?1.50 Year in Usance in County.
SYLVA, N. C., THURSDAY,JANUARY 29, 1931
$2:00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
I
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W |?: u the historian begins (o write
[ , uuo story of the campaign foi |
-upport of the publie .schools
jl(. will give Jaekaou county tt laj* ?
iiti c <>l tlie eredit, and if the thiu-,
work out as well as we o
(i,;. part of the State believe it wil
,l.i. k-on county will have to bear
siu.iv ot" the blame.
Tins comity has been for the pro
i,,-t km a long number of years. Tl
Iji,-I;mi:i County Journal has writte
imii printed innumerable columns o
ji:. . ::i!- es|H?using the cause, am
pi.; < 1111 the case of the children o j
tin i:o:iuliiin coves and of the a<tnt
lii'iu--. A resolution was introduee<
in ii?j- IVmocratie State Conventio:
i,ii y.Mi-s auo, looking toward thi
i.fiiiM-tivc. The North Carolina I' r j
iatioii was pledged to the caus*
|,v i ii'Miliifjon introduced by a Jacl
Miniic, a tew \ ears latex'.
A tul now, when the light is u
I,..,,i partially won, and tho Stat.
t? i1"' l?olicy by assuming tin
l.uni.'ii ot tin' support of the const
tutii'inl months, Mrs. K. L. Me
KMiiatt?r 1'iwni this district,, na
live ot' Jackson county and resident
of Sylvii, i> generally given the ere?
it ..t' having turned the tide and wii
mii'.' the fight. The press of the State
i* unanimous in giving her the lion',
vhniv of the praise.
I"1-*' story is told by the Raleigl
N.vvs a tul Observer thus:
When that master of effect an<"
rhin:i\. A l> \fail.van, hit upon th?
j.l;mi ..f cl.tsitig f' e .-ase for the six
if "'i! h> state supjM>rted school witl
n >pi-e< It In Xorth Carolina's first
and only woman Senator, he doubt...
Irss had some idea of what be was
about. But there is a serious que.
tioti as to whether the aatute Mr.
MacLean ever suspected just how.
big an ace lie wa* playing, albci'
the Gentleman from Beaufort, be
ing tir*t a gentleman, would be the
last ]M'rson in the world to admit it
They are still talking about tho
*)>ee?-h of Mrs. McKee's wherever the
doings at the capital are subjects
of conversation, and that?in these
Initiative days?is everywhere. '
Hare in Legislatures of latter days
ha? I'ramatic climax been brought to |
n vital State issue such as that pro.,
vailing when Mrs. MeKee closed the
ea-c for the State supported schools
Ixt'oiv the joint Education Commit.,
tie meeting in the Hall of the Honse
last Thursday. j
'Tp my way we often settle mat
ters .it the points of guns" she told
tin- amliciu-e that packed the hall,
tiring its imagination as she went
wt to wonder how any meauher of
the Assembly who had given hi.s
pli-rlui' to the people back home to
?''?rk tor tax relief could go back
and explain a negative vote on the
l>ill jtheii before the committee.
l' was Mrs. MeKee's first Legis
lative utterance, although it was b}'
no means her first advent :n public
M'caking. As president of the N. C.
Federation of Women's Clubs, of
the Southeastern Federation, oi the
State V. D. C., she has had wide ?v
I'rriciice?hut largely before women.
The crowd she faeed last week wa.s
up almost entirely of men ?
iiwmi ilicked hnck in the*r counties as
the host qualified to represent their
in the hattle for relief at Raleigh.
And men, even picked men, are in.,
(lined to be just a bit contemptuous
"I women when it comes to views of
finance and basic policy and the like
y "ii know.
So the stage was set, just as four
years a^o, it was set for another byil
limit performance that will live 9*
loricr as stories continue to be told
:th.>i<t the Legislature. *
Tho lone woman Senator stepped
ho fore a crowd already showing
-i\rns of being wearied with too muc
speaking, and in five minutes of
spontaneous exp'vssion removed tbe
h?*t shadow of doubt as to the sue
<esS of the bill.
Frank, sincere, no pretense at or*., j
tory. To those as close to her w the
press table it was apparent that the
Ijulv from Jackson had no idea of,
w that she was, ottering a elaa.<i?.
