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WEEK
> 'V
(BV DAN TOMPKINS)
For the first time in the history 01
North Carolina; there is a woman in
(he State Senate. She is one whom .
r.I! know, Mrs. ?. L. McKee of Syivc.
The General Assembly of Norlh
Carolina is in session. The Democrat
i,. l ativus chose Willis Smith of Wake
Speaker of the House, juid Rive) %
I.Thnsou oi Duplin an President pr<*
f(,n:. ot the Senate.
f
There were some 21),000 fewer ant
mobiles sold in North Carolina la*,
vear than the year before; whieh i>
loot! tor thought for the folks wh<
iut\e been saying that automobiles
ai? the cause of the shortage ot
money in fhese parts.
Panama staged, a revolution, car
fiml it through, installed a new gov
eminent, called a man who was visit
in? in the I'nited States back homi
to accept the presidency, and starte<
things running under a new reigm*
all in few homs,a ml with the loss o.
only 8 lives..
Vljishal Joffre, whose superb mil
itary tactics saved Paris from the'
invading hordes of Germans, in the
beginning of the World War, is dead.
Wilson, Foch, Haig, Joffre, of the1
nTcat figures in the mightiest drama:
??( modem time*, have all passed from
the. s'a^e, leaving only Lloyd George
and -Ian Smuts, of the allies stars of
the first iragnitude, in the land of
:hr living. I
Ten Italian seaplanes have just eoir
j.leted the flight from Portugal to
Bra/il, a distance of 1,875 miles, in
17 hours. Great progress has been.
made in aviation in recent years. If,
one must fly acrosa.ag ocean in
plane, a seaplane ia the' apasibl^kind-'
of machine to
plflW. *TPU
with it,
. " I
500 rkansas farmers, not Russian!
Red>, nor the disciples thereof, bu( '
plain American farmorn, marched in
to the towu of England, last week, |
demanding food for the mouths of
their wives and children. Hard times i
and test summer's drought have im-!
jMiven<hed these men, many of them
formerly well to do farmers. That is 1
a spectacle to make the gods weep,
in America, a land where we aro told
that millions of men are out of em
ployment because there is an over
production of everything. Some..'
thim? out of joint here.
Eight mariues were killed by in
surgents in Nicaragua. The marines
were out mending a telephone line.
As we recall the matter, President'
Cooiidee, years ago, sent the marines
down to Nicaragua to see that a fair
fUt-tioii was hold. It must have been
*otne election, if the marines from
the United States have had to stay j
there all this time to make it stiek.
(Vur suspicion is that they are really f
there to protect the interests of cer
ium American millionaires, and that
i' W)iv really in their service that
th. ?Me eight mother's sons have been
.?'dried to the list of dead American
boys.
In the present General Assembly
there are six Republican^ .in the
Mouse and two in the Senate, t'
lowest in many years. Therefore, the
Democratic party is responsible for
"what happens is Raleigh, and should (
*o held by the electorate; just as
the Republican part is responsible ^
W tlip government in Washington,
t?i" the past ten years," aad should
j"' hi Id to account by the people for
I'artv control and party accounta
bility furnish the best, vehicle for
g')f>d government yet devised, despite
'''i'' iicw-fangled notions.about blocs,
''"wmissions, lobbies, and extra-gov
ernmental agencies.
W A ENLOE GHAPTEB
WILL MEET JAN. WTH
Mrs. C. C. Mason will be hostess
'<? the W. A. Enloe Chapter U. D. C.
s?t her home at Dillsboro, at a meet
i'"',' which will be held on Monday,
?lunuarv 19, at which time a 1^6
?'aekson program will bo presented,
following the program a business
fusion will be held and all members
We urged to b? present.
HAD GREAT CHRISTMAS PARTY i
This is ft group of Sylva children who were guests of Mr. and Mis. J. S. Hifdon at a Christmas dinner,,
at the New Jackson Hod.
QUALLA
The body of Mr. \V. li. Sheirill who
passed away at Harris Community ho.s
pital, Sylva, was brought Sunday af
ternoon for interment in the ceme
tery near his home. lie was a well
known and respected nitir.cn of Oli
vet. He was 82 years of age.
