^year in Advance in ThejS?uty.
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.Sylva, N.C: Thursday,*
0 Not Complete
gighwa.v >06 In 1^30
. v.,v iron Sylva to Cullo
^ nSbc n.niploto.l next year,
* teen e\r?-t<'?. nor until after
? , ^ion of tin* general assern
tk' ,oil miles* means lor its com
fy1? ,,'be provided Iron: an un
fW?1! ,a This is the definite
f"**11 j? viaii'inent from the
""TTfte ?' "??
^ !i , as wanted to the Syl
^fZ; 0, c\?a?ii:erw, at a masa
Svlva on Tuesday
'',n"0 "s ?
nnffiso.aii'l a bitter disappoint
CT* i"-''1" ?f Svlva and
l , Miiiniv. :i 'ul Commissioner J.
stated that it had
'Llion m\ expretation to apply
(ftifxt xiuounl of tlic emergency
Swainttotl" 'l'strirt next year
Jinlm (?? ?? Cullowhoej
uttat.ii i"'3-1 "'ssio"' tho Stat"
LffSy Commission was advised by
Sirv that it-will bo necessary
ufljmplete the 420l> miles of federal
Lads in the State, next year, or
w the million and three quarters
federal aid money that com?^(
(,the State, yearly. He stated that;
^re arc a lew projects in the 4200
ate that haw not been brought up
D the stand a r'l required by the fed
nj government, which must be fiu
next year, after which addition
d mileage of federal aid roads can be
|ktd on the map tor eonstruction,
ud the fetleral aid funds will con
tinue to accrue to the State. Among
fa projects that must be completed
*it year, it' the State is not to lose
the federal aid tunds, is Highway 28^
I fmn the Macon county line to Fair-j
field. Mr. Stikeli ather stated that the
earamissicn will require that all fed
cnl lid projects be taken care of,
?i next year's program, and that in
,?der to complete the one in Jackson
gaily. natfrty, !T6.-28, if Jilt fc
.neessary to spend the money that he
bd intended t<> use on 106 between
Wvi and Cullowheo. as there is no
itber fund from which the money can
iletiken; the general l'und that conies
it Jackson county having to be ap
yied to paying the debt of the State
%kway Commission to the county,
u is required by law.
Mr. Stikeleather asserted that he
lillbesrlad to take the matter up
tith the commission at its next meet
ing, on October Hi, and endeavor to
additional funds to complete J 06
to Cullowhee ; but expressed himself
* being very doubtful about whether
it can be done. He requested that, the
timber of Commerce appoint a del
ation cf influential citizens to
?wt with the commisson and back
sp his ettorts in getting enough nion
T to complete |im). Mr. H. R. Queen,
Mr. Ernest Keener, and Mr. A. D.
?*r, the commissioners of Jack
*>0 county, ittid Mr. Thomas A. Cox,
Ptsitleni of the Chamber of Commer
Mir. John H. Knsley, Mr. Dan
Tonil*tns, Mayor of S.vlva, Mr. H. T
Kanter, president of Western Caro
Jj11 Teachers' College, Mr. D. M.
m11, Mr C. \V. Tdson, county agent,
J- N - \\ ilson, sujKTintendent of
Mr. S. \\\ Knloe, Mr. Billy
vi\ and r Harry Buchanan, were
'ppointed as ;i delegation to meet
tl.e Highway Commission and
^ 1 a inference regarding the.mat
, As the mat t it now stands, it is a
?wtainty that , unless something can
^ilonc to scenic additional funds for
X which appears doubtful, tike road
Cullowhce will not he completed
after the next session of the gen
assembly, in 1931.
matter of completing the pres
Paving project from the corporate
ts of Sylva to Highway *N?*
?M *aki-n up, and Mr. Stikeleather
^ that he l,a?l hut $80,000 of the
^nev fund to sjK'nd on the prcs
JJ Nwt; but that it would prob
f0S^ ' 10111 to five thousand
Ms less than that amount to com
^ projoet under construction,
71 lh?t he will be glad to apply
>' amount that is left of the $80,000
^Upletintjj ti?. r0H(] to No. 10; but
^ has no other money that can
tnade available for the purpose at
^ time.
J^c?n niittee composed of M. D.
^ R- Knslev and S. W. En
Appointed to confer with the
tiirt L.<,?m"USsioners and the Dis
^ ^hwuy Commissioner and to
jjy *or^ out a plan whereby the
^ be completed at this taw;
k.
