$1.50 Year in Advance in The Count v. % THB JACK8?n county journal, sylva, n. c., june 4 1931 $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
Highway 106
Expected To
BeC^npIeted
Hiifliway 10$ leading from Sylva
to the South Carolina, via Western
Cnruluia Teacaers College, will be
on of the first highways in the State
4o receive attention, according to
definite promise made to Reprc-I
scntative Thomas A. Cox, by Chair
man 1". deffress, and Comnus
oiont'r W. W. Ncal, when the newly
organized highway commission, be
,?un operating under the new act.
uliiili abolishes county and district
lines in 'highway construction and
maintenance.
lOti will be paved from the Sylva
Country Club Jo Dick's Gap, and
grading will be done from (Uenvilh
to Cashiers Valley, in the immediate
future, if the present plans of the
highway commission are carried out.
Mr, Cox stated that Mr. Jeffress
hrts been assiduous in familiarizing
himself with highway needs through
out -he State, and that he is con
vinced <>t the immediate needs of,
JrtC, of its importance as the high
way serving the only great State
institution in this part of North
Carolina. .? ? ? ?' | ?,
TRANSPORT CHILDREN TO
TEACHERS COLLEGE
The elementary school at Western
Carolina Teachers College, operate*1
for 'lie henetit of children in this
ruction, and as a practice school for
teachers, will opeu on June 9, ac
(?ordinc to Jfiss Cordelia Camp, su
jXTvisoor. \ bus will run from Sylva
and Webster each day, for the bene
fit of any children who may wish to
be transported to Cullowhee for the
six wholes term under the special and
excellent teaching given there.
A registration and tuition fee of
7>0c per cer ehild will be the only
expense.
TOURISTS COMING BY PLANE
Brevard News, May 28.?E. L.
Haskell, Muskogee,, Oklahoma capi
talist, will arrivw in Brevard about
the tirst of July, with Mrs. Haskell
and muse to spend the summer at
the beautiful Halsell Summer home,
at Davidson River. Word was re
ceived by .Mr. T. A. English, nvastei
farmer of Transylvania county whose
tine farm adjoins the Halsell prop
erty, that Mr. and Mrs. Halsell will
come lo Brevard in a hospital plane,
and will make landing in the river
bottom lands of Mr. English.
BALSAM
Mt. Pleasant choir and several
from Kaunook, as well as some from
the Baptist church in Balsam, did
some line singing in the Methodist
ehurcii Sunday afternoon. We know
ot no better way to spend a Sunday
afternoon than for neighboring
choirs to get together and praise the
Lord with song, which is good for
old and young. "Alas for those who
lii-vir siri{?, but die with all their
music in them-.'
Mrs. X. R. Christy was taken to
the Waynesville hospital Sunday
wheiv she underwent a serious oper
ation. She is recovering as well as
could be expectd.
Mm. Rachel Cathey of Candler
spent last week end with Mrs. Sara
BrvHon.
Mm. W. B. Farwell and Mr. George
Knight motored to Asheville Tues*
day to meet Misses Ruth and Frances |
Kdwards, ,wbo are en route from
colleges in Nashville and Greenville,
I enn.. respectively, to their home in
Mulllns, S. C. The Miss*s Edwards
are nieces of Mrs. W. B. Farwell
find Mrs. D. T. Knight and will visit
them for a while.
Miss Marie Nichols of Whittier
was last week end guest of Mrs.
^ara Bryson.
Mra. Bessie Cuthbertson 'ot Almond
is here visiting relatives. -
Mr. and Mrs. Wess Queen of Gas
tonia are here visiting relatives.
Miss Edna Laney, who has been
attending Misenheimer school near
Salisbury, stopped over and spent
last week end with her aunt, Mrs.
Sara Bryson, before returning to her
hon e ot Ela. i
The weather continues quite cool
here, almost to the degree of frost
Tuesday.
Mr. Bill Porter of Palm Beach,
'"I"., b visiting his father. *fr. J. W.
JNwfcf.
Champ Clark's Son
Col. Bennett G Clark, son of the
Democratic leader, is running for
V. S. Senator from Missouri.
MRS. McKEE FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR?
The Raleigh Times, in its special
edition devoted to the accomplish
ments and personnel of the General
Assembly, says:
Mrs. E. L. McKcc, of Jackson
Couiily, is the first woman ever to
nt in the North Carolino State Sen
ate. ^h'e was a member of the 1931
session and no male member of that
body could silence her. She is re*
ported to be contemplating running
for Lieutenant Governor next vear.
