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gl 0? Year Advance ip Tbe County. sylva, N. c, THTOSDAT, octobee 23,1930 , $2.00 Year in Advance outside the C?mt>
ELECTION ONLY
13 DAYS OFF
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Tlu? general election, in which a
I'uitoii States Senator, solicitors,
roiigrcsMiien, State senators, members
?i ilu- bouse of representatives, aiu
foiiniy ticket will be elected in Xortl
C.uoliim, ami in most oi' the state;
,,i the I'nion, will be held Tuesday,
\,,u>iiiber 4. As usual politics ?
?arin up ''acksQn county, tlx
11,.mmrath working to'regain control
oi the county, and the Reublican
jfukniu desperate ettorts to retain
then ,n lho county, capturet
rlicia lour years ago.
Nut only ihat, but in 1928 the Re
juMViiiis elected two members ol
IimirroHs in the State, Charles A
l?n::< in the !>th and tleorge Priteh
jiii in thi-i district, in addtion t 1
?rithe .-late for Hoover. !
N,.w Mr. I'ritchard is running fo
ihc Cuitr?l States Senate in an et'for
in uaiti once held by hi
i.-.tlicr, aiid i> opposing Jos'ah W
wlii> tl.-anted Senator Sim
in I lie Democratic primary ii
J:u.* Hri'wiih?w J.teksbn, United
St:-t?- M.'i' -iml tor this district, ha
Mr. IVitehard as Repub
ii (.;?!. In lale lor eonirjvss, and if
Mj.|tn;in!: Zehulon WehycLr, forinei
Member oi eon??ress, who' was de
Irjt-i hy I'ritchard in the hndslidi
ut Congressman Jonas, doWn in
i1.' !l:li, s ninimiir afraiifjMajor Bui
u i.k1.'-, w li>?n. he detrated" two vear
;i'ji?
? ??.? .y
Ihe rui-!>xi r.n book* will rlos*
tin-, week, and botl
:.rr ? thoir efforts to g*'
the n.iiiif* ut li)| voters of their at
Iia:iti>m on the hooks before ?*un
d"Wii on that day.
The two tickets in this county, it;
additon to the state ticket, foi
M
jmke*, are.
DEMOCRATIC
Inited State? Senator, Jlwiah -V
Bailey. ?"
Member of Con?l**S Zebnlor
Wearer.
Solicitor, John M. Queen.
State Senate. Mrs. F. L. MeKee.
Representative, Thomas A. Cox.
?'hiljo Recorder's Court, Joseph J.
Hunker. ^
Sheriff, .fohn J. Maney.
^lerk Superior Court, Dan Al'i?on.
Reenter of Deeds, Vernon L. Cope
Surveyor, Rogers Coward.
fiironor, Xeal Dills.
Commissioner of Finn nee, J. D.
Cowan.
Commissioner of Roads, John All
ttan. .
fnmmksiorer of Welfnre, Monro j
Hadison.
KFprmjCAV
Inited States Senator, (U'orge
Piitt+ard.
Member of Conpress, llrownlov
?'ackson. iil*
Solicitor, W. (J. Hull.
s,ato Senator, J nines F. Barrett.
Kf'prcM'ntHtive, Dr. D. D. Hooper.
?Iiiil'e Kiriiidcr's Court, K. P
Stillwell.
"'?rk Sii|M rior Court, J. T. (Jribhle.
'jwristor o: Deeds, W. W. Brvson..
^nryor, San. Cook.
!Vr'""r, .K 11. PHinter
"'lui^iiiM.r 0f Finance, John B.
h,>
-or.
1 ''"imi-siomr of Roads, Coot
W
''"Wmissioiier of Welfare, A. D-(
' arker. i
^THERMAN FOUND
Hanging in baI*
?Ita ImmIv (.i Kaliscy Leatbef*?fc
M of liOCust Creek section
^ *>'lvy, \v:i> found hanging in his
'^r" >lnmlv m'ternoon today. It is
"''"??'?I tlmt the death of
y-tWrn,aV, U a cane of suicide. It.
te v 'l tiiiit no one was at the house
11 '?ll' time, Mrs. I^atherman being
J'v?- shopping.
