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' SYLVA' N- C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
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27, 1930
$2.00 Year in Advance outside the Counto
Vi a meeting ol the Sylva Kdtary
lluii <?n Tuesday it was suggested
iL.ii mean* Ik- worked out to secure
Ltn'iit1'! legislation to a>suro the com
yctii'ii i>! tin- highway system iu
W^ti'i'i: North Carolina, and a call
?a.? issued lor a mass meeting of
ii[i/.in and the Chamber ot' Coui
Uitivf |h lie held within a short time
t'n iliM'is^ planu.
Tentative legislation that has been
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A ii?igaiii/ation ot the State
H ;'lt??v System, by providing tor
ftliolt- time highway commissioners to1
hi- appointed bv the tiovernor and to
mi vi- i i >r u term of two years, .sub
ject t<> removal at will by the Ciov
?ruor.
Completion ot the original highway
p.an>, without regard to districts.
Completion of all highways con
templated in original plans before in
wrjioruttug into State plan or cora
pl?'tiiiic any new projects.
The discontinuance ot' the present
P'mu ot allocating state highway
construction and maintenance fund*
by districts and consideration of the,
entire State Highway System as a
whole, - j
Repayment of interest, to countiM
that have loaned money to the' State
Bjfhway Commission at a rate not
Weding live |>er cent, from Jan
uary 1929 to January 1931, in three
equal annual installments, and the
^sumption by the State Highway
Comintviiou of all < interest on such
loans, coming due in the future.
Local Legislation Suggested
Thp HM-surance of the paving of
Highway 106 from Sylva to Cullo;
whee, the stie of Western Carolina
Teachers College, during the first half
ot 19.11, bv a special local bill in
the general assembly, if necessary.
Completing the grading of High
ly lob to Cashier's Valley iluring
1931, work to start not later than
May tirst, 1931, and the completion
of surfacing of the entire highway
not later than July 1, 1932.
Incorporation in the State High
way p]R>ix of the old Wlalhalla Turn
pike ir>.iit Cashier's Valley to the
'Vonee county line, and taking over
ot this road by the State Highway
Commission for maintenance, at once;
assuring a through trunk line from
Au^imh and the South to Knoxville,
Oiim nnati, Chicago, and the West
through the Great Smoky Mountain*
National Park.
It is stated that there is a greal
deal n| sentiment throughout the
?^Ute lor the remedial legislation in
filtrated in the suggestions that are
State-wide in their scope, and that by
wneerted action on the part of rep
^entatives and senators from the
East and West, there is reasonable
lfround tor the hope that something
01 kind can be accomplished.
?t vv?,s pointed out that only by
'Up" fiction, and the repayment of
intent on loans to the State High
ly '"ommifwion, can the tax rates
|n niuny of the counties be material
? n fliiced, and needed highways com
pleted.
CRISP 18 TOWN CLERK
-J. Crisp was elected us town
l'lerk Tuesday afternoon by the board
ulilermen of Sylva to succeed J
Cowan, who resigned effective
^teiiiher 1st, to assume his office
11nance commissioner of Jackson
r,,unty to which he was elected on
November 4. '
Mr. Crisp's duties will be to keep
books of the town, handle the
finances, collect street assessments,
axtii water rent* and other monies
fominir to the town and to have gen
e|"il supervision of the water sjratem
and streets.
?laines A. Turpin was elected chief
police to succeed Chief W. T. Mar
tl0? resignwt
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JACKSON FOLKS NOT EXCITED
BY RECENT BANK FAILURES
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I The people of Sylva and Jackson
county refused to become hysterical!
over the failure of a large number
of banks in Western North Carolina,'
during the three closing days of hist j
week. They showed their faith in their j
|section and in their bank, by keeping,
their heads, going quietly about their I
work, and making no run on the!
Jackson County Bank, the only fi
nancial institution in the county in j
which all the people have the utmost
confidence.
While many banks, in a number* of j
Western North Carolina towns, were
going down in the face of the financ-!
ial storm, precipitated by the failure |
of Caldwell and Company, and the'
closing of the Holston National Bank
in Knoxville and the Central Bank
and Trust Company in Asheville, the
Jackson County Bank stood as solid
as a rock, and no one even intimated i
that it might be in danger. The Wach
ovia Bank in Asheville, and all banks
in smaller towns, that clear through
that institution, remained open and
doing business as usual, backed by
ville by armored truck. The Jackson
County Bank is one of the corres
pondent banks of the Wachovia, and
was prepared to meet any emergency ?
though none arose.
