$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The^County.
Tom Cope On
Trial Again
In Haywood
U'ayiK sville, Fob. 9. ? The case of
the StHto against Tom Cope, 4f>, of
Jackson county,, charged with liian
.sl.'iuirhttT in connection with the death
ot Frank Ruff, 15, of Saunook, got
uiiiii'i * .\V in ITavwood County Super
jor Court here Tuesday. Before court
f.djonriiid lor TGe day late in the
afliTinon, ?I1 thp evuteuce had been
iutiwluw'd and the arguments of at
torni y?! started.
The arguments of attorneys will
U completed Wednesday morning
t, ibwing which Judge A. M. Stack,
jrfiitiinjr, will deliver Tiis charge and
tno cum- will go fo the jury.
'fins is the seoond time Cope has
been tried in connection with Ruff's
death, the first resulting in a mis
trial dunng the August term, 1931.
Kufi i' said to have been killer
when struck by a car drivon by Co^c
on ?tate Highway ^?o. 10 at Saunook
tHrly in
MARRIAGE licenses
License to wed lias been granted
h live c vii>l(s by iirprister of Deeds
Coj-e.
Francis Melvin Rogers to Millie
Crawford, both ?l' Haywood.
1. PuS'.-y Blant t>n to Julia Ann
t
jianuiel MeNabb t<> Gladys Mitchell,
i h ifii of Haywood.
tila s (J. Cabe to Kthel M. Ashe.
Andrew l'. Wade ol Burke to Viv
.'i-a K. Phillip ?, of Graham.
QUALLA
Rev. J. A. l'eoler used for hi9
text Sunday morning at the Aletho
dbt ohm cli, "And the Lord said unto
Mows: 'What is that in thine hand/!
jui'l he said "it ii a rod." His lead
ing thought was that each and all
should do (Heir best with whatever
meau^ t hey had, fit, their vtfmnnywL -
Ht-v. J. L. Hyatt wfnt to Mace
donia Sunday to fill his appointment.
Married; on February 22nd, Miss
Cumi Howell to Mr. Lee Loudou of
Ashtville. Theyvisited Mr. and Mi's.
K. Howell, the prttfents of the bride,
last week. They have returned to
Asheville.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Milliard
Howell, a son? James ILonald.
Misses Ruth Ferguson and Mary
Battle, Messrs Jack Battle and Jim
Printer of C'ullowhee, Mr. J. M.
Hughes Htid family of Cherokee, Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Hovle and Mrs. Os
car Gibson were callers at Mr. D. C.
Hughes.'
Messrs I). K. Battle, Frank Battle
and Guy Moody made a trip to Cher
okee.
Misses Polly Iloyle, Evelyn Queen
and Mr. Random Mose motored to
Sraokemont.
I'rof. and Mrs. L. L. Shaver andl
Mr. aiid Mrs. I'd Hnmgarner were
guests (it h birthday reception, at Mr.
and Mr-, ('. p. Shi-lton's, in honor
<'t th- it- ,-(?a Hurry.
?Mr. 1). M. Shuler spent last week!
with relatives on Deep Creek.
Mr. and Mi's. II. (5. Ferguson vis
itt'd tL?ir daughter Miss Mary Emm*
? ''ullnwliue Saturday.
Mr. a 111I Mrs. \V. H. Iloylc were
M'.sts of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shuler,
^uiduy.
Mrs. J. I,. Hyatt and Mrs. Horace
Howell called on Mrs. J. E. Battle.
-Mi*- Kdna Hoyle called on Mrs.
J- 0. Howell.
Miss Louise Tfyatt was guest of
Miss Kvclyn Queen at Olivet.
Miss Marion lievis of Wilnwt vis
ited Miss Ollie Hall.
Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell returned
*o Willet.s Sunday afternoon after a
u<i* at home.
Mr. Donald Freeman arrived home
Saturday after spending a while in
WinilK Tenn. I
Mr. and Mrs. Golman Kinsland of
(lniokw. called at Mr. G. A. Kins
lands, Sunday.
-J. E. Freeman is selling goods
M Ciiorokee.
Mr I'lm] Cooper sold his farm to
Mr. Will Springer of Deep Creek.
Mr. TYd Kinsland is building a
on the Kinsland farm near
road.
