<bU)0 Year in Advance in The County.
Roosevelt To
Get Support
Of Col. House
ito The Journal)
\
T|u.| im longer ;iny question in
t|?. mind- l'"1 t"'11' gossif?ers hero
?, u> -vli" |S ,'u> candidate
)ir IVmoeratic nomination for
i '? Krankliii I).
M il, Coventor of New York,
j, much more strongly entrenched
i,, |in- today than AI Smith was
al tin- i me lour years ago, while
(,j^ iie-iifHi is a thousand times
heller tii.ui that of Woodrow Wilson
in liMl. ,
,iiti n j>t has heen made to try
mul line i.l? delegates for the big co:i
vt*?ii>?!> ihi> 11 advance, although
(iovi-rnttr Ifoi.scvi'lt 's '?non itolitieal'*;
u>ii t.. I s Coventor Cox of Ohio, i
the I!'J' i candidate when Hoosevoit |
i an in second place on the ticket,!
;hkI it. Ccorge White the present1
i.',.YHii?r, drew the statement from
Mi ? . \ licit lie would he glad to
mi|i|h.ii lutii-eielt J or the nomination,!
while Mi. Wh'tr proved more than
friendly to Uoosevelt.
!
W hat the ii?t wt.ither prophets j
]i.ok upon :i> I he greatest boost forj
the New York governor is the public
tmiai iin eim ni hv Col. Kdwaird M.-mi
nil! I'...dm- that lie wai.ts Roosevelt '
t.. mn it'id will he glad to do any j
thing to further In- prospects. If
< o I. Ilniht lie iiuku Ifoosevelt
(;(H/?aign i/ianasier it wj'i mean that
ihr lie/?ii/ifieans will have to extend
tfji'i/isehi - to win. llousiS support
a t' W'iImui proved the turning point
'in i he war president's eaieer, audi
H'il-oiiV victory was lxrgvly duo i
to the astute polities played by the
man from Texas. Col. House, in his
statement, declares if Uoosevelt is
defeated the nomination, he will
back Newton I). Baker as ui- second
choice.
In many ways Col. House is the
n ost powerful political! in the Detno^
eratie ranks, if not in the entire
oountty. A millionaire, he !???> .ihoM u
not the slightest desire for political
preferment for himself, declining (lie
high"st oftices in the gift of Presi
dent Wilson. He is a politie:an out
of' sheer love for the game. Although
7:1 years old he i- wiry and active
and can hold his own with much
younger men physically.
Col. House is a ''dry/' politically,
but is well liked by the "wets" for
liis -land against national prohibi
tion. lie is believed to have inspired
Wilson's famous letter in which he
declared that prohibition was a local
(|iHMi..n and should be kept out of
national polities. Roosevelt, while a
dry personally, holds the same posi
tion its Wilson on liquor, that it is
:i matter for the Federal Gov
ernment but a purely local question.
Bt'iirn a dry has not bwn easy for
f'<?l. Mouse. The Democrats of Texas
?<|>!it wide open years ago on the
tyiuor question and it needed all
"? Col. House's astuteness to pull
* irtoi'y out of the fire caused by the
W|k made in his fences by the ques
?ion. Ft' he handles Roosevelt's cam
I'liirn it will be up to hiir to man
mievre so that the wets and drys of
hi> party can find a common basis
"?a which to work for the success of
fu- iational ticket. A "moist plank"
w i! have to be explained very care
' 'illy to Southern Democrats but, if
"?mine can make them adopt such
!l plank, it is felt that Col. House
's that iran.
V? i>hingtou gossips believe that j
?'"Im Knskoh's effort to "put over"j
^ s'nitli again is already a failure,
" Mi.it (itivmior Ritchie of Marv-J
.111 out-and-out wet, riprht now (
?- If uiscvelt's leading opponent for j
'lie Miniiiiiation. IIis stand on liquor,
N to lie against him, much as
is liked personally. At the pres-J
"'i moment, elose students of poli
can see nothing but a race be
'*v<vn Hoover and Roosevelt in the
presidential campaign and the
Yorker, jith the prestige of
Mlnwing exactly in Wilson's foot
as far as the liquor question
i> concerned, and the advantage of
having th<> same sponsor as Wilson,
N i" a most powerful j>osilion, even
l'is opponents sav.