It is believed that a great many of
the banks, that have, closed in the
smaller towns, are solvent, and will
either reopen for business or will be
able to pay depositors in full, and
their closing was due to temporary
embarassment over the closing of the
Central Bank and the American Nat
ional in Asheville.
177 banks in the states of Tennes
see, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas, Illi
nois, and North Carolina closed dur
ing the panic it is stated.
Those in Western North Carolina,
last week, were:
Central Bank and Trust Cmpany,
Asheville, American National Bank,
Asheville, Biltmore-Oteen Bank; all
three banks in Hendersonville, the
Bank of Leicester, the Bank of Flat
Rock, the Saluda Bank, the Bank of
Black Mountain, the Citizens' Bank
| and Trust Company, Waynesville, the
i Clay County Bank, Havesville, the
Bank of Murphy.
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Thanksgiving
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The American people, the old pioneer stock., are made of the material*
in which heroes are wrought.
They are a dauntless folk.
They have braved the winter seas.
Crossed the icy mountains, <
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Waded swollen streams,
i Trekked the storm - swept praries,
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Faced famine, and war, and desolation, i
To plant our civilization upon this continent.
For every victory, for every blessing, our people have been wont to
pour out their thanks to a Divine Providence; and it is well.
- Jackson County has much to be thankful for. Our lot has been cast
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in this favored region, surrounded by a superb climate, blessed with natural
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resources that are ours for the using.
The storms have swept across the country, and all around us there has
been ruin; but our people have shown the indomitable spirit of their fore
bears, and have refused to become excited, to lose their courage, or {their j
faith. * ^'
Our institutions are on solid footing. Our people have a will to work,
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and a faith that abides. They have faith in themselves and in their insti
tutions. They believe in their town, their uounty, their mountain region,
and their State. 1
True, many of our people, along with all America, have met with re
verses during the past year; but it has stimulated their courage, and steeled
their will to carry on.
During the past week, as many financial institutions have gone down
iii the face of the financial storm, co-incident to the failure of Caldwell
and Company, our bank has stood out as strong as Whiteside mountain, as
solid as granite, as immovable as the eternal Balsams that . stand as
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sentinels above our fertile valleys; and our people have had the assurance
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that their financial institution would remain to serve them. They kneWj
that in the Jackson county institution their savings were safe, and they
have not been disturbed concerning its safety.
True Western North Carolina has received a blow; but it is only tem
porary.
Not a single one of the great natural resources upon which our pros-,
perity has been based, and upon which we expect to build in the future,
has been destroyed.
Our valleys and our hills are as fertile as ever.
Our mineral wealth is still in the ground.
Our streams still roll onward toward the sea, and they are flowing
gold, awaiting but the harnessing.
Our climate is as good as ever.
COMPLETING NEW DORMITORY
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i (ullowliee, November. 2-1?The new
thirty thousand dollar structure at
| Western Carolina Teachers College
'i will he readv lor occupancy at the
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beginning of the winter quarter, De
cember 11. The dormitory contains
forty fiffht rooms besides lour a.
partments, a suite of rooms for the
hostess, a parlor, sun parlor, and
other rooms.
Reuben Robertson Hall is said to
be one of the finest girls' dormitories
in the state, its rooms being beauti
fully and adequately furnished, with
a bath between each two bedrooms.
ROTARY TO BACK HOSPITAL
'ti voting a cash donation of $50.
and $10.(10 per month for a jwriod of
three montlis, the Kotary Club of
Sylva, started the bill rolling for
popular support for the Harris Com
?nuiiity Hospital in K.vlva. This action
was taken at the weekly meeting of
the Rotary Club, held on Tuesday. It
was stated at the meeting that, due
lo depressed conditions, the hospital
is findini it difficult to raise suffic
ient revenue to meet its requirements
and that a campaign will be made
for funds from private sources to
carry on the hospital work.