-DEDICATE NEW DORMITORY
Reuben Robertson Hall, the new
girls dormitory at Western Carolina
Teachers College which was used the
winter quarter for the first time, was
dedicated yesterday at 2:00. Among
the speakera for the occasion were
Reubon B. Robertson of Asheville
for whom the hall was nanned, Earlc
G. Stillwell of Hendersonville, archi
tect, Dr. John H. Cook of Greens
boro, Superintendent of the Depart
ment of Education, and Thomas W.
Bird, me,mber of the Board of Trus
tees, Asheville. The invocation was
given by P. L. Elliott of the English
department of Western Carolina
Teachcrs College. H. T. Hnnter,
president of the college introduced
the speaker, Dr. Johu H. Cook. Spe
cial music was given by Miss West
brook, Dean Bird, Miss Feagans, and
Mr.' Hunter.
NEW CITY OFFICERS ARE
INSTALLED
The nfcw city administration went
into office on Monday of this week,
soon after the arrival of Mayor
Harry E. Buchanan, from Raleigh,
where he has been for most of the
winter and spring.
Former Mayor Dan Tompkins ad
ministered the oath of office to
Mayor Buchanan, who in turn gave
the oath to the new aldermen, Chas.
Price, E. E. Brown, J. C. Allison,
Dr. Grover Wilkes and E. L. Wilson.
Tho new board will meet next
Thursday evening at the city hall
for the purpose of perfecting the
organization for the municipal gov
ernment.
CLANCY WILL BE NEW HEAD
OF RESERVATION
Brysou City Times.
L. W. Page, superintendent of the
Cherokee Indian Reservation since
1929, left Saturday morning for Fort
Berthole, North Dakota, where he
will he in charge of a reservation.
Mr. Page spent ten years as super
intendent of the North Dakota reser
vation, and since leaving there many
attempts have been made to have the
Indian Department in Washington
4end him back. Three tr,ibes, the
Gros Ventre, Mandan and Amokara
Indians live on the reservation. In
size the reservation is much larger
than the Cherokee, having an area
of about 400,000 acres, but only 1500
Indians reside there..
Mr. Page will leaVe his duties in
the hands of Mr. Clancy who has
been named superintendent. Mr.
Clancy has been in service in the
Phillipine Islands for a number of
years, and this is his first experience
in the Indian service.
SYLVA GIRL EDITOR
Greensbooro, June 2.?Miss Helen
Simons, of Sylva, is the new editor
of t|ie students' handbook of orth
Carolina College, according to a re
eent announcement by Miss Alyce
Fuller, of Kittrell, president of the
junior class at the state institution
for
]
Consider Acts Of
General Assembly
As Being Helpful
That the recent session of the
General Assembly enacted much
needed legislation of a State*wide
character, which will prove oi" great
benefit to the State as a whole, and
ol' considerable relief to the tax
payers, is the opinion of Hon. Thom
as A. Cox, Jackson County's repre
sentative, who returned Saturday
from Raleigh, where he has been,
during the entre session of the As
sembly. - ,
Speaking before the Sylva Kotary
Club Tuesday. Air. .Cox pointed out
the iiigh lights in the accomplish
inents of the Assembly. He stated
that i:i his opinion the first and
most important was the acceptance
on the part of the State of the con
stitutional mandate to provide six
months schools for every child in
North Carolina, at the expense of
the State. In this Mr. Cox finds a
fairer, a better, and a more econ
omically administered school system,
and a relief in taxation for the farm
ers and land-owners.
The taking over ol' the roads by
the State, and their maintenance
from the gasoline tax solely, is con
sidered of great importance, which
Mr. Cox believes will result in a re
duction of taxation on the land , and
at the same time, that it will pro
vide better country roads through
out the State.
Mr. Cox jH>inted out the import
ance of the creation of the State
Department of Banking, which will
have general supervision of bank;
in the State, and which is designed
to make safer, better banking in
North Carolina, and to re^stabKjh
confidence among the people.
The central purchasing agent, who
will buy supplies for all the state
agencies and institutions, will result
in great saving to the people, the
Jackson County representative be
lieves.
The personnel commission, whose
S. C. I. TO HAVE SUMMER
SESSION OF SCHOOL!
!
The summer school at Sylva
Collet-ate Institute is scheduled to
open July 6, and continue six weeks.'
