in
the afternoon for the game of
I November 11.
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In Final Drive For Votes
Two* very informal pictures of the presidential candidates, President
Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as they started on their final drive to
win votes for the Republican and Democratic tickets. Here they are, two,
aggressive candidates ... so take your choice.
Democrats Continue Drive
For Votes In This County
CROWD HEARS WEAVER
FLAY HOOVER AT COW ARTS
DEMOCRATS HOLD BARBECUE
AND SPEAKING AT GAY
A crowd of Jackson voters, thai
filled ill:' largo auditorium at Cow
arts, last Friday evening, board
Congressman, /eh Weaver castighti!
and condemn the Hoover administra
tion, for its failure to fullfil tho
campaign pledges of four yea** ago,
and ftfr allowing eoiiditions to bc
ft.me a? they have been for four
years, by the enactment of ihe pivs
. M Smeot-Hawley Tariff Act, which
.Mr. Weaver said, has initiated lit?
-tarifcf w.? in?
the part of other nation* that ha*
brought about the present stasia
tii.n in business and Throw* millions
of men cut of employment.
Mr. Wrrver to'd of how the prices
of wheat, corn, cattle, cotton, and
the -whole list of farm products have
shrunk, by reason of the tariff net,
while there is a surplus, and men
and women are suftVru;* for the
want of things that the farmers have
ami can1! sell, while lhos.? who need
it are without money or jobs with
which to make the monev tobnv from
the farmer.
Other shakers on the 'program
were, W. K. Francis, candiat<> for
I st/ato senator, Zob V. Xettles, of
Asheville, and Dan Tompkins candi
date for the house of representatives.
Bcfbro the speaking, the crowd
continued n barbecued ste-^r, I wo
sheep, and quantities of pios, pota
toes, slaw, and numerous oth?r good
tilings prepared hv the people of
('aney Fork. The meeting was held
under the auspie.es of the On 1 icy
Fork Dcrtiocratie 'Club, of \\hi<*ii Jas :
Sluilnr is president.
BOX SUPPER AT OLIVET
I
There will be a b.i.r supper :it i be
Olivet school house on Hallowe'en
night, sponsored by the local T.
A., for the benefit of the school.
? ? ?
The public is invited. A Hallowe'en
protean: and special music will be
rrndeiyd. j (
150 Local People To Appear
In Play November 3 and 4
On the nights, Thursday find Fri- | like a birth of Siamese Twins occurs
day, November 3rd and 4th Sylva is to arouse wide-spread interest and
prnr isrd something unusual in the] to be recalled as folk lore years af
plav "Once in a Blue Moon," that forwards. So many of these out
is being sponsored by the Rotary and ? landish freaks turn up along with
Junior Clubs. One hundred and romance and drama, in "Once in a
fifty prominent townspeople, bnsi-.i{jiie Moon," and caused the author
ness and professional, will he In | to call it, "Once in a Blue Moon.''
eluded in the east. The play is tin- j 7 he plav will be presented Thurs
der the direction of the Misses; <!av and Friday nights of next
Frances Barnes and Ruby Rogers, of j week at the Sylva elementary school
the Dramatic Department of the , auditorium.
Southern Arts Studio of Winston- ! The acting all takes plac>? at a
Salem. ^ . popular men's club, where anything
About onec in a Blue Moon, j might happen; where people gather
something queer, something phenom- to play, to have a good time. On
cnal, something ridiculous or absurd (Continued on page two)
1 .
Hundreds off people jammed the
Savannah school house Tuesday
iiifrht, in an (\nthu.iastie Democratic
meeting, following a huge barl*?rue,
on the school ground.