A Christmas message that was very
appropriate and impressive was de
livered at the Baptist church on the
fourth Sunday by Rev. Lucius Rog
ers from the text "Where is He,"
The sermon was followed by ail ex
hortation by Rev. Everett Gentry ol
Candler.
Messrs. Bill Howell and Jack Hy
att of Morganton visited Quail*
relatives last week. ,, ? . 1 '
Mitres Martha and Mary Oxuer ak.
kort CrieL V>
Mrs. J. h Hyatt, were guests at Mr.
!? Watson's of Dillsboro and Mr.
W. D. Wike's, Cullowhee.
Mr. D. M. Shuler received newt
Monday of the serious illness of his
sisterj Mrs. Fred Fisher of Brvson
City.
Misses Mozelle and Phyllis Moody
and Winnie Cooper returned to Ashe j
ville Sunday after a few days visit
with homefolks.
Mrs Joseph Medford of Clyde,
Mrs. Q. T. Cooper and Mrs. Roy
Sherrell of Sylva and Mr. and Mrs.
H. G Ferguson were guests at Mr.j
Frank Owens.
Misses Mary Battle and Annie
Lizzie Terrell, Messrs. Luther Hoyle,
J. O. Terrell, Jack Battle, James
Bradley and Earl Battle visited at
Mr. D. C. Hughes Saturday even'ng.
Mr. Wayne Ferguson, Miss Mary
Emma Ferguson, Miss Nell Edwards
of Waynesville and Hugh and Lillian
Ferguson were guests of Messrs.
Jack and Joe Hyatt.
Mrs. J. H. Hughes spent last
week with relatives at Cherokee.
A turkey supper given at Mr. J.
E. Battle's Thursday evening was en
joyed by a number of friends and
relatives.
Misses Etta Kinsland, Annie Lizzie
Terrell, Ruth Ferguson and Mr. Carl
Hoylc returned to their schools after
a weeks vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. Canies of Barker's
Creek were guests at Mr. J. L. Sit
ton's.
Mrs. D. L. Oxner and Miss Julia
Oxner visited Mrs. Maggie Gibson at
Wilmot.
Misses Winifred, Dorcas and Sara
?*arks of Canton visited at Mr. J. E.
Battle's.
Miss? Geneva Turpin gave a dinner
reception Friday. Her guests were
Missts Nina and Lenna Clyne of To
eoma, Wash., Misses Faye and Inez
Martin of Brvson City, Miss 01 lie
Hall, Messrs. Jack Turpin and Joe
-lohnson.
Rev. R. L. Bass was dinner guest
at Mr. T. W. McLaughlin's Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gillespie and
Charles Gillespie of near Brevard,
visited Mrs. W. H. Cooper last week
Mr. Sewell Hipps and family of
Canton visited among relatives.
| Mr. D. M. Shule:- went to Deep
Creek Monday to attend the funeral
of his sister, Mrs. Fred Fisher.
Mr J. O. Terrell left Sunday for
his school at Oakley after spending
two weeks with home folks,
j Messrs. J. J., Maney and Charlie
j Mason were in Qualla Saturday,
j Mr. He raw i Iowo U and family
j visited relatives at Cherokee.
I Mr and Mrs. Luther Ifoyle, Misses
Graee and Edna Ifoyle and Mr. Bil
Enslev called at Mr. W. 11. Ifoyle'*.
Mn Norman Turpi u and family
have returned to Nowjjort, Tenn.
Miss Folly Hovle ealled on Miss
Phyllis Moody.
The sentence, "The gloom of win
ter has settled down on everything,"
that we were onee required to "dia
gram, analyze and parse" would still
be very fitting for this weathtI" of
January 1931.
. MAN
is oi arlew days and .full of .
n. > ^ < sr~ ^
tasfe is fin
and illetth it diligently,
he and his servants and his asses,
and when the harvest is gathered into
barns he oweth the laud.'ord eight
dollars and forty eents more than the !
erop is worth. He borroweth money ?
from the lenders to buy pork and
syrup and gasoline and the interest
eateth up all that he hath. He begets
sons and educateth them to smoke
cigarettes and wear a white collar
and lo! they have soft hands and
neither labor in the fields nor any
where under the sun. Tli*' children of
bis loins v.vv ornery and one of them
becometh a lawyer and another stiek
etb up a filling station and maketh
whooj>ee with the substance thereof.