Wood row Wilson had been dead
M'ven years and it is ten years since
lie leit the White House to become
!< private citizen. In those years his
'??emi?s have exhausted their vituper
ations and the real Wilson is be
ginning to emerge as a popular fig
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stwkbriilgi1)
Meat
j Meat packers aro making a great
to-do over the advice ot, the l. S.
Public Health Service that people
should eal less meat in Summer, 'the
packers have sent a protest to the
Government, saving that Eskimos live
on meat the year arouml and do not
snH'ei' from it. |
This is an interesting example of
the way in which commercial inter
ests try to influence (Jovernmental
affairs. The public health is a sec
ondary consideration with the pack
ers; they are concerned with selling
more meat. ,
, Americans arte the largest meat
eaters in the world. Also we have the
highest rate of deaths from heart
disease and hardening of the arteries.
I asked an emincut heart specialist
the other day whether there was
any connection between these two
facts. His reply was that meat is
a highly concentrated source of mus
cular energy which should be used
sparingly by everybody who does not
regularly do a great deal of heavy
physical work or exercise.
Eat what you like, but all in
moderation," was his advice, which
sounds like good common sense.
Gambling
A colored manin Boston won
$150,MOO in a gambling pool on the
British Derby. Thousands 'of other
Americans won huge sums and the
city newspapers have printed col
umns about their winnings, which;
will make it easier for the sellers of
changes on these events to rope in
more suckers next year. Lotteries an(j j
other forms of gambling are illegal i ? I
most of the United States, but it is
questionable whether they do any
more harm than unlimited specula
tion in stocks or grain. The desire j
to get something for nothing is :n-!
horent in humau uature. Mankind j
has always gambled and always will. I
Xevyda has recently legalized j
gambling and is licensing gambling
establishments. A curious result of I
? 1
th:s is that a great gambling center:
will he set up close to the Govern- j
merit's "model city" at the Boulder j
Dam, on a twenty-acre strip which
the authorities overlooked ih acquir
ing land for the town site. Prohibi- j
tion Jaws, it is said, will be strictly !
enforced, but it is easy to foretell |
wher" a considerable part of the j
wag.s paid to workers on the big |
dam will go.
Television
So n any minifies have boon per
formed by science in the pasl feiv
years that wr are *eady to 'believe
that anything is possible. That ex
plains why the public has been so
[easily "sold" 011 the idea that be
fore long we shall be able to see dis
1
tan! events while they are occurring,
I by radio television.
Scientific ?xperln:cnters -in this
i field are not so confident. The
j technical problems to be overcome
are the most difficult they have ever
1 encountered. Leaders in radio devel
! opment are hopeful but not certain.
IE. P. Davis, "father of broadcast
ing,'' Lee De Forest, inventor of the
radio tube, Harold A. La Fount, of
the Federal Radio Commission, Hay
H. Manson, president of the Insti
tute of Radio Engineers, and several
others have recently stated that it
j "
I will be vears before broadcast tele
? ? ? r, . ?
vision will be coinmerc ally practical,
I if at all. ,
Today a small picture in motion
can be sent by radio, or better by
wire, over apparatus which costs
about $100,000 at each end of the
line. That is the best that has been
done so far. Thousands of clever
engineers are working on the prob
lem of improving and cheapening
television, but few are 'willing to
! promise anything: verv definite.