?'?sent Qualla folks arc enjoy
balmy, sunny days, with green
and spring flowers. Also, Mrs.
thor Hlovle has a n>ce brood iof
chickens, the fir^st "spring
we have Heard reported in
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stoekbridge)
Stamps
It Ls loss than a hundred years
since the first postage stamps were
issued, but stamp collecting has be
come ouo of Ine" most widespread of
all hobbies. Rare issues of early
postage stamps command fabulous
prices. It' 1 had today one set of
stamps which I owned as a boy and
which I traded for a squirrel rifle, i
I could sell them for many thousand
of dollars. That was a complete set
of uncaii'-illed United States depart
mental stomps.
A few jears ago my wife came into
uossessioii of a trunk full of old
iytters, which had accumulated for
more than a century in a New Eng
land farmhouse. Somebody else had
cut the most valuable stamps from
fhe envelopes,, but there were numer
ous stamps left for which she* got
more than $10 apiece.
The most valuable stnjnps of all are
some of those issued privately by
|.ostmasters before the government
began to print stamps, in 1847. If
you can find, for example, a stamp
issued by the Postmaster of Alex
andria, Virginia, in 1845, or ouo by
the Postmaster of Rosenwen, - New
Hampshire, in 381(5, you havo found
a iortune. Single copies of each of
these stamps have lately sold for
$l.r?,000 each J
I Age
The State of New York granted
pensions to /> 1,1 (iS ol?l people in 1931,
the first year of the operation of the
State Old Ape Security Law. The
average pension was $26.02 a month.
Any person " ovo r seventy years old
who is rnabFe to supj>ort himself on
herself is eligible for u pension in
Xew York.
Massachusetts gave relief to 10,000
i>hl people in the first six months of
its Old Acre Assistance Law, for
wiiieh every voter in the State is
H iKJAfWWerftgp' "
of $.j ? w?ok for onch pensioner.
lJelewiire, California and Minne
sota have State old age pension sys
tems. In Canada 63,285 old people
are on the pension rolls.
The time is coming soon, I believe,
when nobody In any civilized part of
the world will need to fear destitu
tion in old age. ?
Calendar \
The International Conference on
Calendar Reform seems to be making
some headway. There is still a bitter
dispute between the people who
wouid like to change our method of
computing time from a twelve-month
year to a thirteen-month year, but
on one point almost everybody has
come to an agreement. That i3 to
make Easter fall at tho same time
every year.
Under our present calendar Easter |
is the Sunday after the first full
moon which follows the twenty-first
of March. That may he any time from
March I2nd to April 25th. The Ro
man and Greek Catholic churches, the
Church of England, the Lutheran
church and all the important Protest
ant denominations have agreed that
thor.'s is no reason why Easter should
not be fixed for the Sunday follow
ing the sifcond Saturday in April,
and authoritative action may ho
[joked for wifliin the next year or
two, insuring that* Easter in all parts
of the northern hemisphere wiTT al
ways occur after spring has got well
under way, instead of fulling, as it
now often does iii northern climates,
while the world is still in tho grip
of winter.
Collars
Iii times like these it is the "white1
eollnr" workers who get the worst i
of it. They are the first to he fired i
or to have their salaries reduced.
They aro the last to be taken hack
when business picks up again. They
arc office workers or store clerks
mainly. Because their training and
inclinations make them more fastid
ious than the general run of wrige
earners, most of them are paying
! higher rents and habitually spending
mora on living than artisans and
their families do.
As, a white collar worker myself,
I have a grievance which I share
with all of them. Every commodity
that I know of has come down in
price, except white collars. Before
the war we could buy white cotton
collars two for a quarter, and import
ed linen collars Tor a quarter. We
now havo to pay a quarter for tLe
Five Homicide Cases On
t
Superior Court Docket
SCHOOL BUS HAS WRECK
The Webster school bus turned
over, on tho road leading toward
the Painter Mine, from Highway
JOG, .fjuiy last Friday morning,
slnrhtlv injuring fcur children and
the driver, Leonard Bagwell, ,u?
Webster.
j
Only four children were on the
bus at the time of the accident
The morning was eold, and the
driver picked up the four on his
cut ward trip, to prevent then1,
standing exposed to the weather
until the bus returned tor them*
T1m? bus was a Corbet t, that is'
ir; its rcvenlh year of service as
a conveyance for school children.
S. P, WILKES PASSES IN
HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY
j
( Ml*. S. 1*. Wilkes, aged nli/.tii of
Sylva, died yesterday afternoon iu
tli6 Harris Community hospital,
whuv he has been a patient since
list Friday, when hp Was brought
1*1*0)11 Hot Springs, whore he had bien
visiting his sister, and in whose
home hp fell, breaking his hip joint.
His son, Dr. (.rover Wilkes, went
to lift Springs and accompanied his
father to Sylva.
