ADVICE TO STUDENTS.
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January 22, 1913.- Mr. Earl Cran
ston, Jr., East Side High School,
Denver, Colorado. My Dear Mr.
Cranston: You may quote rne as
saying: A request for advice from
one who hasassed middle life can
best be granted by a response which
will be useful, and the obligation to
make such answer is; the greater
when, as in this case, it is to reach
a large number of students.
I need not dwell upon the neces
sity tor education; it may be as
sumed that those to whom these
words are addressed already appre-.
cia-e the vital importance of men
tal training. They neecf rather to
be warned against the temptations
that come with education, and there
two which most deserve . considera
tion: The first temptation is to forget
Goa; ihe in of the first pair in' the
Garden oi Eden grew out of a de;
termination to trust the head in
stead of the heart. They could not
see why limitations were placed
upon them, and therefore "they re
solved upon disobedience. The
mind must not think of itself too
highly, it is not the commander-in-chief
of man's destiny. Faith is
greater than reason. Pascal truly
says that "the heart has reasons
that the reason cannot understand,
because the heart is of an infinitely
higher order." Learning is good, but
remember that "the fear of God is
the beginning of wisdom." Religion
is the most practical thing with
which man has to deal, because it
alone gives him a conception of life,
and furnishes a foundation upon
which a moral code can-be built.
The second temptation is to put
selfish interests above the common
good the temptation to regard ed
ucation as a means of getting ahead
of others rather than a means of
larger service. Let not the training
of the mind wean you from sympa
thy with your fellows.' Education
will make you stronger; put that
larger strength ac the service of
those who are weaker and learn a
lesson of paramount importance,
namely, that life is measured, not
by what we get out of the world,
but by what we put into the world.
I venture to offer these two sug
gestions" for your annual, in the hope
that they may, in some small -degree,
strengthen your readers for a
large contribution to the welfare of
society and thus justify a large re
turn from society.
Very truly yours,
W. J. Bryan.
F. E. Alley
C. C, Buchanan
lley $r uci an an
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Webster, Nt O.
While Mr. Alley has moved -to
Waynesville, he will . continue to
take active part in the practice of
law at Webster. V
COLEMAN C. CO WAN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
WEBSTER, N. C
DR.S McGUIRE.
DENTISTS.
Office : Pharmacy Building,
SYLVA, N. C. :
JOHN a. PflRRlS
JEWELR
N. C.
W. R.ISHERRILCt
Attorney at. Law,'
Office In Court House,
WEBSTER. N.O.
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BEFORE SENATE THURSDAY
AUTHORISES ELECTION MAY 15TB.
On Removal of County Seat From
Town of Webster to Town of Sylva
(Special to The Journal.)
Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 12. The Jack
son County Court House Removal
bili passed its final reading before
the House of Representatives today
with an amendment requiring a
majority of the registered voters of
the county to express themselves
in favor of the removal of the coun
ty seat, in the election to be held
on the third Thursday in May be
fore the election - shall be declared
in favor of removal. The bill as-
originally introduced, only called
for a majority of thevotec cast in
the election, g
The bill goes before the Senate
on Thursday and it is generally con
ceded that that body will ratify the
bill as passed by the House, as Sen
ator Hannah of the district in which
Jackson county is situated is advo-.
eating the bill.
In a hotly contested fight before
the joint committees of the two
houses of the Legislature, last Wed
nesday, the house committee re
ported the bill favorably by a vote
of 9. to 7 with a minority report.
When the bill came before the
flouse-for its second reading,- Tues
day, it was opposed by Representa
tive J. Frank Ray and championed
by Representative Gallatin Roberts,
of. Buncombe, chairman of the
House committee on counties, cities,
townsr and townships- After a
spirited debate of some length, it
passed it's second reading by a vote
' of 75 to 3d At the third and final j
a:
it.
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reading this morning it passed, with
the amendment, by an overwhelm
ing majority.
Representative Wike, of Jackson,
voted in favor of the measure on
the second and third readings, ex
plaining that he had changed from
opposition to the bill because a
majority of his people were in fav
of an election aid had so expressed
themselves in a petition to the
Legislature.
Mr.-Wike being confined to his
roomwithv sickness, his vote was
cast by proxy.
BREESE-DICKERSON
SENTENCE STANDS.
Richmond, Va , Feb. 7.The Fed
eral Court of Appeals today affirm
ed the decision of the District court
at Asheville, N.jC., in the case of
William E. Breese and Joseph E.
Dickersbn, under sentence , to serve
two years each in the Federal pris
on at Atlanta for conspiring to em
bezzle and misapply funds of the
First National Bank of Asheville
while they were officers of that in
stitution. The case has been pend
ing in the courts since 1895, -when
the two men were first indicted.
Three times it had been appealed
to the Circuit court and once to the
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United States Supreme court
In Addition to serving' penal
terms Breese and Dickson must pay
a fine
a fine of $2,500 eacirtizerL'-y
LEGISLATURE DOINGS.
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(Special to the Journal.) ,
The bill introduced byf Represent
ative W. D. Wike entitled an act
to authorize an election upon the
question of the removal of the pub
lic buildings of Jackson ., county
from Webster to Sylva, -was oonsid
efed bjr the joint committees Aon
couhtiesKcities, town and townships,
of the Senate and the House. rWed-
nesaay aiternoon, tebruary b; .
