$1.50 Year in Advance in The County. > sylva, n/^ 3 ^urwjay, jantjary 22,1931 $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
WEEK By WEEK
(Hy Dan Tompkins)
\\ (j? it her Rhodes, 27 year old
t.-lli-i <?t the defunct First Hank and
IYu-t ( onijiany of Hendersonvillc, ap
in court, Tuesday, before his
iU.i^li!it?r, ludge Michael Scheuck,
ami . ntcred a plea of ipiilty of em..
I,,.//!' iik nt of $3,000. Ho was sen..
vik.iI to serve from 5 to 7 years in
ih. Mate prison and left immediate
|. f begin his sentence.
I 'i-, -iih'itt Hoover is to he a speak
?;f tht* dedication of the ILardin
\|,.in..rial He should. If you will re
j,,.,|! your memory, you will recollect
i(;?? was a member ot' Harding's
.'?altii.ct; and it is very fitting that
In- .liuiild participate in the dedica.
i,,rvservices of the memorial to his
lime c hief.
Niagara Kails has changed with
? u i night, more than it has since
Mu i tsi while man set foot on this |
i; t-iil. Thousands of tons of rocks
tiinuil loose ant fell making a 200
incision in the falls and chang.. j
inc the contour of the great natural
woint"!'. This is n world and a uni. i
ver-c <>I change. Nothing remains
lie same. The earth and all upon it j
constantly moving onward to
change.
Cabin Coolidge and Al. Smith have
Iii-i u named hy President Hoover as
the heads <>! a citizens' committee to
?ccure an additional $10,000,000 dol.. J
Iars lor tin |{cd Cross relief work in
Vinciica. We have our differences in
ll.i-. ciiimity. Inn Democrat and Re..
l'ii>-ii>tant and Romanist. |
\ '?:,!! <>.?( whi n distress and suf
-trifcc our people, even if that
i1i-fit-ss is usually brought about
rhroui'ii our own folly.
Among other things that are get.
ting attention in Raleigh, is the mat
t*? r i>t redistricting the State to pro
viii.' lnr North Carolina's now con.
nrosmaii. There is connidcvnltln sup
l?>it in the idea of a congressman nt
large; hut Odus Mull, Democratic
I'liiiinuan opposes that. Of course the
majority in the. General Assembly,
mul ii is practically unanimous th's
lime, will seek to make the rcdistriet
ing, if redistricting we shall have, so
as in as.-ure, as nearly as may be
possible, n full Democratic delegation
in i>on?rcss from North Carolina.
A <Ireeiisboro I)ailv News Dispatch;
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liv.m it> Washington bureau brings
fhc tidings that Congressman George
I'rili-hj'vd will probably start a con.. [
test v.-!th Tosiah William- Bailey over i
I.i- 'I.-i-toii to the United States,
Tlie Daily News rei>orter as..1
^< rts that men high in Republican ^
cumin Is arc reported as favoring,
>u<h a contest. Ix't's see. Wasn't Mr. j
Bailey's majority 112,00; or was it
I !.'?.!Hid
Manv bills looking to the end havei
l"? en Introduced in the (Jeneral As., j
'i iii'.mx, and it seems as if that body i
is determined upon a substantial re. I
diirtion in land taxes. That is the j
plain mandate of the j>eople. From '
Murphy to Manteo the people of
Ninth Carolina are insisting upon ?
reduction of the taxes paid by the
larnier and the sir.all home owner.
The rub comes in finding a tax to
lak- its place. Every move to tax
^oiiielhing else is combatted by peo.
?'lc e- pccially interested in that par.
'inilar line. The General Assembly
will have to ignore special interests
:"id lind a tax that will be fair and
l"vt l<> nil the people; but relieve the
biirdeiHfl land owner it must.
The (jiicstion of postponing reval
nation of property has come up in the
General Assembly. Unquestionably
l he revaluation should be put off, as
Governor Gardner recommended, on..
