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S4QX80V COUNTY JOUBHAL 00
?&terftd M xWOnd elaaa matter *
the post office at S/iva, N. C.
The Methodist iaytnen are having
a hard ttme trying to fire their can
non.
Votes may be needed badly in the
mate, when it meets, and this may
b* the reason for impounding those
ito North Carolina.
Moat of us would feel easy if all
we had to do to raise the money we
need wm to pasa an act; but the Gen
?ral Assembly is only up against that
aim pie problem of financing.
The Mat-Lean Act, with its princi
ples of eternal right and justice, will
atand. The opposition members of the
general assembly might as well ac
cept that fact and come on over on a
means of financing it.
Headlines tell us that a puppy stole
the meat off the President's supper
place. Couldn't it have, by any possi
bility, have been a wolf pup?
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The Ktuden-ts at the University of
South Carolina have learned their les
sons well. An election for students
efficera wm held, and out of a reg
istration of 841 there were i>22 bal
lots in the box.
The Institute of Human Relations
w meeting in Chapel Hill. Some of
oar human relations act as if they
were not human, while others are
twar relattoK.
Speaking of peparednees, a Chica
go man called the undertaker before
kitting himself.
Uncie Sam believe* in looking
ahead. The Floyd farm and Cling
Qoaen farm have beetr bought by the
federal park conrmisdioo. At the foot
e& the Smokies, they;will make ad
tttable landing fields; for airplanes;
and that Is, in all probability what
Unele Sejn will use them for. Landing
fields and campsite# in the offing.
The government is preparing for a
perk ?t our very doors. West
er* Cfcroijoa towns had better wake
up and get ready for the most im
portant transformation ever con
templated for this region.
We don't know whicji is right, or
irfcether either is; but, something is
tfecidadly out of joint. MacLean says
ttwt "lkker and wimmen is what's
the matter in Raleigh, and Mr. Con
nor gays that there are too many
feabta to the assembly, who want to
tafce their bata and go home if the
ether boys went play their way.
Tfcw thing has been dragged around
tat ?o long, that we have reached the
jfoiat where we don't give a two
cent piece where Bishop Cannon got
fche anti-Smith money if any, nor
wtaat he he did with it, if he did get
it.
Th? assembly has passed the neces
sary legislation to impound the bal
lots. There appears to be no objection
to a recount, provided the ballots can
be fouad, but the State dishes hav
ing the federal courts invading our
Jurisdiction.
GREATER LOVE RATH NO ONE.
On her birthday, and the closing
day of her school, the pupils of Miss
Helen Scott, out in Illinoise, organ
ized a pieni* party. Three small chil
dren were crossing a trestle to re
join the main goup. A train was com
iag. Without hesitating a second,
this brave, young woman,-rushed into
the face of the speeding train, seized
on* child, and threw her off the tres
tle, and was trying to posh the other
two off, when the engine struck them.
She laid down her life for that of the
tiny tots In her charge. When the
final reckoning comes, it will not be
the Napoleon's, the Caesars, the Alex
anders, .the Hlnderburgs, the Bis
marfca, the Bacons, the Darwina, nor
the Rockefellers, who will head the
list of the great souls of the earth;
bat the Mary Scotte.
QUALLA
Mvstes Nancy Keener, Bonnie An
thony, Mary Emma Ferguson, Edna
iRoyiie. Ckxxie Hoyi? and Mr. Wayne
Perfueeo are recent Qualla graduates
erf gylva High School.
A large, attentive audience listened
to a very interesting sermon at he
Mfebodist church Sunday by Rev. R.
L. Baaa from the text "Peter followed
efrr off."
Mr*. Bitt Alien of Almond is spend
ing a whtie with her mother, Mrs. A.
J. Frevnaa.
Mee. May BeUe Henson, of Whit
twr tlllted ber mother, Mrs. W. H.
Cooper.
3fc. J. U Hyatt made a , tHp t<r
fiSfeyBcsvi^e. ffl
Jfr. and Mrs. H. G. Ferguson, Hugh
Add Lillian Fergus Oi visited rela-l
tiv? in Madison county.
Mrs. J. L. Sitton called on Mrs. W.
F. House.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Johnson of
Deep Creek called on Mr. and Mrs.
D. M. Shuler Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Massey of Waynesville
is visiting at Mr. J. P. Crisp's.
Mrs. H!- G. Ferguson called on
Mrs. L. L. Shaver.
Mrs. Eloise Ward is visiting rela-j
tives at Wilmot. j
Miss Moss of Glenville was guest |
of Miss Mary Emma Ferguson.
Rev. R. L. Bass and daughter, Sara
Louise, Miss Hettie Cooper and Mr.
Richard Crisp called at Mr. J. K.
Terrell's Sunday. '
COW ARTS
Misses Mary and Fannie Green
were the guests of Mrs. Milas Parker
the past week.
Mrs. Howell Stephens and little
daughter visited Mrs. W. 1). Coward
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Thomasson of
Andrews were guests of Mr. and'
'Mrs. Luther Stephens Wednesday'
night. We were very much pleased to!
welcome them back to our little town, j
Mr. (iiil Phillips is very ill at his
home. We hope to see him out again
soon.