The speakers were Judg<> Joliuson,
Mrs. E. Ij. McKee and Dan Tompkins
Mrs. McKee, the? first speaker,
directed her remarks to the women,
and called attention to the vital con
nection between the home and the
government. She related the story of
in Nvrth Carolina,
and told of how we have made
greater progress along educational,
health, highways, and good govern
ment generally than any State in
the Union; and contrasted the record
in this State with the policies of
the Hobver admiinistrhtibn, which,
she blamed with the depression that
has cut the family budget and put
millions of the heads of American
heads of families out of work, and
in such position that they are un
able to supply their wives and child
ren with the necessities and comforts
of life. She stated that prohibition
is not an issue in this campaign ,and
urged her hearers not to be deceived
with propaganda seeking to inject
it into the campaign, which would
be hurtful to the campaign, and also
to the cause of temperance and so
briety.
Judge Johnson questioned the sin
cerity of Hon. Jake Newell, who, be
snid is a convert to> the cause of pro
hibition. He stated thnt after North
Carolina went dry in 1908, Mr. New
ell was a member of the platform
committee of the Republican State
Convention and helped draft a plank
that condemned prohibition. He said
that prohibition is not an issue; but
that the real, issue is written in the
faces of millions of men out of jobs,
I in the worried features of farmers,
whose farms have been sold or are to
j be sold, of tired house-wives, of dis
| taught business men, and in the pinch
I ed faces of millions of little child
; ren, crying for relief from govern
ment for the few.
Small Town and Country
' Sentiment For Roosevelt
According To Straw-Vote
I
MASSES FURNITURE STORE
WILL OPEN Off KOV. SBD
Announcement is made that the
new Massie Furniture Store in Syiva
will open for business on next Thurs
day, November 3, at 9 o'clock.
The new store is located in the
New Jackson Hotef building, in spac
ious quarters recently leased from
J. S. Higdon.
Mr. T. N. Massic, Jr., will move
to Sylva and will be thq. manager ot
the business.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parkin- Stockbridge)
Rattlesnakes ... a Hopne
"Rattlesnake Pete'' Grubcr died
the other day at 75. I knew him many
years n^o in Rochester, N. Y.,
whence he used to sally forth into
the haunts of rattlesnakes and cap
ture the reptiles for the sake of their
venom which, well diluted of course,
is used for several medical pur
poses.
Pete Gruber used to say that he
had been bitten by rattlers more
than 500 times. Ho knew how to
treat a snake-bite, however, and he
contributed iruch valuable know
ledge to the ..medical profession.
One of his favorite hunting grounds
for rattlers used to be in the lime
stone cliffs on both sides of the
Niagara canyon. I don't know wheth
er there are any rattlers there now,
or not, but there ure? few plaut-a in
America where some variety o! this
srrpent cannot be found. lit my New
England boyhood we used to have
a saying that wherever you found
huc^?$?rine0 yon 'd ifhd rattlers.
That was. becausc huckleberries grow
lu'st on limestone hills where the
underbrush has been burnt' over, and
that is just the sort of country rat
tlesnakes like best.
Graft , , . a training school
Waiting with a friend for the
traffic to change at a Fifth Avenue
corner a well-dressed young nian
addressed us. His manner and tone
were those of a cultivated, educated
person.
"I'm ashamed of this gentlemen,"
he said, "but I'm uctually starving.
I know I don't look it; I've been
trying to keep my self-respect by
dressing as well as I can ? but I'm
hungry."
He was so convincing that my
friend handed him half a dollar. The
young man slipjped around the cor
nor and we followed him. In IVont
.if the Ritz-Carlton we saw hir/.- ad
dress another man, the other man's
hand go to his pocket.
"Don't give that man a cent!'
my friend .exclaimed. Then to the
begfjar, "Give mo back my half dol
lar!" The young man pulled out a
handful of silver and bills, and
calmly gave up the coin. "It's a
good graft, anyway," he said, as he
walked away.
One of the worst .effects of the
depression has been to get tens of
thousands of men into the habit of
grafting on the generosity of others.
Pensions ... for Old Folks
Eighteen states now provide cash
pensions for the aged poor, instead
of penning them up in almshouses,
at the mercy of politically-appointed
poor-masters. New Jersey is the lat
est to join the movement, providing
pensions up to $30 a monfh for per
sons past 70 years old.
