Published Wee *ly By Tk* __
JACKSON COUNTS JOURNAL CO.
Entered as second olass matter at
tfee post office at Sylva, N. C.
DAN TOMPKINS, Editor
And they are still counting in
Kentucky.
We kuow whose depression it is,
and are wondering whose prosperity
it will be, when, and it' it comes. ...
When Ne w Jersey toot a notion to
i'top to the Democrats, she flopj>ed
two huiidi*ed thous: *id strong.
Maybe some ot' the signs ??? re
turning confidence ;!iat Washiugtoi:
is continually seeing is returning
confidence in the Democratic party.
Anywnv, we've gol .log and hominv,
cornbread, beans, cabbage, fruit
and vegetables. They wont sell tor as
much money as they once did but we
can eat 'em, which is a great de&J
more than a lot- of 'oiks will be able
to do this winter.
Now that us Democrats have eap
Iured the Mo.se of V?prcseiitatives,
what arc wc s. ing t '< with it?We
trust that we ront iike the man |
who euught t :?el?r ' y H'e tail nndj
yelled lustily tor r,:;,.-. body to help
liini turn it loose.
Hihhop Canon ? .ured to ?h?:l
bill ot indictment returned by a Uis-i
triel of Columbia grand jury, sriJj
entered the contention that the ror-j
??up! pracl ices act \r. unconstitutional.!
We l:m w that the bishop is a ^1^-'
cin list on the lbth Amendment; hut
not that he is a constitutional lawyer.
It is a strange battle thai is ra;v
ing between 'be N' :\.V League ami
the man wlum the Constitution
makes Cominauder- ?. chief. While
wc hit no part isan ol Mr. Iloovei, anu
wouldn't vote tor lum on a bet,
prefer his* judgment to that ot the
N'jivy League, or aiy other selt-ap-,
pointed organi/atior to look after
special affairs. We re entirely out
of patience with thi idea, that everjj
thing in the eouirv, from the'
l*nite?t States Navy t(? the baby's
milk bottle, has to have an orgaiii
/ation of zealots t<> '???rc ftor it; and^
we most certainly di not believe that
the Navy has need >f a wet nurse
to protect it from i! < Coinmauder-in
cbief.
The situation o unemployment
and mal-distribution of wealth is fdt;
too serious to be m t with contribu
tions to community chests and the
like. What is needed is 'to take away
the special privilege* granted to the
favored few by our government, and
give everybody an equal opjtortunitv
lo make a decent living. "Equal
Bights To All and ^ooeial Privileges
To None,*' is still i ghty good doc
trine, and the transgression pi this
principle is largely responsible for
the present fix in which we find our
selves
THE FARM SHOW
Today the annual s tow of livestock,
jxiultry, and certain farm products
opens. The Journal *nkes occasion to
felicitate the farmer- of this county
upon the progress tli.t is being madel
along the lines of agricultural en-!
tleavor. ,
We have been mightily blessed with
the greatest crops within the recol
lection of any ,>t' us ith the excep
tion of the 1 ;sh p ?to cixjp. The
l^ord of the h: rvest 'ms smiled upon
ns, this seasoj The felds and orch
jirds have yielded in u {K'r-abtmTTniice
We h:ivt mnoh for which to be
thankful l.et us all enjoy these two
days together.
Tin* show, ? pening this morning,
would lie a <-i't lit to nny county, any
where.
Tile quality of our products,'the
Idood and appearance - of our fowls
and of our livestock are improving.
>Ve are doing better farming than
we once did, r nl we are taking bet
ter care of wlinl. we produce. We are
preparing our produce bettor for
marketing. The soil of .Tackson conn
ty is our greatest source of wealth"
The people are wisely, turning >noW>
and more to it.
TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS
It the elections held in certain sec
tion* of the countrf on yesterday
mean anything, thev mean that the
Democrats, having captured control
of the Uousc of Representatives, have
a splendid opportunity t5, nest ye?r,
grasp hold upon the reins of the fed
eral government, with a mandate
from the people to loosen the strangle
bold that predatory wealth has upon
the people of America, and. to -bring
|MU'k the days of peace and pruspeiity
The people are again turning to the
party of Jefferson and to the ideas
of tire Sage of Monticello. They are
ready to again place their govern
ment in the hands of the party of
Jackson, Cleveland, and Wilson. Here
indeed is an opportunity for ihe Dem
ocrats, if they will use their politcal
sense in the nomiuatng convention.
