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Daniels Speaks
To Cullowhee .
Student Body
fullowJieo, August., 20? "Unless
llfgelie'-s moral example is such as
? train |HiJ?'s t() ''tfl't ,ivi"S as well
to right t liiiikin^r, no teacher,
^uld dare to undertake the mould
0t tin1 iniiul mid the life of a
Ljjj"( tlcilmeil .losephus Daniels,
publwher iiini editor of the Kaleigh
fan aiuiJ Observer, in an address
L this morning before the stu<J'
utiot tho summer school of Western
^lina Teaehers' College.
jjr. Daniels said in part :
"Xheloiifj distance debate between
tvo college professors, staged in New
fork, a* to North Carolina's educ
jiooal status, should serve to stiniu
hw sell examination. Allowance
^?Jd be made for the necessity to
uj startling things if one is to have
i tuaring in the metropolis. President
gousevelt otiee said that you had to
-ijoller " it you wished to make an
jipression in New York. Perhaps
list idea was present when Professor]
Kai^ht told his hearers that "South-?
fn*r<! work too little and brag too
inch." Certainly he obtained top of
?lti!iin tor that extravagant remark.'
lioujli little else he said was printed,
i Vot to be outdone, another North Car- '
lima professor did not seem much
troubled when he paramounted a
lUtement that ten j>er cent of the
population is illiterate. (
?> a matter of fact one would
that l)r. Kendriek is not great
k concerned to educate that ten per
Mil for lie asserted that literacy is
tot so much to he desired if the only
w to which it is put is to reatj the
?ovie titles, cheap newspapers and
propaganda tha is being dissemi
uted through the schools. Dr. Knight
totally told New Yorkers that wo
fro suffering from a boastful sUper
*rity complex and not so f ootid- r
ri, while Dr. Kendrick thinks our
tn?ble is due to an inferiority com
pl? as evidenced by the faot that so
May North Carolina teachers go to
Columbia for the summer school train
iag instead of attending colleges in
North Carolina, which are quite as |
jood. Which is right f Or is either T |
"Both professors are wrong. The,
cuter passion of North Carolinians
is State pride, which insures build
ing and beautifying.! If after a cen
tury of too much humility, we are
m? given to overboasting, at least
*r industry and vision have given us
Bwh of which to boast.
"There was a time when such state
?ttts would have aroused resentment
o the State, and the professors would
been accused of befouling their
nest. Now people either Bhrug
toir shoulders and say the professors
?we making a play for the limelight
w undertake to show wherein they
wrong. Undoubtedly both profes
*rs said more than was reported, told (
to story of the remarkable progress j
? ?ducotion in the South the last
"^de, particularly in teacher train
m illustrated at Cullowhee and
"her Normal colleges.
"Perhaps the high water mark of
Ptyfress has been in. larger appreci
?wit of the need of trained teachers
?M the increased provision made for
Providing such teachers for all the
But though much has been
e more remains to be done. Will
^ goaded into larger provision
J having n professor to advertise us
? N'ew York as 'working too little
M bragging too much't If so, the
?^'ng will be good.
Will it stimulate us to a renewed
to have other professors to
taist the regrettable percentages
illiteracy f If so> nobody will com
^ Only it is difficult to see how
J*ytlrers to New York telting folks of
WetroiKilis those things will re
y 111 bettering conditions at home,
jT8 thp>' have come to the con
'?? the South has become so city
?|L^ ^IHt heeds nothing but
( ??mes over that sounding board.
. | Perhaps,' might have been bet
jj0rIi S(' professors had told their
?pen/0' ^'arors *'iat ^be South is
^ mR hundreds of millions of dol
lj !llt 00,|tptirative lack of riebee
' ^ ^al(' 1,10 negroes. In all fak<
i burden oupht to have been
^ e< as* a natural one following
<7'0n- The story of what tbe
ly J, ? 'ts ow" initiative and iwdn
1^2 0n. Pr?P?rty of whites for
aoat'on is without parallel in
Cullowhee Road
WiU Be Paved
With Concrete
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The Cullowhee road is to be con
crete. This is definitely established,
if the reliable news stories coming
out of Raleigh ar? to be believed.