In the whole United States therr
ar<> now more than 90,000 old folk
petting pensions, and the movement
is spreading. A national old ape
pension systcjn is proposed, and its
discussion will be ow of the import
ant things before Congress next
winter. It is estimated that there are
more than six million Americans
over 65 years old, of whom a third
are not able to sup'port themselves.
The Association for Old Age Se
curity, with headquarters in New
York, is back of this movement, and
is doing a good job. Anyone who
wants to know more about it ought
to write them for information.
With the national presidential e
lection less than two weeks away
the weekly newspapers' nation-wide
poll is piling up impressive totals for
the consideration of political minded
folks everywhere. The votes in the
weekly newspaper poll represent the
run of the tide in small town and ru
ral Anrerica. Tie Journal, together
with some 3,000 weekly newspapers
located in states throughout the na
tion has been conducting this straw
vote test for the last several weeks,
with the Publishers Autocaster News
paper Service in New York operat
ing as national headquarters.
Votes tabulated from 36 states for
a total of 129,490 received show:
Roosevelt 77,331
Hoover 52,159
The weekly newspaper straw-vote
returns this week bear out an early
indication that Roosevelt may expect
aH much support, and a little bit
more, from small towns and rural
districts as he has received in large
city and thickly populated district
polls. In other words, The Literary
Digest poll showed Roosevelt in mid
October with 53.54 per cent of th<*
ivote cast to Hoover's 39.39 per cent
of the total of 1,983,634 votes cast.
In the Hearst newspaper poll of larg
er cities, Roosevelt with 58 per cent
leads Hoover with 42 per cent in ?
total of approximately 500,000 votes
cast. The weekly newspaper poll this
week with a total of 129,490 vote*
shows Roosevelt leading 59 plus per
cent to Hoover's 41 minus.
But here are the actual figures in
the weekly newspaper poll . They
show the returns in 36 states.
State Hoover Roosevelt
California 62,579 4,713
Colorada 431 637
Connecticut ______ 1,152 745
Florida _____ 211 ft*
Georgia 169 963
Idaho 281 479
Indiana ___ 2,920 4,157
Illinois 6,892 3,259
Iowa 3,509 4,312
Kansas 2,380 3,863
Kentucky 1,566 2,734
Maine ____ . 997 701
Maryland 283 561
Massachusetts 2,931 2,032
Montana 450 890
Michigan 807 2,122
Minnesota 2,988 4,177
Mississippi 167 852
Missouri 450 880
Nebraska 175 684
New Hampshire __ 671 481
New Jersey 709 513
N|pw Mexico 25 350
New York 8,213 9,444
North Carolina 377 2,104
North Dakota 433 761
Ohio 3,828 7,937
Pennsylvania 2,791 3,573
South Carolina 117 516
Tennessee 718 3,003
Texas 395 1,926
Utah ? 189" 339
Virginia 765 1,902
Washington 832 1,387
West Virginia 341 2,526
Wisconsin 597 1,710
Wyoming 201 274
Total 52,159 77,331
As shown by the table above,
Roosevelt is leading In thirty states,
to six for Hoover. The Hoover states
are Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Mass
achusetts, New Jersey and New
Hampshire. This is directly In line
with the Literary Digest poll except
that The Digest shows Hoover lead
ing in Illinois as well to New Jersey
outside New England.
Republican leaders scoff at the
idea that Hoover will fail to carry a
greater number of states than if
shown in any of the polls, and may
be rightly so. However, if Hoover
carries no more states than the dif
ferent straw-votes now indicate, he
will have less than 100 electoral vote*
of the 206 necessary to elect.
There nrc 531 electoral votes of
the States. These have been reap
portioned since the 1928 election, due
to population changes. New York
state has the greatest vote with 47.
Pennsylvania has 36; Illinois, 29:
Ohio, 26; Texas, 23; California, 22;
and Michigan, 19.
THE VOTE nr JAOKftOX
The vote in thia ooonty ahowi:
Roosevelt 25; Hoover 1} fkMM |