The wife of his boson: nccketh with a
stranger and when he rebukes her,
Lo! she shooteth him in the finale.
He goeth forth in the morning on the .
road t|>at leadeth lo the city ?nd :t
jitney ^mitjieth him so that Ji:s iif?s
project through his epidermis. He
drinkefh a drink of whoopee juice to
forgc-t'J)i8 Lorrows and it bnmeth the
lining from his liver. All the days of
his lifi> he findeth no parking place
and i$ tormented by traf fir cops troiu
his %0&9E forth until he eometli hack.
y stealeth his car; physicians
his inner parts and his
his bank roll; his daugh
feth their legs to strangers.
bs hardeneth in the even
ing of^lifc and his heart burstetli
tryjngjto keep the pace. Sorrow un<l
biUjfqneetoiN f olio wet h him all the
(l^gy^jgp life and when he is <?atli
fathers the neigbors say..
*?irueh did he leave? Lo!
tr all.jAinl lys widow re.
knoweth him no i::ore, he laboreth for
bread and catcheth the devil. Dust
he was in the beginning and his name
is land.?Fountain Inn Tribune.
NEPHEW OP LOCAL
MINISTER PASSES
Rev. J. G. Murrav was called to
f
Morgantoi: last Thursday by a mes
sage announcing the extreme illness
of hie nephew, Charles Grady, who
died before Mr. Murray reached his
bedside. The little boy, who was sev
en years eld, was a brother of the
adopted children of Mr. and Mrs.
Murray. Mr. Murray returned to his
home here Friday.
COWABTS
j . A Community Glee Club was or
I ganized New Year's night in the
| John's Creek High School auditorium.
I Through the special efforts of Mr.
| T. P. Thomasson, principal of the
school, an enthusiastic meeting was
"?eld and the following officers were
: elected to serve the organization:
President, Lenora Nicholson; Vice ..
; president, Bessie Mason; Secretaiy
and treasurer, Ira Middleton.
!'
Among the outstanding achieve
ments at the John's Creek High
School this year have been the pur'
! chase of a piano and the establish '
ment of Woodland Park, a beautiful
wooded plot on the campus. Coasid
cable addition has also been made to
? he school library. Among the donors
to the library have Wen Mrs. Erne-'
Monteith of Sylva and Rev. F. YV.
Kiker of Webster.
The good citizens of the John's
j Creek community made special ef
forts this Christmas to bring cheer
?uid relief to the needv in their sec
, tion. L?ong before the holiday season
; began the Methodist and Baptist Sun
day schools appoinled special com
mittees to work together in getting
a list of the needy in the community.
A special finance committee was also
ap|?ointe'i Donations were received
from the Co w arts irierchants and also
from many private citizens.
These efforts came lo close Chrisl -
mns eve with a community Christ
mas tree and program in the high
school auditorium with Miss Fannv
Green and Mrs. Cradv Henson in
charge of the music and Mr. E. M.
Coward acting as Santa Claus. Every
child in the audience received a spec
ial gift of fruits and candy. The j
school cooperated in preparing the
program.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
Ilu* barn :>f W. H. Smith, former rep
resentative of Jackson county, at. his
home. at Cowarts the night after
las. All stock 'was taken out
it of corn
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two o'clock in the morning.
Fire also of unknown origin com
pletely destroyed I he farm home
here of Mr. Aaron Hooper, Sylva,
insurance man, last Friday night
about midnight. Both the house and
barn and also some out buildings
were completely destroyed. The dam
age. which was heavy, was said to be
at least partially covered by insur
ance. No clues have yet been found
as to the cause of the burn outs.
T. F. Thomasson, principal of the
local high school, was recently elect
ed Suj>erintendent of the Baptist
Sunday School here.