When applanse drowned out her j
words the first time, she appeared j
taken .just a bit aback, pleaded with
i lip audience to let her proceed lest
?s'ie forcret her lines.
Again when the crowd eoold not
resist the infection <rf
The Junior Study Club ?f Sylva
has taken the responsibility, of inak
in? the drive in this community for
funds for the emergency fund of the
American Red Crosw, and rs being
backed and assisted by the Rotary
Club.
Calvin Coolidge and Alfred ?.
Smith are heads of the nation wide
drive for 1'imds and have niade ap.
peals to the people for money/.to as.
siist in relief of d-stress in the
drought stricken areas of the couu.
try. President Hoover lias also called
upon the people for money for this
purpose, and the following is tu copy
of teiegrams sent out by John Bar.
ton Payne, chairman of the Red Crost
to local chapters throughout th?
country:
"Greatly increased demand during
last ien days has made imperative
imme<;iate campaign for Red Cros:
reliel fund to meet emergency sijtua
tion in three parts ol 21 states ir.
drought" stricken area. Minimum of
ten million dollars is needed _ to pre
vent untold suffering and aottta)
starvation by thousands of families.
Pollution of water supply caused by
dying cattle adding to winter hard.,
ships in some tactions. President
Hoover in proclamation urged im
mediate and generous response. Co;
fident your people will not fail to
meet their Rhare in this humanitar
ian need, but beeause of general con
dition desire to impress you with
the necessity of tfce moat vigorow
possible campaign. Sneecaa of Wf
?efforts will be regarded m teat of
Red Cross by President and entire
nation, and we must not fail."
There will not be sufficient tin?
to make a canvass.of the county,
and people living outside of Sylvt,
whj desire to contribute to the re.,
lif tundt <yw k*y*4h*r voontrih*.,
tions with or mail, them to either
Mrs. E. M. Haley Mrs. Keny ?n
Moody or Mrs. Walter Jones. The
canvass will close February 2.
CHOOSE NAME FOR
COLLEGE ANNUAL
C*i'lowbee, X. C., Jan. 26?"Diday
yhoski" has been chosen as the name
for Mic annual at Western Carolina
Teachers College. The word is the
Cherokee Indian nair.e for teacher.
As this is a teachers college, the
name is very appropriate.
The Allpress All Star artists gave
n concert at the auditorium at West
ern Carolina Teachers College Tues
day evening, January 27th. This was
the fourth lyceum number of the
year.
Spice and more spice was added
to tli?e basket ball game between the
girls of the two literary societies
last Wednesday evening at We-I
Carolina Teachers College when the
faculty team played during the half.
Mrs. l.uey Posey and Miss Mauric
Simpson jumped center. Those star.,
ring in the game were Misses Ma ri<
Simpson, Gertrude Rhode, Nannie
Tillcy, Mary Hope Westbrook, Mrs.
Lucy Posey. The Columbian Society
won with a margin of five points, the
score being 16_11.
The Faculty Club at Western Car
olina Teachers College will meet Fri
day evening January 30, at Reuben
Robertson Hall. Miss Thelma Howell
and Nannie Tilley will be host ess e:
Miss Howell will speak on Einstein
and his theory of relativity. Fol
lowing the talk the clnb will have a
social hour.
si astr., shj paused to thank it for
the compliment
Finally in the tnmnlt that greeted
her conclusion, she talked straight
from the heart in words of regret
that I#E. L." wa8n5t there to share
in that compliment. "E. L." is the
other half of the McKee family and
i was here with his wife during the
.opening days of the session.
r; And after the crowd had ap
plauded again, the Lady of the Sen.
ate took her seat in the midst of a
crowd pressing aronnd with congra.
foliations.
Nothing else was needed.. The is.
sue had been won. Everybody know
that all Mr. MaeLean had to do was
to call the question and tally ,the
vote.
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LEO. CELEBRATED M'-G-M STAR,
NOW ON WORLD TOUR.
LEO WILL BE HERE IK PERSON
l xi, who is known throughout I he;
United States and loi-eign countries, -
as tltfs lion who roars the trademark
.f Motro..Goldwyn..Mayer pictures,'
will be in Sylva tomorrow, Friday j
morning at 10 o'clock nt the -LyricJ
Theatre, and all the children of tiie
county are invited to come and see
him, as guests of the theatre.
