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ADVANCE in the county
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3.
1935
$2.90 A YEAR Off ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
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1
YEARS AGO
( Tuekasoigo Democrat, Oct. 3, 1895)
The i ax assessment for tha proa
onlt year has increased over that oi'
f
last year $100,000 in Cherokee coun
Thursday afternoon the 17 months
old girl of James Oreen, living fire
t. files .south of Asheville, suddenly
disappeared. By dark hundreds oi'
persons were searching for the little
toddler. One of the searchers, Jacob
.Morris is employed on the Vander
bilt .estate, lie searched till midnight
and then went home and to bed,,
vhere he had a vivid dream to th?;
lYeet tliat the child was lying asleep
i an old Held three quarters of a
.idle from her home. Morris started
lor work the next morning, but soou
.. It compelled tu turn back and visit
lie location indicated in his <ln?jn.
there he found the baby sleeping
<oundly where it had wandered, ra",
loll in hand, head pillowed on a stone.
->he was unharmed except that hei
legs were torn bv briars.
At a special election in t.he lOt'i
Georgia district, yesterday, I f?>tv ,1.
v\ C. ni.iek beat Tom Watson, the
?opulis', by 1,741 votes.
ty
Mi ss Hat tie Hampton is awuy o *
i visit to Ashev:lle.
Mr. \V. M. flasket t is now occu
pying iiis ui w dwelling.
Mrs. \f. M. MoKee is busy moving
?. to tlio Dillard house.
M;'. Mid Mrs. F. H. Stedman re
urnod u> Georgia Monday, after :?
short st'iy with relatives hero,
Mr. M. If. Moiris is off again wit!
?l livid of cuttle for the market.
Mr. J. V. Lewis, of the State Goo
logical survey, is anion*? us again.
Mrs. . Marker ami ohildiv*.
rft yesterday for their homo i
ieidsville.
Miss. I.ove l.on:s had the misf'ov
u; to tjet an ankle sightly sprain
d by tin- overturning of a vehicle in
wliich she wan riding, Sunday.
Mr.;. J. \\\ Divelbiss went to Bilf
>ore y.'-itenlay, being called thither
'?v tidings of the .??(?ritius illness t'ro :
/ever of Mrs. .J. R f)i vol bias.
Dr. .1. [1. Wolff had a severe ai
a-k of soinethiier like vertigo las:
?tight an.l is quite ill today, thoirr'
onicwhnt better. I)r. Lyle, of Frnnk
'in, ban Icen called bv telephone.
Slight frost last Saturday luornin
md .heavy fiw.t Monday and every
norn since. Late crops of corn
ruined ,ind of the tobacco in tobacco
oefi.m'i badly damaged. Weather
very dry, anr no plowing can be done
'ill it rains.
At feV ion is ca^ed to the advertis
nenl !l\ug the first Monday in X>>
miber for the sale of the property
sf I ho Equitable Mfg. Co., which for
?"veral y- ars has been involved in
'it ?'??at ion. The property is very val
uable and the pundmser will no doubt
secure a bargain.
r,r?t. Geo. F. Knight's family lefl
on today's train for their new home
in Ashevil'" followed by regrets .?:
'o?*ing him and his estimable family
from our (owrnnity.
THEIVES ENTER FOUR PLACES
IN ONE NIGHT, LAST MONDAY
Four Svlva business homos, the Syl
-a Supply Company. J. B. Ensley'v
*'eerl Store, the Sylva Feed Ccmpamv
? .1 Buck's Plaeo. were entered by
?hicves. Monday n.i'jht, awl the cadii
bawers a* each place wore rifled. A
"b:v-k up showed that appro.vinnaltoiy
*'2"vOI Whs stolen from all four plfl'";
Fingerprints above the door a;t tie
Svlva Feed Co vpanv's place, whrjo
'Vi'.'T'to was obtained tihrough a
?ran"T>*. indicated that the intmd.'r
* a roriie 12 to lfi years <:f
jag?.
