<$1.50 Year in Advance in The County. sylva, n. c., Thursday,apbil 23, 1931 , $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
boice, prominent
lumberman die:
Boice, wealthy lumber op
erato'i : Mi we" known in Jacksoi
?mint v ??"<' Western North Carolim
?:; liichn.ond Sunday night
LUn,T;ii m Hiccs were held in Abiu
\mi Tuesday at three o clock
\Ic. I,nice was an official of C.W.
IUiuiiii^ :,:u' Company Incorporate!
jumbiMi'K concern with its principa
ffiiv in Sylva. lie was president
0l- thi: Tennessee and North Caro
luia r;i'li"?(l which runs from New
port. T?*:iu., to Mt. Sterling at the
rtjrtlifn: end of Haywood county,
North Carolina, president of the
Knoxviiii'; Sevierville and Eastern
r?i|uin, | ? imarily a lumber railroad,
?)ii'N"lent of the Andrews and
Have villi- railway, which hauls
|um!)c-, frrijrlit and passengers.
Mr. Itn.io was also vice president
of tlir Ki:-t National Bank of Abing
don, V:?.f of which J. W. Bell is
jm-iunt. lie and Mr. Bell owned
the Max Patch mountain boundary,
R trie; of some 24,000 acres, which
is usal ?"> tlio basis of operations of
the Huicc Lumber company.
pijuis niul been under way for the
development of the Max Patch boun
dar.'. ilc-ides timber, it is rich in
mimiuls. It had been planned to
innki* Mnx#Pateh fountain the air
Port o? the Groat Smoky Mountains
N&tiotuil Park. In this work Mr
Boic: whs much interested and ho
had MMiit much tune in recent
mulili; > in working out details of
f/ie project. t
Vr. lb iv u:.s much inter
e>(i*?/ jj; the jHivibie development of
the 7'eiiiiessee and North Carolina
rnilrfl:n: in connection with the
- *1 passengers into the Great
S.v.??kv .di untains in the region of
Mt. Sterling. The gorgte at Water
ville, through which the railway
passe-:, i? comparable to the famed
LinvM; Gorge. ^
Mr. Boice, a wealthy man, had
been prominently identified with the
lumber business in Virginia, North
Carolina, nnd Tennessee for many
year--, lie began his business career
in th? mountains of Western North
Carolina, and spent much of his
tim*? in Hartford, Tenn., and Hayes
ville. He was a native of Shokan,
V. Y.
The iuiebern-.an suffered a heart
attack while on a train at Salisbury
Saturday nisrht. He was taken to a
hospital 'n Richmond, where he died
Sunday night.
Smviv.ng are his wife, Mrs. Eliza
Boice, two daughters, Marion, of
Maresvil|e, Jennie May of Richmond
a son, Edmund, who is a prominent
surfrco'i of Rocky Mount, two sis
frrs fli,d two brothers.
BALSAM
li>>i)C;I ijl'ooks, i'? ycitl' Ul" sw
oi Mi', and Mrs. Phii urooks, cticcl
mrly Sunday morning alter a snoit
iam.1,. il?; had measles ana <jovci
optii I'liciMiLonia and other compli
'tation< I ??ur attending physicians
did ?.!! liiut man could do, but to no
avail. Funeral service was conduct
ed Mmdtiy by Kev. Frank Arring
ton at t> Red Bank cemetery where
his bod> was laid to rest beside his
brother, who preceded him several
years j*jre. The floral offerings were
many and lovely. The family has
'ho sympathy of our entire commun
itr.
Mr. r.itd Mrs. R. J. Bryson and
Leu/amin, have returned to
their lumie here after spending sev
eral veal's in Chattanooga, Tepn.
Mrs. Fred McKee and baby of
Wubstn are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Lona Green.
Miss Louise Arrington of Ashe
ville \< rn.al School and her mother
Mrs. Lily Bryson and Mr. L. L.
CofijH-r were dinner gnests of Mr.
and Mia. A. II. Mchaffey in Hen
dflrsouville, Sunday.
Mr. Libert Reese went to Way
ncsville on business Monday.
Mrs. f ida Holtzclaw of Richmond,
^ a., arrived Sumjay to spend the
Munmev in her attractive cottage
i"ar tite Fish Hatchery.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Christy of
^ ranklin were guests of his sister,
Mrs. (Jeorge Bryson Sunday.
Mr~. Hubert Enaley and children
have returned from a visit to hei
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mchaf
fey ia Hendereoaville.
