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THE JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL, SYLVA, k C?*AY 7, 1931
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
BALLOT boxes
TO BE IMPOUWEC
An order big^ bjjndgt Webb of
vi I'nited States District Court, has
tn served upon Aaron Hooper
. Lnin Of the board of elections of
C. Ln county and upon Dan Allison,
of the superior court, impound
?h* ballot boxes and ballots cast
"*? "natorW election of Ust
"J the order is the same as
XT served in many counties of the
^ ftn4 order, the ballots turned
a r to the clerk of the superior
rt and the senatorial committee
?'i^r the charc i, the s?
*i i*nU*t instituted by George
{Sard, Republican candidates for
V "!aL aKaiiwt Senator Josiah W.
- who was declared elected by
SU o' 0Ver U3'00#'
Mr Hooper has called upon the
' ? t registrars to turn over the
L ? ?"? rrtrH0'
L >vuoty. pursuit to the order
~j the federal couisf. The order to
i dm* the bo?s ? ?rvd upon
M, Hooper, lat* Monday evening, by
officers of the United States.
Mr Piifchard charges m his <on
,,.t complaint that there were gross,
insularities" in . the o_lect.oni and
;h,t a .air ?mnf would have shown
him to have received a majority.
When the marshals began to carry
out the court orders, Dennis G. Brum
Bnt, state attorney general, by direc
tion of Gov. 0. M? Gardner, wired
the judge* asking, the orders be v*
tated
At the same time, Josiah W. Bail
ey, Democrat, whose election too the
U S. senate, former Representative
frfor** M. Pri.tch*rd defeated Repub
lican candidate, is contesting, reques
tj a hearing in the proceedings.
Bau'ey said he would ask the or
ders "be vacated as an invasion of
the righto of the State of North
Carolina as well .as nine, and void.
He asserted state authorities 44have
all time been willing and able to pro
tect and preserve the ballot' and
-*?* pr?I?- ? ssM-jftss
available to the NM^;
? The state, In it? inter
vention, also asked courts that "the
state and Senator Bailey be given an
opportunity to be heard at such
early date as may be fixed by you.
t The three juriats?Judge Johnson
J. Hayes of the Middle North Caro
lina district; Judge I. M. Meekina, of
the Eastern district, and Judge E.
Yates Webb of the Western district
?immediately wired replies. They
notified the state they were ready to
entertaii) a motion of intervention, i
DenniA G. Brummit, attorney gen
eral, dUbafched ft* following tele
grams to #hldge I. M. Meckins of the
Eastern district; Judge Johnson J.
Hayes, of the Middle district and
Jud*e E. Y. Webb, of the (Western
district, who signed the orders:
"By direction of Governor Gardner
the State of North Carolina will in
tevene in proceedings filed in y?"*
court yesterday in the matter of t e
election contest of Pritchard against
Bailey. ' :.'
"The State' itepectfully aska that
the order eiftered by you yesterday
be vacated il :<?ce for that there is
no authority;; ve^ed in the petition
en auhorialnjjJ- etopowering or di
recting theto^Ui ' institute said pro
ceeding and that the court is with
out authority-,;to gr*nt said order,
and for thit t*? ?*?<* order
without notice to, or opportunity to
be heard, Senator Bailey or any of
ficial of . this state.
"The State' respectfully asks that
boxes and j&Allots already seized be
immediately placed In the custody
of your court, further action under
the order be discontinued and tbax
the SUte and Senator Bailey be
given opportunity to be heard a su?
early date aa may.be fixed y y
ARB LATE
....... is: late this week,
kfi*&$me in many
*"t the fault of
? {s due to en un
^i&kienL Por some
beating ele
type machine
time, leaving
had to be
from Brook
to have them
,, , Monday
pt neijt nfcflfck. It'w through the
ooufttiiffiat the Wayneeville
|Mouftt*i$ttr that we are able
make en . ^ppearance this
week at all, and to that paper
.and Ha management we ex
press our appreciation.