President Ropsevelt in West
WASHINGTON . Heading Wart
with the intent of returning by the
Panama Canal, President Roosevelt
is on his swing across the country to
San Diego, Calif., via St Louis,
Omaha, Cheyenne, Boulder Dam,
Salt Lako City and Los Angeles.
After viewing the Pacific Exposition
at San Diego and delivering the
sccond of his scheduled speeches, The
I^csident'<?will board the cruiser
Houston for a fishine expedition to
Panama Canal, across which he will
pass Northward. It is expected that
ho will land at some southern U. S.
port on the Eastern seaboard.
THRONGS ATTEND
THE INDIAN FAIR
1 ho iv have been lnr;e crowds of!
|>eople passing t .'trough Sylv? ?luri:ii: j
the week, enroule to tjic* Cherokee In- J
diau Fair, wliim opened ;it Cherokee,
Tuesday morning, and will continue!
( (trough ttnnorrov.*. i
1 ho Sylva schools closed at noon on j
yesterday in order to give the whild- i
l'eii and teachers an opportunity to '
visit the lair
The event tins year, under inspira
tion of Dr. Koglit, head of the Indian
.school ami president of ihe fair, has
added many attractive features, along
the line of Indian lore, Icidian dances,
riUs and ceremonies, and panics.
The high lighi of the fair wv the
pageaut, partciputod in by some <50'.)
Indians, depicting the history of the
Cherokfes, their life in Ainieiaea bc
for the coining of the wlrite man, tiheir
contacts with the whites, " The Trad
of Tears", when they were driven on?
of their ancestral l omc in this region
and planted in Oklahoma, by the Unit
ed Suites government, o hundred
years ago, the ancestors of the pr?s
cut Eastern Ch'Mokeos hiding in the
ajountaii.s, tlie surrcmler and exect-|
tiou of Charlie, in order that his band
might "( main here, the Ohcrokecs of j
the Confederacy and main)* other im
portant. phase; of Cherokle history.
Indians of th" western Cherokee
nation t:d of other tribes from Okla
homa ;r*d New M'xico are here for
t )?(" ( hi io!:ec ew.i*. and to pailieipate
in it.
It is the h< p* ? f Io'iosp in charge of
the fair to increase llie >*t I es^ liponi the
folk festival side of the event, each
vear.
CHOKES TO DEATH
ON STRING BEAN
?
Inc.-. Kuingarner, ten months child
of Mr. iw:>rl Mrs. William Bumgarner,
of Mountain township, choked to
diath here. Tuesday night, as .she, I
was being rushed to physicians for '
aid.
Th" little girl picked up a string
bean and swallowed it, at her home,
and when \ efforts to dislodge the
bear, from the child's throht proved
unavailing, her parents made a hur
ried trip to Sylva, the baby in herl
mother's arms, but the child died
just a< !hey arrived at the physi
cian's .office, .after making the 25
mile trio. *
JUDGE WARLICK WILL PRESIDE 1
AT COURT HERE NEKT WE1K
The Jackson bounty Superior Cour*
will open for its October term Mon
day morning, with Judg<* Wilson War- !
lick presiding. . ^ . I
There are no c.ises of any consider
able importance, it. is stated.
The ter:n is for both civil and
criminal causes.
The list of jurors for the term wa?
published in The Journal two week*
ago- ,
PO|.L ATTRACTS
SMALL ATTENTION
I
Our. Next President Si,** Gallon
being oonducti'd by The J.n-k>*? (.'out -
ty Journal and sonic i' OHO other new*?
|Mi|>ors in all parts of rlie Liiitnl
States,- is attracting liule attention
among Jour readers
Onlyjthree ballot have thus far bet-n
voted ju The Journal office and all
throe of them express the prelWvu??
for thi renomi nation and reeleetioj.
of Pneideiit Roosevelt. Two ?(' thvj
tlirec pilots cits: are by eitiz^a of
Jack*o^fl(jmrtj, wjhile the oAey <fun?>
fix>m far away Now Hampshire.