SYLVA JUNIORS WIN
FIEST HONORS
'< The Junior Club of Sylva was
' awarded the prize for the best ie
i port made by any junior club in thr
| State, at the meeing of the North
^ Carolina Federation of Women's
I Clubs, held in Greensboro. The prize,
aa fiv<; dollar gold piece, was award*
? ed by Mrs. E. L. McKee, former
president of the federation.
| The Sylva Junior Club was re;*"
I resented at the Greensboro meeting
^ by Mrs. Cyrus Nicholson and Miss
Docia Gmrett.
i The report of the Sylva Juniors
was the only report read at the
lunchor. given to the junior clubs.
The be.ft report was picked, and
Mrs. Nicholson, secretary of the
Sylva Club rend it at the luncheon.
SYL/A HIGH GRADUATES 26
! Twei.tv six young men and young
ln^ie.s will receive their diplomas
from Sj'vn Central High this even
ing at eight o'clock.
The class roll is: Bonnie May An
thony, ..'.-sines Edmund Brown, Mar
garet Matilda Brown, Robert Fred
BumgM)>ei, Claude Emerson Camjv
bell, Chi.rles Candler, Evelyn Eli
zabeth Clayton, Matilda Elizabeth
Cogdill, Earl Colling, Marshall
, Grover Cooper, Mary Emma Fergu
son, Wayne Blair Ferguson, Mar;
Katherine Grindstaff, Shirley As
bury Henry, Charlotte Irene Hoop
er, Char'es McDowell Hooper, Mary
George Howell, Claudy Edith Hoyle,
Edna Carolyn Hovlo, Tal mage Lloyd
Jones, Nancy Larceina Keener, Bon
nie Lou Morris, Phyllis Ora McCnl
ley, Frank Smith Rasmuson and
Allie Wilson. Tho commencement
exercises were initiated Sunday af
ternoon when Rev. P. L. Elliott de
livered the baccalaureate sermon
for both Svlva Ilieh and Svlva Col
legiate Institute, at the graded j
school auditorium. |
Tho class play "Adam and Evr," |
coached bv Mrs. Chester Seott, will i
? !
be presented tomorrow, Friday ev- j
ening. i i
W. R. STEWART
DIES AT ERASTUS
W, Ransom Stewart. ono of the
most prominent citizens of the
Sontliern fliil of Jackson county,
died Sunday eveninsr at his home on
Pine Or?ek, following a heart at
tack earlier in the day. ?
Mr. Stewart had apparently been
in his usual health, and went out to
feed his cattle, when the attack '
came.
Th1 fnneral was conducted at
Pine Creek cenvterv, to'ondav, T?ev.
J. G Murray officiating. Interment
wart with Masonic ceremonies.
Mr. Stewart, who was 62 years
of aire, is survived by his widow,
five r?a"?*hters, Mrs. Charles Stew..
I
art, M-s Wa^'on Mnodv. and Mrs.
Charles Norris. a'l of whom li"o in !
I
Mountain tnwneVn. Mrs. * lvjn Cvnir j
fnr(| if rnUnn-tioo. nnfl "nnnio,
who made her bo^io wi*h bov !
I
and h\ rne son. Pov Stewart. Mr. '
Stewart leaves also a rf
brothers, sisters, and other rcla.
tive3.
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Mr. (ivady Queen of Cantoa vis
ited relatives here Sunday.
Mr. ami Mrs. Wess Queen ar.d
baby have returned to their home
iu Gastonia after a visit to Mrs.'
Queen'' a father, Mr. Charlie Cow
ard, who is very sick.
j Miss Katy Kenuey has returned
to Balsam after spending the wintei
in Richmond, Va.
Mr. Vernon Jones antV sister, Mis:<
Freda Joues, attended the singir
convention at Maple Grove Sui:dn
afternoon.
Mr. U. J. Beck and family we? !
to Wa-nesville Sunday.
Many Balsamites went, to Syl- ;?
Sunday afternoon to hear the i' ;s'"
I laureat sermon by Dr. Elliott, t~"
i fore th-l graduating class of Svh'a
High.
Bals;iir. was visited by a hail
storm Saturday.
j Mr. John Blanton speaks well of
the Cha"relet car. He has a 28-4 and
drove it to what is known here as
the Will Allen farm. There is not
much of a road and that is very
"zigzaggV and steep, said part of
the tiii-e it seemed as if the car was
just running on its rear wheels so
perpendicular was the roac^. This
was the first time a car had ever
jbeea cvti the road.
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WEEK BY WEEK
'Ky Dan Tompkins)
lviii .J Alfonso of Spain bas . ab
dieted !us throne, and a republic is
to take the place oi the oid Spanish
kingdom. 'i'lius <}oes Democracy evei
march forward.
Two missing Haywood menx were
found in a sink hole, where theii
bodies had been placed last August,
marking one of the n.ost grueson e
tragedies in the history of this
mountain country.. Looks as if jur
ies will have to have to face the fact
that there is an electric chair in
Kalcigli, :-nd act accordingly. ,
A six year old boy placed stones
on th:. main line of the Southern
and wrecked a train. He stated that
he wat ted the train to wreck, and
didn t care whether people were
killed. The one who needs punishing
is the mother, "who would allow a
six year eld lad to plav about a
railroad track.