If they wiH side-track the Yalseissue
of prohibition, concentrate their ef
forts upon .remedies for economic ills,
and name as standard bearer a man
who is grounded in the principles of
the party, . they have an exccllont
chance to win and to serve.
OLIUX 1 . ,
DONT DO IT, GOVERNOR
j There has been considerable agi
tation for an extra session of the
jgeneral assembly, in some parts of
: the State, a*nd from the noise the ad
vocates of the extra session are mak
i iflg, one would think that there is
!
fa elamor for it.
Truth is that, especially in this
' part of ^ or til Carolina, the people
jare little concerned over the matter,
| and would somewhat resent the call
liug back to Raleigh of the Assembly.
The taxes in this country were re
I t "
I (lwod '.12r as a direct result of the
: legislation enacted at the last ses
sion, regarding school and road tax
ation. The new road law is just be
giniiinir tn become effective, and the
jK'ople of all political faiths are
(mightily pleased with the r<suits..
I I
j The only reason that could be ad- j
vanced to urge such a course as an I
extraordinary session of the assent
i *
bly would be to look after the cut
ton and tobacco situation; and any
JkmIv knows, or should know, thai
prices of those crops cannot he regu
lated hy legislative enactment.
It would he far heifer t?? leave the
|K?ople alone, with tlie tax relief
that was given them by the- assembly,
and let them get their minds on the1
business <.1 hard work and economy.
Another session at this time could j
but agitate the minds of the people
iagaiu, and might work iricutculuFde
havoc- to the constructive legislation
already on the statute l>ooks.
The people don't want an extra
aession. Governor Gardner doesn't
-want to call it, and there is no re?
>011 for such a call. If the Governor
has the economic and political sag
acity with which we credit him, he
will stand his ground firmly and re- j
fuse to call the legislature had in
session. , v' *. ?
The assembly diilu'l give all the
relief from n;!tUou that soiae of!
the reformers had hoped; hut it did
Kome mighty fine things. TThiui the;
people .cce the results of the Icgialtt-1
tijm on their roads and on rheir tax i
receipts, they will Im? more thnn.
pleased.
?Fourteen months from now, when
the assembly meets again, following;
another election, will be early enough:
to tackle the problems that need solv-J
ing, and to give additional tax-relief,'
if such is needed as badly then as it'
was when the last assembly met. j
Governor Gardner's recent visit to
the mountain country, in which he
made a. sjjeech picturing the effect
that the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park will soon have on the
economic and social life of thi*5 re
gion. He left the people gi^atly heart-,
ened. Ther.? is a better and more op-1
timistic. feeling among the folks.
We have yet to see a man or wo- j
man who wants the assembly called j
into extraordinary session at this time
teachers and others
Dear Mr. Editor: Much has been
said, too much, in comparison withj
what has been done, about the ?tti
tudes and decisions made by ecrtuiu
^fovptnip^ todiis who h?ve to do with i
the duties oi' discharging public obli-j
gations and trusts. Without common;1
or opinion the following facts are sub
mitted to fib? jpdgerftent of those
reodkjrs ? Tvho ire intere?ted in seeing !
I just, obligations met in thejinost fav-?
orablpi?an^ierV> v ?,l
Soon after the beginning of this!
school term a lady teacher, who ha*j
devoted twenty or more years of un
selfish work in school and community, j
in the discharge of her duty, or while I
on teaching duty, unfortunately broke]
her arm. After ,six weeks of painful
recovery she" Ms able to return to;
her duties. Claims were filed by the;
county superintendent with the State!
department for hospital and medical i
attention bill and settlement, and at
least, a part of her salary requested.
[The following letter \v;i< received:1
(addressee omitted) !