The poll, we are informed, is at
tracting much more uttvutiou in other
parts of the United Stat**, ami th?
flnat naition-wide returns will ?t?nu h.->
available and pnb'i.shed in this paper,
as Tiber are compile! in the ot'tico of
the Autoeaster service, in New Yoa!*
City. \ '
It is believed that local people wrill
take mow interest in the ]>oH as it
gains momentum, and as other Hot* ion-*
of t.he United States are heard fnwft.
Von are invited to express your pr?+
erence by marking the ballot prinUni
in this paper, and bringing of waiJlftsr
it to this office, where il will bt> roAnt
ed and forwarded to national boa J -
quarters.
JOHN B. MIDDLETON 13 DEAD
John B. Middh ion died at hid karaa
;>t Ka<t La Porte, Monday. a.Pt*r hu
illness of four month* duration.
Funeral and interment were held
at Enst LaPorte on yesterday.
Mr. Middloton is sm'tivod by bis.
widow and six ohildrer\ Caulo. fte*"*
chel. John, Haxel, Su^e a#d .fcwsie
Middle ton, his mother, Mr#. Jofen Mifl
dleton, six broth#!* and ?lie ?4?k\r.
BALSAM RESIDENT
SHOOTS HIMSELF
(By Mrs. D. T. Kaighj) I
Mr. Jamios Ballough, aginl 7%, ?quel
mitted xiticidn at him hauw ham, Jfoa
day morning by sbootiag hiiuw i?
wilth a pistol. He was a mfcww oi."
Michigan, but eame her# fex>m Fiw
ida, about ten year* ago, wl Nfc< his
brother, C. A. Ballough, bog&i (iV
development, Ba! lough Hills, fti rd We
and his wife have lived her?
since. , Burial was iu Oakwont
eterv, Balsam, Tuesday afternoon
Messrs. John T. J?uea, ??iwg? 3'.
Knight, and Johnny Jew* alMl^etl
the cattle sale in Ofde, Tfctuqifa*v
and one in Asheville, Fflfeluy.
Mrs: Sara Brysou, Mq?y Hoyle,
Nellie Fradv and Bn>?n B4ck at
tended the singing at Frsatkliw, ttau
day". j .
Miss Jioui.se l^iringt on wat- il
lanta, last week, oh bu?inas*.
Mr. John T. jTones and family and
Miss Bonnie Ro.n^cnv went to AtJkij j
ta, Sunday. I
Mr. George Knight, Mr. Glanu ,
Parris and family, Mifri Hulda Fo*~ j
U. D. C. Unveil Marker To
Cherokees Of Confederacy
| TODAY and j
I TOMORROW ;
(By Frtmk i'aaber Stock bridge) 1
IMMORTALITY step ?w?y |
I am glad that h national movement '
! beeu -tortod lor a memorial i>> i
J Xx'ill Rogers, Vic* President Garner 1
I I
i? the Chairman, with cx-Preaidvu.
i toovor, Henry Ford and a long lUt <?t |
V hor prominent wen on the con: ;
i ittec. Jonse J ones. Chairwau of iii
' ?
KaeonaUuctiou Finance Corporation J
will receive sulMcriptionfc.
j I cannot think of any man in ni>
j ;!??;, not iu public office, who endear
j tnt himself bo so ui?ny millions <u
? }K>oplb. I *tw Will Rogers' last pie
I uire fchw other aight, "Suaiuboa
! ' Kound the Bend". 1 could uot belie v-:
! that he is iwvt atill living. Olio oft' t!i(
| miracle* of oar times is th? j>o\ver of
i motion picttno to preserve (lie il
I lusiou of life. It is the uext thing i<
| immortality.
I am, sending my dollar today i.
j -Ittise Jones for tlje Will Rogers iu.
mortal. I hope everybody who has evei
OW, joyed o::e of hii? pictures will d?
? he same.