Hond'tras is the latest nation in
which revolution has raised its
head. There is a spirit of unrest
throughout the world; due largely
to the l'act that the people are not
enjoying the prosperity that is their
due. In other words, they are not
getting their share of the good
things of this world.
In Hi'cvard they are running a
former fcervice men's ticket for the
town offices; which is a bad policy,
accen'.uaii'^ an<\ tarrying down
even to municipal affairs the perni
cious - syst -m of b!oc government
that ha- grown up in this country.
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The legislative situation lias tie
velopcd i -to a conference b'dweci.
committees of the Senate and the
House, In anjitteir.pt to^ iron
the differences regav^ng^Tyr? :amf
means of raising revenue with whith
to supporl the State government
and finance the six months schools.
Man/ people are hopeful that at last,
the legislature will arrive at some
solution and adjourn.
'i
A slight earthquake shook the
states of the East. .
Tom Heflin is'in AV:i<luncton
proseirtuig his contest over the elec
tion to the Senate. As in North
Carolina, the Alabama contest is
raging about the absentee voters
law, and alleged irregularities in its
operation.
TI13 Dorrance fortun**, loft by the
late executive of the Campbell's
Soup Corporation, amounted to
FORTY YEARS A60
Tuckaseige Democrat April 22, 1891
The profit showman, P. T. Bar
?' nuin, passed away at Bridgeport,
Coim.
Only four tracts of land were ad
vertised for sale b}r Sheriff Mc
Lain in 1891.
The prolonged blowing of the
whistle and the unfurling of the
Stars and Stripes from the flag
staff atop of the factory announced
the reopening of operations by the
, Equitable Manufacturing Company.
Wrf are pleased to learu that the
removal of Messrs. (Jammings and
Buffum's saw mill from Dillsboro
will not occur. The company has
been reorganized and will hereafter
be known as the Blue Ridge Lumber
Company. The damage caused by
high water will at once be repaired.
j Miss Alice Reid paid us a pleas
ant visit Wednesday evening.
I Mes.-iM Henry and John Wilson
of Hamburg called upon the Demo
crat, Monday. ^
A meeting of the cooperators of
the Hot Springs, Webster and Sa
vannah. Railway Company will be
held at Ihe office of B. W. llill on
Thui sday. May 11, in Hot Springs.
j Members of the bar attending
court in Webster are: E. R. Hamp
ton, AV. W. and Thomas A. Jones,
phevillc, Judge Gudger, G. S. and
r. B. Ferguson, J. M. Moody, Geo.
Sir.alhers and K. 1). Gilmer,
Way'iesyille; F. C. Fisher, N. New*
A. M. Frye, and R. L. Leatlrer
jd^ Brvson City; Solicitor Jones,
" Frank Raj', K. Elias and C. C.
fcniftlsi,"""-Franklin; and Marshall
Bell, Murphy. Judge Brown is pre
siding.
It is reported that nobody is out
of work in Russia, where the S ?r
viets rule and there is no unemploy
ment. But who wants to live in Rus-'
sia? / -
A man in Transylvania, convicted i
of manslaughter, was forced to pay
the widow of the dead -man $500,
and allowed to go free. The trial of
civil cases oil the criminal side of
the docket has long been one of the
most aggravating eausues of con
tempt for law and courts. There is,
or should be an interest which the^
State itself has n all cases that.
are prosecuted in its name.
EQUALIZATION PLAN OP
POSED BY MES. McKEE
-Recciitly Mrs. McKee "had consid
erablo U> say with regard to the ef
fort of tho Senate to increase the
state equalising fund, as a means ot
escaping from the dilenin-.a in which
the members have iuhnd themselves
to redlee the tax burden.
In her speech in the Senate Mi's.
McKee pointed out the suggested
lequalirnuoji fund is most inadequate
She gave figures to show that many
counties have never received the
I proportionate increase in the equali
' zatiou fund of two years ago.
"Any increase in the equalization
fund can ne.er be reflected in pro
poitionule tax reduction in the pir
ticipjiting counties," she dechmd.
"Two years ago, the equalization
fund u as doubled, but the counties
needing help most did not get the
](M) per cent increase which they
tad -i right to expect."