Bids for the contract for paving
sixteen . foot concrete roadway
about half the distance from Sylva
to the Western Carolina Teachers'
College at^ Cullowhee will be opened
in the office of the State Highway
C^mission, next Tuesday morning
It is expected that the work of
preparing the roadway for paving
will begin immediately after
the contract it awarded, and rushed
td completion..
Although only a i>art of the dis
tance to Cullowhee is included in the
contract to be awarded on next Tues
day, it is believed that the State j
Highway Commission will again draw
on the emergency fund, next ycaf, and
will complete the paving to Dix Cap
during 1930
The contract for this year calls for
beginning at Sylva and paving toward .
Cullowhee.- '
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HERE
Lieutenant Qovernor R. T. Foun
tain was in Sylva for a few hours,
last week, and paid a pleasant call at
the office of The Journal.
The Lieutenant Governor of North
Carolina expressed himself as being
delighted wtih the signs of progress]
in and around Sylva since his visit!
a year ago.. He is much impressed j
with the town and stated that it gives
him much pleasure to make his oc
casional visits to this part of the
state.
ROTARIAN8 TO MEET
AT HIGH HAMPTON
The Sylva Rotary Club will meet
next "Tuesday, at High Hampton Inn, |
in Cashier's Valley, for the annual'
ladies' night. Dr. William Louis Po
teat, president emeritus of Wake For
est College, will be the principal
speaker at the dinner. Col. Fred A.
Olds, of Raleigh, will be among the
guests, and it is hoped that Governor
Gardner will be present.
The Rotarians will go to High
Hampton early in the day, and
will spent^ the afternoon in golfing,
as guests on the course of E. L.
McKee.
MRS. CANDLER BUILDING
Mrs. C. Z. Candler is erecting two
brick residences on her property on
Courtland Heights,
history. And the South yearly increas
es that fund from taxation. It does
not lessen the magnitude of it be
cause the South ought to do it. But
at least credit should be given for
this task by Southern people when
as a matter of fact many Northern
people believed so late as 1890 that
some help should be given by the rich 1
er section of the Republic,
Perhaps iti would have given New
Yorkers a better understanding of the
South's educational position if the
figures of this remarkable and un
preeidented increase in taxation for
public schools, alike for white and
colored in the South, had been em
phasized along -with its bragging and
its illiteracy figures. But it might not
have gotten place on the front pages
of metropolitan journals."
Mr. Daniels urged the teachers to
enter the school room with the feeling
expressed by Dr. Arnold, of Rugby,
who said, "If ever I could receive a
boy from his father without emotion,
1 1 should think it high time to be off"
The teachers were urged to remem
ber that character building was as
much a part of the responsibility of
a teacher as imparting knowledge- In
deed, he said unless a teacher's moral
example is such as to trail* pupils to
right living as well as right thinking,
no teaeher should dare to undertalre
the moulding of the mind and life of
the child. Dr. Ken^rfek was right
when he doabted whether literacy did
much good if it did not raise the
standard of* reading. It is here the
teaeher can guide and inspire. And
the pablie should aid by providing a
public library in eveiy public echool
THE WEEK
A large Chinese Army is reported
on tlie^Manchuria. This isn't signif
icant within itself; but suppose that
China should' amass her millions in an
army, trained and officered by Jap
anese! Where would our civilization
bet *
A man over in Transylvania struck
a match to see how to pour gasoline
into the vacuum tank of his automo
bile. The car is a total loss, and he
went to the hospital. Further com
ment would be unkind and unneces
sary.
- Half of the land for the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park has
already been bought. There is hope
that we will live to sec the fruition
of this glorious dream, and, that
speedily.
