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?f V" ' t'. ?> . '!i ^ \ * . * ' ! *1.59 Year in Advance in The County. Svlva. N. C. Thursday August 27.1931. $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County. MAN'S BODY FOUND ON ROAD BALSAM Another fatal accident happened near Saunook, Saturday. The dead mid mangled body of Mr. Joe Mears was found on the road about dusk, supposed to have been run over by an automobile. At this time, Tuesday, jnuu-jula^s have not been learned ilc was returning From Waynesville. and had a watermelon and a pair of shoes, end it seemed was just leaving tin- highway "where the road turns off loading to his home. Investigations will be made in order to learn tne t-au.se of the accident. Mrs. 11. L. Cope and children of Asheville are visiting relatives here. U. L Jr. is seven years old and' weighs 81 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Cope art: former residents of Balsam. Western NortiT Carolina produces :i > u no specimens of humanity as can lie i'ound anywhere. Mr. aud_ Mrs. (iolilinait Ensley who live near Addie have n son ten years old who weighs lol pounds. Mis. AlaybeiLe Perry and Hat-1 tie Invk spent Sunday in Asheville. j Air. Joe Hbyle of Pontiac, Mich, is visiting bis father, Mr. George Hoyle Mis. John K. Warren and daughter Miss Dixie are visiting Mrs. Candace Parker ?? Cherokee. Mrs. Parker is Mrs. Warren's sister. Messrs John P. Knight, James W. Poi ter and Wilford Porter went to Sylva aud Waynesville, Monday ou business. , M.s. 'l'. 1. MeCall returned to her home in Kosiuan, Tuesday after s|K-ialHig a delightful visit with her daughter, .Mrs. Newman Derrick. Aiaay lialsamites attended Old Folks Day at Mt. Pleasant church Sunday, with a good program of singing and dinner on the grounds. Balaam is having unusually cold weather for this season of the year. We have already had several fi"Osts. although it is quite warm and pleas Interesting services conducted by Rev. R. L. Rogers of Sunburst anu'j Rev. G. R. Mills of Hazelwood were, held at the Baptist church Saturday! night, a Baptismal service at Soco' and preaching Suuday morning and | singing Sunday night. Mr. J. R. Green, the faithful Post man ot Whittier, Route 1 for almost | twenty live years, is on the route! again at ter two weeks' absence oii| account of illness. His place was1 tilled in his absence by Mr. Ras Da' Ms of Whlttier. / Mr. C', l'. Shelton and family, Prof. Rogeis, .Mrs. Alton Colcord of Jack sonville, Kla., Dr. Blye and family of: Koclrsier, X. Y., made a trip to the j >moky Mountains National Park,' last week. A party of Qualla folks attended tlie lumber sale at Smokemont, Mon day. Mr. and Hrs. H. G Ferguson and' Mi ss Mary Emma Ferguson motored t?> Asiieville Tuesday. Messrs Xathan'auu Charles Duus' m?iv and Charles Hall of Knoxville, Teuri., were guests of Mr. J. C. John bou. Mr. II. P. Ferguson and 3Iiss Ruth Ferguson motored to Sylva Saturday^ Mr. Jack Battle has returned toj Akiua Ohio, after a visit with home! folks. I Mr. snd Mrs. York fkTwelT of Way uesville visited relatives last week, i Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Reagan were diim?r guets at Mr. Paul Ferguson's, Misses Evelyn Kinsland and Polly I lli'vlj spent the week end with rela tivis at Cherokee. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Bridges of Oil \i't visited at Mr. D. M. Shular's Sun d:ly. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hoyle visited aI Mr. Weaver Freenian's. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes and s"? -Uui Ed of Cherokee called at Mr. L>. C. Hughes' Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Crisp and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hoyle called on Mr. "'ul Mrs. J. G. Hooper. Mrs. W. H. Hoyle visited Mrs. J. 'l- iliighes. Mrs. Herman Cooper went to Bark w's Creek to visit relatives, Sunday Mr. G. J. Raby and family called !'t Mr. D. K. BattTers. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ferguson were dinner guests at Mr. T. W. McLaugh 1 in's Sunday. Mrs. Abe Blankenship of Big Cove w visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mar shall Gass. (Continued on Page 2) : < ) FORTY YEARS AGO | A meeting of the citizens of Sylva toviuswp was ueiu ui tne Acauewy, bRtuiouy '?i. iiie oUjtei oi me meet ing was explained by uen. iiampton to oe 10 tuKc into consideration the piopostuoii to vo^e <po,uoo in bonds to aid in the construction oi a rail road i row here to Webster. Maj. W. Ai. itnea was elected cuairman 01 tne meeting, anu AI. Buchanan secretary.