''I there is a stability to prices. No
man nor set of men could fairly val
ue property at th:s time, for the rens
'?? that they would have no rule by
winch to measure its value. If some
folks are paying more tax in pro
portion to their neighbors than the\
?diould, they have their remedy ir
'lie present law, by applying to th(
Hoar;! of County Commissioners a?
:i Board of Review. But a genera
revaluation at this time could even,
tuate into nothing except to maki
more of a mess of taxation from on<
end of the State to the other, thai
we already have.
OULLOWHEE STUDENT
WITH GEOGRAPHIC
Cullowhee, X. C., .Tu miary 19, 1931
Western North Carolina Teachers
College is watching with interest
and pride the scientific work of
'Lyndon H. Ilnrgravis who graduated
from the college in 1917
Mr. Hnrgraves is engaged in ar.
chacological work n Arizona. The
National Geographic Magazine Inn
Lc.n giving accounts of the research
won; of Mr. Ifargravc* in th?* line o'
me nng dating. Since the spring ..1
1928 when Dr. A. E. Douglas of the
S'tvnrd Observatory <?i' the Univer..
y\y of Arizona, selected Mr. Jl:v..
..???j'ves to conduct the first Natioin.l
Geographic Beam ExjHdition, he has
lived with the llopi Indians, learned
their language, taken up their mod.'
of living and was adopted hv them.
In this way he gained access to the
rooms in the village where he eager
ly examined and collected sections of
oeams of great antiquity.
In 1929 Mr. Uargraves was senP
to conduct the second National Geo.,
graphic Bean: Kxpedition. The rc
suits of these expeditions are: (1)
many of t,l?e pueblos of the southwest
were assigned to ahscdute dates in
our own calendar and to a eontinu.. i
ous absolute chronology back to 700
A. IJ : (2) sequences of culture traits
of the pre..Spanish pueblo. . In.,
dian were ascertained; (3) suuspot
activities weie traced into prehis.
torie time ami their jK'riodical oc
curanees were established more firm.
?y.
At- present Mr. Uargraves is head
of the Archa/ndogy Department of
the Arizona State Teachers College
at Flagstaff.
COX ON IMPORTANT COMMITTEE
Thonfas A. Cox, of Jackson, ha.\ J
been iuimod as a member of tlx
House committee to draft legislation
to revise the State government. This
committee will have as one of its
}
duties the consideration of the mat
ter of reorganization of the State
Highway Commission. The full com.
mittee is Jeffress, chairman, of Guil
ford, Sea well, McLean, Tathum,
(jarib.-ikli, Hurgin, Davis, Rogers,
Clierry, Cox, Holmes, Ewing, Long.
Johnson and MeRec.
Mr. Cox is also a member of other
important committees in the house.
It is generally conceded that the most
important legislative committee is the
one for revision of tlie State srovcrn
ment. i
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ALLPRESS CONCERT AT W.C.T.C
Cullowhec, N. CM January 18?The
AII press All Star Artists will give a ?
musical concert in tl.e auditorium of
Western Carolina Teachersv College
on Tuesday, January 27, at 7:30.
This trio of artist will he the fourth
group for this season to give lyceum i
numbers. 1 J
The company is Iftl by Thomas All
press, violinist, who has studied in
America, England and Germany. He
is an exponent of the newer school
of American Music. While Mr. All., j
press admits that full credit, should
! he given the older masters iu music,
I he also thinks that the newer music,!
i which expresses the spirit of Amer..
! ica, should be given its placc in the
artistic life of a country. i
Numerous comments have been sent
to the offiee of President H. T.Hun'
ter which give hi<*h praise to the type
of concert given by this same group
of art;.<?t at other places iu this and
adjoining states.
The mountain labored and brought
forth a mouse. The Wickershan:
Crime Commission, appointed by Mr.
