?v ? 'i ' V I |' n"I TTnii ? . JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL DAN TOMPKINS, EDITOR ; i ? Published Weekly by The JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL CO. Entered as second class matter at Sylva, N. C. ? i Now come on prosperity! "Business Is Sound "j and so is a block of ice. K All of Virginia has now been beard from except Bishop Cannon. It scons that Judge Cowper knows; when to sustain a motion of non-suit, j aud when not to. Another way of looking at the Wall Street crack is to say that the mergers emerged. What would Poor Richard think of the plan that the Master Minds of Finance have evolved for the aboli tion of poverty f Ask any of the towns or counties hereabouts how much prosperity it would bring them to issue more bouds and put on a construction pro gram. * I . ' Has this man Henry Ford actually gone Red 1 He advocates raising wag es without a corresponding raise in the groceiy and clothing bill How would you like to own an au tomobile in Bolivia! Gasoline is sell ing there at 64 cents. Something to be thankful for: you live in .Tackson county. Maybe Judge Cowper moved the trial of the deputy sheriffs from Ma rion to Bumsvillc so that those spec ialty writers from the North will be given a chance to see the mountains, about which they have written so profoundly. A little let i>p of this brand of weather, (unusual for this side of the Balsams) so that the contractor can - finish the paving on the Cullowhee road, and oj>en it for travel, would go a long way toward assisiting in abolishin? poverty in this town. We could bring prosperity by is suing more county, state and munici pal bonds and put the boys to work building roads and laying sewers, if we courld get away with repudiat ing the principal and interest on the bonds we already owe. Otherwise it would but add to the burden that the home-owner is already carrying. I * ; Americanism : Form an Organiza- ( tion, appoint a board, name a com-. mittee, pass a law. y . , ) I -x v- i - s ' >? ' ' ' /' ?, I ? - N 1 ?? I ' With a demand for lower interest rates to legitimate business, and on home and farm mortgages, one farm organization has hit the key to pros perity. The mortgage loan companies and the credit concerns are milking the old family pocket-book} dry f and keeping it that way.- No business can stand the strain of^high interest rates [ Senator Brookhart comes; with an j other substantial and practical way to bring more prosperity, and to scat ter it throughout the land. He spon sors a bill that would pay off the soldiers' bonus in cash. To some of us it would abolish poverty around $1,600 worth, which is more prosper ity than we now enjoy. The writer would like to get his check, or an iustallemcnt on it, this morning. In other words, as we understand the proposal, having' failed to tax ourselves rich' on the tariff raise, we are to abolish poverty by the states, counties and municipalities issuing more bonds. The way, then, to pros , ]>erity is to go deeper in debt, and - pay more -interest to the holders of j tax free bonds Quite a simple solu- ' j tion. Wonder we didn't think of it! i ourselves. i THE ROAD AND TRADE i It is undeniable that the unexpect ? ed delay in completing the Cullowhee I road, through no fault of the eon ! tractor, and due solely to unusual I weather conditions, has blocked trade | in Sylva, bottled up most of the ! county, and hurt business in the town jto a considerable extent. I Howevre, it wont be long now. A i few pleasant days, and the concrete I will he completed. Then, The Journal J px-cdicts, Sylva will have the biggest i holiday trade in the history of the 1 town. Always a good trading center, ' for a large territory, Sylva has been shut off from its largest trade a it a i for weeks. A stagnation of business jto a certain extent has been the in evitable result, coupled with a gen eral business unrest throughout the ' country; hut the folks will be here, as soon as the road is opened; and ; Svlva will be glad to see her friends J and neighbors, who populate the J Southern end of Jackson county. It will be like a meeting of old > friends, leng separated, and will mean | and unequalled holiday trade in Syl va. j Xo use being down-hearted. Wait as patiently as you can for the com pletion of the contract. I . ? I Call for the camphor bottle before yoo read this one. The Southern Bell Telephone Company ha* filed a peti tion asking for a new schedule of rates on long distance calls, anent Inst week einl with her parents at Speedwell. Miss Edna Drake spent Saturday night with Misses Bernicc and Selma ( Heed B roc me, at the .John's Creek teacherage. Among the recent visitors of the John's Creek school are: Mrs. Edwin Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hooper, Mr. Milliard Henson, and Messrs. Stephens, of Moses Creek. Misses Hcttie, Mary, and Fanny ( Green were visitors at the John's Creek teacherage on Saturday cven I iner of last week. I Mrs. Janie Brown and Mis$ Dixie I Henson spent last Thursday night with Mr. and Mi's Dillard Hooper. Mrs John H. Smith has returned , to her home at Cow a its, from a visit to her son at Tuckaseigee. Misses Willa Mae Hooper ami Ber f. " -* *> ;?*. ? nice Seay spent the week end with Miss Emma Lou Vinson. v , ,< . ? j * . ,:*9: ' ?' ' ?R. W. KERMIT CHAPMAN DENTIST * Office with Drs. Nichols over Svlva Pharmacy I, Found, Eastern Star Pin. Call at Journal offic. pay for this advertise ment, and get your property? Make $8 to $15 daily running a' McNess Store on Wheels in Jackson ! County. Steady work. No experience' nor capital needed. Write today. Mc Ness Co., Dept. P. Freeport, lit Na 419 B Mother! Watch Child's Bowels ? ? ? ^ f California Tig Syrup" isr > Children's Harmless \ Laxative Wh?B your child ia constipated, bi lous, Km ec lie, feverish -breath, eoeU( tongue, or diarrhea, r teaepoonful o genuine "California Tig Syrup" tweet ana tha stcmach and promptly dean the bowels of poisons, gases, bfle, soui Ing food ard wa*te. Never craihps o overacts. Contains no narcotics o soothing drugs. Children lora Its da ' Jeioua taste. * Ask four druggist for geaofce "GalN fornia tig Byrnp" whioh has full dlj for babies and ohikban of an ages, plainly printad on bottkJ vou must say ?0hllfonfc7 yet an luiUtte* fig aynqj r- v "? " : ?