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JACKSON CO. JOURNAL DAN TOMPKINS, - - Editor Published Weekly By the JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL CO. Entered as second class matter at Sylva, N. C. 1 ? News from China is that Dr. Sun is about to set. Now is the time to strike for the completion of Highway 106. It can be done. North Carolina has a habit of see ing her opportunities and embracing them. - 41 to 1 in the Senate is doggoned near unanimous and a fine .start through the General Assembly. One trouble is that Latin American is all Greek to most of us in this country. Gloriously, triumphantly, Western j North Carolina marches forward to; ber destiny. The traffic congestion is getting to be a serious problem. We see by tlv papers where four men have been killed in an airplane collision. We can't help wondering what would have been the fate of Muscle j Shoals if it had so fortunate as to bej located North of the Mason and Dix-' on line. The time of the year when eoal| prices should be low is approaching, I Naturally we can expect a strike m the minei^s, almost any time now. That was a great game Sylva High played anyway! And the boys are sportsmen, the making of which is the only reason athleties should be allowed in the public schools. "All things come to him1 who knows how to wait." A Charlotte woman was married 50 years ago. Her husband couldn't give her a wed ding ring then. On the celebration of the Golden Wedding he presented her her wedding ring. The Pkirk assured and the trout season around the corner; why shouldn'f Western North Carolinians feel srood ? Just another argument to add to the innumerable ones for the speedy completion of Highway 106 from Syl va to the South Carolina line. To make the Park worth the most to Jackson county, to upper South Carolina, and to the whole Southeast, Highway 106 must be completed rind surfaced from Sylva to the ( South Carolina line. Where, oh where is our liberty fled? A judge holding court in Stanley, ordered all cuspidors removed from the court house and stopped the spit ter from spitting. We had thought it the inalienable right of every North Carolinian to chew his tobacco when he pleased and to spit at his own pleasure. We prepare to send 800 more blue jackets down to Nicaragua. We are powerfully interested in elections down that way; but Pennsylvania can hold any kind the powers that be desired. T'>e committee on education decid ed that the assembly had more im portant things to attend to than to try to repeal the law of evolution. ^he Poole bill, known as the "An ti-Evolution Bill," was executed without benefit of clergy, in the leg islative committee; which is another of the many instances in which; this General Assembly has showed its good sense. TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE < ?? Horace Kephart and Judge Bryson of Bryson City, Mark Squires, Plato Ebbs, Don filias, Charles A. Webb, Dr. E. C. Brooks, Zebulon Weaver, Dr. Work, Mr. Gregg of New Jersey, Dr. Temple of Pennsylvania, Major Welch of New York, Chapman of Tennessee and the others who have been intimately associated with the promotion of the Park, are names that will long be remembered throughout the mountain country. To them, and every man and woman and child who has been fighting for the preservation of our mountains and the establishment of a Park for all .the people,, is due a debt of gratitude. There is honor enough to be shared With every one who has been in the BILLBOARDS ON HIGHWAYS ,) Raleigh News and Observer. A bill is pending in the South Car olina Legislature to forbid any signs that would deface the beauty of the highways. Big signs, suclj as, mar the scenery near every city, are not only ugly?they are also dangerous. ; If a signboard on a public highway I does not attract the attention of per sons driving automobiles, it is a wasto of money for business men to put them up. If they do attract attention, they make the highways unsafe. The highways ought not to be defaced. North Carolina should find a way 'to end such desecration and danger.j The billboards make the approaches! to our towns and cities hazardous. | GASKILL AND THE PARK V Mr. Edwin A. Gaskill, signing him self as general manager of the Sun crest Lumber Company and of the Witmer-Parsons Pulp and Lumber Company, writes a letter to The Aslie ville Times, opposing the Park bill, and stating that the solution is "genuine forestry, through the co operation of the states, the nationul government, and the land