THE WEEK
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(By DAN TOMPKINS) - _
North Carolina, proud North Caro
lina, cloth?4 in humility, hangs hfcr
head in shame, before the world. An
other, and a bloody outbreak has oe
curred At Marion. At least three men
are deflo^' and near a score more, both
men and women are wounded, as the
result of a bloody shooting at the
gates of the Marion Manufacturing
Company 's plant, at the early hours
Wednesday momjog. No one, ao faj^
seems to know it waaall aboutJ
sAOwegh ikamr wop**. a large number
of witnesses inggfttog the-sheriff of
McDowell eo^jr^jEtfveral deputies,
| and some news^iper reporters. The
sheriff states he had arrested,
handcuffed, and was trying to sub
due^one Jonas, when the firing began
He saw no firearms' in the posession
of the strike picketers, and saw shots
eoming only from his deputies. He
atrtan that he commanded and^ejitreat
ed the deputies to cease firing. The
man Jqpas, whom the sheriff had un
der 3Koaest, was shot, taken to the
h? ospital, with handcuffs about his
wrists, and died. If there is any les
son that we can learn frflft the Ma
rion mess, it is that it is) a moat dan
gerous thing to clothe men of small
brains, little courage, and beast in
stincts with the authority of the law,
and place firearms in their hands.
There should be a law requiring ev
ery man, who aspires to be a police
officer, of any kind, to first pass
an examination before a competent
board, show that he knows enough
| about the law and the bill of rights
j to be able to tell what he can and
[what h? can't do, in the discharge of
l his duties, what his rights and duties
I are, andf what axe the rights of, the
I people, and prove that he is tempera
mentally fitted and ha? sufficient mor
al and physical courage to make a
I competent officer. That one thing .
law than
coirplished.
W. O. Satmdcrs, of pajama and
Houston fame, tola a News and Ob
server reporter that J. W. Bailey can
not be elected either to the United
States Senate or as governor, -because
the people don't want to vote for a|
smart man for public office. He cites (
the popularity of Mayor Jimmy Wal-j
ker and Mr. Coolidge, and the elec
tion of Mr. Hoover and R. T.- Foun-|
tain, to prove his contention. Perhaps
Mr. Saunders might offer the same
explanation as to why he, himself,;
is not now president -of the United
States. ~
The Democrats in the United States!
Senate, with the aid of the Republi-.
can insurgents from the bucolic west,
upset the regular Republican and the ]
Administration plans, and voted down I
the flexible feature of the tariff bill,
restoring the final say of the tariff (
commission findings to the congress, j
So there is a- majority in the npper^
house that recognizes that the taxa
tion power, as provided by the consti
tution, rests with the congress, and
not with the executive, even when it J
is to be used to tax the many for the
benefit of" the few.
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The suggestion has been made that
Governor Gardner eall the general
assembly into extraordinary session,
for the purpose of working out a set
tlement of the difficulties in the tex-'
tile industry. Why not, Governor?
It will have to be settled eventually,
so why* not get it over with, before
any further tragedy blackens the good
name of "our beloved State f
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Hall, Vickers, Jonas, Bryson, are
' the men dead at Marion, and they all
have the ring of good North Carolina
names, to me.
it being admitted at the meeting, that
the few hundred feet left open be
tween the two highways is the worst
part of the road between Sylva and
Cullowhee, has the greatest amount
of traffic, and is the most difficult
to maintain.
The commissioner stated that in
order to> prevent forcing the Ameri
can Forest Products Company to
move its, plant fom Sylva to another
state, it had been agreed not to con
struct .the link that goes through the
pole yard, just outside of Sylva, at
( the present time, and to maintain, in
good, condition, the present road at
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THE SPOTLIGHT
-Picking Out News griefs from
Over the ft
Suits for a total of 1400,000 dam
ages were filed in Cha^otteover the
.leaders
who contend that they were falsely
arrested and imprisoned recently. The
actions were brought against Sher
iff John R. Irwin,, of Mecklenburg!
County, and Chief of- Poliec Alex
West, of Charlotte. Earlier in the
week the American Civil Liberties
Union had offered an indefinite sum
of more than $2,000 as a reward forj
the apprehension arid conviction ofj
night riders guilty of various acts of
violence in regard to the strikers and
their leaders. ?
Judge Walter Small sentenced John
Macon, a negro, to die in the electric
ehair at the State prison on Novem
ber 1, at Warrenton after his recent
trial? for the killing of Sam PinneU
on May 3. Following the sentence he
was taken immediately to Raleigh.
Fifteen persons were arrested dur
ing the past week and a large amount
of whiskey was seized at Concord
where a squad of Federal prohibi
tion agents under the direction of Ad
ministrator J. L. Osteen, of Greens
boro, conducted an organized raid.