Hoover, 19 months ago, has made its
report on prohibition. It has heard cv
idence and drawn deductions for near
lv these two years and when, at last
flip report is made, it is so full of
contrjid'etions, conflicting opinions,
and confusions, that, aside from the
faetiii'l findings, it is of little or no
va'ue. Instead of settling the pro!
bit ion argument, 't will but add fuel
to tie flame* of the raging conflict.
Tf one is honestly seeking a solution
of tho prohibition muddle, seriously
looking for the light, he must go
elsewhere than the report of the
much ..heralded report of the com
mission. The man in the street can
gtft nothing from it, and I serious'y
p doubt Mr Hoover's ability, great
i! mining engineer (hat he is, to find
' any thought nuggets in the new vein.
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Don l Leave All the Work to Uncle Sam By Albert r Reid
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BRING LIVE AT; HOME
CAMPAIGN TO JACKSON
Ilaleigh, Jan. 21?North Carolina'?'
great ''Live at llonio" Cam
paign will lx; brought lo Jqgkson
County on Jan tuny 28 when a
8f**xtwii otr workrr* ^w?tl
in? with farmers, hankers and nler...
chants at the county seat tor the
purpose of iii-giii" the people of the
county to he self supporting and to
outline to ' them the necessity in
these times of stress of growing not
only a year round ration for the farm
family hut also for livestock.
The speakers in Jackson county
will ta John W. Goodman and Miss
Pnuliiie Smith.
"Farm to Make a Living in 1931"
is the slogan of the 1931 campaign,
which is being conducted on a larger
scale than ever before attempted by
Dean I. O. Schanb, head of the ex
tension service at N. C. State Col
lege. Dean Schanb is being assisted
by C. A. Sheffield, assistant director
and numerous specialists in all lines
of farming and livestock enterprises.
As a result of last year's "Live at
Home" campaign $19,000.09 was ac
tually added to the value of the food
and feed crops in the State. This
year Governor Gardner has callcd up
on the farm counties of the State to
increase the value of food and feed
crop? by $40,00,000 as a long step
toward averting economic disaster.
Five teams of extension workers
are taking part in the campaign and
they started their tours of duty from
the far eastern counties on January
0, covering five comities each day.
It is the most ambitious campaign
of its kind that has ever been at
tempted in North Carolina. Each ex
tension team is composed of at least
two speakers and those attending the
meetings are being given an elabor
ate picture of the 1931 situation,
said to be a critical farm period in
the history of the State, and what is
to be done if the serious problems
are to be successfully met.
The speakers at the meetings are
armed wiih facts on needed produc
tion, shortage where it exists and a
wealth of other information for pre
mentation to the people of the coun
ties. All this data has been careful
ly worked out in detail as it applies
to the? individual counties says Dean
Schanb, ard guess work has been elim
inated in rroving at conclusions. Not
only Hie county needs arc being giv
en attention, but the information ;s
brought down to the family and live
stock units and the amount of food
and feed that they will find neeos...
sary for consumption during a period
:?f months.
Charts rnd tables showing the pro
duction of the important food and
feed crops in the counties were pre..
pared by Mr. Sheffeld and his asso
ciates juhI those are being presented
at 'the meetings and explained to
attending.
?trt* also. graphically reveal
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age is neofessary and give'Tn
figures the amounts which farmer.*-,
a iv forced to spend outside on food
stuffs ant' feeds and also the sur
pluses mid their value in dollars and
cents. These charts show in no uil
certain terms what the counties must
do i i' they are to feed themselves
and keep thousands of dollars from
going outside their own domains.
The stage is set for a far reaching
campaign that will continue even af
ter the four weeks of meetings have,
been concluded. Dean Schau.'? and the
extension service cxpc< t the effort
to miko 19.11 the real turning point
in the unfolding of a brighter p<\
tnre for the farm business of the ]0<
counties of the State. With the farm
ers aware of what is necessary to
bring an improvement in the situa
fion nnd alert to the dangers of I
tlier delay in action it iff" believed
that Governor Gardner's appeal for
$-10,0^0,000 additional in food and'
feed will be realized.