Tbe Journal's shop will be run
Qlngr next week aa ueuaL
WEEK BY WEEK
(By Dan Tompkins)
The State of North Carolina, thru
the Governor and Attorney General,
has entered into the Pritchard-Bail
ey Senatorial contest, by protesting
jthe invasion of the rights of the
j State, by the federal courts. North
! Carolina has no objection to a full
j and complete investigation of the
; charges of fraud and corruption
brought by Mr. Pritchard, flimsy and
I fivllous as most North Carolinians be
lieve them to be; but the State wants
I the thing done in proper manner,
without the federal courts infringing
upon the dignity of the Soverign
State. Every invasion of the rights
of the states by the federal govern
ment should always be resisted, for
it is only through maintaining the
80verignity of the States that our
system of government can be per-1
petuated.
Big Bend, the murder section of
Haywood, has again gotten into the
front page with a double killing. A
youth shot a girl, to death, and her
brother promptly pumped the slayer
full of lead.
Three youths in Asheville died in
an airplane smash Sunday. The pilot
was twenty years of age, and had
secured his license only a few days
before. As is usual in the fatal air
accidents, the plane was flying low.
.Many of the candidates in Tues
day's election did not choose to
run. They were drafted by the people.
Just when the entire State expected
an end of the deadlock in the General
Assembly, the Senate killed the con
ference report, and we are right back
where we were in the beginning. Per
haps the only people in North Car
olina who are not disgusted with the
whole business, are the tavern keep
ers of Raleigh.
ter Ute than never; but in most eases
the lateness of the hour has disas
trous effect. If Governor Gardner
had come out for the MacLean Act
90. ^ays ago, and had had his taxa
tion expert, Mr. Maxwell at work,
trying to help solve the problem pre- j
sented, instead of throwing stones is j
the way of the financing of the
schools, the assembly would probably
have adjourned on schedule time, and
this unholy contention that is tearing
North Carolina would have been
avoided.
Banks are reopening in many of
the towns of Western North Carolina.
In fact, most of those that closed last
November are open for business
again. But why? Just what advantage
is it to the people? They have no
money to loan and put into the chan
nels of business. A great many of
them were of little service, anyway,
being too small to be of much ac
count, and the people would have been
better off if they had never existed.
Good, strong banks, with sound man
agement and strong financial back
ing, are of utmost importance to the
growth of the community. But the
kind that go down before the first
financial flurry are more of a hinder
ance than a help.
?The divorce courts in Reno keep the
mill grinding, granting divorces after
six week's residence, at the rate of
eighty odd a day. The cash registers j
in the hotels, cafes and gambling!
halls, as well as the lawyers' offices
ring a merry tune, as homes are
broken up, hopes shattered, and hus
bands and wives cast aside for new
mates. Even this, however, is not
as disgusting as the Arkansas Bap
tiat minister, just across the line from
j Memphis, who has road signs point
ing to his house, directing young
; couples and new divorces to his home
' where he performs marriages by the
I wholesale, and makes a good living
at it.
JEFFRESS NEW HIGHWAY HEAD
On Monday, Governor Gardner sub
raitted for its confirmation bis ap
J pointees to membership on the State
I Highway Commission. The new com
mission, consising of seven members,
j The Governor appointed E. B. Jef
freys Chairman of the Commission
and T. L. Bland as the Republican
member. '
The list as announced by the Gov
ernor is composed of James H. Clark,
' Bladen county; N. L. Stedman, Hali
fax county; T. L. Bland, Wlake coun
ty; James L. McNair, Scotland coun
ty; E. B. Jeffress, Guilford county;!
C. A. Cannon, Cabarrus county, and
'Will W. Nea), McDowell county.