-Mr. Wilkes is survived by his
widow, three sons, Bowman Wilkes,
llpojrge Wilkes, and Dr. (trover
Wilkes, three daughters, Mrs. Dora
Nicholson, of Iowa, Miss Florence
Wilkes, of Sylva, and Mrs. Tony
Willmrn, of Knoxville, Tenn., tw*.|
grandchildren, and other relatives.
ile was one of the oldest residents
>C Svlva, and lias made his home!
on his farm, just outside the city
limits, for many years.
WIFE OF WEBSTER
PASTOR PASSES
... i . r . . <?>? -??' ? h':
ibr-cv-'- -1 ?'**
Mrs. T. (f. Highfill, wife of the
pastor of the Webs I ^ eirenit Meth
odist churches, died suddenly, early
Monday morning, in tin 0. ?!. Harris
Community hospital.
Mrs. Highfill's five-day old baby
died last Thursday; but the mother
was believed to be doing nicely. In
fact, the physicians had efcpceted to
allow her to return to her home on
Tuesday. Sri? Tieeame suddenly ill
early Monday morning, with a heart
attack, and died almost immediately
after she had rung for a nurse.
The body of the young woman was
taken to her former home in Beth
lehem, Penn., for the funeral and in
terment. Her husband and her
mr tlicr, Mrs. Went, accompanied the
body to Pennsylvania.
Mr. Highfill is serving his first
pastorate at Webster, having been
there since the annual conference in
November He has^charg<> of church
es at Webster, Love's Chapel, Wes
leyar.na, East |UipJ:>rtc and John's
Creek.
SCHOOL AT OTTO IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
1 * >
Franklin Press, Feb. 4.? The pub
lic school at Otto, a three-room frame
structure, was destroyed by fire about
8 o'eloek Friday night. The origin
of the fire was unknown. M. L. Bil
lings, superintendent of schools
saifl that the building was insured for
iSf 1.200.
Benches have Been installed in a
vacant houso near the burned school
and classes ar.e being held daily as
usual. '
The Otto school has an eight
i.tonths session.
cotton collars and torty cents for the
linen ones.
I think I will go tack to farming!
Nccktiea \
Is there anything more foolish than
a man's ne ktie'/ If you wear a col
lar you haw to wear u tie. It is a
perfectly useless adornment, serving
no real purpose except to gratify the
wearer's va iitv. A nian never sees
his own necktie when he is wearing it,
?o he must wear it to please otln
people's eyes. 1 think there is a good
deal to be said for the costume which
used to he -rt" popular in the movies,
the rolled-collar shirt worn open
half wav down the chest.
Men' aie such slavish followers of
fashions, however, that they will
never dress sensibly until a feve
bank presidents and others who mak'
a business of being dignified set the
etyle of dressing comfortably.
?. Five homicide eases will be called
for trial during the terni of Super
ior Court for Jackson county which
convenes here Monday, February 22,
with Judge J. II. Harwood of Bry
;8on Cify, presiding. Judge A. M. i
Stack was to have prftsidod but he
jwid Judge Harwood exchanged dis
trict'. The term is for two weeks.
\J Interest centers in the case of Kay
[Fish;- r,* Sylva Collegiate - Institute
Student and football player, held for
ihe alleged slaving of Will Enslej',
locomotive engineer at the Sylva Pa
Aer board plant, on November 25. This
t-as the first homicide inside the liin
tts of Sylva since the town was
rounded. ' N r
Fislioi- has a large family connec
tion in this part of "Jackson county,
as also did Ensley. In fact, the two
men were cousins in the third degree.
l'Vher has been in the Buncombe
county jail awaiting trial since he
was takci. there on the night, of the
tragedy.
Another case is that of .Tim .Bow
ers, 40, alleged slayer of Lucius
J,>ncs, 27, of the Caney Fork section
of Jackson county, .limes died from
pi-.tol wounds, alleged to have been
inflicted by Bowers, on Thursday,
December 10. The shooting took place
November U8. Two shots, according
to reports, were fired at Jones. One
ball struck his left arm, while the
second penetrated his abdomen. The
.shooting occurred near the home of
BoyVors' mother at the head of Caney
Fork, where, according to a .state
ment made by Jones in the hospital
h ie. Jionrs and a cousin, Bowdin
Mntliis, had goiic Tor a. visit. Jones
said that a sister of Bowers' told him
that'ahe saw Bowers coming and that
he (Jones) had better leave. Jones
saiflAe left tlie honsi- and went to
Jit* Where Bowers
accosted him, asking what ho was
doing. Bowers ir. said to have then
pnlhd his pistol nnd firod twice at
?Jones.
