JACKSON CO. JOURNAL
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DAN TOMPKINS, - - Editor
Published Weekly By the
TACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL CO.
Entered as second class matccr
it Sylva, N. C.
Bob Reynolds has the consolation
that 90,000 North Carolinians voted
for liim to represent them in the
I'nited States Senate. ,
Where is America? .Thousands of
people in>Ncw 'York .lined the piers
and streetsto do their obeisance bt
forc the Romanist cardinals, when
'they arrived. (. f'
In view of the Newton decision of
the Supreme Court, the State High.
way Commission will doubtless tak<?
over titc maintenance of Highway lOo
clear on into Sylva, without further
ado. ?
It would be laughable, if it wee
not sad, the way free-born Aiuricans
fall over themselves to be presented
at court, and bow themselves and
fawn at the feet of visiting prelates,'
princes and potentates, from foreign
political and ecclesiastical courts, "f
ALLEY1 S CONGRATULATION
The splendid letter of congratula
tion, written by Felix E. Alley, fav
orite son of Jackson county, to Con
gressman Weaver, shows a spirit that
Was to be exacted from a man of
Mr. Alley's calibre, should lie be*de
feated. and will not be forgotten by
the people of Western North Caro
lina. All this section extends its
sympathy to Mr. Alley and his entire
relationship in the loss of his brother,
through the tragic event of tl^>
night following the primary* aiiil
that he could pause, overwhelmed
with grief, as he is, to remember his
late opponent and present candidate
in so gracious a manner, but shows
the manner of man he is.
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POLITICAL CORRUPTION
From Pennsylvania, from the
West, from the East, from the North,
from the South, in Democratic ranks
and in republican ranks come charges
of expenditures of enormous sums of
money for the buying votes, of fraud,
of theft, of curru'ption, of drunken
ness, of hiring of watchers, and ward
heelers, of changing returns, of ille
i gal voting, in the recent primaries for
| the nomination of United States scn
j a tors, congressmen, governors, judges,'
' state, county and municipal officers,
i This stench goes up to high lieav
I en, and penetrates the nostrils of the;
| citizensihp of the country. This,
I thing appears to be 110 respector *>f^
j parties .or of sections. It has become j
| a cancerous growth upon the politics
J of the country, and is eating at the
I vitals of honesty in* the nation.
! The people think they govern this
I country. If one fourth the things I
j that are allege dconcerning political I
j corruption is true, the people have]
little to do with the conduct of tin*I
!affairs of their several governments,;
land the ]x)litical offices are,handed
out by the |K)liticians.
j The nation was shocked at the
Newberry scandal, and Newberry wasj
forced, by public sentiment, a few
years ago, to resign his seat in the
United States senate, because it was,
proved that money was spout in |
nominating and electing him. The
disclosure of the committee investi-!
gating the Pennsylvania primary,'
shows that Xefberry and his crowd
were but pikers at the game ol'j
spending money in political cam-?
paigns, and that where they sjient
hundreds, the Pennsylvaniaiis poured
out the thousands, with lavish hand,
to the money-mad multitude.
When the United States senate was
seeking to destroy the League of Na-j
tious, a propaganda was prornulga'
ed, |>ointing out the folly of hig!i
idealism, that hail actuated the na-'
tion during the stress of war. We
were urged to lay aside sentiment '
and ideals, , branded as dreams of*
visionaries, ami to become practical.
We have become practical indeed. We
were urged back to Normalcy. We ap-1
pear to have arrived.
It is not the "Yellow Peril" that
threatens America. Neither is it the
Reds and the I. \Y. W's. wiio will;
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overthrow our institutions and cause
the people to lose confidence in their
government. The real, the only true
danger lies in political corruption
among our own people.
The high and the low are equally
guilty. From banker, big business
men, on through political officials,
district and county bosses, ward heel
oj's, find precinct vote-getters, our
whole; political system, all down the
line, lias become shot through and
through with this terrible disease
that blights, and blasts and damns.
The time has come when the peo
ple arc no longer shocked by such
scandalous doings. They shrug their
shoulders and pass On.
This is the great menace to Amer
ica. This is the thing that it was
prognosticated in the beginning would
overtake our system of popular gov
ernment and eventually destroy it.
This is the hideous monster that
thinking Americans, who love their
coiultry and its institutions have
dreaded, through the years.
There is but one hope. The bul
wark of every nation. The great mid
dle class of honest, upright citizens.
In them lies thef political salvation of
our beloved <wuntrv. Some day,
please (Sod, they will rise in the
beauty of their majestic strength and
declare that this monster shall die?'
has such things shall no longer be.
If they do not drive from the torn-,
pie of our liberties those whose un- j
hallowed hands have |tolltited it into 1
a den of thieves, there is no lioju? for
America.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS
WITH MRS. HOOKER, j
The The Methodist Woman's Mis
sionary Society met with Mrs. ,T. .7.
Hooker, at her home oil Jackson
street, on Tuesday afternoon, having I
as leader, Mrs. A. (). Allison.
During the social hour, which fol-,
lowedMlie business and program, Mrs.1
Hooker served delightful refresh
UM'nts to Ii;t guests.
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL |
TO BEGIN AT 9:45
Beginning next Niidniiv morning, |
the Ba|flist Sunday School will meet j
at nine fortv-five, instead of at ten,
as heretofore, it was decided at a j
meeting held last Sunday.
A Bargain
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in Residential Property
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We can offer you for a limited time, what is
considered one of the best homes in Jackson coun
ty, at a price that is dirt chap.
Located on one of Sylva's best paved resi
dential streets, is this beautiful 8 room home. It
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lias bath, breakfast room, concrete basement with
laundry, heating plant and servant's quarters. In
fact there is nothing left out to make this lovely
modern home, all that the most exacting could
require in beauty, comfort and convenience.
We will be glad to show you. TH33 PRICE
IS ONLY
$6,000.00 ,
WITH TERMS IP DESIRED
Sylva Development Co., Inc.
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New "Blue Black
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At Special Prices
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Builders Supply and lumber Company
; j. CLAUDE ALLISON, Mgr.
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