^ '"OrniMir's inquest will be held
w a>trrsi?Hni, to determine the
"f his death. Mr. Iieatherman
t ;'U(' huvc been ill poor health
j been recently discharg?d
^ hospital
^ Houston
w < MOFFITT PASSES
Coward Moffitt, fcif*
^^Kton Moffitt, died Tuesday at
h ,Tmp at Kast Ijxporte at the age
%W^',nrra' ttn<^ -interment were
?i the Coward eeroete*y#
^orn, yesterday afternoon
L 7' C. Queen.
WEEK By WEEK
(By Dan Tompkins)
Herbert Hoover, Jr.f who is said
to be suffering with a slight tuber
cular affection, has leased Bryan?
"old home on Sunset mountain ana
with his ftetnly, will live in Asheville
for several months, com ng to West
ern North Carolina to regain hit>
health.
The American Federation of l^ahor,
in its annuai convention, again adopt
ed a resolution asking for modifica
tion of the Volstead Act, by legaliz
ing the sale of beer. Beer is to th?*
laboring man what champagne is u
$he wealthy; except that it far
from being as intoxicating.
After finding nothing to investi
gate regarding Mr. Bailey's prima r> J
victory in North Carolina, Senato
N'yp's committee moved on to Ten
ncsHco and gave Oovdell Hull a clean
date. Better keep the senate com
mittee hnsv up Xorth, wheiv politie,
:s a game, and everything :s consid
eyd fair, .just so you can ge! b\
with it.
As winter comes on apace, Presi
dent Hoover has appointed a com
| mittee of his cabinet to try to eopr
[ with the big problem of unemployed
i millions in the country. It is indeed
a big task, and one that is of primary
importance. To he jobless for months
and a cold winter staring one in th<
face, is of the greatest seriousness
The great war between the relu
ctates and the federal government ii
the country of Brazil continues, will
the rebels ma kins: most ot' the gp.in*
to date. Great country, P. rax i I. A
country capable of sustaining, in tin
\ alley of the Amazon, a great civ
ilv-ation ot millions of people. A
pn*e well worth contending for.
flH n?w . appe^rs/that the mob, ii
our neighbor county o i Oconee,
South Carolina, lynched tbe .wrong
negr^. hwfc spring. A jnry so found,
and no doubt, Oconee citizens feel
that a great injustice was done. One
great trouble with Judge Lynch's
court, is that it too frequently ex
ecutes an innocent man.
General Valeriano Wavier, who
was military governor of Cuba
under the Spanish government, at
the time of the intervention of Am
erica, because of the stern policies
he exfcented, and which resulted in
the freedom of Cuba as an independ
ent nation, is dead at the age of 02
The death of General Wevler brings
the minds of the wider folk back
to the Nineties, the sinking of the
Maine, George Eugene BrysonN
newspaper accounts of Spanish atro
cities in Cuba, and, the Spanish
American War.
Unusual and unseasonable weather
has marked 1930 clear through. A
summer almost,.unprecedented in hot
ness, a prolonged drought over mosi
of the country is followed by an ear
ly winter. Last week a blizzard grip
ped the Rocky Mountain region and
thiu week automobiles of tourists
I going Southard were caught in
heavy snows, in New york. Five mid
dle western etates..were covered with
snow,' ind eve ft here, while the. frost
held off f?ff^er tf?n is usual, the
weather is much colder than are the
average October days.
The Democratic leaders of the cam
paign predict that the next house of
congress, to be elected November 4,
will be Democratic, and that flier1
Democrats will gain members in the
Senate. Republican deny that the
House will be capture<M>y the Denv
oerats, but it is generally admitted
there will be substantial ga:ns made
| by the Democrats. If the House
!should be Democratic, as seems likcl;.
| Representative garner of Texas wiP
j succeed-Xic4ioIaa Long worth as speak
er.