Mr?. .McKee, in making her pointy
gave the following examples:
"My county of Jackson in 1928
192!) i "Ceived from the ecpialization
fund iii round numbers $31,000; in
1929-19)0, though the equalization
Xund was doubled, we received an in
i col $17,000 in round numbers,
which amounted to a 54 per cent in
crease. Transylvania county, also in
my district, received an increase of
54 per cent; while Iredell county,
with i propertv valuation of $48,000,
000 received in 1929, 1930, $80,000,
or a" i increase of 152 per cent. This
in spite of the fact that Jackson
county property valuation is only
$10,000,000 and that of Transylva
nia only $0,000,000. Watauga coun
ty, with a property valuation of $8,
I]000,000 received an increase of 55
per cent: while Burke . county, with
a property valuation of $20,000,000,
receivd an increase of 122 por cent.
I?olk count'- has the distinction of
1 receiving Ihe lowest percentage of
I increase of any count}' in the State
29 per tent. Its property valuation
I $7,000.000; while the county of
Wake, which has not heretofore par
ticipat'd in the equalization fund,
I with, a property valuation of $98,
000,000. received more than $56,
000. Dare county, with a property
! valuation of $2,000,000, received $8,
000 from the equalization fund in
1 1930. Rowan county, with a valua
tion nt, $72.000,000, received almost
$G2,o0i).
"Tin1 farther increase of $3,500,
000 proposed by the Folger bill, pro
poses Mill ,rreater inequalities in dis
tribution Airording to their own fig
ures Avery county, with a property
valuation of about $0,000,000, is
prop: i si tl j?n increase to the tune of
$1000. Compare the proposed re
ceipts proposed by Hertford and
Kok.' counties, Avith a property val
uation of $11,000,000 and $10,
TO BE PARADISE
FOR WILD GAME
Tho Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional part will become, within the
lext few years, a great reservoir, i u
whirh the wild lifci of the southern
Appalachian Mountains will be con
served, according to the plans ot'
the National Park service. X Ross
j Eakin, superintendent of the new
national park, has outline^ a plan
for stocking the 428,000 acre reser
vation vith deer, bear, beaver,
wild turkeys, grouse and other game.
Pisgah National forest game pic
serve, neai Abbeville, will be the
principal source, from which tin
doer will bo obtained for the newly
established nutional park. Over a,
000 ueer u re known to roam the for
est in the 100,000 acre game pre
serve, and these are far too many
for the area, according to M. A.
Mattooii, forest supervisor for the
Pisgah national forest.
The deer will be trapped; a few
each year. In accordance with the
Eakin plan, 675 of them will be
transferrer to the national park
by the year 1940. The natural in
crteass t,l the game animals, is ex
pected to fill the National park
with ii large number of deer by
1940. Tlu Eakin plan calls for 2?
deer Irons Pisgah forest in 1931;
50 is- JM.'l with 100 the year there
after and others to be captured
and stiil to the national park in the
following yearly trapping seasons.
Other game animals and birds
will lw> imported from other sections
'of th.- country, for stocking the nu
jtional park with wild life, and the
natural park service has already es
tablished fire and game wardens
witliiu the area, to protect the sec
tion fiitm poachers and from the de
structive effects of forest fires. The
game in the National park w ill be
protected in perpetuity, no hunting
being i Mowed at any time within
the park boundaries. As in the case
| of the Pisgah game preserve and
the four other game refuges in West
. ern North Carolina, the overflow of
I game is expected to provide good;
I shooting in the terrain surrounding
i the Great Smokies, during the open
hunting seasons. Linked with the os
tabik'hed game preserves the Great
Smokv Mountains national park
should aid in making the region a
future hunters' paradise.
OPERETTA DRAWS /CROWD
The operetta "The Golden Slip
per," at, errangement of Cinderella,
which was presented by the ele
mentary school, under the direction
of Miss Emily Smith, and sponsor
ed b\ the Sylva Parent..Teachers
Association, drew a large crowd ol'
spectators on Friday evening of
last week.
Tin :arge audience was pleased
with t!.e presentation, which if? re
ported ;is having been far above the
average for such performances, show
>?g c.'V/?tu! planning and training.
000,00;) respectively. The former
wiil ne?*ive $73,<i00 and the latt.r
$31,000. It is proposed to give I'olk
county, with a valuation of $7,000,
000, $45,000. To Itandolph county,
with a valuation of $27,000,000,
will <ro ?113,000. To Watauga, with
a property valuation of $8,000,000 i.-,
promised $67,000; to Wayne co.inty,
with a valuation of $47,000,000 will
go almost $127,000.
"VoriJy, to bim that hath shall
be given and from him that hath
not shall be taken, even that which
he hath."
Mrs. McKee also stated that the
valuation, of property is determined
arbitrarily by the equalization board
not or. the real value of the proper
ty. She says that in Jackson county
the value of property as fixed by
the equalization board is three mil
lion more than the real value. She
also declares that the people of the
counties receiving money are tired
of doles and being called pauj>er
counties. '"We want the justice of
fi six months school promised by the
State Constitution?that and noth
ing more and nothing leaa," she