Leo is making a tour of the world.
H'ri personal conveyance is a huge,'
inot? rized speed truck which has been
described as tine most mognificent
and palatial-vehicle ever designed
any animal. It
cag*p occupies tHirtwnfwt^withiii j
the silver bars of tins cage Leo's;
comfort an health is assured by un
breakable glass sides three feet higl
and eanvas drops that can be lower,
ed in inclement weather. The decora,
bona of the whole arc of red an*
gold to the extent that the fine*!
circus wagon ever built would be pi
to shame.
Two additional motor cars com
piete Leo's entourage and each oi
these matches the magnificence <>'
the one in which I^co rides. On?
of th<se motors contains Leo's busi
ness* office where liis manager who
is eondncting tne tour makes his
headquarters. It is a completely equip
pe<^offire on wlaecls with typewriter,
desks, chairs, files ami all otiicc
ces so ries. The third unit of the car.
a van is that which (rans]M?rts the
large fift} seven note calliope, the
largest ami finest musical instrument
?tf its kind ever constructed. Like
your own player piano, this unasuai
instrument can be played either me J
chanically or by hand.
JJfS. COWAED SERIOUSLY ILL.
friends ot' Jamos Coward viii re
jrret to learn that he is desjM-rately
ill at his home onCaney Fork. A
native of this county, and one of
the few remaining veterans-of the
Confederacy, "Uncle .Jimmy" is ad..
vimoed in years, and little hope it
for his recovery.
Would Forgive Debtors
f/
Albert H Wiggin. great New York
(anker, says world business will be
tabilised and depression cured if the
U S will reduce the debts other na
ion? owe us *
Time For Everybody to Lend a Hand. by Albert 7. Heni
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A?T#^A*-tric }
I WEEK By WEEK
(By Dan Tompkins)
| Another thing J hat you can I ?
j thankful I??r is that you were not :?
; stockholder in a hank that is ?-lo :
! Take t-ljc plight of Wall art- Davis |
' or instance. He is assessed near l', i
? half :i million dollars in his stock o: I
! the Central Bank and Trust Co.
i . f
Bunks throughout Western NorfM
' Carolina, that closed during the lavt !
j months of 19.*{0, are reopening. Tl :
lis many of*them are starting husi
nrsx again. It is a most hopelul sitr
, The worm does occasionally tun i
A railroad company has entered sni 1
i in a Nebraska court, against : n an
. toiuohile driver, seeking to -collw.
damages on the allegation that the
j motorist >nn into u freight train an?
;caused dnmage to fhr?c box ears.
The congressmen arc still saguin ?
aliou* paving the solders' ad,justc<
1 compensation certificates. The*
should be paid and paid now; but.
personally, I have little 1iojh> of ii
being done by the present congress,
as long a.? "Uncle Andy" is on the
.job o/er at the treasury department.
India has attained dominion status
and thus the wise policy of England i
expanded, holding the British Empire
together and at the same time allow
*ng the greatest measure of laoine
ruin to the one time colonial*. Ilad
the jlolicy been adopted back in
177li, we would probably still be i
part of the Empire.
Influenza, again starting in Europe
has reached this country. Tie eitie-s
of the East, especially Boston, hav
been hard hit, and now 1000 eases
are reported in the strike area at
Danville, Va. It behooves folks to be
on their guard against "flu", al.
i hough the present brand is not, so
fniy~ifl$?>ittpalued Bj? pneumonia com.
plications, to the extent that was
the case during tlx* war, and just af.
jter the Armistice. Influenza" always
'strikes when tlie world is already in
a bad way, proving that undernour.
ishment is the fowl upon which it
feeds itself in order to grow to epi
demie proportions.
?. Governor Gardner has gone to the
bat for tlte plan of reorganizing the
State Highway Commission, abolish
! ing the districts, mid allocating the
I fund.: wherever they are needed most
to complete tie State highway sy#..
i tem ar-d has told Col. Kirkpatr ck and
John Sprunt Hill to bring on their
i armies of opposition. I?oks now a*
if the Governor will win and the plan
as advocated by the Sylva Chamber
of Commerce, the Brooking Institu.
tion report and His Excellency will
win. This means much to Jackson
and the other small counties with
JUDGE HOOKER
II
Carton was banished inni
'fie ronuty, by Judge Joseph J. Hook
er ?' Kceorder's Court, Monday, at.
ter >he mul \ oyjc Clement lind bon
convicted on a statuatory charge.