Jones told officers that he and
Bowers had not been on speaking
terms for somo time and that on a
previous occasion Bowers had threat
ened to kill him.
Soon after the shooting, Bowers
made his escape. He later eame in
and surrendered.
One of the homicide cases that were
carried over from the last court is
that of Jim Bryson, alleged slayer
of Wiley Galloway, of Glenville.
Galloway was hit in the head with
a rock, alleged to have been thrown
Ly Bryson. This occurred Sunday,
March 15, at Galloway's parage in
Glenville. Galloway died several day*
later in the C. J. Harris Community
hospital iii "fcylva.
Clyde Breedlove, a young man of
(lleml|lbS testified ?''t thc4 ij.quost
that he was the only eye-witness to
the affair. Jlc stated that he and
Junior Pell went to Galloway's gar
age to get Wiley Galloway to get a
car of Clifton Moody's, and thit he
heard a noise up stairs on the second
floor of the garage where Gai*>way
lived. Breedlove said that Gal <o way
went up stairs and put Bry.*>n i nd
l.'obert McCall, Jr., out of the placc.
I?i"yr;on, according to Freed love, wvut
down to the spring, which wv bo
low the garage, and returned in :u
short time with his ha 'ids behind his
ba<k. When he came near Galloway,
the witness said ho threw a rock
which struck Gallowav in the brad.
Galloway was not attempting I # do
anything to Bryson at the time the
stonr was thrown, it was deelr-.tv-l.
Ur.lloway never regained conscious
nes:' sifter he was snack. II'! was
brought to the hosnt'al in Sjlva
uiiere he died March 19.
Jiryson was urreste l by of'iwrs.
Ih later made bond.
The ' case against "Willis Horn
buckle, Indian, was alao earned -?ver
from the last term of court. All pat
ties o?id to be implicated in the
slaying were Indian*. Darin* a
drunken quarrel, which took place
Thursday, July 9, 1931, in the lower
i end of Jackson county, on the Chero
kee Indian reservation, according to
witnesses, Willinm Hornbuckle shot
Oorge Hornbuckle, father of Willis
llorrbuekle. Willis Hornbuckle, it is
alleged, came to the aid of his fa
ther and in the trouble that followed
Willis Hornbuckle shot William
llornbuekle, wfto later died in the
ho?pital here.
FORI Y YEARS AGO
Tuekaseige Democrat, Feb. 10, 1892
Mrs. George Lawton reached here
Thursday, from Eer trip to Memphis.
Mr. T. L. Moss, of Hamburg, was
here a short while Friday morning.
Mrs. I). J. Allen returned fcatur
day, from a visit to her daughter in
Knoxville.
Mr. .f. S. Tomlinson, of Ashevilli
came out to the Alliance speaking
Monday, returning today.
The Mountain Eagle, of Highlands,!
records the marriage of Henry Stew
ait, Jr., to a young lady of Brooklyn,!
Xew York.
The Murphy Scout says that Kcv.
Wm. Franklin and Miss Luna Zim
merman have consolidated their
H'hoolH am! are teaching in the acad
emy at Murphy.
The Democrat ha? had its fc<*?
iiversified lately, owing to the
thought fulness *>f our townsman, Mr.
T. W. Djvelbiss, who kindly fam
ished us with some fine specimens
of parsnips.
Misses A<i>li<> and Etta Wilson, of
Big Ilid?e, came down Tuesday in
tending to };.) to Asheville, but reach
ing here loo iiire, on account ol'i
change of schedule were compelled !
to wait until today.
Mr. A. M. Parker went to Ashe
ville Thursday, to attend a meeting
of the District Alliance, biit there
w-eins to have been some misunder
standing about the day and the meet
ing was deferred to next Friday.
? We are indebted to Mr. Theo.
Hairis of Dillshoiro, for statistics of
the weather for 301 days between
Nov. Jst. lHflO, lo Oct. 31st, 1891,
which show a remarkable prepond
erence of fair days. It is proper to
.-ay that the rainfall was so distrib
uted that there was no lack of
moisture for growing crops, which
were generally above the average.
There were only three days, or 1
per cent, of snow. "His record, takAi
in connection with the fact of an
equable range of temperature, with
out severe extremes of eold or heat,
establish our claim to the possession
of climatic conditions rarely equalled
and never surpassed. '
The works of the Jackson Kaolin
Company, at Dfljltfboro, have -been
completed and are now in full op
eration.