I ' *
Diesel ;
Walter Lees and Frederick Brossv
recently flew their airplane over
j Jacksonville Beach for 84 horrrs and
(Continued on last page)
ure. Lincoln was only a Republican
I idol until son* forty years a*o,
j when the whole country began to
! understand that he belonged to all
parti'*s and his true greatness began
to be appreciated. Wilson's memory
is undergoing the same procom and
the coming campaign may s<re his
nan'e used with that of Jefferson,
for the purpose of conjuring votes
I for Roosevelt.
the jackson county jouHNAL, syl\ c\, June is, iu3i $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
State To Pay
Road Debt
To County
Tlie Stat? Highway Commission is
to pay Jackson County the sun: of
$213,500, balance remaining on the
loan made to the State for paving
the cost of paring Highway No. 10
from Sylva to Balsam, and Highway
No. HH) from Dick's (Sap to Tue.ka
seigee, according to an agreement
made between -I. D.' Cowan, Finance
Commissioner of Jackson County, .1.
C. Allman, Koad Cnnnrissioner, and
the State Highway Commission, ill
Kale'gh, bust week.
A payment of $10,000 was made in
April, and under the terms of the
agreement reached, last week, the
balance of $203,000 is to be paid in
installments, as follows: $15,000 in
At arch 19.'$2, $15,000 in March
3UH3, .+'20,000 each year thereafter for
seven years, and $3.'l,500, the balance
then remaining, ten years from now.
The county issued bonds to secure
the money, a few real's ago, and
loaned it to the State. The payments
that I he Stale will make, under the
agreement, will retire the bonds as
they fall due each year. The county
will continue to carry the interest
payments, which will be materially
reduced year bv year, as the prin
cipal is paid from money received
from the Stale.
Afr. Cowan and Air. Allman were
in Raleigh, last week, ami consum
mated the agreement, wl'leh will
-save the county tax payers' a'eonsid-1
erable amount, increasing from year;
to war. v
W. M. U. DIVISION MEETING
TO BE AT WAYNESVILLE
The annual meeting of the Ashe
villc Division of the Woman's Mis
sionary I'nion of North Carolina will
convene at 10 o'clock, .Tunc 23rd, at
the First Baptist Church of Waynes
ville, Vith delegates from the 514
Baptist churches of the Division in
attendance.
Mrs. ,1. K. Morgan of Way lies vi He,
superintendent of the Division will
preside. She has arranged an at
tractive program. Sessions will he
held it: the morning and afternoon.
A number of missionary leaders of
the denomination of the state w:II
be present, including: Miss Alva
Law'tence, of Raleigh, young people's'
leader} Miss Kathleen Mallory, of
the Southern Baptist Convention with
headquarters in Birmingham; Miss
Pea'-l Johnson, who spent Yr> years
as a missionary iu Shanghai, China,
but who is now at home. The Bap
tist p.istors of the Division will re
ceive special recognition at the morn
ing session. ?
Mrs. ("has. Jollav of West Ashe-j
villc will have charge of the music, j
Those desiring entertainment for|
the night should notify Mrs. If. W. j
Baucom, j hospitality "chairman,
Wavnesville. ?
SUPPLY PLAYGROUND
TOR SMALL CHILDREN
The First Baptist church of Sylva
is due the appreciation and thanks
of the people of Sylva for furnish
ing u playground for snail children.
The lot, belonging to the church, on
the corner of Main and Walnut
streess, has been sown in grass,
planted in flowers, and playground
equipment and seats installed, for
the benefit of the children of the
town. The Woman's Missionary Soc
iety of the church is doing this good
turn, while the church itself is
furnishing the lot.
V I
WOMAN RECOVERING
FROM LIGHTNING STROKE
Mrs. Lee Bumgamer is recovering
from injuries received on last Friday
i afternoon, when a boh of lightning
istruck near her and knocked a cow,
i ^ 7
i which she was milking, over on Mrs.
Bumgamer. Mrs. Bumgarner was
shocked severely and suffered par
alysis in her right side.