The biggest single haul was of 43
gallons that was found on the prop
erty of H. A. (Bud) Goodman ?
A week of United States District
Court that has just been closed at I
Fayetville resulted in 38 men being
given sentences in the Federal prison
in Atlanta. This is the largest single'
bunch of Federal prisoners ever
known to have left this State. They
went to Atlanta aboard a special car
that was supervised by fifteen guards.
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The subscription fund for the new
Moore County Hospital has been rais
ed, according to an ? announcement
that has just come out of Aberdeen.
The hospital will be built and equip
ped at once. Included in the fund
was a donation of $50,000 from the(
Duke Endowment Fund.
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I The high cost of living isn 't recog
nized in the Recorder's Court of Cho
wan County. Judge John F. White ? ;
who is a Bachelor ? ordered two men
who have wives and children to pay
j$5 a week for the support of their
families when -^ey were tried before/
him at Edenton last week for aban
donment and non-support. 1
^When John Thompson, aged 28
and a well-^nown Albemarle man,
was climbing over a barbed wire
fence early last week his shot gun
was accidentally discharged and he
I was lolled:
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UNIQUE SERVICES PLANNED
FOR METHODIST CHURCHES
The services which are being plan-l
ned for the Methodist churches of
Syiva andj Dillsboro Sunday, are,- to
say the least, going to be unique.
Qje ^?ture of the service will be
the Sacraiiient of the Lord's Supper
which will be given to all Christians
alike who desire to celebrate in this
Memorial to the death of the Son of
God for the sins of the whole world.
This is a beautiful and spiritual feast
in which every member of the- church
will want to participate.
Another will be the presentation,
by the pastor of the "Methodist
Measuring Stick." It could easily be
a means of grace to every Metho
dist to take his "measure" by this
"yardstick.'
Also, there will be hymns appro
priate to the occasion and special mus
ic^ by thef choir. _
Sunday, in addition to being the
first Sunday in the month, is the first I
in the Sunday School year. Make of
it a Rally Day and come. Every citi
zen ought to go to church somewhere.
A big "Whoopee Jubilee" was'
held at Scotland Neck, Fridfly. At J
that time business houses and citi-(
zeaa -of the town chased "Old Man
Gloom" and all his attendants out
of Town and replaced him with the
spirits of "Happiness" and "Good
Cheer."
Governor O. Max Gardner held a
conference at the capitol several days
ago to consider the turmoil of labor
difficulty that have beset the State
recently. He met at that time with
a group of leading textile manufac
turers of the State. On the following
day he issued a statement that he
would hold a similar meeting with
representatives of the strikers be
cause he did not talk the same lang
uage that these leaders did. "Their
doctrine is fundamentally destructive
and alien to North Carolina," he
said. "They do not speak the lan *
uage of law and order."
Further investigations into the
v
death of Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, Who
was killed near Gastonia in a clash
between labor factions recently, haVe
led to the arrest of W. M. Borders,
ait aged watchman at the Loray Cot/
ton -Mill. Witnesses at the inquest
described the' man who shot Mrs.
Wiggins as having ted hair. } '
' - The Aderholt murder trial in which
Fred Beal and fifteen defendants
are charged with the /icuider of the
late Chief of Police at Gastonia was
started for the third time <on Mon
day morning. The killing eame in the
midst of Gastonia 's labor difficul
ties. Just on the eve of the third
starting of the trial strike sympa
thisers wen refused the of the
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TO HAVE FARMERS FESTIVAL
The definite decision has been reach
ed, to hold a Fanners' Festival and
a livestock and poultry show in Sylva
on October 31 and November 1 and 2,
and plans looking toward the event
are~being worked out by committees I
of the Jaricaonr ^Jopsty Poultry Asso
ciation , and of Sylva business men.
The premium lists wll be prepared
and placed in the hands of interested
farm people within a short time.
The warehouse of Mrs. D. L. Love,
near the Southern Railway station,
has been secured as an exhibition
building; and attracive prizes and
premiums will be gven by the busi
ness people of Sylva.
The cooperaton of all the people of
the town, as individuals, as well as
that of the various civic organizatons,
and the people of" the farms, is being
asked, to make this a memorable
event, and to bring the largest num-j
ber of the people of the county to
gether as the guests of Sylva, that
ever congregated in the town at any
one time.
City Hall and the Mecklenburg Coun
ty Courthouse at Charlotte for a big
mass meeting.