MOTORS aud depression
We laid a d?pn<Mu>n in 1907. Tlu.
was the year <u which Henry For.1
put (Mi tiie ffcsi lowprioed automo
???!?* . ininging tuoiorins whhin tl;?
ivjwh of everyWv. The automobih
industry bix>ko the back ot hard times
Wo h;:d ^lot.hvr depreevtton in 11)24.
Th;?t was the yew ii> whiflh install
j iim'jji -jtles ol tars became genera 1
I Onve more the oHatsobile itidtastr.x
lilted the nation c?tt of the hole.
This y?fer, L9it>. we ar* coming ou
of the worst depression in nearly a
hundred years. '1 he autoatobile busi
ness is the biggest tfagft 1S29. Mom
fehad 3J/2 ri&llion ears frill have bee i
made and scfld W*'orr~fhe ?nd of H>35.
For tJitk third iiuio tlie nxlUH- (Mr i
t.he main instrument iw restoring pro^
parity. Other tJ?i?is? have helped, <<?
eoniw, but I give jwitoawbfles jfiit;r
ptaoe.
ftF.T.TEF .... a liability
A shovt iiim* a?j one of my wealth \
friejjriri, w"ho own.* a laij^e eoanlry
late, asked mo to recommend a good
house painter, lie was giftng to repaint
all of his build*^. a job \tfeioh
would run into *e??ral thousand doi
hu*.
I told h?iu Ed Pixley was the be.si
pairjter I knew in attr pan of tlu
country.
"Hjms he been ou relief?" asked oiy
lifend. "If he has I dim't want him.
I sun all throkgh vtth hiring men who
haw been aa relief They have all k
<K)irwn (mo lazy to t>e interested in doinc
real work".
I met i)d Pixley in frouc of tie
hjiuk th'at afternoon, lie told me thai
all tho family woru wwrkiuj,' at what
ever they t?qiKl thai to fin, and wen
mima^tc^ to'wjrape alon*. "We hsv
m)l%? been ou relief yet ac-d we ;CJ-e u??i
to/' said Ed. I told him aljout
my fipmid. Ed eranjfod up his ol-l
oar ;Mfcl started light afc-Or tlfe .jo >
fte got its
I hare board ether ?ui.ployej>
tfte same tbiag ::brraT workers wh??
beeu on relief.
INDEPENDENCE .... spirit
? V
I stepped an Forty-ewmd Street
New York, the of, her day, tn have my
AofS shined. *f>u' of the fpu*; iw of
1 Wwi.bbtfks one i?ov frth*a<<t?f wf a'
"Tanflkai. ,1
I got die Ik$ t-alkiug. He had com
?}x)mi Califioraia, he told me, wrth hi
mvatid father, who had barei offer 'ii
? job in Xew ifovfc but euulin't hohl
i*. da titr he \VM_ fourteen <>;?
So ? %ad goi, Jtioihelf a .shoe-shine kit
an<l *was sappoirinp his fSTther aud
himself.
"Is your tatJh ?? ou I ask<-(l
r,Xot for a minme", he neplicd. '"I
would" "W ' veu if he wiuted to
We're gftling doi?. . . Wt! Hi!"- >
ytmr ahtiiv^. n^atrr".
I had alippr^ hija a qaarter instead
?f the irsnriati'i'i n'?kel. ''I t
w?*t any raoucy I haven't ?a?wd ,
h? ^iaid.
I There is na>fo of th?t .Uikt^ru
spirit of inde^idenee left than im*;
folks think.
QttTT fttill pays
I heard tlie othej" day, from a friend
ia Moultrie. Georgia, of an example
of pure grit in A** face of adversity.
ie
I
Simple and impressive were the
??eremonies attending the unveiling of
rhc marker, erected by the first dis
trict, Uuiled Daughters of the Confed
racy, to the Cherokee Indian bold
sors and scoui s of the Confederacy,
Sunday afternoon.