^ The meeting was addressed by W. E.1 Moore, (Japt. J. W. Terrell, A. M.1 i^aiker, D. L. Love, Dr. J. H. Wolff and Gen. Hampton. The chiarman was I authorized to appoint a committee1 of twenty live to canvass the town' ship and urge the voters to vote the subscription, and the following com mittee was appointed: D. J. Allen, E. K. Hampton, A. J. Long, Wibb Fisher, T. L. bryson, Wm. Cope Jas. Dillard, Joe Rochester, Z. V. Watson Mack Bryson, John Divelbiss, Dr. J. H. Wolff, C. W. Allen, C. C. Reed H. P. Brendle, T. J. Love, H. P. Hoi land, Johu b. Ensley, ben Harris Hix Monteith, Thos. Dills, John Dills W. B. Morris L. W. Allen and Thos. I Monteith. " Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Smith, of Ad! die, spent the day here Tuesday. Messrs L. C. Hall and J. W. Fisher went to Ashe vi He this morning. John X. Hunter went to market [ last Wednesday with a car load of! cattle. We are glad to say that Alex Baum is so much' improved in health as to have favored the Democrat with a call Monday. We had the pleasure of meeting on: Monday, Mr. A. A. Campbell of the Murphy Bulletin, who was returning home trom a trip East. i uOclin Monday after a visit of several days to friends herej ..uu ut Dillsboro. Mr. E. D. Davis was in town yes terday. Like almost everybody else he is strongly in favor of the sub.. sription to the railroad Col. C. P. Bryson of Cashier's Val ley was in town several days during1 the pr.st week, and when he returned home, took with him his father the venerable Maj. W. H. Bryson, who will be 93 years of age if he lives until October. Tomatoes seem to be extra fine this year but those presented to the' Democrat's better half by Mrs. B. j M. Smith exceed anything we have i soen. They are magniticent specimins; and Mrs. Smith has the thanks of; the whole Democrat outfit. Mr. P. P. Fletcher returned to the county last Thursday. He reports hav ing purchased for the Blue Ridge Lumber CO., at Dillsboro, 280,QOO feet of timber, which is now being delivered on the line of railroad from Bushnell to Bryson City, and there is 'still lots more which he has not bought. . * County Superintendent .House has purchased of Rev_ N. M. Cooper nis house and lot here in town. He in, tends to still further add to the im provement of his purchase, and in spite of his denial, we strongly sus..' pect that it Is his intention also to accomplish the task, impossible to others, of putting two Houses in one house. ? | Bhhop Lyman preached a very ex cellent sermon at the Academy last Friday evening.. The rite of confirm ation was administered to one candi date, Miss Frances Baum. Other min isters present were Dr. Buel, W. S. Barrows and J. W. Barker. There was quite a good congregation in at tendance. Mr. J. P. Brendle had the misfor tune last Friday to have his leg bad ily hurt by having a threshing ma chine run over it. While his injuries are painful we hope they are not serious and that he will soon be 1 around again. At the close of the Teachers' Jn stitute at Webster, the teachers or ganizcd a Teachers' Council by elect , ing Supt. J. H. House, president; I ttt-t THE GOVERNOR VISITS MOUNTAIN COUNTRY Governor O. Max Gardner and Mrs. Gardner, Chairman E. B. Jeff ress of the State Highway Commis sion and Mrs. Jeff ress, Mrs. W. W. Neal, spent tl Friday, Saturday and 81 mountain country, phire Country, the Tuclutoeigee val ley, and visiting the '"^ftpat SttOky Mountains National Parife, Making High Hjraptd* fnn, in Cashier's Valley, * wherefettey were guests of ,Mr. and Mrs. jf. McKee, their headquarters, the Gwernor and his party toured the Samphire Coun try, and visited Highlanajij. the Culla saja (iorge and Cullasaja Falls, West crn Carolina Teachers Cortege, Sylva Smokemont, Bryson City,?the Nanta hala Gorge, and Franklin* There was nothing official about the visit. The whole affair was a plasure trip; but the Governor, Mr. Jeffreys, and Mr. Neal ttjjfat have re ceived some very definite $hipressions regarding the highway ds in this part of the State, and it S reasonably sure that Highway 106 mjw ?ow have powerful advocates in op wives of these gentlemen, for it 1|B8 raining when the party came o?r the road from Cashiers to Sylva,yid 106 can get slick when rain Then, too the Great Ark must be of interest to the GowjM>r ;a8 the State has a considersbH investment in it, along with the KoflMfeUer foun dat ion and the citizens $? jj&is region There are roads to beftfclt leading to the Park, and loeatSBs and such must have come to thCThmds of the highway officials. On Friday the par over Highway 28 fro^^&Bhiers Whiteside and HighlawKS| the Cul lasaja Falls. SaturdayAgAjjng they came down to the