GARDNER URGES
MacLEAN ACT
i Appearing before the general tfs
1 sembly, after the senate had defeated
the conference report on the luxury
tax, designed to raise the funds with
' which to support the six month's
j schools, Governor Gardner, urged the
j members of the general assembly lo
: get together on something, retain the
' principles of the MacLean Act, and
| adjourn.
"There has been some suggestion
of a temporary adjournment" he said
"for reflection on our contested prob
lems. It must be apparent that either
adjournment or further delay in
reaching agreement on these prob
lems, leads into and not out of the
wilderness. Our people will forgive us
for almost anything except confessing
our inability to do."
Asking legislators for "a reconcili
ation of these conflicts," which have
marked the assembly's session, Gov
ernor Gardner urged the legislators
to consider "'the welfare of the whole
peop'e" of the state.
As the governor declared himself
for the principle of the MaoLean law
the only applause which interrupted
his address was heard.
"It seems to me that the practical
sense as well as the logic in our
present situation," the governor said,
"leads irresistbly to the decision
that for the present we accept the
principle of the MacLean bill and
that the state provide from sources
other than ad valorem taxes as large
a part of the current cost of the six
months school term as you can pro
vide for under reasonable and fair
and just and workable system of
taxation. Beyond that I do not think
you are called upon to go. B?yond
that I do not think you should go."
In conclusion the chief executive,
appealing for a fconclusion of the
legislative session which enters its
120th day tomorrow with an appar
ently unbreakable impasse existing
between the house and senate on the
revenue bill,, a eked th%
a reasonable policy thatr^e5
sonably defend and that we know
will be reasonably successfully in its
operation."
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to hospital recently:
Mrs. Maggie Higdon, Franklin.
J. H. Frady, Sylva.
Mrs. Emmie Jacobs, Dillsboro.
Mrs. Pauline Calhoun Bishop, Proc
tor, N. C.
Miss Mary Woods, Wolf Mountain.
Mrs. Mary Nations, Wilmot.
/ Mrs. Marie Morris, Sylva.
Discharged recently:
R. P. Brown, Bryson City.
Mrs. Emmie Jacobs, Dillsboro.
Misses Claudia Baker and Stella
Creech of the hospital staff visited
friends in Spruce Pine and Altapass
recently.
H. L BUCHANAN
S NEXT MAYOR
<
H*rry|L Buchanan was elected as
? Mayoi&of! Sylva in the municipal
election, on Tuesday, defeating Hugh
E. Monteith by a majority of 65
votes. The entire Democratic board
of aldermen was elected along with
Mr. Buchanan, the average majority
for the entire ticket being 77.
Dr. 4 z. Candler and P. E. Moody
led th&iftepublican ticket with 111
votes -each; while Dr. Grover Wilkes
led the Democratic ticket with a tot
al 9fil86 votes. Little interest was
takfqt in the election by the candi
dates whose names had been filed for
the:offices by their friends. Mr. Buch
anan; who was elected as mayor was
in Raleigh. Mr. Moody was in High
Poin? on a business trip, and Dr.
McGwire was attending the meeting
of the North Carolina Dental Socie
ty i? Winston-Salem.
J. 'Claude Allison is the only mem
ber of the present board of alderman
who twill go over into incoming ad-|
ministration. No others of the old
board were on the ticket.
Mr. Buchanan succeeds, as mayor
Dan Tompkins, who has been at the
hea4 of the town government since
1919, with the exception of a two
year term which the late George W.l
Sutton held the office.
The vote was:
DEMOCRAT
For Mayor:
Buchanan 171 [
For Aldermen:
J. C. Allison 183
B^E. Brown __ Vi 182
Charlie Price .. ? 178 j
E. L. Wilson __ __ __ _! 181
Cfapver Wilkes __ __ __ __ __186!
REPUBLICAN
For Mayor:
Monteith __ __ __ 106
'* . For Aldermen:
HAS PARTY FOR SISTER
Miss Margaret Sherrill entertained
with three fables of bridge, Tuesday
evening complimenting her
Mrs. Frank Crawford, who has re-j
cently come to Sylva from Aeheville,
for the sununer. Mrs. W. L. Jones was
presented the prize for high score
and Miss Phyllis McCulley that for
low. Home made candy and nuts were
served during the game and a salad <
course was served at the conclusion.
