1st. Sec, *1.50 Year in Advance in The Countv. 1 sylva, n. c., Thursday,December 18, mso $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The Connty. GOSSIP ABOUT BY THE LAW !u commenting upon the bank sit- j tii, ...a ot recent weeks iii a number Western North Carolina towns, Jink'" Cameron McKae, presiding at Hr. ix>mbe superior court, pointed out l? the Grand Jury that it is a viola.. ti..n oi' the law to maliciously spread rumors denogalorv to batiks. ( |H)ii impanelling the grand jury, Jtuiu'e MacKae charged that body to tak. act-ion against any person or pe; they found to have circulated ntumis or reports derogatory bo the iiiuuuial standing of any banks, hiu^ MacRae said he has reliable I information that :it least eleven of' the hanks closed within the past few I weeks had been forced to close be., j ot panics resulting from mali- ^ i? .m*- circulation of false l-umors re... j ?:M\ling conditions of these b-xntc;. j ?11 you know or have evidence of i any person*'or persons breaking this j liiw," -said Judge MacRae, "it is youi duty to indict them. This is a natter ot great importance to the community. For nearly a year I have been giving these same instructions to grand juries wherever I have been .So inr as I know not a single person h?-s been presented or indicted so fur/' Judge MacRae read to the jury the statute governing such offenses, ft i* as follows: "Any person who shall willfttlly Talieiousiv mar:-?,-e?r?-ul'ite' ?r transmit to another or others any statement, rumor or suggestion, writ ten. printed or by word of mouth, which is directly or by inference derogatory to the financial condition or affects the solvency or financial h-fulitipn of any bank, or who shall tounael, aid, proeui'e or induce an.. .?;'ur to state, transmit or circulate .u v Htt-h statement^ or nimor, ccl better butter prices, than otherwise. It is ti*ue, however, that '?ream will have to be produced on m?re home, grown fefd suclh as soy bean hay than on so much bought 'Rrutn. Good pastures and plenty ot K??pd legume hay will be necessary ?tor profitable cream production dur.. JUK 1931. Beef cattle prices are likely to ?uiprove during the year, as there vitj probably be less butchei* cattle ?n th* .market. With good pastures ?ud bettr nnrl given plenty of early paahtre Wr "my expect as good a price this v,'at ns last, and likely better, as year was a record year in sheep Production. Tbe earlier lambs are the more we may expect for 'kfm, if they are in goqd condition. I^ With the large supply eon ttat. iK * APPEALS TO PEOPLE FOR i The Community hospital is apiwal..! ng to the people for funds with! which to carry on its charity woork; and it is officially stated that the j funds must be obtained, 01* the bos... I nital will be seriously embarassed, or j unable to care for the sick and in.. 1 j mod who come for treatment. The $1.00 per day that the hospital receives from the Duke Foundation,; i'or each charity patient, is inado..! quate, and revenue must lie raised from other sources. The C. J. Harris Community IIos_ j pital is the property of the people of Jackson County, having been paid for by the Duke Foundation, Col. Har ris and others, und presented to thr people. ' It operates as a 11011..profit, chari table organization, administered for the people by a board of trustees, who receive no remuneration for their services. All money received by them is used for hos|>ital work, such as the purchase of groceries, fuel, medicines, surgical supplies, and the salaries of superintendent and nurses. Physic ians receive uone of the hospital mon ey for attendance upon patients, and, if thev practice in the hospital, among pay patients, they must also attend charity patients, when called. - Any person may become a member of the hospital upon payment of not less than 15.00 per year; and the board of trustees is elected, on the third Tuesday in Januar. of each year, by the members of the hospital. The board of trustees is having pre pared a statement of the hospital, showing the funds that it has receiv ed, the disbursement,and the probable amount that will be-needed, in con* tributions, to finance the institutio during the year. In the mean time, trusteed state, they need money, and urge that funds in no matter how small amounts be sent to E. L. Mc. Kee, treasurer, to any other mem ber of the board of trustees. is now on some farms, a good manv farmers can well afford to feed out pigs for April and September markets during 1931. Hog prices should hold up well during the coming year, and thus afford a good market for extra corn. Unless the tobacco acreage is re duced to some extent in other sec tions next year, prices will likely re main low. However, if proper ferti lization and early planting are prac ticed by loeal growers, we may ex pect some money fiom tobacco again next year. More farms should grow