She* was giwn her choice of serving
a 4 'iiontLs term in the county jsrl
having thr county and slaying
"way for two years. She chose llu*
?iift't course. The male defendan'
.v;is sentenced to serve ti months on
i!i'! i.ino's. An unusual phase of the
case, -ind one that added human in
teicst 4o.it, was tlie fact, that tin
I'.lxton girl is manned and tlet her
husband, who. lives in Waynesvil'e,
was preseut in the court, sitting le
hind tlie solicitor and las private
prosecution. aiding in the bitMiic*>
of prosecuting his wife.
U illiair. Itatliti, Indian preacher
and taxi driver,, was convicted <>t
transporting and possession of li
suor and was fined $50.00 and the
costs.' lie-left his ??tomobilc in the
custody of the sheriff, as securit*
for the fine and costs, until he can
get the money to pay it. but the
colli"! ordered thqt the car bo solo
and the money applied to the pay
incut of the amount due the county,
?mlcss Ratliff is successful in rais
?ng tlie sum within that time. He
w?s convicted largely upon evidence
)f Lush Wilson, negro, who was him
self convidted lof transjiotifcing, ;i
few weeks ago, and upon whom pray
"v for judgment was continued.
Turner l^ewis was tried on a charge
of rrr'icious injury to personal prop
erty, and was acquitted, for liarin.'
shot aaow, belonging to Paul Kiult
en. Mr. Lewis put up no evidence:
but iio proved/by theState's witness.
:-s that he said that the hog came to
his place in the night, and rained a
disturbance with other anurals and
he" fired-'his shot gun, not taenriwr
that the sow was there, and that b'
had no intention of injuring his
neighbor's property. The State h:ul
a corpus-delicti in that it proved u
dead sow. but was unable to prnu
(hat her death was brought about
through malice.
Gra dv Cox, Sylva negro, was coo
vic.trd of the larceny of a hand bag
and contents, the property of Mv.
Jack Stribling, and was sent up for
two months.
Mitchell Sutton was convicted of
reckless driving and was fined $2")
and the costs. He appealed to the
?nipt-rior court.
Glenn' Cunn'rngham. charged v\;
assault with a deadly weapon on hi
father, drew a conviction and siv
months term.
E<1 Barnes plead guilty to heiutr
:liunk and .judgment was susp?mvj
upon payment of tlie costs.
Ben Harris was convicted of man
ufacturing and in another case of
possession of liquor, and piayer i >i
judgment was continued upon pay
ineiit of' the costs.
W.'Jter Messer was placed on trial
nil a charge of larceny of a pistol,
hut the State's witness swore that
the pi?t?l in court was not las prop
erty, if rid tl.e prosecution broke down
after only two or three questions
had been asked the first witness, and
Mie'itdge said "not guilty".
Capiases were issued for Wa.'ter
McCji'fl, Roy MeCall, J. B. Stansber
ry itYid" Burt Sutton, all of whom had
laihd to appear and pay .up co*t*,
in the time that the court l?ad given
them. ?
*
iiiiportaot Stat4? highways that are
?iof completed. It also moans, fi gTOwl
?'<>al to the State itself, for it will
provide a real State Highway Con
.mission, instead of nine separate
.inifs, each almost a law within it
self/
A young boy at Murphy sufferr*!
a broken leg in^what the papers d<\.
scribe as a general fight, that occur
red' at a basket ball game betwmri
Murpoy and Marble schools. Th?
point I wish to raise is to question
?Tie'ability of principals and eoaehi*.
if any, of both schools, in matter* of
discipline. The only excuse that can
be givpn for the presence of athletic
n the public schools, and the err.plov
ment of coaches, is to teaeh th ?
youth the rnles of good sportsman
ship and proper discipline. Tb.-M.'
was evidently a lack of both at the
Murphy game, or there wwrid kare
been no tm J* ?Q. _