I BAPTISTS ELECT DEACONS
i At the annual church conference
which was held on last Suday morn
ing, the members of/the Baptist
church elected deacons f?r tor? 0f
three years, -T. B. Ensley, L. A. Bu
chanan and C. IT. Cope, succeeding
E. E. Brown, Walter Dean and W
'W. Bryson. S. L. Campbell was elect
ed to fill the unexpired term of Geo
W. Sutton.
Mother Of
Mrs.Murray
Dies Sunday
Mrs. K. D. Yates died at her
j home in Cary, Sunday night-, after!
j a long illness. Mrs. Yates had been
| ill for some time at the time of her
j husband's death, which occurred a
| few months ago, but had improved
somewhat since that tin:e. Becoming
suddenly much worse last week, she
lingered until Sunday night, ller
daughter, Mrs. .1. (J. Murray, wife
of the pastor of the First Baptist
church of Sylva, with the children,
left immediately upon receipt of the
message telling of Mrs. Yates' ex
treme illness. Mr. Murray went to
Cary-Monday, to attend the funeral.
COWARD FAMILY REUNION
HELD LAST FRIDAY
The annual reunion of the Coward
fami'y, celebrating the one-hundredth
anniversary of the late Nathan Cow
ard, Jackson county pioneer, and
founder of this prominent Jackson
county family, was held at the home i
of Mr. O. B. Coward, at Wiebster |
on Friday of last week.
Seme one hundred and fifty mem-'
bers .of the family connection and
friends, gathered at the home of Mr.
Coward for the reunion. Members of
j the family from North and South
Carolina, (Georgia and Florida were'
present for the occasion.* Dinner was
served, picnic <5tyle, on the lawn. ?
FORTY YEARS AGO
Aliases Jessie Merrick ;i'ul Bcttie
Knight, of Dills boro, were here
^fonday. %
\l tVe/are sorry to hear that Mrs.
yoh^i M. Watson, of Cnlloivhee, died
r last ^Friday night.
We regret to hear that Mrs.
(leoi-ee La w ton has been cjniiv ill
for several days.
Mrs. Nicholson, living near here,
set i hen upon sixteen eggs which 1
[hatched out nineteen chickens.
Mr. .Imo.. F. Hryson, of Scotts
. Creek, .spent 'a short while in town
last Wednesday and favored us with
! a call.
,1
Mrs. W. M. Hooper, who has b?
visiting her fathers lam ly al
Whittier for the past four weeks,
returned via Sylva to her home Tues
day.'
Dr. Nichols, who with Dr. Chisholn., ?
has been among us some time prac-J
ticing the profession of dentistry, I
is becoming a permanent citizen of
our town, his family having reached
: here Monday^
J
j Mr. (.'. S. Full bright, who is as
i sistiug Mr. Divis in the .<lc|>ot, is;
j quite an accomplished expert in the j
j art of ornamental penmanship. We
! have seen some of his work that es-1
tahlishes his profieicncy.
t
i It is stated that the assessment, |
j now being made, w ill show a large |
j increase in the value of taxable
j property in this county, and that j
: the rate fixed by the joint board
will yield an amount of revenue
'largely in excess of the county's
needs. If, when the returns of the
i assessors shall be made, this is found
.to be true, the Commissioners should
j promptly reduce the rate of taxation.
I The Democrat voices the ?pposition
j of flic people of Jackson to the ac
1 cumulation of a single dollar of
^ surplus.
M'Ss Pauline Hooper, en route to
f Georgia, to spend nonie time with
' her aunt, Mi's. Chastain, who has
been visiting relatives in our county
for the past two weeks, paid us a
pleasant call Monday.
Messrs. Glover and Hunt, of the
Asheville Kaolin Company, came
out Friday and returned to Asheville
the next day. \
According to statistics of the Cen
'sus Commissioner, -Taelcson county's
tobacco crop last year amounted to
25,211 pounds, with a value of 2500
dollars. Haywood made 261,096
A
WEEK BY WEEK
President Hoover appeared in a
most difficult fide, Tuesday, when he
took part in the dedication of the1
Harding Memorial. Mr. Hoover was!
a member of the Harding cabinet,,
and is now president of the I nited j
?States. He did not attempt to mini
mize the scandafs that di.sgr.1ced the
administration soon after the death j
of Harding while in office; but fie-j
voted his remarks to denunciation of i
i
the men who, as a part of the admin
istration, according to Mr. Hoover,!
broke tin heart of Harding, by be
trayal of their country and their j
chief.