R M. Caudle, formejf clerk of the
High Point municipal court, has been
arrested on charges of embezzlement
and misappropriation of the city's
funds. He has given bond pending
his appearance in Superior Court for
trial. A total of 38 true bills were
returned against him by the grand
jury. The amount' of the alleged
shortage has been estimated at $20,
( 000. Caudle has denied the charges
! and blamed the loss on a bad sys
j tem of handling money records.
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During the month of August, North
Carolina losti, only $647 from Forest
fires. A total of fourteen fires were
reported as having burned over 492
acres with an average loss of $35
an acre. ?
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At the close of a coroner's inquest
( into the death of Betty Spivey, 26
year-old Lee County girl, James'
Spivey, a cousin of the girl, was I
ordered held without bond for trial
"inj SOperior Court. The mutilated,
""body of he girl was found near her
home recently. Her head had evident
ly been battezed with an axe.
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Choirs and singers from over the
j$tate gathered some 1,500 strong at
the Church of God at Hickoiy for
an annual singing convention, last
week. '
A government hospital for 1,500
patients addicted to the use of nar
cotic drugs "is planned for North Car
olina and morenments have been in
itiated at several points in the State
ruire 1,000 acres of land siuted to
to obtain the hospital. It will re
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D M. Hall Will Head
Merchants' Association
With the election of David M. Hall,
manager of the Sylva .Supply Com
pany, as president, the Sylva Mer
chants Association was formally ^
launched, at a meeting held in the "
Chamber of Commerce hall, last night, v ,
for the purpose of promoting the in- '
tereats of the business houses and
shops of Sylva, and for the general ^
benefit of Sylva and Jackson county.
Mr. A. M. Simons, of the Paris,
was elected vice-president; Mr. Billy
Davis, of the Tuckaseegee Bank treas
urer; and Mr. R. C. Allison, of the
Jackson Hardware Company, Mr. M.
D. Cowan, of the Jackson County
Bank, Mr. P. E. Moody, of Medford
Furniture Company, Mr. J. D. Cowan,
of Buchanan Pharmacy, and Mr V. V.
Hooper, of the Sylva Coal and Lum
ber Company, were elected as direc
tors.
Ai meeting will be" held on Thurs
day night of next week, at which the
plans of the association will -be thor
oughly considered and adopted. It is
expected that all the business inter
ests of the town will be represented
at the next meeting.
The election of the secretary was
left open until the by-laws and plans
have been adopted.
WILL ORGANIZE CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION IN SYLV^
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The Sylva Chamber of Commerce
adopted a resolution, at the meeting,
Tuesday night, looking to the perma
nent control and maintenance of the
Keener cemetery.
As soon as the organization is per
fected, the j association will raise
funds, will put the cemetery in. first
class condition, working all private
lots under the direction of the owners
and will employ a full time care-tak
er to keep the graves and lots in neat
ord??H?d t? supfrtntoo* tJ? digging ,
of graves.
DEIT2-BU0HANAN &EX7NI0N
The Deitz and Buchanan families
will hold their annual ren&ion at the
East Fork Baptist church, Saturday,
October 19, beginning at 10 in the
morning. The families of the two
clans are expected to bring baskets
of dinner, which will be served in,
the church yard.
The reunion will open with a song
and prayer service, of about 30 min
ute$.
The second item on the program is
an address by Dan Tompkins.
Third, address by T. C. Bryson.
This will be followed by dinner and
a social hour, after which the reunion
will adjourn at will.
JEWISH - HOLIDAYS
Friday and Saturday, tomorrow
and the next day, being Jewish holi
days, The; Leader Department Store
will be closed from Thursday even
falf until Monday morning.
farming activities, -an adequate water
supply, and all natural resources, all
located ' in dose proximity to some
flourishing city.
An effort is being made by a com
mittee appointed by the Mecklenbuxg
County-Bar Association to disbar
several Charlotte attorneys who ars
said to have violated the ethics of
the profession by miappropriating
funds placed in their hands and solic
iting business. A report has been
submitted to the grievance committee
of the State Bar Association.
? The Swedish steamer, Cary Gerhard
went ashore early last week near Kill
Devil Hill on the North Carolina
coast with practically total loss. The
22 men aboard were saved hy the
Kill Devil Hill Coast Guard. -
The argument over providing sepft*
rate accommodations for Negroes by
the bus lines of the State will be aet
tled by the Supreme Court, Monday.
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Two young ladies hooked a 600 lb.
shark a few days ago when they wen
fishing near Ocracoke. ?
A huge bank merger * involving IT
North Carolina, banks and 16 located
in New York state is known to be in
process of formation. A holding con>^
pany to be capitalized at $60,000,000
will control the two groups of banks
if the- meager is pwfeeUd