The comptroller of the currency re
ports the National Banks of the coun
try to have one billion five hundred
million dollars less in assets than a
year ago. Prosperity?
The Department of Rural and So
cial Economics of the University of
North Carolina repdrts that while
the State 's baby crop is not up to our
average, North Carolina still leads the
nation with a birth rate of 12.3 to
the 1000 population. Another thing
to remember also is the quality of
North Carolina babies is also high.
The general impression used to b?1
that married men don't real Iy_ live
longer than single men, but that it
just seems longer. Now scientists
and. statisticians have been busy on
the job and have proved that it is an
actual fact that married men actually
do spend more time on this globe.
Harry P. Cooper, Mayor of Mur
phy, shot and seriously wounded a
man who* attacked the Mayor at his
home. Col. Cooper, it seems had tried
ai^d fined the man, on a minor charge,
a few weeks ago, and the man, who
had been drinking heavily, entered
the Colonel's home with the avowed
intention of "getting the Mayor,"
and was making a second attack on
Col. Cooper with a knife and, an ice
pick, when Cooper shot.
The treasurer of North Carolina I
states that three is $67,000,000 less
money in the banks of the State than I
there was a year ago, and that the
-State will collect $500,000 less in in
comes this year than last. The people
had best cut down their expenditures
and lower their standard of living,
laying by a few dollars as they can,
until the time comes when North Car
olina can get a fair deal in the game
of finance and politics.
- Acting under the advice of the of-r
ficial representative of the American
Federation of , Labor, strikers at Mar
ion went about their picketing armed
with hymn books and bibles, instead
of guns and steel, after having spent
jmost of Sunday in prayer. Tittle as
I the world seems to realize it, these
are the most potent weapons, and will,
I in the end avail moce mightily than
the gone of capitalists or communists
' V " ?' .rtS ' '?
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JL?y balsam.
? X: V .
M. T. Rickett ^and family of An
drew* are visiing Mrs. Rickett 's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Potts.
Mr. and Mrs.Jphn Andrews and
two children of Tampa, Fla. were
dinner guests of Mrs. D. T. Knight,
Mondfcyi Mr. Andrews is auditor for
the Eli Witt Cigar and Tobacco Co.,
if Tamptf. ? ' ;
Mrs. ii. P. Ensley has returned
from a visit to her son, Eugene En
dey, in Afiheville. (
Mrs. Nelson Beck is critically ill in
Hazelwood, at the home of her uncle,
Mr. Tom Queen.
Mrs. Juiia Bryson stopped here a
short wh^e last week enreute to herj
home in Andrews. She had been visit
ing Jiet ixother, Mr. Ckristy in
Virginia.
A & B STORE TO OPEN
AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST
The A. and B. Ten and Twenty
five Cent Stores Company, of At
lanta, will ojxni its Sylva Store on
August 31, with Mr. William Jack
son as local manager. The company
has leased store room in the New
Jackson Hotel Building from J. S.
Higdon, and preparations for tlie-op
ening have been in progress for the
past week.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES-.
The Rev. Albert New (Rector) will
hold service in St. John's Episcopal
church on Sunday night, August 25. i
Services will begin pronfptly at seven
o'clock. The topic of Mr. New's ser
mon will be: "The Good Samaritan."
Everybody is most cordially invit
ed to attend all services.
i ?
One of the most striking events in
all human history is in progress, this
week, as the Graf Zeppelin circum
navigates the globe. The world movies
so rapidly that even the youngest of
us find difficulty in keeping up with
the old girl. i
The American Federation of La
bor seems to have the situation well
in hand at Marion, where trouble was
i I
brewing in the strike at Clinchfield
Mill. The officials of the Union have
been 'largely responsible for keeping
order and preventing "unlawful acts.
It is much better for labor organiz
aions to be affiliated with the Ameri
can Federation than with off-color
brands.