Scarf ace Al (a|Nine, the gangster
chief of the I nitcd States, whose
illigiiimate business organization is
said to penetrate all parts of the
country, is at last in the toils of the
law. He meekly entcreed pleas of
guilty of defrauding the goveruiuent
on his income tax over a period of
ten years, and of (W counts charging
conspiracy to violate the prohibi
tion laws, preferred against him by
a federal grand jury. One of the
nu st hopeful and wholesome sijjns
of the tiires is the vigor and thor
oughness with which the government
has apparently at last moved against
the hitherto immune Cnpone. Sixty
eight other gangsters, alleged undcr
officers of the Scarfaeed Dago, are
under indictment, and have been ar
rested by federal officers. The hon
est people of the country will re
joice in the strong am of tlx feder
al government, as it moves to uphold
the peace of the I'liion and the dig
nitv of constitutional government.
Another sea Iragcdv of major j
magnitude vvjis the sinking of the
excursion boat "St. Philbert," in the
Hay of Biscay, off St. Xazaire,
France, on Sunday, carrying down.
into the s^'a some .'lf>0 people, mostly I
women and children, out for a holi- j
day of pleasure. The tragedy is said !
to have resulted when a rain came
}
up, and all the passengers rushed to
one side of the boat, to get out of
the rain, causing it to list and go
down.
Ko;jer Babson, statistical! extra
ordinary, watcher cf busimss trends,
and iiilerpreter thereof, states thai
lie will stake his reputation upon the
pred:rtion thai business has seen its
worst, and that better times are now
beginning. lie admits that recovery
will be slow; but insists that it has
already started and will continue to
Lindbergh and wife are talking
about a flight across the Pacific, oi
somewhere, and are {jetting great
"passels'' of publicity, good wlvcr
tis ng, which may be the one thing
they are seeking. The boy wonder, |
who was silly enough to try and lucky ;
enough to finish a I light across tliej
Atlantic in a land plane, just can't j
keep out of the limc-iiuht. However, J
his plans for the new venture reveal j
that he is more sensible than he
was a few years ago, in that he has
had pontoons put on his plane, so
that he can li^ht on the water, il j
necessity should demand.
Kr.uik (irist, con missioncr of labor
and printing, is seeking the l/nitcd
Stat's senatorial toiia, now woni b\
Cameron Morrison. Air. (Irist wont j
get \ery far in his politieal aspir
ations. Not that the Honorable Cam.
is so strong, these days; but that
(irist appeared woefully weak with
the electorate, and other entrants will |
probably come into the arena, who
may be more acceptable than either
of the two gentlen:en. Tam Ilowie
is being mentioned, and it is also
rumored that "Farmer Bib Doujih
ton will try for Morrison's seat. Of
fhe lot, Fanner Bob appears to. lx
j the likeliest to take with the people,
in their present mood. He has sense,
j He has ability.. He is Imnest, The
people trust bin , and he has not tieen
accused of having power connections.
A Birmingi.im *oda clerk inherited J
a fort lie of two million d'dlars, as
| h s share of the estate of his great
grandfather, in England. Frem re
.ports coming from over there,-we
had imagined that there wasn 't that
. much money in (treat Britain, much
less in the possession of'one family, j
pounds, value '1.17,775 dollars; Cla>
(1,105 pounds, value 9;i5 dollars, j
Swain, 47, 343 pounds, value 565/ j
dollars. The value is said to be esti
First Summer
Session Opens
AtCullowhee
Slimmer school began lit West
ern Carolina Teachers College tin
last Tuesday, June 9. Seven new
teachers are on the campus to can
tor I he classes not cared for liv the
regular teaching stall'. The second
session will begin on Tuesday, .Inly
21, and three teachers who are not
teaching during the first session arc
scheduled for class work at Hiaf
time.