Miss Sherrill's guest list included
Mrs. W. L. Jones, Mrs. Avery Cun
ningham of Franklin, Mrs. Cyrus
Nicholson, Misses Leah Nichols, Do
cia Garrett, Ruth and Irene Oliver,!
Sue and Phyllis McCulley and Hicks
and Ruth Wilson. ;
FORTY YEARS AGO
Tuckaeeige Democrat May 6, 1891
Messrs. Lee Hooper, Will Norton,
John T. Wike are in town today.
Prof. R. L. Madison of the Cullow
hee High School went to Asheville
Tuesday.
Messrs. T. A. Cox of Cullowhee and
J. EL Moss of East La Porte were
here yesterday.
Dan Snyder went to Bryson City
Monday to hear Ben Terrell, the Tex |
as Alliance Lecturer.
The blacksmith shop of Rev. B. G.
Wild at Webster was destroyed by I
fire a few days ago, nearly ail the [
tools being saved.
'We had quite a heavy frost last
night and some ice and fear that
much damage has been done to fruit
and young vegetables.
We understand that Mr. George
Garland died in Chattanooga last
Saturday and that his remains will
be brought to Dillsboro for inter
ment.
Mr. Thos. H. Hastings returns last
Wednesday from Tennessee, bring
ing Mrs. Hastings and the children
with him. They will locate in Dills
boro.
We regret to hear of an accident
to Mr. O. T. Henderson, engineer at
the kaolin factory this morning, by
which the fingers of his right hand
were severely mashed.
Mr. D. L. Love started yesterday]
to attend the meeting of the incor
porators of the Webster, Hot Springs
and Savannah Railroad, which takes
place at Hot Springs Thursday, the
7th inst.
Mrs. Julia Strong, having spent a!
vacation of several weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baum,
left last Thursday to resume her
duties on the staff of that very ex
.pjjJbUcation, "The Housekeep-J
er," published at MlnrieapoTIa,' Minn.
Misses Mannie Tompkins and Edith
King spent the day with us last
Thursday and returning via Dillsboro, I
met with what might have been
quite a serious accident, but which
resulted, happily, in nothing more
serious than a few scratches. The
road cart, in which they were riding
was overturned, and they were very
unceremoniously spilt in the road,
while the horse ran away with the
cart, smashing it up badly.
The entertainment given by Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred Page at the Academy
Monday night was really very good
and was highly enpjoyed by all pres
ent. Both of them are totally blind.
The entertainment is musical and lit-j
erary, the selections in both beingl
sentimental and humorous and of an
Anyway, e re burying Our Dead?
/Mm.
By Albert T. Reid
l
A<t??aitwu
COUNTY AGENT
MAKES REPORT
The county agent of Jackson coun
ty, explained to the Sylva Ghamber -
of Commerce at a recent meeting,
what the farm agent is doing in Jack
son last year and this.
Said Mr. Vestal:
Jackson County now has between
25 and 30 purebred beef bulls, 8 pure
bred dairy bulls, and a large number
of purebred Shropshire and Hamp
shire rams. These purebred sires are
at the head of our grade or purebred
herds or flocks.
Last year Jackson County farmers
marketed cooperatively- 750,000 lbs.
of poultry, 167,000 lbs. of cabbage,
23,345 lhs. of lamb. 27,300 lbs. of po
tatoes, and 2,487.lbs. of wool; 1,010,
132 lbs. of Jackson county farm pro- ??
duce.