Mis. E. L. Mclvee, former president
ji the Xorlh Carolina Division, uein
mt the principal address. Airs. W
V. Ii)a.u, of Wayucsviile, who pro&iOi.
d l he ereetiou of the marker, pre&eul
it, and I >r. lo^lii accepted it on bv
ualf of Lhe United Slates Uoveramem
?i.d Chief Jarruli lily the, on belialf ol
ije Eastern Baud of Cherokees. Joi;::
r 'rank 1T< -dges, Jr., great -grand-ao.1
of Col. \\. 11. Thouias, and John 1j
.ham Ellis unv,eiled the marker.
lhe monument, erected ui native
.lone, with a bm:?e tablet, aianda :u
of the evuiiei! house of the Ea^>;
.tu Cherokee.s, la<iny the two prin
ipal highways entering the India i
?aii?u. It is a. ueialed recognition oi
tin* loyally ui tin: ChcroLcvg u* Noitli
Carolina and the Couii deiacy, auu .<i
.in' valiant service Liicy perLo4ii.i,a u
seouif, aa sol die la, aiiil ao guani-s
ugaiust the encroachment ui lcdcia!
raiders from across Lhe Uieai
ics, during tho War Between in.
states.
The story of Col. Thouias, "W. i
U.-jdi", is one oi the moat romantic m
ail Western North Carolina lore*; uu i
'? 1 . '
how thu Indians, under Col. "Ihouia.-. '
command constructed a road, the hrsi,
across the (ireat Smokies, to bring in
supplies for the Confederate army, >1
their bat/tics with raiders, and of their
service as scouts and messengers be
tween the Confederate Armies of the
east and west, reads like a romance.
The Daughters of the Confederacy,
after every Indian -soldier
away, erected this marker to perpet
uate their loyalty in stone and bronze,
land it was pointed out that practically
every able-bodied Cherokee of tho
Eastern band enlisted in the service
of the Confederacy.
The cross of military .service, which
is presented to World War soldien
wiho are descendants of Confederate
soldiers, was presented t a Charles
Bigwiteh. A feriure that pleated
the white people was singing in Cher
okee, by a choir of Indians.
COUNTY TEACHERS
MET SATURDAY
The teachers of Jackson cousty
i?eld their meeting in- the auditorial
of the Sylva elementary school, Sat
urtlay morning. Mrs. Jean Dillon de
livered a talk 011 promotion of health
among the children. She ?tnted ?liat
she regretted that the health unit lia*
insufficient funds to pay for serum
for onoculation against diphtheria,
but that it can be obtained for 13
for babies and 20 cents for older ebil
dren.
Mrs. Lois Martin, principal of the
Wilniot school, was iu charge of the
program. "Children from Qualla and
< Uirot gave reodings ond songs, and
children frotn Tlebster presented a
three oct plov. Mrs. Bonnister Madi
son yave a piono -olo, and Mrs. Claad
Cowan a reading.
Miss Camp, president of the West ?
ern Division of the North Caroiii ?
Educatio Association, announced thwt
the dirisicn convention will be . held
is Asheville on October 18 atsd 19,
;uid thot Santfoid M rat in, Clydf F!r
win, Dr. FVank Poole, of Furman,
and Dr. Law", of New York, will he
Mie principal speakers.
The next meetings of the Jackaeu
eounjtf teachers will be hedld on Oc
tober 12, November 9, a ad December 7.
to fill a pulpit any Konger, was facing
starvation The mortgage on his little
country home was about to be fore
closed. Bi?t neither he nor his
wife was unwilling to apply for relief
The wife took charge of the situa
tion. She persuaded the local bank*
jfo lend her $150. Forty dollars wmA
for a mflfe, fJie rest for seed, equip
ment and fertilize.- for a five-acre t?*
liacco j?ateh. liast ir.onth she finished
selling her tobacco. Tt brought $160il
Tlie moitgage and the back taxes
paid and something over to live m.
She foiwid the roa^l to independence im
old 9g&.
Too ma ay of ve quit too nea J