"Dear? Sir^iWe understand that;
this accident occurred September 4,;
.1981 and that the claimant is a teach-j
or. If we have' properly interpreted
the law, school teachers are not now
covered by the .Workmen's (Jompen-j
sation Act wheu injured during the:
school term maintained by the Stat<\ j
This, we believe, is the effect of the'
act passed by the last <!cner:il A-*
semhly. ) \ J
Very truly yours,
Chief Claims Examiner"
j Tims, all responsibility is denied in
| the case of twenty thousand employ
ees of tin* Stattf while another act n
quires each company or employer of
; more than live men to issue or pa;
for insurance for employees. Ad-Jit
ional significance is' attached to the
claim as the e.unty budget conHaitU''
recommended insurance of county
;teachers in their report to the budget
department of the State board of
education.
Yours truly,
CaiT Hooper.
NOTICE OF TAX SALE
(:nder and . hy virtue of the taxi
list placed in my hands for collection!
by the Hoard of Aldermen of the I
Town of Dillsboro for the year. 1929,
1 will on the First Monday in Decem
ber, 1931, at 12 o'clock. Noon, in
front of the post oflice in the town
of Dillsboro, North Carolina, of fir for
sale and sell to the hiirhest. hiddef for
cash, to satisfy said delinquent taxes
and cost of sale, the following Hejcrib
ed real estate:.
Tax and Cost
W. A. Dills estate, 1 town lot, $81.20
W. II. Fowler, 1 town lot. 12.30
.1. M. Leatherwood, 1 town lot, 15.53
C. C. Mason, 1 town lot, 11.28
Ktta Messer, I town lot, 3.9p
Cole Messer, I town lot , 9.35
John Parks, I town lot 7.20
Margaret Shuler, 1 town lot 7.14
!?!. H. Monteith, 1 town lot 23.98
M. V. .larrett, Tax Collector.
NOTICE OF F0B2L0SURE SALE
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I'nder and bv virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed of
trust m:ide by C. G. DeHord and wife,
Pearl DeHord, to Felix E. Alley, Trus
tee, dated the 1st day of October
192S, and recorded in Book 106 of
Deeds of Trust, ou page 96, et seql,'
in the office of .the Register of Deed*
After All These Years, What Have We Learned ??By Albert T Reid
i
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Wxx&m Droning Btntuttifii
fQ] N my first business job it was necessary for me to call one day
ggg-at the office of a bankrupt company which had sold in small
units all over the country.
Its literature had followed the familiar pattern pointing out
how much you would be worth if you invested one dollar in tele
phone stock in 1895, or if Ford had asked you to lend him a nickel
in 1900.
Perhaps the officers were irresponsible rather than deliberately
cruokcd. They were sure that their enterprise was destined to make
fortunes for every one associated with it, and they backed their
judgment with their own money. But that did not mitigate the
smtIfrings of the people who crowded the office on the day of my
call.
A station agent and his faded little wife from a country town
in Pennsylvania. They had invested $15,000, their savings of a life
time.
A poor preacher from South Carolina. The $6,000 which he
had saved by incredible economies had been his only bulwark against
the poorhouse. j
A school teacher; a' dentist; many men whose gnarled hands
and bent backs were eloquent of heavy burdens. They wept: they
cursed; they threatened, but it did no good. No one of them ever
recovered a cent.
Walking away fronv all that tragedy, I resolved never to he
associated with any company which financed itself by selling stocks
to the public, not even if George Baker were the president and J. P.
Morgan the sales manager.
Everybody whose name gets advertised a little is invited to
go on boards of directors. It has happened even to me. I have a nice
form letter that says "no."
To be on the board of a business with which you are not inti
mately connected means that you attend a meeting once a month,
vote on a lot of things that you know nothing about, receive $10 or
$20. and go away. The public, reading your name, believes tiiat you
are directing. Actually you are not.
In England most boards are made up of the men actually con
ducting the business. Ohce a year the chairman has to stand up he
fore the stockholders and answer questions about cverv detail of
(he operations.
In this country the habit of being a director is a piece of busi
ness vanitv. A man with a lot of directorships after his name thinks
of himself as a "big shot." ?
Many of these famous dummies have lost money and sleep
during this depression. It will be interesting to see whether the
return of ijoorl times will not bring many resignations.