Bo'.h Frank II. Brown ami John
S. Seymour are on the summer school
staff this summer. .Mr. Broun has
spent the past year doing graduate
study at the State College and Mr.
Seymour . lias In en doing graduate
study at Columbia t'niversity, New
York. Other teachers on the campus
diffni;* the first session are: .1. \Y.
Hakes, superintendent of the Forest
City schools, who is teaching psy
chology and history; .T. H. Jones,
superintendent of the Brevard School
who is teaching education; Joseph
J. Stone, superintendent of. the
schools of Wavncsvillc, who is
teaching citizenship and history; and
J. It. Hart, principal of the elemen
tary schools of fiastonia, who is
teaching <rrammar grade education.
Those teachers who are to con
duct classes during the second ses
sion only are: O. X. Carr, dean of
Mars Mill College, who will teach
history; Miss Francis ljiey, pri
mary teacher in the Kalcigh schools,
who is to teach primary education;
X. K. Wright," superintendent of
schools of Aberdeen, who will teach
education.
Courses aro being offered in agri
? cull lire, art, biology, chemistry, edu
cation, English, geography, nature
i study, history, home economies, musie,
physical education, health, p yehol
ogy, sociology, uritin^, and French:
At the end of the sprin^Tptatffr 1
all clubs oil the college camptf* mv
to elect officers in order that a rep-'
resentative might he on the campus
on next September 15 ami l(i to ac
(piaint the freshmen with the club's
;and their by laws and constitutions
as well as that those representatives
might be of assistance to freshmen in
finding their places in college life.
The Zeta Chapter of the Alpha Phi
Sigma, national honorary scholarship
i fraternity, elected the following
officers: Jeffrie Freeman'of Waynes
ville for president; Hoss Zachary of
Franklin as vice president, and Miss
Doro'hy Bumette of Swannanoa ius
secretary and treasurer.
The student body elected Paul
Buchanan of Sylva as president; .IT
Walter Moore of llaycsvillc for vice
president; and Miss Pearl Justice of
Clyde as secretary and treasurer. Mi'.
Moon* served the body as president
during the past year.
The Debating Club elected fJcorge..
fJibhs of Mill Spring for president;
Miss Emma Thompson of Wilming
ton. as vice president, and Miss
Dorothy Burnette of Swannanoa as
secretary and treasurer. Miss Bur
nette and Mr. (libbs participated in
inter-collegiate debating during the
past year.
The Scribblers Club elected Jeffrie
Freman .of Waynesvillc as picsi
dent, and Miss Pearle Justice of
Clyde as secretary and treasurer.
Miss Justice served the club in the
same capacity during the past year.
The Erosophian Literary Society
elected J. Walter Moore for presi
dent; Miss Dorothy Veal of Nash
ville, Tennessee as vice president:
and .Mis? Wilma Boyd ?<f Waynes
ville treasurer.
Officers for the Mu-ie Club are:
[.Jeffrie Freeman of Waynesvillc pres
ident; Miss Pearle Justice* of Clyde,
secretary and treasurer.
. Mips Eva Bourne of Spartanlnng.
,S. C., was elected president of th"
Dramatic Club, and Miss Margaret
Ash.ton of Waynesvillc was elected
secretary and treasurer.
Other clubs electing representative;
are as follows: Jackson T'ounty.Club
elected Paul Buchanan of Sylva; and
the Macon County Club elected Ro s
Zachary of Franklin.
mated on the basis of actual sales
The R. & f). Railroad will sell
round trip tickets Svlva to Mf?rehe;i<l
fSty and return for $11.80, the. oc
casion being the meeting of . U)''
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly.
First class board can be had at the
Atlantic Hotel for $1.00 per day.