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OPEN DEMOCRATIC HEAD
QUARTERS IN SYLVA.
Headquarters from wh:ch the dem
ocratic campaign in Jackson coiuit\
win be wt-gcd, have been opened in
the vacant room of the Buchanan
building, on the ground floor, nert
door to the union Jros station.
Comfortable quarters have been
fitted up, and Democrats from out
side ?f town are incited to drop in,
wktn they oe&
HUNTER TO SPEAK SCOUTS TO SEE
AT M. E. CHURCH1 CAR,-TENN. GAME
lii ;hc absent o l' the pas lor, Rev.
George Clemmer, the puipit of the
Methodist church in Sylva will ho oc.
cupied hy Dr. H. T. Hunter, presi
dent of Western Carolina Teachers
College. "The Social Life as a means
to Christian Growth" is the speak
er's subject.
Dr. Hunter is not a stranger in
Sylva or in the Methodist pulpit.
His ahil'ty as a thinker and liis ca
pacity for forceful utterar.re are well
known. Dr. Hunter has taken his
place i.mong the dynamic leaders who
are untiring in their efforts to build
Western North Carolina. The com
munity is invited to jon with the j
congregat'on in welcoming its dis-1
tinguished visitor. '
The even ng service at Dillsboro
will he conducted l?y the Woman's
Missionary Society of which Mrs.
M. D. Cowan is president. Sj)e<i:al.
musi.* will be rendered and brief!
talks will be made by members of j
tliis organization. This will be an;
interesting and helpful service to:
which the public is cordially invit- J
ed. The church schools convene i
I
promptly at 10 a. in. .Epworth Hi-j
League meets at 7 p. m.
MARS HILL CLUB ORGANIkED;
AT W. C. T. C. I
A Mars Hill Cluli wax organized!
Wednesday, October 15. at Western
Carolina Teachers College bv former
Mars^Ull students who are now in
school at Cullowhee.
I
The officers lor the year are:1
president, Pearle Justice; vice pres-'
ident, Rulh Giibble; secretary. Mat-!
tie Lpu Mca^e; sponsoir, P. L. Joliot.;
The membership of the elub is i
composed of Leonard MvAlister, {
Porter Kaper, Eulalia McClure, Ko- i
berta Bryant, Bud Thompson, George
flibbs,. Charles Elmore, Jeffrie Free
man, Mattile Lou Mease, Hnth Grib
ble, and Pearle Justice.
Invitations have been issued to
Uie following faculty members of
Western Carolina Teachers College
who were tonne:1 Mars Hill students
to become honorary members; Miss
Lona Bill Braswcll, piano teacher
President H. T. Hunter, and Dean
Bird, head of the English Depart
ment.
IMPORTANT MEETINGS OF
TOBACCO GROWERS
( By E. V. Vestal, County Agent )
As the Hurley tobacco market does
not open for a month .. et, we. can
not tell very much about the price we
may expect to get. However, we need
not expect the .'50c average ol' last!
year. On the other hand, i <lo not
think the price will be nearly as low
as the bright tobacco is selling for in
I Eastern Carolina.
None of us cau fully realize the:
value of spending a little extra Lime
in grading the tobacco properly. As
there arc live major grades, and as
the buyers buy on these grades, it is
important that the tobacco is so grad
ed. If these grades are not made,
the buyers pay low a plenty, so that
they can have this work done.
1 have been trying all the fall to
get Mr. Floyd, the State Extension
specialist, but have been unable to do
so. However, I will be at the follow
ing places next week to help give
[grading and tieing demonstrations:
Tuesday, 28th - Roy Cowan's, Web
ster, 9 a. ni.
J. L Jones', Addic, 2 p. in.
Fred McLain's, Svlva, 4 p. in.