smaH patches of tobacco in Jackson county,, as it cmes in handy for tax money, as well as other expenses. Even though the potato market may be no better next year than this, we can well afford to plant from a half to an acre to a farm. If good cul ture methods are practiced along with good seed and fertilizer, and then market during the middle of Sep tember, a good profit may be expect ed. , On the whole, Jackson county needs to grow more cash crops, along with the Live At Home crops this next year. We should continue to milk cows in the valleys and raise sheep and beef cattle in the up lands. Gpvernor Gardner's Farm Program for 1931 is "Make a liv ing on the Farm in 1931'*. Jackson county must do that very thing, make a living on the farm in 1931. JACKSON COUNTY HAS LIGHT EST SNOW-FALL IN THE STATE Perhaps the lightest snow fall of the entire State was the six inch snow that fe(l, west of the Balsams, Tuesday nigbt. In many ! parts V>f North Carolina down in the Pied mont cities and country, schools were prematurely cjosed for the Christ mac holiday. Traffic was blocked and great inconvenience experienced, by a snow ranging from 10 inches in Asheville, Waynesville, Hendei sonville, to 30 inches in Riedsville and vicinity. Clear down the State to the coast the snow fall was an unasually heavy one. In this vicinity the six inch snow was the deepest that kas been experienced in yean. The Introduction ? - ? ? By Albert T. Reid ? ' ? *- 5 'SaictJLClAuS,-t)u5 is my lie#/ brother. You see hh wasn'C here- when, you Came lasc ^ Christmas * AUfooSrt WESTERN CAROLINA TEACHERS ' COLLEGE OUT FOR HOLIDAYS ! Cullowhec, December 1t>?Holidays begin at Western Carolina Teaeheis College Friday, December y9 at 12: 30. Most of the students and faculty are to be, away tor the holidays. ?cht>ol work will be lesuiued Janu ary 2. "Chimes of the Holy Night'', a cantata, was given in the local Bapt ist church,Sunday evening by the Glee Club of the college. The program was presented under direction of Miss ? ^ I Mary Rose Feagans voice teacher, at W. C. T C'. About fiOO people were present. > At the beginniny of the winter quarter, a music club was organized. It is composed of all students taking piano, and all members of the col lege orchestra. Miss Flora Davis was elected president; Mary Dare Haith coek, vice president; Dellie Woffoord, secretary and treasurer There arc about twenty five mombes of the club. Officers of the debating club were elected last week, C. K. Zachary was reelected president; Sam Hutchinson, vice president; Dorothy Burnette, secretary and treasurer; J. W. Smith, Flora Gilbert, and Bettie Wright were elected member of the program committee. ! The Debating Club at Western Carolina Teachers College is doing j splendid work with a view to enter ing intercollegiate debating in the spring. In the Training School practice teaching is being done in the high school department since the college I has become a four year one. There are four teachers doing high school puacticc teaching this quarter. They are W. H. Bryson, ' Aandy Bryson, Mrs. Susie F. Bryson and Sam Hutch inson. , - j The high school teaching is under the supervision of Hjroiivmous Bucck,! principal of the Training School and Miss Cordelia Camp, a sujiervisor iu j the Training School. ? | Officers for the Student Govern ment Association in Moore Dorni. tory were electe last week. The President is Lillian Dillard; vice president, or House President," Ma rietta We'ch,; secretary and treas-* urer, Elizabeth Duckworth; council j members, Opal Fergerson and Louise Medford. ? STILL GIVING SILVERWARE t , The Journal's offer of free Rogers' silverware with one, two, or three year subscriptions to the Jaitrn-I al, still holds good, the. supply of sil-: ver not yet beingexausted. The offer applies to both new aand ^ renewal subscriptions, and with each three year subscription you get 14 f piece set of silver. With a two year ( subscription you get a 9 pieiee set; and wtih a 1 ye ar subscription is given a 6 piece set. JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL COMPLETE TERMS The schools of Jackson Comity wili reopen after the Christmas holidays, and will remain o|>en tor the full term; but the teachers will have to ^rait for tbkjii* pay until taxes arc paid. This was the decision reaehtd at a conference of county officials and teachers, held on Saturday iu the office of County Superintendent J. N. Wilson. For many years the teachers o! this county have been paid prompth each month. There was 110 money in the treasury to pay the November salaries. The equalizing fund from the State, or part of it came to hand, and the teachers were paid their salaries, 011 last Saturday, bring ing them up to the month of Decem ber, and salaries for that month are not due until after Christmas. It was pointed out and explained to the teachers that