- ?'*&? , -'? '?; ' ? ?-V THE CHRISTMAS BOOK STORE We can fnrnish yon with any book you n ay want to ? Av? :1 Christmas. If we haven't it in stock, we will get if for yon i? plenty of time, if you will give us your order early. Besides lairy and folk lore, we can get nil the works of famous authors, such as Louisa M. Alcott, Eleanor it Porter, lvate Douglas \\>?ntl. For the boys, many exciting books ol adventure and a great selection of Alger and Memwell titles " No? we haven't forgotten tlie Grownups! All tlio nc? hction and Biography are in the list. n ? . Subscription* taken for all the best magazines. I nng your orders early, so that the snhseriptions may star, ,t Chnsta i as | Billy Queens News Stand r The Woodwork Inside ? has to he even more artistic, better made and better finished than the woodwork outside the house. Visitors see more of t ho interior and are mere critical. Otir mill work for inferior < i> wit li out a flaw. We can supply it in any soft or hard wood, in my forni^anted. BUILDERS SUPPLY & LBR. CP, / 0ao SUng 9oiaeoolotu I know a man who has made a great deal of money. Having ' a high sense of obligation to his associates and his job, he con to work hard. Bat be feds that it is incumbent upon him to show that ha k prosperous and, as he expresses it, to "get some enjoyment out ?f his wealth." So he has built himself a big house in the city, another near the seashore and a third in the mountains. He has a yacht, with a crew of twenty-five men. Surely, you would say, he must be very happy, having every thing that his heart could desire. My personal observation is that he has too much, and for that ftsssoa actually gets less pleasure out of living than he did when be was poor. I have never seen him seriously worried about his great busi i. But I have seen him waste an hour on the telephone fretting something that had gone wrong on his boat. He can make a decision involving millions without winking an syelash. But when his prize bull got sick he was out of busi ness for a couple of days, while he telegraphed all over the country for specialists, and received* hourly bulletins. Another man, having no children, keeps two prire dogs which ?ra so valuable that he insists on taking them with him everywhere. I went with him once on a pleasure tnp in an automobile. It may have been a pleasure trip for the dogs ; it was agony for me. About every twenty miles we had to stop to attend to the little darlings. Tbev fretted my friend much more than Coolidge was ever fretted hjr tne operations of the entire United States. \ \ I have never been one of those who write disparagingly of money. It is magic stuff. It can smooth rough roads, banish fears, and transform human lives. But I hope that as I get older I may have sense enough to Nve in a smaller house, after my children leave, rather than build a big house. That I may be blessed with the wisdom that only he who amplifies his possessions can realty reduce worries. The rich young man who went to Jesus received a hard ans wer. "Go, sell all that thou hast and give to the poor," he was told, n From this it ia often assumed that true religion demands poverty of its followers ? ? wrong idea, as is proved by the fact thsft Jesus had other wealthy friends from whom He demanded no such sacrifice, i I The trouble with the rkh young man was not that he had too much money, but that he had ,rgrat poesetstons". Worrying ?bp** jjjs possessions so absorbed him that he w|f np good fgr any THE BROOK By Alfred Tennyson. I come from haunts of coot aa4 hern, I make a sadden tally, And sparkle out ampng the fern ? To Dicker down the valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridgea, By twenty thorps, a little town. And half a hundred bridge*. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, Por men may com* and men may go, But I go on forerer. I chatter over stony ways In little sharps and trebles* I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. ?> With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come ana men may go, ? But I go on forever. I wind about, and in and oat, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty troat, And here and there a grayllnr. And here nad there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel, With many a silvery water-break . Above the golden gravel And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by haxel covers, I move the sweet forget-me-noU That grow for happy lovers. I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance Among my skimming swallows, I make the netted sunbeams danca Against my sandy shallows, t murmur under moon and star In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars, I loiter round my creases: And on again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, Por men may come and mm aaay litTgoon forever. ? .j . . _ - . 69c Aluminum Ware 69c A Big Selection FRIDAY - SATURDAY ONLY AT THIS PRICE FIG BARS 10c lb All other crackers same pricc COAL SCUTTLES 35c each Colgates Toothpaste Listerine Toothpaste SPECIAL 8c . EXTRA SPECIAL White Enamel COMBINERS 79c BROOMS 50c value ? only 39c " X ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS 19c each WAIT FOR TOYLAND AT TEE A. & B. too and 25c Store We Will Have the Biggest Line of Toys and Holi day Gtoods That Have Ever Been Shown in Sylva v. SANTA CLAUS HEADQUARTERS WILL BE AT THE A and B STORE ? > Watch For Our Circular ?s I \