<1.50 Year in Advance in The County. the jackson couj
tNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1931 *9 AH V ? aj rx , ?
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
Make Plans
To Relieve
Unemployed
(Special to The Journal)
Washington, Ii C., August 12.?
Government energies are now being
bent toward a solution that is cx
le<l to con front the country next
^inter- President's advisers have
working with him ever since
.,?? trvinir devise ways to meet
this condition.
Beyond question, the Administra
m realize that copditions for the
an cut of work are going -to be
uch harder lliis winter than at any
time biiu-e the stock market crash
two tears ago. The big industrial
concerns, in most instances, are faced
with heavily depleted reserves, and
tint savings oi' most workers have
ken dissipated in supplying the fam
ily fader. As a result there is less
money bcinf? held iu reserve right
uuw than at any time since the de
pression started.
President Hoover has held many
consultations with John Barton
payu", head of the Red Cross, Sec
retary of Labor Doak, Arthur Woods,
(jbairmuu of the Committee on Em
ployment, and other authorities, for
the purpose of finding out what pal
liatives the Government has with
which to meet the coining condition.
One hears t'rom uii sources that the
ihelves ot' the merchants are practi
ttlly cleared, ami that many of them
re living from hand to mouth, as
ar as stocks are concerned. Some
Wastries have already gone backj
full firai<> production and it is
expected f/ie rest of the mills and |
lactones will follow suit in a few
months. Naturally this cannot be ac-j
coinplislicd as quickly as mills can
be shut down, and it is this in-be-'
tweeri period that the Government I
seeks to bridge over with temporary
jobs on needed public works like
po.nt offices, roads, levees and similar
undertakings.
Another problem that is harrying
tho President is the question as to
whether Cpngre?s will be ublje to
pass the enabling legislation to j>er
niit the President's debt holiday to
beeo'ne effective. I'nder the Young
Plan, Germany is due to make a'
heavy payment on December 15 and t
Congress, which was relied upon by
Mr. Hooper to sanction the postpone- j
mcnt of the debt, will not meet until |
December 7. ? |
Tha whole crux of the situation,
lies in the fact that, for the first I
time in many yearn, the two major i
parties are almost tied in their
number of Representatives. It is
problematical yet as to whether the'
Republicans or the Democrats will
control and elect the Speaker. Even
U the Republicans are shown to be!
in control, they will still have thej
difficult jo?> of conciliating the Pro-j
gressives so they will vote with the!
Regulars.
Representative Tilson of Connecti
cut is the logical choice of the Regu
lars for SjM'aker, with Representa-j
Iw Luce of Massachusetts a close j
?"voikI. Luce is considered the best |
thinker in the House. It is certain!
that the Insurgents will demand that
a Western man be chosen and, a long-j
drawn out figfit "may result. The (
Demounts are but little better off
it they gain control, as Gamer of
Texas, the man nearest in line for
s|H'akci, is not liked by Tammany,
*liich has a powerful bloc ifl the
I-owvr House. That would leave Rep
**Nmtalive Crisp of Georgia as the
wcuii-l choice. Crisp is the son of
tlu- Speaker in Cleveland's last term
a"d tlic House as a whole admits his
"'?ililv, the general consensus being
that he has the clearest Jbrain in the
entire inembershiD and is by far the
parliamentarian.
In other words political observers
W predict that the House will be
"nahli- to organize in time to pass
tho legislation required to make the
debt holiday effective. It has been
h,lKRMed to the President that he
eunveiip the House in November in(
order to give it time to settle the
'"?K light and its elective officers
"ml lie ready to pass the legislation ]
desired by Mr. Hoover. The only
a'ti'rnative, if Congress fails to or
Raiiisp, is for the President to as
authority and arbitrarily ex
tend the time for the German pay
nt-<, an exercise of power .that
would unquestionably bring down on
his head the ringing condemnation
l,l hin political opponents. For this
iitason there is a growing feeling that
extra session of Congress will be
Sailed in a w weeks.
FORTY YEARS AGO
j Tackaseigee Democrat, Aug. 12, 1891
(' '*
Mr. L. C. Hall went to Asheville
Monday.
Miss Sadie Brown was in town
Tuesday.
Mr. E. B. Madison left Monday for
Atlanta, Ga.
, Gen. Hampton and family are ex
1 pected home tomorrow,
j
We are glad to see Mr. O. B.
Coward lit" home again for a short
stay.
Dr. Wolff has imported from Ten
nessee- a fine saddle horse for his
i
own use.