TVe'Mors should direct. Window dressing dummies should to ,
out.
of Jackson County, North Carolina,
default having been made in the pay-1
ment of the notes secured thereby,
and holder thereof having directed
that deed of trust be foreclosed, the
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undersigned Trustee will offer for'
sale at the courthouse door in the:
Town of Sylvn, at eleven o'clock, a.m.
on the 28th day of November, 1931,;
and will sell to the highest bidder for
cash the following described real t
toUte, to-wit r
Being a part of the ('. Love
Home place, and known as the Oagle
Tract; Beginning at a stake in the
bank of Stafe Highway No. 106, and
al T. H. Hastings' corner, and runs,
South 83.5 East 954 feet to a stake;:
thence South, lfi West 156 feet to a.
stake; thence South 83.5 West (To;
(lie 1-ank of State Highway 10(5), 935
feet; thence with said Highway, 106,
North 9 East, 156 feet to the Be
ginning. And being the same, lands
described in a deed of even date with j
this instrument, from H. G. Jones
aud wife, Addie Jone> to C. G. Dc
Bord andv Pearl DeBord, to which
deed reference is hereby made.
This the 29th day of Otober, 1931 !
Felix E. Alley, Trustee.
1, 5 4ts CBM.
A. ??JDUO **ane
A lew wed? ago an aut(_
tire acted a? ?ilung shot ^
a atone thmigh a
thirteen and one-half by sennw
feet belongingrto Altaian s
ment T'; KTht hu* 3?;
went out of business, pronto
The entire country was ,
for > dovlictt, inC ^
Cables to Europe uncovered a
of the right site in the wartW*
of the Union Commercial* 5*
Glacerics in Belgium. It *u *'
dered rushed to N cw V ork bv ?l*
Belgenland. %B> ^
Eighteen men, specialK- Trains
in the art of handling v #l J*
^?hile the huge pane w,, . ?
of the hold of the Bi ; ;(j
the special track wait:^ Ul ^
pier to transport the gla^. ,0 ?
man's. Just as the craiu r.ovtr?a
over the truck with its $n.ovo bir.
den, a chain sapped.
Altman's spejjt a lot more u*??T
on special cables.
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Socialist Cafeteria
There's an eapatnaied P>H??a
in this town who is a cj-.iwaiao iB
wonderful furniture, lir sf;;s to
Mrs. Payne Whitney and o^,
who do not have to ! ok at iht
price tag. Few of thoer * ;i0 ,jul
with him know' whether l,r
or against the Soviet.
The other day, however, w
I ?ned to drop in on liim *:-???,(j th?
lunch hour and he invited u.s ;o bit
own particular Soviet i zrei dieter*
located on KaH 4f>tii Strrr-. H,
explained to us that it v\*>
ent. That it catered lar*J. vo tflt
"middle-class.''
Jt was a revelation. I }.t f<n,d
was better prepared. of Kre.te
varietv and the prices wert about
the same as at most cafeteria;- abut,
the level of t the "one-armed" ;oot!
places. Most of the patron* had *
distinctly artistic look, like paiiiten
and artists.
One novel feature oi the tilace
was the fact that the customers
jveked up their trays anil 'itr *h?r
eating and carried them tv, ? shtfc
behind which di*h-*v*sher.; wert
hnsy. Jn?t one more -.ten
scrvice.
t ? ? ? ?
Run on Co-Operative Plam
The socialist caSVt.r.r. m fomd,
is owiwd bv liie tineas thenselvei.
Thi-y pay 'heir checks in im
lar way, except t^at thtv write iheir'
number on it. At the -:id o: tbe
year the- profts are districted
among 1:v* owners in pronortii'-i t?
the amount o?patrona;.r thev hive
given the place.
Outsiders are perm-tied t<> tit
th-'? but do not yet any "diri
50c Dry Cleaning 50c
CASH PRICES
4 v /.
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Charlie Dean
Will Clean and Press
All Men's Suits All Topcoats
All Dresses
50c
Pressing 25c per Suit, 25c per Dress
exoapt pleated dresses
Call and Cash or Cash and Delivery
..?tr
Charlie Dean
'phone 120 Mill Street
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU MAKE
It's Wljat You Save
THAT COUNTS
ft
The old shoes will look well, wear
well/if you will let us remake them
for you. Brinjr the old shoes to us
and let us fit the whole family out
for winter.
The saving will he considerable.
MASHBURN'S
SHOE SHOP