QUALLA
Onalla Sunday Schools field a Cn.
ion session Sunday m.ointng." "R^y
R. L. Hass prencheti in the- affo.r.
noon.
On .lan. lltli Air. Miller Mall"was.
united in-marriage to Miss Lnej M?*
Craekim ol Cullowheo. She lias-been
teaching at Olivet for the past three
year,. "
Also on Jan. 1.1th Mr. Oscar ('on.-*
tier and Miss Klla Cooper; both of
QuaIla. were- unit.ed in" marriage,
Rev. J. L. 11 vatt officiating. . ...
Mr. and Mrs. H. (J. Ferguson and
Mr. Wayne Ferguson "motored to
Waynesville last week.
Mr. I). C. Hughes visited at Cher
okee.
Mr. I). |y. Oxner'and Mr. .less. Blan
ton visited Mr. Bedford Raby. of
Olivet, who is seriously ill.
Miss Mary Hattle was guest of.her
sister,, Mrs. D. C. Hughes.
Miss Wiimie Cooper who has been
spending a while at Ashevillc spent
Sunday at home.
Mrs. .Tane Ward and Mi>s Ktte
Oxner.
Ward of Wilmot visited Mrs. I>. ('.
Mr?s. Ruth Gibson called on Mrs.
Ella Shuler. .
Mrs. Claud Ifughes and children
eallcd on Mrs. W. H.-Hoyle;
Mr and Mrs. D. M. Shuler called
at Mr. J. K. Terrell's Sunday after
noon. " ?
ANNOUNCING THE
METHODISTS PASTOR'S
THEMES FOR SUNDAY
"l^eft* I landed" will be the subject
which Ke\. George Clcinnter, pastor
ot' the Ml-thodist church, will discuss
Sunday morning at" 11 o'clock. A
specialinvitation is extvndcd , to
Left .Hnuncd people to'hear this
topic discussed by'tkeypasfcor wfep
is. himself, Jeft handed. ... ...A. ?>.?
mer will preakii ?t Dillsboro in .ibf
Methodist church on ? tjic " MW*
American Chantcter in ilu* Xew Tes
tament. .
Church schools of the charge. con
vene promptly at 10 a. m. The Ep.
worth Hi..League mtrts in the even
ing at (frlii. Yi?itoiA gjjd stranger*
are welc?me to all services.
r ? balsam ;.
The Angel" (tt Dotfth took from the
home of .Mr. and >"M.rs:. Fred Bryson
-their. litt!" daiighT-er--- Kvalina, Wed
nesday fhe ] H-h, Sin- was about one
inonffl ?>UI. . >"r I ;
Mr. Thunnan- Potts of iienf "Hen
.de?>>onvilto i# visiting his* 'paBents
iff. and Jlrs. I-. j*. Bolts. 5
I Mrs.''Walter Brvson Went |o Way
1 ' , ? r. ? . ?
^jiesvilie Friday.. I<> see lier sister,..!Ie^
'ter "Quvenr jvlio is. a patient in tin
Haywood County Jlnsprtn'f. Mi.ss
Qiieen underwent, a Prions operation
hut is rcciiverin^, nicely. ? ??
' Messrs. .limin e and' BiHvHahies
have "i*?turned to their home in Hen.
dersonville .after a "..'visit to - their
brother, Mr. .Walter Baiues. - "
Major Gene Tunney
One of tb<' a*ls of Connects
rut's new gorcrnor was to appoint
GcwCTunncva Majof in the Marine
. Corps/branki' nt-.)the?5tatc's navaJ
I militia,. ;m3'*Iesig?l?t?. him as per
' sonal aid fclo the governor. Gene was
! a U. "S. hfatmc before he became
i world'*. duuipioa - heavy wagi*
40 YEARS AGO
Tuckaseige Democrat Jan. 28, 1891
Mrs Evans, wife of Jem" Kvaa^,
died last Saturday night and wa<
buried Mondav.