A Transylvania coronor's jury held
that Miss Opal Crane, of St. Louis,
who was killed when, a 7 passenger
Buick in which slie and a large party
were returning from Pisgah, left the
highway, came to her death because
the car in which she was riding was
forced from the highway by a Hud
son car driven by R. C. Stenson, of
Concord. Stenson is being held, under
bond, for trial in' Transylvania. The
news dispatches say that he drives a
fire truck in > Concord. Perhaps
therein lies the explanation of the
tragedy on the Pisgah road. People
whose posiition or daily avocation
gives them the right of way over
other folks, are apt to hog the road
unconsciously, wid meaning no of
fense, Habit is a most powerful in
fluence in our worl^,
Over Land And
Sea , Zep Winds f
Wag Round Earth
Lakehurst, N. J., to Friedrichshafen
? Friedrichshafen to Tokio ? Tokio to!
Los Angeles ? Los Angeles to Lake
hurst. I
That is the planned itinerary of the
Graf Zeppelin in its round-the-world
trip ? the most ambitious journey in
the skies ever planned.
The dream is becoming a reality.
Just as Magellan circumnavigated
"he globe for the first time in a sail
jig vessel, Dr. Eckener now is circum
lavigating it for the first time in an
lirship. Another maker of history.
The trip was to take 22 days. Leav
ng Lakehurst, N. J., on August 8,
Jr. Eckener has finished the first
.ap of his journey in the record^ time
>f 55 hours, keeping up an average
speed of 75 miles per hour, and reacti
ng Friedrichshafen without mishap.
When the trip to Friedrichshafen
was successfully completed, Dr. Eck
ener, Commander of the Zeppelin, had
to turn down literally hundreds of
applicants who wished to join the
passenger list for the remainder of
the world trip.
The jouney back to Germany had
so conclusively proved the comfort
and safety of this mode of travel that
persons hesitant before had lost all
their fears.
The sccond lap of the journey, from
Friedrichshafen to Tokio, involving
a non-stop flight of 6,600 miles, is
most dangerous of all. For this long
flight the dirigible was groomed until
it was in perfect shape. This lap of
the trip /was completed! in five days.
Practically no weather information
was available on this^p, as the Zep
moved east of the Moscow metropoli
tan district. Siberia and Northern
China are uncharted irom the air
man 's point of view, and disaster
might have gone unreported for days.
There are many arrangements for
safety, including an extra emergency
landing gear for the long trip. In
Tokio arrangements had been com
pleted, for the reception of the Zep
pelin.
At the end of the round-the-world
journey the Graf will be immediately
'refueled and is scheduled to leave
within several days for the home port
at Friedrichshafen. All members of
the crew and passengers are confident
that the entire journey will be com
pleted withoijt a hitch, and speak ad
miringly of Dr. Eckner's carful
ness in regard to every small detail
of safety and comfort.
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS
REPORTED TO BE GOOD
Taking the State of North Caro
lina as a whole, crops are looking
good ? quite up to the usual, if not
better. The improvement since July
1st has been amazing.
While the seasons since April have
been abnormally wet, the crop9 did
not suffer as much as was expected.
Even cotton advanced well, seeming
ly. The growing tobacco crop is good
as compared with tho expectation a
month ago. The hay and grass crops
are fine, but the production of hay
depends on the weather for saving
it. Peaches have been very poor, and,
though a short crop, naturally brought
a poor pricfe. Apples are short and
are bringing good prices.
The peanut prospects are quite un
settled Neither continued dry nor
wet weather is favorable for peanut
production. The crop on August 1st
seemed to be "pegging" very poorly.
The commercial area has suffered j
centinued wet weather since April.
Pitt County is notably off from its
usual condition. For the first time in
several yeaVs, crops , look "poorly"
there. This wet damage area extends
from Lenoir to Halifax and North
ampton counties. Corn, tobacco, cot
ton and peanuts are affected.