The special features of this \vill be,
English and history. Other subjects
will be olFered if there is a sufficient j
domain! for them. It will be possible
for a student to make one unit on |
a subject he has previously taken
and failed.
The rate will be $1(1 per student
for the entire tern:'.
Interested persons may receive full
information from Prof. B. L. Mnlli
nax, principal Sylva Colleg-iatc Insti
tute, Sylva, Nr. C.. Communications
with respect to the summer school
should reach the office not later than
June 26.
duty it will be to employ people to
"serve the state in various depart
ments, was praised by Mr. Cox, and
! he expressed the opinion that it will
result in more efficiency, and also
in greater economy. He pointed out
that tiie cut in salaries and govern
mental expenses effected by the
Assembly will save the )>eopie some
four million dollars a year.
The local vovernment commission
was (stablished to have general su"
pervision of the sub-divisions of the
government, such as counties and
municipalities, Mr. Cox stated that
the local governments cannot issue
bonds or other securities without ap
proval of the commission, which he
states has already resulted in greater
confidence in financial circles in
North Carolina securities, and which
has already enabled local govern*
incuts to issue refunding bonds and
notes at a much lower rate than had
been the case previously to the en
actment of the bill creating the com
mission.
Another saving, which will re
duce expenses, and at the same time
[make for a greater institution of
leani ng, according to Mr. Cox, was
the enactment of the bill consoli
dating the University of North Car
olina, State College and North Caro
lina State College for Women into
one institution, as the University of
North Carolina. This will stop the
rivalry between the institutions that
formerly existed, and w:l! obviate
present '/duplication of work, to a
considerable extent.
Mr. Cox stated that .Jackson 'n
about an average county in North
Carolina in nearly every respect,
average, in area, average in wealth,
average in population, and that it
will receive average benefits from
the legislation, and that the tax re
duction effected in this county
should be the average of the State,
which is estimated at about 53c.
DIES FROM KICK BY HORSE
Brymn City Times, May 29.?
Weaver Carson, 12 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Carson of this
city, died at the Angel Brothers Hos*
pital in Franklin last Thursday night
from injuries received when he was
kicked in tlu? stomach by a horse.
The accident occurred about three
days before the young boy's death,
when he turned the horse into the
barn. Weaver and another small boy|
were together when the fatal acci-j
dent took place.
The deceased is survived by his j
father and mother, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters all of Bry
son City: Mrs. B. Lewis, Roy, Rea-|
gan; Frank and Misses Bettie and
Marv Carson.
W. C. T. G Will Award
54 Diplomas Tomorrow
Cullowhee, X. ('., .June 1.?Fifty
four Normal Seniors at Western Car
olina Teachers College will receive
diplomas on Friday, June .'i, at 10
A. M. Robert La than of Ashcville will
deliver the literary address and 11.
T. Hunter, president of the insti
tution, will present the diplomas.1
Miss Edna Eric Wilson, ol Black
Mountain, "will sing.
The following students will receive;
diplopias: Miss Florene Abbott, West
i Union, S. C.; Miss Louise Baggette,'
Red Springs, Miss Margaret Burgin,!
Waynesville; Miss N7?il Campbell,;
Maggie, George Carpenter, Franklin;:
, Roscoe Coffey, Marble, Miss Fran" I
ces Coggins, Stecoah; Miss Ruth |
Creasman, Waynesville, Miss Lillian
Dillard, Six Mile, S. C.; Aliss Edith '
Downs, Bryson City; Miss Elizabeth!