Wednesday 29th, W. A. Hooper's,
Speedwell, 9:30 a. m.
J. E. Tritt, East I^aPorte, 2 p. m.
Thursday 30th, .lames Battle's,
Whittier, 9 a. m. ?.
Will Freeman's, Qualla, 2 p. in.
Ellis Buchanan's,'Barker's Creek
4 p. ni.
Friday, 31st, Carl Cagle's, CJreen's
Creek
Plan now to be at - one of these
meetings, and let us get a elear rn
derstanding. of the eorreet grades of
tobacco, so that we can make the
money the buyers would take off
* iir- Or-A ' ' Jul &L
r >Trf j*/" |. . '.tfr feT *=?
A week-end trip is being planned
for the Boy Scouts of SyTva. One
of the big buses of the Independent
Coach Lines, Inc.,-has been chartered
for the trip. The.bus will be parked
at the Sylva bus station ready to
ride by six o'clock Saturday morning,
i The object of the trip is two-fold.
First, it is intended to lie a pleasant
outing, giving the boys a chance to
see autumn color at its best, on the
, wooded slojx's of our ma jestic moun
tains in Western- North Carolina.
Second, and incidentally, to give the
boys, all of whom like sports, the op
1 portunity to see oiroof the b'.g, head
! 'li no attractions ijfi football in the
I game between Tennessee and Caro
' linn, Saturday afternoon.
. * .
This opportunity is open to all
members of troop one in good stand
ing. The expenses for transportation,
admission to the game, and lodging
will be paid out of froop funds. The
nnh exjH'nse to 1 he - boys will be in
the matter of/eats.' Each l>oy will
need something like $2.00 to care
for this item. Any l?oy who is not
able to senre this amount may J>e
taken care of if he will report to flic
Scout masters. ?>
The bus will lea v?t?. Svlva shortly
after six a. in. Saturday and will re
turn to Svlva Sunday nijrht. Satur
day nipht the troop^f?iil he quartered
in the gymnasium af- the splendid,
new Y. M. C. A. building in Knox-1
ville. The Scout offic'als ask that the
parents let their boys take advantage
of this opportunity. Kacli Scout is re-j
quired to take a pair of blankets.
BALSAM
Ab^apil Mn. K* -L. Cope ot Ashe
arUlSflfi^ouwe the birth of h line
girl?Doris' Love?who jftiivetT the
I3th. Mrs. Cope is the youngest daugh
ter of Mrs. W. J. Cogdill o? this
place.
Mrs. Walter Bain has returned
from Asheville where she viited her
sister, Mrs. K. f>. Cope for the past
t wo weeks.
About seventy five friends and
relatives gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hovle Sunday
ann had "all day singing, and dinner
ou the ground.''
"Childhood and Youth Week" was
observed in the Methodist church last
week and an interesting program
"Growing Toward God" was render
ed Sunday.
A large erowd attended tho inter
esting service at the Baptist chureh
here Sunday. Mr. John B. Ensley,
Mr. D. G. Brvson and others gave
the history of the organization of
the Baptist Association and the Bal
sam ehureh, etc.
COWAETS
Rev Ben Cook and Rev. Western
Parker have just closed a revival
meetipg at .John's Creek Baptist
chunk.
Miss Fay Hooper was the gnest.of
Miss Marie Stephens, Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Everette Smith have
gone to Florida for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. DiHard Hooper and
Mr. and Mrs. Milas Parker motored j
to Cnllowhee, Sunday afternoon. . j
? Mr.' and ' Mrs. C. D. Hodgins of
Franklin were.week end guests of
' Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Drake and Mr.
; and Mrs. Charlie Seav.
Mrs.. Woodie Hooper was a visitor
1 of the school, Wednesday.
i Rev. F. W. Kiker of Webster eon-1
I ducted chapel at John's Creek high
i school, Tuesday morning. Every one
I enjoyed it.