Mrs. Loyd Rogers is very sick. We
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Ms. I). H. Stephens has been real
sick but am glad to say she is im
proving.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Holcombe of Pick
ens, ,r C., were guests of Mr. T.
Ste./iiens Sunday.
M r. and Mrs. Luther Stephens vis-j
ited Mrs. D. H. Stephens Sunday,'
who has-been ;cry sick for the past
few week?.
Mr. and Mrs. Coot Woods of Rich
Mountain visited E M. Coward Sun
day afternoon.
Dr. Edwin Bryson of Six Mile, S.
S., was the guest oi Mrs. A. E. Brown!
Sunday.
Mr. Spurgeon Stephen;? of Canada
was visiting home folks Sunday.
J. B. Parker was the guest of Tom
Hooper Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Thomasson is
visiting at Mr. W. H. Smith's this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Parker of
Greenville, S. C. were guests of Mr.
T. Paker Saturday night.
Mr. T. Parker has been very sick,
but is improving some.
BALSAM
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bryson announce
the birth of a daughter, Betty Jean,
April 21st.
Misses Cecil and Helen Potts have
returned from a visit to their Sister,
Mrs. Lily Rickett in Andrews.
Mrs. Grady Crawford of Columbia,
S. C., spent last week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Craw
ford near Willits.
Miss Agnes Queen and brother, F.r- j
nest, are visiting their grand father,
Mr. W. M. Quiett at Whittier.
Mrs. George Bryson and Mr. and
Mrs. John Knight motored to Canton
Thursday.
Mr. W. E. Ensley, who has a posi
tion at LaFrance, S. C., spent lastj
week end here with his family.
Miss Katy Kenney and Mr. Grady
Crawford motored to Asheville Sun
day.
Mr. J. K. Kenney attended the
State Convention of W. O. W. in High
Point last week. Mr. Kenney is Fi
nancial Secretary of Balsam Camp |
No. 631.
loyalty?
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JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL
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notice
Cowart8, N. C.,
May 6th, 1931.
Itear Editor:?
Your publication carried a news ar
ticle last week stating that the com
missioners were considering the act]
of abolishing he office of county i
agent in their economy program fori
Jackson county.
I believe that our commissioners'
are honest in their every act and I!
am sure that no one appreciates their
efforts to cut down expenses more
than the farmer, but I am. just won
dering if it wouldn't be a mistake to
abolish the office of county agent.
Agriculture is the chief factor'in
the life of Jackson county. The farm
ers are furnishing the majority of
the soldiers in the county's^^ight
against the business depression.
Mr. Commissioners, must our red
dest blood be sapped? Must a wrench
be thrown into the machinery that
keeps our stores, our banks and our
schools and our churches going dur
ing a business depression like this?
Jackson's business leaders realize,
that the advancement of the farmer
must not be retarded if the county is
to recover from its present stagger.
Mr. M. Cowan at the bank and omer.
have shown this to be their attituoe
in their actions of the past.
E. V. Vestal is a capable leader
for the "farm forces" of Jackson
county.
A heart wound is a serious one in
deed.
Respectfully yours,
Hilliard Henson.
TO ELECTION REGISTRARS
An order of the federal court im
pounding the ballot boxes in the
election of last Novem'ber, having
been served upon me, all registrars,
who have not already done so, art
ereby notifle.l to deliver the bal?
..?t boxes, with baFoU. intact, to the
clerk of the superior court of Jack
son county, without delay.
AARON HOOPER,
Chairman, County Board of Elections
of Jackson County.
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"A LIFE ON THE OCEAM ?
WAVE" ;
By Epes Sargent '? j
A life on the ocean wave, <
A home on the rolling deefe i
Where the scattered waters rave, ;
And the winds their revels keep! ?
Like an eagle caged. I pine '?
On this dull, unchanging shore: r
Oht give me the flashing brine, ?
The spray and the tempest'r rotff j
Once more on the deck I stand
Of my own swift-gliding craft:
Set sail! farewell to the land!
The gale follows fair abaft.
We shoot through the sparkling foMl
- Like the ocean-bird, our home
We'll find far out on the sea.
The land is no longer in view,
The clouds have begun to frown;
But with a stout vessel and crew,
We'll say, Let the storm come
down!
And the song of our hearts shall be.
While the winds and the watera
rave,
A home on the rolling seal
A life on the ocean wave I
eUMORETTES
Proud Parent (who served):
"What I told you is the story of the
world war."
His Son: "Bat, papa, what
they need the rest of the army for?"
Ted: "My pop is a Moose, an
Elk, a Lion and a Red man!"
Bert: "Do you have to pay to
look at him?"
JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL
Lyric
Theatre
MONDAY and TUESDAY
Clara Bow in
"NO LIMIT'
Comedy?News Reel
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
Joe Cook in
"RAIN OR SHINE"
Boy Friends Comedy
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Everett ETAOIN ETAOIN HRD
Edward Everett Horton in
"LONELY WIVES"
Comedy?Screen Song
Job Printing at Reas
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Wbrtlpr 3Fwl cUhat Ulag (l)r ^ot
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0FRIEND of mine tells me that he has recently added to
his income by working in the evenings as a press agent
for an amusement park.