ALFRED PARKER IS DEAD
Alfred Parker passed on at his
home iti Cove, Arkansas, on Novem
ber 12, at an advanced age, relatives!
in Sylva and Jackson county have
learned. ?
-Mr. Parker, a native ot this county !
was well kliown here, where he ma<le I
his home until lie moved to Arkansas,
It about the close of the last cen
tury.
lie marr ed Miss Luia Cannon, a
daughter of the late Judge K. ?JI.
Cannon of Wcl ster, and lived at the
"Parker Place** for several years. IFe
was Identified with civic and politi
cal movements in this county, and was j
manager of the Farmers' Alliance'
Store in Sylva, a eo~o|>erative store >
owned by the Farmers' Alliance of
Jackson county for several years.
Mr. Parker is survived by his widow
who is now living with her daughter
in Oklahoma City, two sons and
two daughters, and by his sisters,
Mi's. Tobitha Dillard and Mrs. Rho
da Watson of Sylva, and other rela
tives in Jackson countv.
BROS. TO RALEIGH
Walter and Casey Bryson, brothers,
convicted of second degree murder n
Macon county superior court, for
their part in the gun battle at Mur -
|?hy, a lew weeks ago, when Chief of
Police Carringer was killed in an at
tempt to arrest alleged bajidits, were
rushed l'irst to Asheville and later
to Kaleigh, to prevent possible mob
violence, by citizens of Cherokee and
other counties, said to have been in
censed at the second degree verdict
instead of the first degree, which
would have carried with it eleetrocu
tion.
Forewarned that mob violence
against the brothers was brewing,
Macon county officers rushed the
men to Buncombe county immediately
after a jury in Franklin had render
ed its verdict ol' second degree mur
der iind -Ind^e Cameron F. McKae
had sentenced Walter to 30 years and
Casey to .15 years in the penitentiary.
A lew hours after the prisoners
were safely locked in a thirteenth
floor cell of the Buncombe jail, the>
were ordered taken without delay to
Kaleigh. The removal was upon au
thority of Judge MacRae, who acted
after he had received numerous re
ports that Cherokee ""county citizens,
angered because the brothers had not
been ordered to the electric chair,
were discussing plans to take the law
into their own hands.
j Sheriff J. J. Bailey, upon receiving
J instructions from Judge MacRae, de
lii i led Deputy Sheriffs R. H. Luther,
Don Davis and W. A. Shuford to
? make the run to Raleigh.
There was suppressed excitement
I ut the sheriff's office as the officers
' moved qhietlv but quickly to remove
the piisoners. The first precaution
was to remove North Carolina license
plates from the department's fastest
automobile an substituted New York
plates. The ear was driven into the
county garage in the courthouse
basement and held ready with the
motor running.
Other officers went to the jail,
handouffed Casey Rryson (Walter
has but ono arm) and "leg chained"
the brothers together. The two were
hustled into the waiting car as they
step)>ed from the elevator in the
basement. The officers examined
their guns, received final instruction
and at 7:15 o 'clock dashed from the
garage at top speed. Others at tin
scene saw them safely through Beau
catcher tunnel and breathed easier.
Our tourists will continue to come each summer in increasing numbers.
We have but to keep a stiff upper lip, work a little harder, and make
each stroke count for more.
Are we downhearted? Who ever heard of North Carolina losing her
courage?
We are not that kind of people.
Ours is a "good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountain* and
depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley,
and vines, and fig trees, and pomgTanactes; a land of oil and honey* a land
wherein we eat without scarceness; a land whose stones are iron; and out
of whose hills we may dig brass."
From our mistakes we shall learn wisdom* and upon our reverses we
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shall build, in these hills a mighty empire.
We have met reverses before. Our land has been pillaged by war, torn
by strife, and ruined by a victorious and vengeful foeman; but the spirit
of our people has never been broken, and upon the ashes have we bnilded
a smiling countryside and beautiful cities.
The recent reverses are but a mere taste of the gre^t tribulations
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through which our fathers passed less than three-quarters of a century ago.
They won the fight. We shall start today building a greater Western
North Carolina, a mountain empire, of whose greatness we have but only
dreamed.
And it only behooves us to keep our faith unshaken; our hope* high,
and go to work in earnest
Victory is in sight. Carry on I
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