Ciajpt Cullo whee, arriving late ^JlUB of the' wet dirt road. Bm,mBfcped for Sylva, where they rested for a short time at the McKee home before proceeding to Smokemont. From Smokemont they went to Bryson City, and on to the lookout on Highway NO. 10, to get a panoramic view of the Smokies, before returning to Cashier via Franklin. No representative of 'this paper had an opportunity to talk with the Governor; but he is reported as hav ing been delighted with the section of the State that he visited on his trip, much of which he saw for the first time. The beauty and the grand uer of the eountry around Cashier's Valley was a revelantion to him, and he expressed great confidence in its future as a resort region. That the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be a tremendous asset to the State, and a tourist at traction of the first magnitude, is Governor Gardner's confident belief. TRADE EXPANSION JUBILEE A trade Expansion Jubilee, in which the majority of Asheville Busi ness establishments will participate/ will be held in that city on Saturday. The Southern Railway is offering excursion rates from points in West ern North Carolina to Asheville for the event at one and one fifth fares. Round trip bus tickets will be offer ed at one and a half fares. Ail up town parking spaccs and parking ga rages will reduce storage space to ten cents and restaurants will offer meals at popular prices.. Elaborate preparations are being made for the entertainment of the people. Rev. J. T. Hord, vice president; C. L. Harris, chaplain; M. D. Cowan secre tary; and Prof. R. L. Madison assist ant secretary. The committee on time and place selected Cullowhee as the place and Sept. 12 as the time for the first meeting. Follwoing is the program: R e citation, Miss Lena Smith ;First Query: What are ! the best methods of teaching reading. Opened by Prof. Madison; Reading, by Miss Etta Wilson; Second Query: How to advance the profession of teaching? Opened by C. C. Cowan; Declamation by J. H. Painter; Third Query: What are the most essential qualificaitons of a teacherf Opened by 9upt. House. ? We pay 65 cents per bushel in merchandise for No. 1 Irish potatoes Syvla Supply Company, Iuc. FUNERAL FOB POPULAR 8YLVA YOUTH 09 YESTERDAY i | Funeral services for Frank Askey were conducted at the home of his ] father and mother yesterday after; afternoon by Rev. George B. Clemmer: ' Rev. J. Gray Murray, and Rev. W.1 iC. Reed. | Young Askey, who was one of the most popular young men in Sylva ' died at Angel Brothers hospital in' Franklin, Tuesday marning following; a seriiis of major operations. He had' been working in a lumber camp in the Balsam mountains during the va cation period, asd while there cou tractcd a head cold, which developed into .serious complications. j A large crowd of friends of the young man and his family gathered at the home for the funeral. Pall bear ers were John Parris, James Moody,1, Alvin Sutton, J. T. Gribble, Jr., Ed., mund Brown and Marshall Cooper, all former schoolmates of Frank, who with him were charter members of i Troop 1, Boy Scents of America when it was organized is Sylva a few years ago. The interment was in the Keener cemetary. Frank was 17 years of age, and was a youth of unusual promise. He! had a bright mind, a healthy, strong' body, a manly appearance, and was hard working asd studious, always' seeking to improve his opportunities. '. His frank, honest face, his integrity of character, his kindly consideration, I his unfailing courtesy, in addition to that greatest and rarest of graces, humility, had endeared him to many, people of all ages in Sylva. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Askey/lone brother, Roscoe Askey, and one sister, Mfed Winonah Askey, all of Sylva. *** As a boy scout he received high honors, being chosen in 1929 as one1 of the ten bt-st scouts in Daniel Boone-Council. He atteined the rank j of Life Scout, which is the highest, save one, known to Scouting. He was born in Bakersville, Brit ish Columbia, British Columbia, on May ?, 1914. He lived in Illinios,1 Arkansas, and Florida and moved to' Sylva with his family in 1926. He was a student at Sylva High School, and would have been a mem ber of the Senior Class had he lived [ until the opening of the institution, j next Monday morning, having com pleted the junior work last year. | Boy Scouts participated in the fu neral service. James Moody made a most appropriate and touching talk. Earl Collins read the Scout Law; i and the services was concluded at! the cemetary with the Scout Bene.. j diction.. . I COUNTY GETS STATE FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS j l i Jackson County was awarded the sum of $78>929.32 in the alloca tion of State school funds, by the "Equalizing Board, at its meeting last j week. This sum is for the operation of the six months schools. In the; allotment a cut of ten per cent was : made in salaries of atf teachers, prin c-ipals and superintending principals j' in the state schools throughout North Carolina. '? ! . r ? CULLOWHEE TEACHERS NAKED! i i 'I * : ? Announcement has been made of the selection of the teachers for the Cullowhee public schools. All other) teachers in the county were elected i some time ago and their names pub pished in this papr. | Mr. H. Bueck is again principal of j the school at Cullowhee. The other | tcachers are: Mr. White Mease, Miss1 i Misa Winona Hooper,.Mr. Virginia F. I Cobb, Miss Fanny Goodman, Missj ! Lena Allen, Miss Mary Alice Haigler1 Miss MinnieMcCauley, Miss Nannie May Tilley Miss Maurie Simpson, and Mrs. W. N. Coward. MINUTES WILL BE OUT SEPT. 15 The minutes of the Tackaseigee Association are in the hands of the printers and will be off the press by Sept. 15. All chnrches in the Associ ation will please send money sab scribed to the minutes fund to Frank Rhinehart, treasurer of the associa tion at Webster at once. W. N. Cook, Associational Cleric 'i ' "! (?? ?' i WEEK BY WEEK { I (By Dan Tompkins) The Lindberghs have reached Tokyo j in their airplane, if that information' is worth anything to yon. China is staggering beneath one of the greatest disasters in the his.. | torv of that unhappy country, to which it seams disaster comes more frequently than elsewhere. A hun.. dred thousand people are reported as being dead and many thousands more homeless and stricken, by a great flood in Central China. The Haywood juries have almost formed a habit of convicting officials of closed banks, and others having transactions with banks that went , down, last autumn. Hot on the heels of the Brevard conviction, last week, another Haywood jury found Wal..! lace B. Davis, Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr., guilty of conspiracy to de.. j fraud the Central Bank and Trust Company at Asheville, and Judge: Barnhill handed out sentences, from which each of the defendants appeal | ed. Luke Lea was sentenced to serve1 from 6 to 10 yars, Wallace Davis! drew from 4 to 6 years, and Luke, Jr. i was lined $25,000. The British Labor Government hasi gone down before an attempt to baL | ance a budget, and the king has call.. - ed upon Mr. Ramsey McDonald to! form a new, non..party cabinet. The Laborites promptly disowned McDon! aid, their titular head. So it appears that the British are also having money troubles mixed with politics/ The whole matter is that a few folks' own nearly everything, leaving very, little for the rest of us, including governments. Three federal judges in Asheville j have declared North Carolina's tective tariff, foolishly enact, J V : General Assembly to prohibit imp?fr 1 ation j?f iiuits and vegptablo^ Jnto tb^Sttcto>by truck, to be uneouatitu..1 tional, which, of course it is. Now for a court to which we could appeal for relief from the federal tariff that is crushing the life out of Am., j erican industry. The president was constituted such a court by congress.. MORE PAVING TO START OK HIGHWAY NUMBER 28 Franklin Press, Aug. 13.?As one surfacing project on Highway No. 28 in Macon count}' is nearing comple tion work on another is about to start. A contract for the surfacing of the link on No. 28 from Rainbow Springs to Glade Gap, a distance of six miles, has been awarded to the R. G. Lassiter Contracting company, j Work is expected to start on this new project in the near future, ac-| cording to W. A. McNeil, resident engineer of the State Highway Com-| mission. Early in the summer Mr. j McNcil made a survey on No. 28 f contemplating surfacing of the road from Franklin west to Twin Churches but the Highway Commission hap de cided first to surface between Rain bow Springs and Glade Gap. Thisl was made necessary because the' money for the work comes from fed-! eral aid alloted to the Forest Ser-, vice and the federal authorities stip ulated that none of this money should be used outside of the Nantahala Na tional Foregt. It is thought very likely that the Highway Commission will begin the surfacing of TTo. 28 from Franklin toward Rainbow Springs shortly af ter it has completed the surfacing of No. 28 from Gneiss to Highlands* but as yet there has been no official statement from the road body to this! effeet. Only about four miles of the road between Gneiss and Highlands