Mrs. Julia Strong oi MinueupoliN,
arrived Ktre last Wednesday, ami
will spend some time with her par
eats. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baum.
Prof. R. L. Madison of the Cul
lowh;"e High School, has been very
?:ick. bat we are pleased to hear i>
very much bott?>r nnd will soon be
out ngain.
Mr. Sam lfhea has been hoiued op
for the last two weeks, in coUv
quence of an ugly, self inflicte.l
wound in his foot, caused by a glan<
ing axe as he was cutting firewood.
Mr.-Jv B. Madison of KnoxvilU,
Tenn., who was called to the aick bed
of his brother, arrived Mondav.
Boiling has many friends here wlu?
are Kind to see him again.
l>ev A. 1$. Thomas has sold hi>>
house and lot at Dillsboro to Mr.
Harris, of the Carolina Clay Com.
pany, and will remove to TranBylva .
nia cnuyty where he will engage in
farming. The best wishes of many
friends, who are loth to give him up
will follow Mr. Thomas to his new
home.
A Committee appointed at the 1?vi
meeting of the County Alliance,
held'a meeting here yesterday, to per
feet arrangements to make permnn..
cut the Alliance exchange at this
point. The committee succeeded in
obtaining control of the house and
lot belonging to Maj. W. II. Brysoii
and appointed a building committer
who will proceed at oncc to enlarge
the house and put it in shape for the
purposes of the erchange. T. C. Bry
?on. ami Company, of which firm Mr.
M- Parker is a member, haro been
will continte t? be the manager*
in' wmuiji iw up
which has already Been foti
of preat benefit to the members ??f ?
VRe Alliance.
Died, Friday night, .January 2.Vd,
j in ti p 2.'lrd year of his age, Walter
IR. Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mr>.
.1. I). Buchanan of Webster after a
short illness. He was the agent lor
the R. & 1). R. R., at Andrews Sta .
tion and died there, llis father, moth
er anil twin brother, Neil, were with
him at the time of his death. His
remains weno taken to Webster await
ing the arrival from Florida of JuV
brother, Mr. Marcellus Buchanan oJ
our town, who was away on a bu*i .
ness lrip. Ceil was one of the mof
promising young men of our acqutr n
tanee. Gentle and kind hearted alid
amiable, lie was popular with all
who knew him and his death has c-h>i
a shadow of gloom over our com
munity. His body was buried wit!'
Masonic ceremonies by Cnaka I?djre
of which he was a member..
W. C. T. C. NEWS LETTER
Cullowhee, N". 0., January 19,
The staff of the Annual at Western
Carolina Teachers College is requen
incr that all students who were at the
college in the fall or who plan f?>
f?ttend the spring quarter be reprr
sented in the annual. If this is-to
be done, those students are asked io
rommunicate with Mrs. Rowe Henn,
Editor in Chief. This should be doiiti
immediately as the annual will ?o to
nre?s about March 1st.
Six girls have been chose u from
the twenty two who are in the ib
hatinjr Club at Western Carolina
Teachers College to present debates
to tliTee judges from the faculty,-1'.
L Elliott, Dean W. E. Bird, and
M. Pleirmoas, next week. This elim
'nation process is for the purpose
>elecling the three best debater-. :it
Western Carolina Teaehers fol)c?e
TWuone the girl*.
'A class <-om;.osed of tliOse teach
(rs at We>tern Carolina Teacher-:
College who ar'* primarily interest* <1
in literature has been conducted
the last three months by I>ean W.
Bird. The class meets once a weel,
and each member contributes to i ?
interest of the class.
The next course to be offered to
the facultv will probably be the
stody of Jfifeaa.