Maasrs Lee Hiooper, Thos H. Hast
ings and E. B. Madison were here
Saturday.
i 1
Rev. T. C. Buchanan will take
i charge of Globe Academy; Caldwell;
county, Aug. 31.
dr. .T. H. Wolff and T. C. Bryson |
went to Asheville Thursday, return
ing Saturday.
Cassius Wallace and Walter Thom
as are here today on their way to
Cullowhee High School.
' ?
Mr. J. E. Divelbiss reached home
yesterday, from Biltmore, to remain
until after the Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Buffum and Mrs.
Harris, of Dillsboro, went up Sat
urday to enjoy the glories of the sun
rise as viewed from the summit of
Caney Fork Bald.
We are sorry to learn of several
cases of milk-sickness in the county,
among others three of the members
of Mr. Jack Wike's (family being j
now down with it. i
Capt. J. W. Fisher telt Friday for
the State Farmers' Alliance at More
head City. Mr. E. D. Davis waited
until Saturday and joined Hon. A.
II. Hayes, of Swain, who was on the
train that day bound for the same
destination.
Registration for the stock law elec
tion has closed and a careful can
vass of the list shows a decisive ma
jonty of tliose registered in ravorj
of the stock law. Indications now are1
that the larger portion of this, Dills-j
boro and Webster townships will1
soon form quite a large stock law
district, which is likely to grow larg
er continually.
Bishop Lyman's appointments in
this section are as follows: Sylva,
Friday, Aug. 2t. St. David's, Cullo
whee, -consecration?Sunday, Aug. 23
Cashier's Valley, consecration?Tues
day, Aug. 25.
The registration books for the rail
road election are now open, and as
the voters of the entire two town
ships of Webster and Sylva have
the privilege of voting in this elec
tion, an entirely new registration is
not -cquired. Let us cast a unani
mous vote for the subscription.
Our depot agent, Mr. Davis, has
made quite an improvement in his
office arrangements. The office has
been divided into two rooms, the one
next the track being conveniently ar
ranged for office purposes, while
i the other room has been converted
into a comfortable waiting room for
' passengers, the appointments of
: which are positively luxurious com
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ASSOCIATIONS B. Y. P. U.
CONVENTION TO BE HELD'
The annual Tuckaseegee Associa
tional B. Y. P. U. Convention will be
held with the Webster Baptist Church
August 23. Beginning at the ?leven
o'clock Hour the Convention will con
tinue through the afternoon.
Mr. James A. Ivey, State B. Y.
P. U. Secretary will be present to
preach at eleven o'clock and to hold
conferences ancT deliver an address in
the afternoon session.
Dinner will be served picnic style
on the grounds and after that the
j time will be taken up in conferences
I and in hearing many of the talented
young people of the Association
speak on various Subjects.
I Every member of any Baptiot
church is urged to attend. .
Bailey To Be
Chief Speaker
On Field Day
Josiah William Bailey, Junior Sen
ator from North Carolina, and one
j of the most pleasing and foroefq!
J Speakers in the country, will be thj
chief speaker at the Nineteenth
nual Farmers' Field Day at Stai
Test Farm, Swannanoa, Tuesda;
August 20.
County Agent Ellis Vestal urges
that everybody in Jackson county
who can possibly do so be present
at the field day, take part in the
exercises, and view the exhibits. |
Everybody is expected to take pie
nie dinners and spend the day at thji
test iarm. The Swannanoa Band will
- make music for tEe occasion. Address ;
I es will be made by S. C. Clapp, Prof.
'L. I. Case, Dr. R. Y. Winters and
J Cominissioher Graham. 1). Reevcs No
| land will act as chairman of the
! meeting.
| In the afternoon there will be con
I tests oj: various kinds with prizes j
! for the largest farm family present.;
for the farm couple having been ma*
ried the longest time, for the bept
4-H uniform worn by a club girl.
| The women will engage in a rolling
pin contest, nail driving contest,
shrubbory naming contest, and an
tgg carrying contest.
The men will have a tug of war,
singic men against married men, a
I legume naming contest, horse shoe
' pitching contest, and a write up of
field trips and educational exhibits.
The boys will engage in a 75 yard
dash, longest baseball throw, and
pony races.
At 3:30 there will he a singing cot
test with a prize of $10.00 for the
best choir, $5.00 for the best quar
tette, and $5,00 for the best duet.
Tours to the experimental fields
will be conducted by M. D. Gard
ner, C. D. Grinnells, G. M. Garren,
W. H. Rankin, E. Y. Floyd, H. B.
Coulter and C. E. Keith.