j Duckworth, Brevard, Miss Mary j
j Earnhardt, Salisbury: Miss Ruth |
(Evans, Mooresville; Miss Margaret
Faulk, Pilot Mountain, Miss Flora
j Belle Garrett, Xorris, S. C., Miss
Rose Garrett, Sylva; Wade Gass,
Whitt er, Mrs. Celin Young Gudger,
Candler, Miss Bessie Jane Henton,
Mill Spring, Miss Elizabeth Henry,
Waynosville; Miss Ina Henry, Frank
lin, Miss Bennie Hgdon, Almond;
Miss Janio Hooper, Speedwell; Miss
Florentine Hoots, Henderson \ille;
Miss Helen Jones, Franklin; Miss
Abbie Jean Jowers, York, S. C.,
Pearle Kitchens, Hayesville; Miss
Azalea McClung, Robbinsville; Miss
Susie MeCuIley, Sylva, Miss Louie
Med ford, Wavnesville; Miss Ruth
Montford, Wilmington, Miss (irace
Mo lira n, Swannanoa; Miss Dessie
Pairkct*, Sylva, Mrs. T. H. Patton,
Murphy; Miss Mary Pearee, Laurens,
S. 0., Miss Harriet Piere?, Smith
fuId; Miss Marjorle Pipkin, Mur*
freesl;oro, Miss Anna Jean Plott,
Wavnesville; Miss Mary Rathbone,
'Lake Junaluska, Frank 'T. Rhine
hart, Webster; Miss Annie Lou Roe,
Piedmont, S. C., Miss Beulah Rogers,
Robbinsville; Mis^ Margaret Row
land, Dunn, Miss Fannie Sue Rueker,
Hart well; Ga., Miss Belzora Smith
Oakboro; Miss Osie Smith, Marble,
M iss Ruth Stewart, Urastus, Miss
I.o:,s Thompson, Lake Junaluska;
Miss Marietta Welch, Waynesville;
Miss Cleo Watson, Melvin Hill, Miss
Hicks Wilson. Sylva; and Miss Lucy
Yeltou, Lawndale.
i " ?
Miss Mellie Sherrill, of Dillsbori,
spent several days here this week.
Mr. Pierce Allen, of Asheville,
eair.e home Monday to visit relatives
here.
Commissioner Wilson extended his
trip to our town after the meeting
at Webster Monday.
Mr. P. P. Fletcher returned yes
tcrday fiviu a visit to Asheville of
several davs' duration.
*- Mr W. L. Terrell, recently returned
Iron; the State of Washington, is
clerking for Hall & Buchanan.
Mr. W. A. Brown had the inis
fortune to have his am: broken last
Monday, by his horse falling with
him.
Mrs. Barnes, o! Knoxville, a sister
of Mr. O. T. Henderson, of our place,
with her children, is visiting her
brother.
.
Mr. Charlie Bryson, now of Bryson
City, eanie up Thursday, to visit his
parents, returning to Bryson City,
Saturday.
We are sorry to learn of continued
illness in the family of Register of
Deeds Hughes, his little daughter,
Kimna, bein<j now quite sick.
Mr. Bragg Hooper, of fancy Fork,
.ustained a loss of thirty head of
sheep from his flock on Old Bald
Mountain by the ravages of wolves.
Dr. W. W. Clark, of Bryson (*ity,
came up yesterday on a professional
visit to Mr. B. H. Shcrrill, who has
been very ill for the past two weeks.
Mr. I). .1. AUen has settled the
[school question, so far as the next
session of t^ j public school is eon
ecrned, by permitting the use of his
house for the approaching term.
There's a new boarder at the hotel
??nd its a girl and she's just a day
old and she weighs more than ten
pounds and Mr. and Mrs. Z. V.
| Watson naturally think that there
never was another like her.
Prof. H. L. Madison went to Knox'
ville last week, and returning to
Asheville continued his trip to New
Jersey. While in Asheville he was
robbed in a barber shop of $50 by
a negro, of which only $20 was recov
ered.
Married, at the residence of Mrs.
M. A. Milner, this A. M., Mr.
Cornelius Buchanan, of Asheville, to
Miss Kate N. Keen, formerly of this
place, Rev. J. W. Cecil officiating
?Thomasville News.
|
We understand that the hands
employed, by the Carolina ("lay Co.,
at their mines, near Webster, went
out Monday evening on strike, de
manding an advance of 25 cents per
day.
The Highlands Star, one of the
best of our weekly exchanges, has
suspended publication.
The .joint session of Conrnt'ssioners
rnd Magistrates was held at Webster
Monday. The Board levied a fotal
tax for all purposes of 91 and two
thirds eents on eaeh $100 and $2.75
on eaeh poll. It Is.thought that this
will provide sufficient revenue for
eurrent expenses, and to wipe out a
debt of about $3400 which the county
has been -carrying for several years.
The joint board elected, as . the
County Board of Education, Capt.
?T. \V. Terrell, A. J. Long, Sr., and
F. A. Luck Sr. A motion was made
to levy a tax to provide for the
working of the public roads, but it
was voted down. From the expression
of individual opinion on this subject
we are satisfied that the motion was
opposed because this was regarded
as an inopportune time to inaugurate
the system and not because the svs
tcm is regarded as objectionable, and
we believe the system will be adopted
next year.. It was ordered that, all
country prisoners confined under
sentence should be worked on the
public roads, by which it is hoped
that they will at least earn their
board during their terms of imprison
i mant.