It was his first contact with that great industry which has
grown up out of the rather pathetic eagerness of folks to be
happy?to have their minds diverted fro\n their work and
worries.
He said: "My job has been hard work, but it taught me one
thing that is priceless?how to look pleasant whether I feel
that way or not."
It reminded me of a conversation I once had with the press
agent of a circus. In describing the freaks in the svit-sliovv,
he remarked: "Every so often we have to send them away.
They get sucker sore."
"Sucker sore!" I exclaimed. "That's a new one on me.
What's the meaning of sucker sore?"
He explained that, in the parlance of the circus, a customer
is a sucker. It is not a derogatory term, merely the conven
tional phrase.
"The freaks sit there on their raised platforms, h-Uening to
the comments of the suckers who press around tbcii'i all day
long," he said. "The living skeleton hears the same ru-ie jokes
a hundred thousand times. The fat lady is poked at vvith
umbrellas, and kidded by smart young fellows who imagine
that their wise cracks are something absolutely fresh and new.
"Day after day the freaks put up with it. smiling patiently.
Rut every day the strain of their suppressed emotions grows
greater, until finally they want to jump down off their plat
. forms and bite the customers. Then we have to send them
away for a rest. They are 'sucker sore'."
Most of us can sympathize with the freaks; we. loo. have
been sucker sore. There have come days when our tired
nerves rebelled against the demands of the customers who
give us a living-; when we grumbled at the job for which we
should have been grateful; when it seemed that all interest
had gone from our work, leaving only dull routine.
It is wise on such days to pull down the desk and walk out
of the office, and say: "I will not be back until tomorrow."
Put even this cure does not always work, or can not alwavs
be applied. Soon .or late we have to face the fact that life is
a fight, not a picnic. And one of the elements of victorv. in
the words of mv friend, is the capacity to "look pleasant,
whether we feel that way or not,"
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Main Street Looks at Brorivij
BY "OBSERVER"
The Kiss
Coining to work the other morn
ing were two office workers. They
reached the subway terminal aj
Times Square and rode up on tlic
escalator, which supplants stai.s ;.??
the fiity-foot climb. Half-way up,
the girl, after a little chaffing, leaned
down and planted a kiss lightly on
the cheek of her blushing partner.
About a dozen or more witnessed
the littie comedy and, as became
sophisticated New Yorkers, grinned '
and let it go at that.
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Curious City Crowds
People in the country who listen
in on party telephone lines ha\<
their counterpart in the big crowdi
that always assemble here when
anything unusual occurs. Hundreds
line the sidewalks when a new.sky
scraper is going up, watehing every
thing from the iirst scoops to the
final hoiking jobs rhat carry the
cyc almost up to the cloud?.
One wonders when city people
find time to do their work. Any
day Oiie ran go into a moving pic
ture theatre during ordinary work
ing hours, and find the place crowd
ed with men.
Rainy days, in particular, find tht
show houses crowded, the usual
number of spectators being aug
ment*, d by salesmen who always
look on a wet day as a poor one in
which to approach a prospect, and
properly so. .
Still, there is no excuse for the
loafing one notices on bright day*
in this citv.
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Cruelty of a City
One of the most pitiful tragedies
uncovered here in a long time oc
curred the other daywben a woman
of 68 was freed on a charge of shop
lifting, her second offense of like
character.
She is the wife of a former stock
broker, a Princeton graduate who
lost his all in a crash five years
ago, and since then has been living
from hand to mouth. The- husband
testified that until recently, he had
been able to eke oyt enough to
enable the couple to live at second
rate hotels, but even this poor sup
port had vanished.
He told how the couple had beeo
forced to spend their nights m hotel
lobbies and railroad station waiting
rooms. Finally his wife, driven to
desperation, stole a $56 coat from
a department store.
Moved by his story, two of th
t-hree justices who heard the ease,
voted to give the woman a sus
pended sentence,.
Going on Stage
Rev. J. W. Holt, chaplain of the
Being ex-President is not bad at Xcx?s IIoU!,c cl KcprcsuUativH is Flo Ziegfeld liked the look*
?II. judging by Calvin Coolidge's 76 ,nchcs. anfi Chariie Lock hart, Eleanor Holm, 17, of N?w VorK
latest picture. Sec that smile? sta,c treas"rer. -l? inches. so much he signed her up for ?
little girl's part. Not to ?wud. ? ?
Wins on Wheat
Young Patriots
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Simon Fishman, Jewish wheat
farmer of Kansas, told President mm^sWejtwBk _ _
_ ? ~ \ Baldwin his railroad would carry a Jewel Davis, daughter of Senator
Patrick Henry, Oklahoma ranch- miUjon tons o{ wheat in
a year 3.5 James W. Davis, and"Jitlr
met, courted and woii Uaisy yCars ago. He is riding free because 'he youngest members of the C.A.IU
i-.rc.im- on a bus trip to California, Qj ^ viiited at the D.A R. conreatWL
where thej; were married. ? ?????*'