tax payments are coining in slower than usual, and thai ' ose of it, will bo reached at the close when members and classes of the Sunday school march to the al tar and present gifts to Jesus to be used for the poor ot this eommuni ty. It is suggested that the gifts be in the form of staple food -or toys suitable for children. The evening service at Dillsboro will be in the Baptist church. The public iv very cordially inv:!wi to attend any or all of these services. GREEN'S CREEK Rev. Thad Deitz filled his appoint ment at the Old Savannah church Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bryson spent the week end with Mrs. Biyson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Cowan at Webster. I Mrs. Andy Bobbins and little son,! Dickie of Biltmore are spending some time at this place. Miss Ethel Lee Buchanan of Enka spent Saturday night with her par. | ents. vi i Miss Frances Cowan of Websier, was the week end guest of Miss Hix-j ic Ashe. Miss Essie Green spent the week j end with home folks. Miss Enola Arlington and Mr j Hall were Sunday dinner guests at Mr. Felix Ashe's. Mr. Zeb Ashe made a business j trip to Sylva Saturday. Born t> Mr. and Mi's. Cole Alii son, a son, Claud': Taylor. SCHOOLS CLOSE TOMORROW i POR YULETIDE HOLIDAYS i The schools of the oounty will t close tomorrow, Friday, for the Christmas holidays. This includes, W?M? CaroJa* XMhp CUMptl f. 'mmftVUh "ffi'i ' ill' jf l " I HELP NEEDED ID CURE FOR THE POOR M. B. Madison, Commissioner of We Ifare of Jackson county, today j issued an appeal to the people for assistance in coping with the situa. : tion with which lie is' ?*onfronted in j earing ,f>r the destitute . people in ' the county. There are moi* uneinplnx . ' ed men in the county than at perhaps I any time in the history of the county. I And tax collectios are slower coining l. , i in than in many years. t Mr. Madison, in h s appeal, say is: "This winter as never before there hue families in destitute condition. jOn account of the unusualnumber of 'rails lor help and the slo^nies* of tax collection, it is impossible for. the welfare office (<> take tcare of the situation. If yon can help by contri buting clothing, shoes, food, or mon., cy, get in touch with me and T will be }>lad te collect them and distrib.. ite them amon? the poor. Especially at Christmas time, let us do what we can to bring pood ehecr to as many needy people as possible'*. M. B. Madison, Commissioner of Welfare. ? a PAERBOARD COMPANY WORK ING THREE 8 HOUR SHIFTS The Sylva Paperboard Company is working; three eight-hour shifts each day, in the extract department of the plant, during the few weeks that the paperboard mill.is closed. This action was taken, it is understood, ? in order to give employment to as many men as possible, working > eight hour shifts instead of two of 12 hours each, transferring most of the men from the paperboard depart ment, so that none would be thrown entirely out of work. The inconvenience of the tempo rary closing of the paper mill is thus spread over the entire organization, instead of the men who work in the eloped department having to bear the entire burden. Others are working making repairs on the buildings and machinery, it is said. CHRISTMAS AT THE SYLVA BAPTIST CHURCH Christmas services will be held at the Baptist church, on next Sunday? morning, with the pastor, Rev. -K G. Mnrray p&aehing a Christmas sermon. On Saturday afternoon ;i Christmas party will be priven t children of the Beginners' and Pit mary departments of the Sunday School, and one for those of the Junior demartment will be given on Monday afternoon. Both will be held .n the Chamber of Commerce hall. On Sunday evening, instead of tlu> regular preaching service, a Chii-1 mas program will be presented, :i feature of which will be the givimr. by members of each department of the Sunday school, of packages of groceries, toys, or articles of cloth ing to be used for the needy of the community. J. N. ROGERS DIES .1. K'. Rogers, well-known citizen of the county, died Tuesday night at his home near Cullowhee, following an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Rogers, a native of this county, spent his entire life here, and has a large and prominent family con nection. The funeral services were held this afternoon at Cullowhee, Rev. Mark Tuttle, pastor of the Cullowhee .Methodist church, officiating: and i : ternient will bq in the Rogers family cemetery. lie is survived by his two sons, David Hugh and Frank Rogers, his second wife, his first wife having preceded him to the grave several years ago, and bv other relatives and friends. Sylva Collegiate Institute, and the public schools. A happy throng of young folks will go trooping home, to return to thoir school work on January The young people of the county, who are away in schools and colleges will begin coming home tomorrow!