Rev. F. W. Klker was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stephens, Wed
nesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Styles of Syl
va visited Mr. .T. F.. Coward, Satur
day night. ?
Messrs Frank Coward and Dillard
Hooper weer quests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Coward at Balsam, Sunday.
Miss Christine Lovedahl was visit
in<r home folks, the past week
Mr. Luther Stephens, Mr. John
Lovedahl, Mr. Odell Lovedahl, Messrs
James Parker, Paul Swayngim, and
Wayne Henson went to the moun
tains, chestnut hunting. They report
| a srood time. ,
I Mrs. E. L McKee will speak at the
i John's Creek school honse, October
129.
i ti i iti tt i
40 YEARS AGO
(Tuckasigee Democrat, Oct. 29, 1890
Rev. A. H. Peoples, ot' the M. E.
church, who was on this circuit this
year, goes to .Clay county. John 8.
i Burnett to Winston and William
I Franklin to Wildhood near More..
I head City.
By generosity of its friend.s, the
Democrat has been enjoying a por
tion of the "fat of the land" this|
week. We are under obligations to
Mr. Marion Ashe for some fine ap
ples and to Mr. O. B. Coward for n
much enjoyed mess of "spare rib."
The Democrat tenders its thanb
to Messrs. A. W. Bryson, Walton A)
len, Bob Reed, Charlie ;md l^enoir
Allen for valuable assistance render
ed us in moving our press down
stairs in the Sawyer building, where
we are much mor comfortably sit
uated and prepared to entertain our
friends in a "more hostile manner."
What a day was last Sunday, and
what a night that followed it! "It
snowed, rained and hailed, s-nd the
wind blew "great guns." We never
saw a worse; spell so early in the
season. The tops of the high uioun
tains in view of the town are cov
ered with snow. Maj. W. H. Bryson,
who passed his 92nd b:rthd?y ou the
8th; of this month, recalls a consid
erable fall of snow on the 16th of
October nearly fifty years ago.
Democratic Ticket: For congress,
9th Congressional District, W. T.
Crawford; For Senator 42nd District
J. 8. Bell; For Solicitor, George A.
?Tones; For Representative, Coleman
C. Cowan; For Clerk Superior Court,
J, VV, Fisher-For Register of Deeds,
W. H. H. Hughes; F&r Sheriff, J.
E. McLain; For Treasurer, J. II.
Moody; For Surveyor, E. A. Cook;
For Coronor, .7. W. Shelton.
ORDER CLOSE
SEASON ON FURS
! Raleigh, October 21?Following
action by the Board of Conservation
| and Development, Chas. H. England,
' State game warden, announced yes
terday that the season for trapping
I fur bearing animals has bceu closed
I for two years in fifteen Western
North Carolina counties.
The counties in which the new re^
illation takes effect^ include the fol
lowing: Buncombe, Clay, Cherokee,!
j Graham, Swain, Jackson, Haywood,
? Madison, Yancey, Henderson, Tran
sylvania, Polk, Macon, MeDowell
| and MitflML
Closing of the season for these an
! imals was asked in petitions from
the fifteen counties and the action {
of the Conservation Board followed
a public hearing conducted by State
Warden England in Asheville on Oc
tober 1 at which the opinions ex
pressed were overwhelmingly in fav
or of the proposed change.
i The petitioners asked' that- the
trapping be prohibited as a feature
of a movement to increase the num
ber of fur bearers in that section to
an extent so that the fur industry
may be reestablished on a large
scale. Considerable interest, it was
contended, is being developed in this
endeavor in the western part of the
State.
Creek school (It. L. Madison and J.
E. Brown), had a basketball game,
Friday afternoon. Score five and
twelve in favor of the Madisona.
The log train that hauls logs from
Rich Mountain to East Laporte had
u very serions wreck; but no one was
hurt.
The teachers all went to Aschville,
Friday. They all report fi nice time
Miss Gladys Parker of Canada,
who has been attending school here
went home Friday; but she has re
turned.