Th? exhibits will b? ^ Agronomy^
supervised by W. H. Rankin and G.
M. Garren; Dairying, Dr. Grinnells,
Mr. Coulter and Mr. Farnham; Hor-(
ticulture, Mr. Gardner; Poul-j
try, Mr. Parrish, Mr. Dearstyne and
Mr. Keith; Entomology, Mr. Wray,
Forestry, Mr. Graeber, Better seed,
Mr. MiddleTon.v
A day of fun, pleasure, and profit
able sightseeing of things that in
terest farmers and their families, is
i
expected.
Everybody is invited. The test
farm belongs to the people, and the
agents of the department of agricul
ture urge them to make use of it.
HIGHWAY MEN APPOINTED
TO POSTS IN COUNTY
Appointments to various positions
| with the State Highway commission^
in this county, have teen announced
by S. B. Howard, district engineer.)
John H. Wilson will have charge
of extra work on roads in all parts
of the County.
Charlie Thomas will have state
highway number 10 from Swain
County line to Haywood county line
and highway number 285 from Macon
County line to Dillsboro.
J. R. Cotter, who lives in Cullo
whee, will have charge of route num
ber 106 from the end of the con
crete pavement south of Sylva to
Qlenville, and number 281 from "fuck
aseigee to a point five miles east.
A. L. Owen will have route 281
from end of Mr. Cotter's seetion to
route 28 in Toxaway.
S. P. Pierson will have route 106
from Glenville to South Carolina line
and route 28 from Transylvania
f County line to Macon County line.
W. A. Taylor will have county
roads in the north western part of
' the county.
J. R. Wood will have charge of!
the county roads through the middle'
section of the county north of Tuck-'
seigea.
M. W. Breedlove, whose residence!
is in Qlenville, will have charge of!
the county roads in the southern part
of the county, south from Tuckaseigee!
In making these appointments, the'
commission requests the cooperation1
of the' people in keeping the roads
in good condition, and states that |
any complaints, suggestions or crit-!
icisms will be welcomed at the high-i
way offices; and that reports of!
dangerous or unsatisfactory condi-1
tions of roads or bridges should be|
wired or telephoned to either of tie1
men named above or to the district
highway offices in Brevard.
Last Term Of
County Court
Held Monday
The Recorder's court of Jackson
couiuy was abolished by order of the
eonnty commissioners, on Saturday
ol last week;' and, after having
functioned for eleven years, created
by au acf <jf the general assembly,
it is no more. Hereafter, all cases
within their limited jurisdiction will
be tried by Che mayors of the towns
in the county, and by justices of the
peace. Other cases will go directly
to the superior' court for trial.
After the commissioners had abol
ished the court, the action to become
effective on Tuesday of this week,
they ;>lected Dan Tompkins as county
recorder, to wind up the business of
the court, and to transfer all remain
ing cases to the docket of the super
ior court.
Court was convened at 9:30 Mon
day morning, and with the exception
of au adjournment for an hour and
a half for dinner, continued in ses
sion until after 9 o'clock, Monday
night. The heaviest docket ever dis
posed of in one day in the history
of courts in this county was tried, the
solicitor, Mr. C. C. Buchanan, the
clerk, Mr. Dan Allison, and the niem-j
bers of the barj working steadily all
day and cooperating with the court i
in completing as nearly as was pos
! sible the clearing of the docket of
all cases.
A resolution lamenting the passing
of Judge Hooker, the late recorder,
and expressing the sorrow of the bar,
the court officials and the court, was
introduced and ordered spread upon;
the minutes of the court, the resolu-!
tion to be drafted and put in proper |
shape by a committee composed o
H. E. Monteith, C. C. Buchanan, anJ j
E. P. Stillwell. A motion was adopt
ed by bar and court officials ex
iting to Mr. Tompkins their ap
iation of his accepting the task;
winding up the affairs of thi |
and working with them Ihrougl
pprt nf thfi. night.
in clearing up the docket
Created eleven years ago by act
of the General Assembly, the court j
has been the target of political agi-i
tation, spasmodically, almost through-;
out its entire existence. There has|
been, for a good many years, n strong
sentiment in the county favoring its
abolition; while other sentiment, also
strong, stood for its retention, ar j
guing that its abolition would con-j
gest the dockets of the superior '
courts.
Petitions have been circulated in
the county during the past few weeks
regarding the abolition of the court;
and the commissioners, after con
sidering the aspects of the matter,
including its financial side, came
to th? conclusion that it was to the ]
best interest of the county to dis-}
continue the court, and ordered it:
abolished.