FARMS SHIP 3 OARS POTATOES
\
The Jackson County Farmers Mu
tual Exchange has shipped three ears
of Irish potatoes, this week, the last
car being loaded at Sylva, this morn
ing. .
The farmers will receive $110 *
i bushel for their first shipments of
ithe year.
I
DAXIBLS SPOKE TO ROTA&IANS
Hon. Joeephua Daniels was the
speaker at the weekly meeting of the
Sylva Rotary Club, Tuesday, at the
luncheon hour. ?
Mr. Daniels stresstd the advant
ages that this section of the State
has enjoyecf in being set apart from
the rat of the world, enabling the
people here to maintain the pioneer,
rugged independence of thought and -
action; and he expressed the hope
that in the coming of the great high
ways, bringing many people from
other sections, that the people here
will not lose that priceless heritage.
In this connection, Mr. Daniels re
ferred to the danger of all men con
forming to the same pattern, like so
many marbles out of a mould, through
the rage for standardisation.
TO HAVE HOME-OOMINO
AT OULLOWHBE
Sunday, August ?6, has been set
aside and designated as Decoration
.Day at Cnllowhee. It will be more
than a decoration of the graves of
departed ones; it will be a d^ay of
home-coming for hundreds of jxative
sons and daughters, who have moved
to other counties and even to other
Btates. >v..
A program has been arranged which
will consist of interesting talks of for
mer days, community singing, and a
general social get-to-gether. Dinner
will be servedj on the grounds. Come
and fetch a basket of fried chicken
and evwytMag/:. i v
The exercises will begin promptly
at 10 e. id. aa follows:
Morning exercises
Devotional, Rev. M. Q. Tattle
Address, Hon. Welch Galloway
Decoration of graves, Community
Dinner.
Afternoon exercises:
Devotional, Rev. I. K. Stafford
Address, Dr. H. T. Hunter
Decoration of graves at the Brown
Cemetery.
QUAIAA.
Rev. Milua Tucker preached at the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon.
He is assisting the pastor, Rev. R. L.
Bass in a meeting at Olivet.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cagle and Miss
Cape Hipps of Olivet attended; ser
vices at Qaalla, Sunday.
Mrs. D. S. Flintom, of Charleston,
S. C., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. BirdJ and other relatives.
Mrs. H. G. Ferguson visited rela
tives in Morganton, last week.
Miss Lonise Mason of Dillsboro is
visiting Qualla friends, who attended
Asheville Normal.
Misses Mary Battle and Oma Gass
were guesta of Mrs. D. C. Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes of
Cherokee spent the week end at' Mr.
D. K. Battle's.
Mr. Paul Feiguson and family' at
tended the Monteith reunion at. Beta,
Sundlay.
Mrs. York Howell is spending a
while with Mrs. Oscar GHwop.
Messrs. Von and Sylvan Hemphill
and Misses Bonnie and Alwayne
Hemphill of Blairsville, Ga., Mrs. El
len .Woody of Judson, and Mrs. J.
L. Ferguson were visitors at Mrs. A.
C. Hoyie's.
Miss Viola Webb visited Miss Mar
tha Oxner.
Misses Etta Kinsland and Annie
Lizzie Terrell returned to their
schools after a visit to home folks.
Miss Faye BryBon spent the week
end at Balsam.
'Mrs. J. H- Hughes spent Saturday
with Mrs. J. K. Terrell.
Jfias Mary Oxner visited Miss Ruby
Cofoper.
Miss Mary Emma Ferguson eallad
on/ Miss Polly Hoyle.
Misses Mary Battle and Lenora
Hughes visited Mist Neal Sherrill at
Ha.
A camping paty haa returned from
a trip to Soco.
^ Welch Mountain was the scene of
a fox hunt by a party of young folks,
Tknadtyr pfckt. . ...i