The school is expecting to have a
piano here by the first of next week.
Funds for the piano are still being
raised. About one hundred and ten
dollars has been raised, and more is
coming in.
The Community Progressive Club will
have its regular meeting Wednesday
night, October 29. Mrs. E. L. Mel
of Sylva, candidate for the State
i
TO SPEAK OVER
RADIO 11
A quartet of Democratic
including the best known big tjiofc.
ent of the party, is scheduled tp
heard over the air daring the clopi
two weeks of the campaign, begi
ning tonight, according to^ajj an
announcement from Washington to.;]
day.
The people of Carolina will thus1
be given the opportunity to hear the'
issues of the cnrrcnt campaign from
the leading Democratic authorifte* of1
the nation.
The four heavy calibre speaker*
include -John J. Raseob, chairman of
ihe Democratic National Committees
former Governor .VI fred E. Smith of
Xew York; .louett Shouse, chainpAn
of the Democratic National Execu
tive Committee; and Claude GL Bow-.
era, of New York.
Mr. Bowers, who made a speech at
Houston, heard more or less around.
the world, and who has recently writ
ten u best seller about the South,\
is considered by many to be the pre*- .
ent Bourke Cochran of the Democra
tic party. ;
He is scheduled to he heari first
of the quartet, his speech being
slated for tonight, Octpbcr twenty
third, from ten thirty to eleven
o'clock, p. 0j. *
On the twenty seventh of October
two speeches will be broadcast, one
from Mr. lfascob from eight to eight
thirty, and the second from farmer'- |
Governor Smith, from eight thirty to* 1
nine thirty. d
On the twenty eigbtfc^ Mr. Smith 'j
will again be heard, speaking this
time from eight to eight thirty
oclock. And on N'ertmber tfeint, on
Jffc.eve etf the eurra?t of the
ceptnry, comes the speeik of. Mr.
Rhonse, scheduled fron^ten thirty ta
eleven.
Also, it is announced^ Mr. Smith
will speak in Boston on the twenty
eighth of Octobcr which will ateo
likely be heard over the air.
AH of these programs are schedul
ed on eastern standard time. Three
of them, Mr. Bascob, on the twenty
seventh, Mr. Smith on the twenty
ninth, and Mr. Shonse on November
third, will be heard over the Nation
al^ Broadcasting network, with tbe
Bowers speech of October twenty
third, and the first Smith ajfeech of
tbe twenty-seventh will come over
tbe Columbia chain.
MR. RYAN DIES IN N. Y.
A telegram received here Sunday,
by Mrs. .Joseph R. Ryan, announced
the death of her father in law, Mr.
J. 8. Ryan, who was found dead in
Ms bed, at his home in Salamancu,
N. Y., Sunday morning, having died
of a heart attack, sometime during
Ike night.
Mr. Ryan waa a visiter here sev
eral years ago, and made a number
of friends during his stay, who will
nprret to learn of his passing.
Mrs. Joseph Ryan left Sunday t?
join her husband, who was in Cuin-'
berland, Md., to attend the funei"al
aervice.
TEASERS ?V
Is this your name? By arrange
meat with the Lvria Theatre, two
names of persons in Syiva or Jack
aon county will be published in the
Journal each week. Tf the pereoos
wbost names are so published can
decipher their names, they will he
admitted free to the theatre at &ji.v
show prior to Friday of the follow
ing week.
The letters in the lines below, if
fwperly arranged, spell the nannA
?t two people in Sylva or Jacfcson
Monty. Jf either of them is yonr
?IP, just fill in the totters in tfcc
blank line below, clip this <rat and
present it to the box offtee at the
Lyric theatrt, and you will be ad
mitted free to any show, before nex't
ViUay.
Nauaa ?
EELHOTVUIR
CE ASLBNTiO
Last weeks teasers M ,
CfE aBLBNTION