Raleigh Paper
Compliments
Sylva Mayor
In its legislative edition, the Ku
lcigh Times carried a picture of
Harry E. Buchanan, uew Mayor of
Sylva, and under the photograph,
had this to say of hin::_
Hairy E. Buchanan, independent
t heat iv owner of Sylva, and chair
man of the Board of Directors of
the Theatre Owners Association of
North Carolina, was in Kalcigh dur*
ing tiie Legislature actively oppos"
ing the luxury tax which propo>ed
to levy a tax on theatre admissions.
He became one of the best known
lobbyists and was once referred to
011 the floor of the Senate as a
"member of the llonse.' During lit*
stay in Kalcigh, more than three
months, lie was elected mayor of
Sylva. Chas. W. Picquet, of Pine
hurst, is president of the North
Carolina Theatre Owners Association
which is affiliated with the Theatre
Owners of America.
FORMER JACKSON MAN DIES
Brvso.i City Times, May 29.?Thomas
C. Jones, f>9; died at his home, here
in Brvsoii City Wednesday evening,
at 8:40 o'clock, after an illness of
tw? years. Mr. Jones had been coir
fined to his bed for more than., two
months before his death.
The deceased moved to . Hryson
City nine years ago from Barkers
Creek where he lived for many years.
He was considerd an authority on
fruit growing, and followed this in
dustry for many years before his
health failed. Mr. Jones ww well
known in. Western North' Chrolina
and for many years was art-active
member of the Baptist chfifreh, serv
ing as. a dearan in the locaf'ehurch
until the time of his death. "
Besides his wife, Mrs. Dolly Jougfefc
of Brvsbh City, he is survived by-^pl*
following relatives: daughters, Miss
Amy Tones of? this cityv Mrs. I)ora
Poindexter, Baikevs Crwk^ Mis. .lohn
Martiri, West* Mills, two brothers;
Dillard of Barkers Creek and Calf's
McMahan,' half brother,.of Georgia;
also the following sistej>: Mrs. Chas.
Hensley, of Sylva, M?f, Bertha
Green of Gastonia, Mrs. Alice Stiles
of Dillsboro. * ? .
Funeral services-"were.- h?]d at the
First Baptist Chiirch?'h<Vi**.in Brvson >
City, Thursday aftemeoiu at '1
with Dr. It. L. Crcart,v ? pastor, in
chargo. Burial was irf ? the Brvson
City cemetery *' < ? . '
QUALLA
The Jackson' County. Union Meet
ing convened at tht Baptist church
Friday, Saturday -and Sunday. Quite
a number of vlsit'drS :jjrere present
from different parts'* of* i lie county,
singing Sunday evvniflg.
Mr. Jake Beck of Cleveland, Tenn.,
and Mesdumcs Nora Turpin and Bulii
Gibson visited at Mr.' W. II. Hoyle's.
Mr. J. O. Terrell i has returned
home since finishing his school at
Oakley
Miss Gertrude Ferguson and Gen
eva Turpin of A'sfetfville Normal
School are at homo - for vacation.
Several tyfalla 'folks attended
services at"'HyftttV X?hapcl Sunday
afternoon." Also a -singing school
is ii; 'progress at that place taught
by Mr. Alofi/? Webb of Cooper's
Qreek.
Mr. D. h. ifiigfies and daughter
\Viln.a and Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Oxner ina'de a trip to Sylva.
. Mr. and Mrs'. D."J. W'orlcy and
family visited 'Mis. J. A. BumgArm-r,
WiLmot. '
Miss Gra^e 'Hovle called at Mr.
J. O. Howell's.' ?:
? Mr. J. M. Hughes and family of
Cherokee and Mrs. John Avers call
ed at Mrs. 'f- H. -Hughes.'
Miss Ruth F('rj?uson and Mr. Guy
Maadv called - On" Miss Mary K. Fer
gnson.
Miss Louise Hyatt visited M ss
Polly Hoyle.
Mrs, C. M. Martin called on Mrs.
(i. A. Kinsland. 4
Mr. T. <T. Howell ami fafily called
on Mrs. "A!" C. Hoyle.
Mrs. J. H.'* Hughes, Mrs. I). M.
Shuler and Matg?ret Johnson visited
Mrs. J. K. ""TVf-'rell Monday after"
boob.
Messers T. U. Patton, H. G. Bird,
J. B. Battle and J. 0. Terrell visited
several points of interest in the
Smoky Lfagnf-airn; National Park.