The act creating the court appoint
ed the late Joseph J. Hooker as i
judge of the court. He was succeeded,
by F. E. Alley, Jr., who was elected
bv the people to fill the office. Judge
Alley was succeeded in 1926 by the (
late George W. Sutton, who was re-i
'elected in 1928. At the death of
! Judge Sutton, E. P. Still well was,
J elected by the commissioners to fill:
| the unexpired term. Judge Stillweli
I was succeeded by Judge Hooker who
: was again elected to the office in,
11930. His death a few weeks ago left
j the office again vacant, and the
commissioners abolished the court. 1
i Members of the board of county
i commissioners, in discussing the move,
j stated that the main consideration
I that moved them to discontinue the
i court was to save money for the
I tax nayers of the county, in line with
the general policy of cutting ex-1
penses to the minimum.
They stated that the court cost,
the county during the year from
June 1, 1930 to June 30, 1931 the'
sum of $6,879.50 more than the
county received from the court in
court tax and fines.
The figures compiled by the com
missioners show that the county gen
eral fund was charged $8020.10 for
expenses incident to the court and
that the general fund received $580.93
in court tax from the court, and the
schoool fund $559.67 in fines from
the recorder's dourt. (The commis
sioners based their findings on these
figures, which apply to the Record
er's court only:
Cost
Jail fees $1,625.60
Fees and costs 3,980.00
Judg2's salary 1,800.00
Holding oourt 360.00
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge) 1
i Edison
The last time I # talked with Mr,
Edison I asked him how long he was
going to keep on working,
j "I'm never going to stop," he said,
"unless my stomach goes back on me.
There's where most men give out
first, in their digestions.
I "There's only one rule for keeping
young," lie went on. "That is to
watch your digestion and never stop
working. That's the importantv thing
?never stop working. Keep your
1 mind active. The brain is more dur
able than any other part of the body."
Mr. Edison was Si when he said
that, and was launching into a new
line of research with the enthusiasm
of a boy. He was as interested in
i everything new as he was when he
was twenty.
Gangsters
/
As long as the gangsters in the big
cities confined their activities to
shooting each other up there was
very little public protest. But when
five children were shot, one of theiu
fatally, in a New York gang battle,
the authorities began to get active.
It is my guess that the clean-up
movement in New York at least has
actually started, and that there will
be less tolerance of murder and less
sympathy for murderers in the fu
ture.
In the long run, law and order are (
always triumphant. If Lhat werenot
so the world would b?j in a state of j
anarchy today. There would be no
organized erime if all of the organ
ized forces which are supposed to!
prevent and punish crime were faith-!
ful to their appointed tasks.
Appenzell
Newton Baker drove thousands of
people to their encyclopedias the j
other day when, in the course of his
speech at the Institute of Politics, he
said that "of course, Appenzell is j
the only pure democracy." Not one,
out of ten thousand of those who!
porfir Hii
ever heard of Appenzell. It is e f
of the little independent states whi t j
form a part of the Swiss Federati t. i
It is in the northeast of Switzerland,
and has about 70,000 population. Thej
only government it has is a sort of
magnified town meeting at which
everybody votes.
The oldest of all republics is San
Marino, in the Italian Alps, which
has existed unchanged since 400 A.
D. and is still governed by the old
Roman, laws and customs. But San
Marino is noi a pure democracy
in the sense that Appenzell is, and
neither is Andorra, that other tiny
European republic which is entirely ?
surrounded by Spain but which is
under the protection of the French
government and a Spanish bishop.
Russia
George Bernard &haw came back
from Russia enthusiastic over what!
he had been permitted to see. Lady
As tor, who accompanied him, was
equally enthusiastic. They saw, as all
visitors to Russia see, what the auth
orities permitted them to see.
If one thing can be more certain
than anything else, it is that the
truth about Russia and the condition
of the people does not, get out of
Russia. Neither does the truth about
the rest of the world get into Russia.
All Russian newspapers are controll
ed and practically edited by the Sov
iet government. News from America
that is permitted to be printed pre
sents this country in the most un
favorable light and is intended to
make Russian workers and peasants
believe that they are the most for
tunate people in the ' world. News'
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SYLVA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
TO OPEN AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST
Sylva Collegiate Institute will open
its fall session for the year 1931-32,
on Monday, August 31.
Members of the board of trustees
state that the prospects for the school
this year are very bright, and that
there are more applications from
prospective students than there were
last year.
Full announcement concerning the
opening of the school will be made
1 in The Journal, next week.