Ex-Senator Thos. A. Cox Hon.
Coleman C. Cowan, Geo. W. Sutton.
Col. C. J, Harris, S. W. Enloe, Prof.
A. C. Reynolds, T. C. Bryson, Prof,
W. H. Rhodes, Senator W. J. -Han
nah and C. C. Buchanan addressed
the committee in favor of the meas--ure;
while it tvs opposed by Hon
W. E. Moore, Prof. R. L. Madison, J,
J. Hooker and A. B. Allison. -
The House committee by a vote
of 9 to 7 reported the bill favorably.
There not being a quorum of the
Senate committee present, that
committee made no report at that
time.
This was one of the most spirited
most hotly contested measures that
has yet come before this Legislature
for consideration. It is reported,
that in consideration of the fact
that a minority report was filed
and as there are citizens of Jackson
who are expected to arrive within
the next few days, an attempt will
be made to have the bill recommit
ted to the committee.
' The bill calls upon the commit
sioners of Jackson county to call
an election before the first day of
June, 1913, whereby the voters of
Jackson county shall express them
selves upon the question of remov
moving the county site from Web
ster to Sylva, Sylva donating the
site and giving $10,000 towards the
erection of the buildings, said build
ings not to cost more than $30,000.
The present General Assembly
has under consideration some of
the most important questions that
have confronted the North Carolina
Legislature for many years, among
which are the Corrupt Practices
Act, The Legalized Primary bill
the six months school term, , the
Australian ballot system, Compul
sory Education and the Child Labor
law.
The Senate committee on Judic
iary defeated the House bill provid
ing for easier divorce.
A very interesting meeting of the
committees on education was held
in the Senate chamber Monday
night to consider the six months
school term.' Ex-Governor Jarvis,
Dr. J. Y. Joyner and Mr. Clarence
Poe were the principal speakers in
favor of the bill. Numbers of. reso
lutions.of Farmers' Unions, Junior
Order American Mechanics and peti
tions of citizens were presented . to
the committee The only opposition
to the bill was . made upon the
grounds that the State is unable,
financially, to maintain a six months
school and the fact of unequal and
inequitable, distribution of taxes
The opposition was led by Repre
sentatives Ed Justice, of Guilford,
and Bowie of Alleghany and.Sena
af or Mason of Gaston.
The Compulsory Education act
was considered at the same time
and was opposed , jpon the same
grounds. Representative R. R. Wilt
liams, of Buncombe,- chairman of
the house committee on Finance!',
stated ttiat his committee was form
ulating plans, that in his opinion
would remove the difficulty and
prov-de sufficient funds for i all the
progressive", steps. TheT committee
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
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HLUU-ULIMIUIYDILL
PASSES HOUSE.
Webb bill to prohibit the interstate
shipment of liquorjnto "dry" states
for purposes of sale "of m any; man
ner used" in violation of the State
laws was passed by the House of
(Representatives late today.. Two
hundred and forty votes -were re
corded in favor of the measure
while sixty-five representatives vot
ed against it
The passage of the bill ended one
of the most stubbornly fought all-!
clay contests' of this Congres. Sen
;itor Kenyon, of Iowa, author of a
Senate measure of the same gener
al purport, fat in the House most of
the day watching the, fight, which
opened with a contest over the- rjle
to bring up the Webb bill. Repre
sentatives of organized anti-saloon
advocates sat in the galleries and
kept tallies on the roll-calls.
All amendments offered to the
bill werer rejected. One of these
would have substituted, the bill al
ready passed by the Senate and an
other would have added a penaliz
ing clause with fine and imprison
ment provisions, which some mem
bers declared would have made the
measure unconstitutional. The bill
now goes (Tthe Senate.
Feb. ,10. The Senate passed the
Webb liquor bill already passe i by.
the.House as a substitute for the
Kenyon-Sheppard bill.
The bill prohibits the shipping of
liquor into prohibition states to be
received or sold ia violation of the
law of the state into which the
shipment is made. This will be
come a law July 1st, 1913.
on education deferred action until
it could hear the report of the .fi
nance committee.
The Corrupt Practices act, the
Australian Ballot System act, and
T l i : 1 n J
uie jieguiz,eu .riiinciry were cousiu-
ered in the House Friday morning
and brought forth considerable de
bate. They were referred to special
committees.
The House passed the Senate bill
providing for the governor, the
president of the Senate and the
speaker oT the House to appoint a
special committee to consider and
propoze Constitutional amendment
The Child Labor law was discuss
ed, before the committees in the
Senate chamber Thursday night.
Much debate was precipitated and
both sides were ahly presented. The
committee took no action at that
time.
Both the Senate and the House
have passed the bill providing for
four new Judicial districts and four
new judges, this bringing the num
ber up to 20 from 16. The bill as
introduced provided for 24 judges
but this was amended in the House,
cutting off 4 of the proposed 8
judges to be added to our Judiciary.
It was admitted that the judges
were overworked and that the dock
ets were crowded in most ofthe
counties, but it was argued that the
state is unable to maintain such a
large Judiciary, hence he compro
mise. . .
There are large delegations here
representing both sides of 'the Jack-'
son county court house question,.
and still others are expected to
arrive the first of the week. ; .
S: i - 1AN lOMPKINS;
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