1 Mrs. Janie Brown and Misses
Thelira Davis and Tanie lIoo)>er, mem
bers of the school faculty here, were
dinner guests last Tuesday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. I
77? p Cornerstone ??... By A U ten T Rpid
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40 YEARS AGO
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Tuckiseigee Dcm?trit *Jt?: -14, 1891
j Th^ Democratic SetiaMpj and Rep
resentatives met in Monday
1 night in Raleigh and vrrtiominated
Senator Z. B. Van*?r#i>r-tli#'United
Stat? s Senate by alternation^'
R A. Doughton of Alftghaiiy wa*
elect'd speaker of tire House By a
vote of 9?. to 13 for Hendricks. Re
publican. ?
Mr. T. M. Ijowks-of - Janifalown.
X. Y., arrived here lust- Saturday on
j' visit to his siller. Mtv General
Hampton.
Messrs. M. Buchanan and T. ft.
Coward left here last, krjday with :<
ear load of mules bound tor Lee?-bur^
in the "land of flowera."
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Sherrill both
of whom have been awajr'from hon:e
more than a month; the foraar-in the
Sontlj disposing of a car load of
stoel:, and the latter visiting relatives
in Runcombc, returned bust Monda\.
Real Estate Activity: Since the
loss of his home by fire, Mr. W. il.
Burm, has bought the house and farm
of Mr. J. M. Smith, adjoining hi-*
own. Mr. Tom Frizzell ha* sold his
hous" and lot in town to Mr. Van
Brooks; and no less than five lot*
in the Macombs addition Jiave been
sold in the last few days, to parlies
who will build dwellings on them
durirg the coming spring and sum
mer.
The county Alliance held itd regii
lar quarterly meeting at Webster la.-l
Friday. In the absence of l?oth Pre
ident Wolff and vice president Cam!
lor, Mr. F. Merrick was called to the
chair.
METHODIST SERVICE THEMBS
.t ;
AimorocEj. fok ?nn>AY
wmsEEsmmR
odist church, Rev. George^ Clemmer,
will preach Sunday morning from thu
subicct, "The Psychology of a Fresh
Start."
In (he evening al 7:30 Mr. Clerumer
will speak at Dills boro on . "The
Crowded Inn." Church schools c?>n
ven<r at 10 a. m. Thi Epworth lli.
League meets in the evening at 6:4f>.
Every one cordially invited to the>e
services. Start the New Year ri<rht.
Go to church Suhday.
A CAED OF THANKS
I wish to thank my many friends
for the kindness ami sympathy
shown to me in my bereavement
caused by the death of my husband.
Riley Parker.
Mrs. Grace Parker.
lleuKon.
Misses Edith ?nd Stella Mason <?f
Cttlberson spent last week here vi.-il
in# their sister, Mr.s. T. F. Thoma.vsori
The Cherokee county pirls entered
Western Carolina Teacher*' Collect
at Cullowhee on Friday.
Many friends of Mrs. K. A. Nic J.
olson will be glad to learn that she
is somewhat improved from a serious
illness.
Friends of .T. F. Coward are sorry
to learn that he is little improved
fi-om a severe illness. He and Mi.
.finimy Wood of Rich Mountain, and
Mr. William Fortner, are only living
Confederate veterans of Caney Fom
Larson' Loveda'hl of Cowarts spent
the Christmas holidays with friend
;n Kentucky.
Mi. and Mrs. Jes^e C. Smith spent
fhe hoPdays with Mrs. Smith's par
cut's in Easlev, S. C.
Mr. A. K. Dickey of Murphy wa
the week end guest of Mr. and Mr~.
Il. S. fJreen at their home here.'
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Queen ;m ?
< hildren of Sylva visited -f. F. Co*
ard Snnday. .'
Mr. John A kins of Rich Mountain
is vH:tin;r friends here this week
Mi sses Evelyn and I?is Parker,
students at Sylva Collegiate Institute
spent the holidays at the home of their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Milas Park< ?
Among those who returned to thei ?
homes here for the Christmas boli
day -, were: Harry Xichol?o.n, iro: i
Akron, Ohio. Hilliurd Heasoir fy> >
Brevard; Enola Arrington from -V
C. T C. and Louise Hooper fr^M
Washington, D. C.
Mips Bernire Broome of the local
school faculty, spent the ChrlrtzcM