Transporting prisoners 254.50
Total , $8,020.10
Receipts
Court tax, to general fund .... $580.93
: Fines, to school fund 559.07
[ Total *1^40.60'
Baptists Hold
Convention
In Glenville
The Tuckaseigee Baptist Associa
tion, comprising all the Baptist
churches in Jackson county, is meet
ing ib the annual convocation at
(ilenville today. The association will
meet at 10:30 this morning and will
continue in session through Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday morning.
The association will he opened
with devotional exercises conducted
by Fred Parker, of First Baptist
church of Sylva. At 11 o'clock, Rev.
W. X. Cook of Webster will preach
the introductory wrmon.
Rev. Thad F. Deitz is the. moder
ator and will fill the chair. Rev.
\V. (). Reed, Sylva, ib the secretary,
and Dan. G. Bryson, Beta, is treas
urer.
I The devotional exercises of Thurs-.
day afternoon will be conducted by
Richard Miller. At 1:45 delegates
will be enrolled, the organization per
fected, and visitors recognized. The
report on periodicals will be present
ed by John B. Knslcv, and that on
the orphanage by Rev. Weston Par
ker.
On Friday morning the devotional
will ho conducted by Rev. Calvin Mas
sengale. Reports on Cooperative Pro
gram will be presented by W. X.
Cook, on state missions by Rev.
E. Brown, and foreign missions by n
Rev. R. L Cook. At J 1:30 the daily
sermon will be preached by Rev. A.
('. Queen.
Friday afternoon's devotional will
be conducted by Rev. H. I'. Craw- t
lord. Mrs. I. K. Stafford will pre--;
sent the report on hospitals, J. T.
Cribble on ministerial relief, and Rev.
J. (J. Murray that on Christian edu
cation. Rev. Ben Cook will read the ?
report on temperance. The rest, of
the afternoon session will be devoted
to miscellaneous business.
On Saturday morning R<?v. R. C.
Morgan will conduct the devotional:
The report on stewardship will be
.10:15 a demonstration program on
the Woman's Missionary Union will .
be led by Mrs. John R. .Tones. Prof
B. L. Mullinax will present thc rejjqrt
on Sylva Collegiate Institute;'^"
At 11:30, Saturday mort!hfl?THH|...|
J. K. Brown will preach the.^hyly
sermon. On Saturday afternoon; Hc\>
D. C. Hooj>er will lead the devotional,
exercises. T. C. Bryson will make the
report on the Sunday schools of the
association; and Rev. W. C. Reed,
that on the Baptist Coung People's.
Unions. The rest of the after^oo^
will be devoted to miscellaneous bus
iness coming before the body. .
Sunday School wil be conducted
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, : "
the sermon will follow, at 11 o'clock,
delivered by Rev. P. L. Elliott.
LAST RITES ARE HELD , ?
FOR MRS. LENA WALLACE
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Wallace, relict of the liite 'Cassius
Wallace, were held at Cullowhee
Methodist church, at 1 :.'W) Tuesday
afternoon, being conducted by Jtev.
Mark Q. Tiittlc, Rev. Sam H. IJr.il
liard, Rev. George B. Ciemnic,-Rev.
I. K. Stafford and liev. W. C. j^eed.
Mrs. Wallace passed-on at noon .it
the Harris Community Hospital,
where she had been a patient for
some two weeks. She had- been ill
for five or six week<
Mrs. Wallace was a daughter- of
the late Lewis J. Smith, .prominent
citizen of this county, and. stat^ sen
ator from thisr district. She was mar
ried to the Tafce Cassins Wallace, and
with him spent some time in South
Dakota and Wisconsin, where lie
taught among the Chippewa anil
Sioux Indians.
She was a woman of strong and
pleasing personality and, numbered
her friends by her acquaintances.
She was an active niembw of the
Methodist church at Cullowhee.
Mr.,. Wallace is survived, by one
son, J. L. Wallace, of N'ew York City,
one daughter, 3frs. F. S. Griffin ol
Cullowhee four sisters, ; Mn>. Lee
Hooper, of Speedweli, Mr^ Nannn
McGuire, of Cullowhee, Miss Ida
Smith of Cullowhee, and .-Ha John
Phill'ps of Sylva, two brothers, Lewis
J. Smith of Cullowhee arid ,#Kathaii
Smith of Dundee, Fla., and a large
number of other relatives..
PHIL STOVALL RECOTOMNG
Friends of Phj^ip J. StoVall, pro
prietor of Stovall's Fruit ^>re, will
be pleased to learn that he is recov
ering from a serious ,operation at
Wesley Memorial,h?spital in-Atlanta.
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