owners." ? This paper is of the opinion that; one of the greatest- factors in lining up the people of Western North Car-! olina behind the park movement, and i in warning them of the danger that j threatens their forests, was the "gen uine forestry" practiced by the Sun crest Lumber Company in the Bal sams on the: head of Pigeon River. Once that was a lovely country. Then came the Simcrest Lumber Company. Then came the fire, and today the once beautiful Balsam mountains are a hideous thing, repulsive to the eye of man, and utterly useless for any revenue producing purpose. It has been persistently rumored that when the Park agitation arous- j ed the people, the Witmer-Parsons, Pulp and Lumber Company reversed the usual ordersof things, drove its railroad far into the Balsam forests and rushed the depletion of them as rapidly as was possible. The Journal does not assert that this is a fact; but we ask Mr. Gaskill to tell us whether or not it is true? .0 THE FARE ASSURED While the lower house has not yet voted upon the two million dollar, bond issue for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the estab lishment of the Park is now practien ly assured. Governor McLean has addfd his influence to the Park advocates. The passage of the bill bv a vote of 41 to 1 in the senate shows the senti ment of the state and of the assem bly. And Major Welch, Mr. Gregg, ar.d Secretary Work have all assur ed the people that the rest of the money necessary to the purchase of the park lands can be had in New York and New Jersey, where the project has powerful arid wealthy friends who are willing to subscribe millions for the preservation of the Park. The feature of the bill that looks most optimistic for the Park is that which gives the North Carolina Park Commission authority to take title to the lands in the name of the State of North Carolina, confers the power of eminent domain upon the commis sion, carrying with it the authority to immediately begin condemnation pro ceedings and to apply to the court* for injunction to stop the cutting of timber in the park area. One of the fears of the people of the mountain country has been thar the matter would be so delayed that the entire Balsam forests would be removed before the lands came into possession of the public, thus making empty the aspirations of the park advocates. The act cares for that. Really there is reason for the Park people to feel jubilant over the turn affairs have taken, and Western North Carolina is really assured of the Great Smoky Mountains Nationa Park. The survey of the area is to begin Announcement '*? * - ' I will be at Sylva Hotel for four weeks commencing next Tues day, February 22, at which time any who wish the service can see me. Any who suffer with Asthma, High-blood Pressure, Chronic Ap pendicitis,, Chronic Headaches, etc. will do well to see me. Dr.E.E.Smith "CHIBOPBACTOR"' ? SYLVA HOTEL \ O i i .)> as soon as spring opens up and weather conditions will permit. If the National Park Commission knows what it is talking about, the addition al funds will be speedily forthcoming. .Western North Carolina will have an asset that is unique in the East, that will lenghten the tourist season from six weeks to the entire year, ami that will attract many thousnds more than arc now coming. Obviously the towns in the vicinity of the Park that prepare for the tourist trade will get the cream of it. Those that are prepared will profit most. x It is now up to Sylva to begin to hump herself to make this town the most attractive one in Western North Carolina; to provide tourist hotels; (< supply diversions; to feed, house, ajid attract the people that are coming Sylva is the key town to the situa tion. It is the nearest town to the Park. Within a stone's throw of ? ' I Sylva are seine of the highest moun tains in Eastern America, crowned with the original forest of Balsam, and inside the area of the groat Park. Coming in any direction from the East or South, the tourist, tlio | visitor to the Park, comes through Sylva. Our opportunity is before us. fletl ready. Quit quibbling, quarreling, I and nagging at our neighbors, and get on the job of making Sylva th?I big little city that it now has the op-.