re mains to be surfaced, and prepara-, tions are now being made to move the rock crusher from its present lo-j cation to Highlands. This move will be made in order to avoid long hauls of stone up the mountain.. Work is now under way on the last span of the bridge over the Little Tennessee River and paving of the approaches is well under way. I The bridge project and the surfacing below Gneiss are both erpected to be finished in the early fall. A detour paralleling the highway has been opened to accommodate: traffic while the approaches to $he j bridge are being paved. We pay 66 eents per bushel in merchandise for No. 1 Irish potatoes Syvla Supply Company, Inc. W.C.T.C. GRANTS FIRST DEGREES Cullowhee, August 27 (Special to The Journal)?Dr. Herbert Russel, Dean of Religious Education at Duke University appeared in the Cullo whee Baptist ehurch on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock to deliver the baccalaurate sermon to the A-ugust senior class at Western Carolina Teachers College] Dr. S. X Zweimer of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. made the literary ad dress this moming. The diplomas were delivered immediately following the address. The graduation of the August class marks a change in the history of the local college as well as the history of this section of North Carolina. When the degrees were granted to the present candidates it can be said that they are the first B. S. degrees to be granted by any college west of Asheville as well as the first to be granted by any state college west of Greensboro. Many former graduates of the local cal lege were present for the ccremouies The candidates for the B. S. De gree come from many different parta of the State; and with one exception are all former graduates. of Sbllo whee. They are: Andy Brysqn of Cul lowh?:>!!, William Bryson of Cullowhee* Morgan Cooper, New London; Miss Kathleen Davis, Shelby; Miss Flora Gilbeit, Columbus; W. Carr Hooper, East Laporte; Samuel B. Hutchinson, Brewers; Mrs. Myra Blue Henry, Gas tonia; Rowe Henry, Gaatonia, Miss Gra E. Jones, Altamahaw; Berder Long, Cullowhee; Miss .Katharine Robinson, Canton; and Frank I. Wat son, Dillsboro. Diplomas were awarded to Mjas El la Mugdaline Bobill of Castalia; MiBs Edna Blanton Champion, Fallston; Misv'f&is Copeland, Cary;' Mrs. R. ,?f. Cowan; Miss Elizabeth Eastrjdge, , Wilson; Miss Opal Way nesviile; Miss Flora Minaflmright, Lake JunAluska; Horacj^BErrison, Haves vi lie; m Sallie .fay Grady, - Kinston; Miss Amy Henderson, Cul lasaja; Lyle lfigdon, Cullowhee, Mia" Ruth Hunter, Alexandria; Miss Loa sie Jackson, Cooper; Miss Nancie . Justice, Franklin, Miss I.?ucile Long, Erastus; Miss Mary Edith Mason, Culberson; Miss Lenora Mae Math ews, Argura, Miss Pearle Moody, Waynesville; Miss Mary Ruth Jfich ols, Culberson; Miss Annie Laura^ Phillips, Hayesville; Miss Flora Mae Pressley, Caston; Miss Louisa Rogera Clyde; Miss Etta Waldroup, Hayes ville, Miss Vangie Willis, Vale; Miss Katherine Huggins Williams, Frank., lin; Miss Ruth Wilson, Sylva, and Miss Bell Wood of Essex. The number graduating is smaller this time than usual, according to Dean Bird. He attributes the decline in number partly to the fact that masy students prefer to talce the four year course and others are due to the economic slump and the de crease in the teaching force in the public schools. SCHOOLS WILL OPEN MONDAY It is back to school for the boys and girls of Jackson county, next Monday morning. For all the public schoois of the county, and Sylva Col legiate Institute will open their door* at 9 o'clock for the fall term. Operating under the new school law with the State assuming responsibil ity for finacing the six months term, the schools will go forward and try out the new plan, alf over North Carolina. Preparatory to opening the schools on Monday, all the teachers will meet with Superintendent Monro Madison at the graded scftool building in Sylva at 9.30 tomorrow morning, to discuss the new school law, and to lay plans for the winter's work. It is expected "that practically every Jackson couqgsj teacher will be in Sylva for ihsenieting tomorrow mom ing- | The children will be ready for work Monday, after the longest va cation most of them have ever en joyed since the beginning of their school days, for the machinery ha<* to be set up to put the new school law into operation; and this delayed the opening of the schools in this, any many of the other counties of the State. We pay 65 cents per knshel in merchandise for No. 1 Irish potatoes Syria Supply Company, Inc.
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