There are six 4-H Clubs in the
county last year. 61 boys and girls
attended our club camp at Swannanoa
near the State Test Farm and 54 com
pleted their projects last, year clear
ing $1680.00 profit. -,
This year there are 25 fanpers con
ducting pasture improvement Demon- .
strations, 33 conducting potato de
monstrations, and 33 other Demon
strations being carried on., in. sheep, '
poultry, com, alfalfa and other, crops,
not counting the cabbage:\vor}^ .?that,
will soon begin. 177 boys and .girls
have their 4-H projects going on now
for this year. ? .
During the past month one .clyb
boy has purchased a purebred Jersey
heifer, two have purchased registered
gilts, and three farmers hfive ,jjur- t
chased puebred Hereford Bulls.
The wooj pool wilF comc oft. about'. ,
the first of Jurle. Miss Ruth;Currwil..
our District Home Agent,' VilLbe; here v
the first of" July with her canning...
specialist to help larlies and girl-, of. ,
the county . preserve foods for - this
winter, the lamb shipment -will: coroe r,
off in July, and August. Potato ship-...
ments are expected to -take place
September,' and cabbage marketing^
in September, Ociober and'November,v #
This does not include the specialists
that wili assist the" County
from time .to time i? the various pro
jecs, nor the Club camp that will |lit.
come off the week of the 13th-.pf
that is, if you have a County Agerft...
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"LIGHT" ENTERTAINMENT. OFi "
FERED BY LYRIC" FOR NfiXT"
WEEK ' ' - ~
A1J three pictures scheduled * for .
showing at the Lyric' Theatre t next- :
week have a tendency toward com- -
edy, with very little drama."
The first one, "No Limit,** on* Mon* "?
day and Tuesday is a comedy-draTma ? :?*
starring Clara Bow, and the cast in
cludes Norman . Foster and Stuait
Erwin, the dumb Swede. The TeacU
head accepts the loan of a rltsy apart
ment, and finds that it is a 'high-. ?
hat gambling resort but Calara win*
?a man. " ?
A one-man circus is a rarity, but v
Joe Cook puts it over to save thV* *
show Jn "Rain or Shine,' a circas pic
ture, ( Wednesday and * Thursday.)
Cook is an old stage comedlin Irrid' V
this picture should provide a number
of good laughs. "
A good husband and. business fnay'*
by day, a "whoopee-bird" at nighty,;
that's Edward Evereet. Horton"* iti'*
"Lonely Wives'! which is schedulefl
for Friday-and. Saturday, the story
of a very good husband with 'verjr-:
bad habits. ?? Horton, i/i order fo bo '
able to "step out"..hirts a vaudeville
actor to doable for. him an<j "sj)ena
an evening with the wife.#whil^"Hof'*
ton goes to a night club. All this r&:
suits in a comical ? mix-up .with"'" fhe
husband deciding he'd better .^fay
home evenings.
; jr- ?r- " ' L ?* ?' J
: ? " " * ' ?*'' ??-; J'o 5,
elevating, irfctrutvtive-.^yidamusing
character; .4V v .
Programme of Oommrnrernent at
Cullowhee High School; Wednesday.
May 13th 11 A. M.' Annual Sermon,
Rev. J. H. W?avyr,,.p. D.,. Weaver
vilte. .1 P.- M) . of."trus
tees 8 P.. yifj Coi^ation^f ttt^^ul
lowhee Literary, ^jjciety.''ThtfPsffi^
May 14th, 11 Ar; M. AjiwJnStt&ry
Address, Rev... W. Av llfeTsoli/'Tfc **?!).
Asheville.. 1 P. M-. ?fcicu!i6^iry Ex
ercise and AtA Ih'sI>Tay.. M. Pi"
al Entertainment . and" '.Yfreflfi&ry.
Dinner will be furnished*#*!' the
grounds <tx>bh?days and ,?.v?ryb#fj* is
cordially., invited . to 5ffikehi?
-*.Zrr>-:
Rev_ yhomaa fetradl?^''fou'ftler of
the Baptist church Tn is
dead, ajpd M. 4,
tr - r- ., . ,*??