| portunity to become. Tom Tfrhcel says he had ?oo<] Inch with his chickens for the first three years then he began to fail. When he moved his runs to new ground, however, his good luck returned. S. C. I. WINS DOUBLE BILL OVER BRYSON HIGH Two very interesting games of bas ket bail were played on the S. C. I. court Monday night 'with Bryson High, S. C. I. comiig out victorious in each. The girl's game was rather a one sided affair, the score being 21 to 5. But not the boys?for neither team was sure of victory until the final whistle. And there was only a difference of one [joint. The score was 16 to 17. The score was close throughout the entire game, the first, half ending with $. C. I. leading by one point?13 to 14. DILLSBORO LODGE NO. 459 A. F. & A. M. Regular cummunica tion on First and ? third Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visitins; Brethren welcome. -R. G. Queen, W. M F. I. Watson, Sec'y. i <Hi mi noi urn mi im mi mi mi FORCE THE ONLY REMEDY News and Observer. When Mr. Coolidgc beeamc Presi dent he declared he was in favor of our going into the World Court, lie was elected on a platform favoring that step. In his message to Congress he recommended it. Then Congress emasculated the mild provisions which the other nations could not approve. On Wednesday the Senate officially acted so that America is now definitely out of any participa tion with any agreement to provide arbitration or world peace. And Mr. Coolidgc did not raise his hand to save it! It was a step back toward war as the only way to settle dis putes. It ws equivalent to Uncle Sam saying to the.world that the United States accepted foirce as the only way to settle international differences. And yet the day after the vote, de siring to kill the Senate bill to build additional cruisers, Mr. Coolidge ask ed the other big nations to confer in order to end competitive construc tion of naval ships. Mr. Coolidgc aslcs this conference under the sanction of the League of Nations and at Geneva. "The League of Nations is on the march," says the New York World, "and the United States cannot in j spite of itself fail to keep step to its music.'' The rooster sale and exchange day in Catawba County resulted in 6-1 scrub roosters being sold to the poul try car and 34 purcbrcds bought by farmers. / Gosh, Pm Happy ? Tris Speaker, great American League outfielder, will romp in cen ter for Bucky Harris's Washington Senators this summer. Geared with Tv Cobb, he accepted the cap ital city bid as best. Work with a definite purpose. Save with regularity. Believe that you can attain. Those principles, young man, will set you on the highway to success. This Bank will give you every assist ance; for upon the young men and their suc cess rests the future of our Mountain Coun try. i S AFETY FIRST ERVICE .NEXT ATISFACTiON ALWAYS u uckaseegee ?Bank ? - . ' CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $30,000.00 D. G. BRYSON, President J. N. WILSON, V.-Pres. bti.i.t r>AVTS Cn<=v;??r ( -. . k r. (6 eiuone SAY "BAYER ASPIRIN" and INSISTI Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians foe Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism | DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART | ?Saf^ Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proven directions. Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablet* Also bottles of 24 and 100?Drujrgisti. Aapain ia Um trade tout Of Bayer M>wif?ofnro Of MoooeceUcicidestw ?r 8*iIcjUc?d4 COOPERATIVE POULTRY SALE The Cooperative Poultry car run under supervision of' State Division of Markets, County Agent and Poultry Association will be at Sylva again next week onSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, all day. The following prices will be paid in cash at the car: & Colored hens and chickens 22c. per lb. | Leghorn hens and chickens 20c. per lb. Stags, smooth leg roosters 15c. per lb. , ?i Cocks .... 1 10c. per lb. || Turkeys 1 25c. per lb. fe Ducks 20c. per lb. | Geese , 10c. per lb. ? Be sure to come in to this sale Saturday 26th instead of Wed nesday |i This is the season to sell culls and scrubs and turn the jsji cash into purebreds. , ,|j This car puts the New York market at .Jackson County farm- fe er's door. We must furnish it more chickens if we will keep it com i/gj ing eaeh month. ' ft Jackson County Poultry Association, R. C. ALLISON, President C. W. TILSON, County Agent *3? 1 p - SPRIhi G! I s; fe! EXTRAORDINARY! (3/iic >^f<uv J(ats Many call them sophisticated. There are hats to charm the dignity of the ma tron; chic, ultra and smart hats to delight the debutante; and, included, are milans, crochet straw and novelty silks. Withal, an advance collection of hats high in smartness at ;a price that is low indeed. SEE OUR WINDOWS ufie Woman's Shop * K^:
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