Messrs Joseph Baum and Sons,
proprietors of Baum's Steam Marble,
Granite aud Stone Works, of Spring
field, HI., who have been living in
our conntiy, near Sylva, for the past|
four year.--, will open a branch office!
and shop of their Springfield Steam!
Works at their plficc in Sylva.
i
I
Jurors? Spring Term 1892: First
week: T. M. Brown, Sr., A. Bum
garner, T. M. Ilenson, .lames E. Moss,
A. L. Jones, M. M. Buchanan, S. T.
Early, Jesse Estcs, M. L. Deitz, J.
,D. Coward, Jesse Franklin, II. P.
JJrendle, D. M. Wike, W. A. Enloe,
Alex Bryson, JoTin II. Parker, M. M.
Wike, J. M. Wike, T. II. Hooper,
VvT. T. Carson, W. A. Ilenson, J. M.
Wood, J. II. Morris, Levi Brown,
J. W Sbflton, D. A. Davis, W. C.
Norton, -I. P. Webb, R. R. Coward,!
T. A. Park*, W. P. Duncan, D. F.i
Slatton, A. D. CagJe, ,J. M. Cook, '
E. M. Hooper, J. I). Bnehanan. Sec
ond week: II. II. Ilcaton, D. 8.
Press Icy, James fW. Buchanan, D.
A. Watson, J. II. Alley, Jr., T. L.
Moss, Reece Crawford, J. M. Rigdon,
J. C. Fisher, A. H. WiLson, Wm.
Enslev, A. I'. Price, R. IL Plott,
Henry Wilson, R. u Bryson, S. II.
Queen, J. M. Pan-is, John F.
Bryson.
BOWIE TO SPEAK HEBE.
Tam C. Bowie, candidate for the
United States senate, will adress the
Democrats of Jackson county, at the
conrt house, at noon, on Tuesday
February 23, the second day of court.
Mr. Bowie is on of the best known
, men in the State, and a pleasing
ggeafctfr.
Smith Willing
To Make Race
| If Nominated
The most important political jiii
iiouncement of the week is that made
by cx-Goveruor Alfrod E. Smith that
ht? would accept the Democratic nom
I jnation for president, if it were ten
dered him.
The announcement created a great
diyl of interest hi political circles in
the national capital, and a .storm of
protest from various nectious of tho
country, with a number of encour
aging statements.
llie announcement came on Mon
day. Jt was generally interpreted to
mean that Smith was a candidal!)
sepking the nomination. On Monday
afternoon "Tho Happy Warrior"
luadc an additional statement to the
press, insisting that he had not in
tended to convey the impression that
be is a candidate; bnt only that lie
would accept the nomination should
the convention choose him. He stated
[that We is not a candidate, is n<>(,
j seeking tli? nomination, and has no
organization working for hire.
The latest pronouncement from
Smith has somewhat quieted the
ptorm of protest, and dampened the
elation with whicfl the Republicans,
peeing in Smith's statement a pros
pective fight in the Democratic par
ty, had haled tlie announcement.
I ONE QUALLA MAN IN CHINA;
OTHERS ON WATERS NEARBY ?
There arc fuur young men from
tiic* Qualla section in the IJ. S. Navy
at present. Mr. Wade Heck is in
China; Mr. Obed Anthony, who Was
to sail from Lioh Angeles to tho
Hawaiian Islands, on February 1,
is reported to be onhis way to China.
[Messers Gordon Shiiler and D?*ter
iiaagse^re -eitiwr <m the watett of
the Pacific neaf California coast, or
on the way across.
i TO HAVE GEORGE WASHINGTON
| BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Mrs. J). T. Knight has been ap
pointed chairman of the George
Washington Bicentennial Celebration
it. Balsam. A meeting was held last
week and the following committees
will have charge of the work:
Program: S. Jerome Phillips, Miss
Ettii Kinsland, Miss Irene Baby.
Music: Mrs. J. E. Long, Mrs.
Ethel Bryson, Mrs. Mabel Perry.
Costumes : Mrs. Carrie QUfceh; Mrs.
Geo. T. Knight, Mrs. Hubert Ensley,
Mrs. Lona Green.
Secretaries: George T. Knight and
Mi*. D. W. Ensley.
J. K, Kenney, A. B. Bryson, A. C.
Bryson, O. J. Book, John T. JbntM
ant' A. F. Arringlon were appointed
lo select speakers when the occasion
demands.
There wiil be Twelve or more pro
grams to which the public is invited.
1 lu> first will be on February 22nd,
Ceorge Washington's Birthday.
BALSAM
Mr. mid Mrs. .Tirn Duncan announce
the bfi-ffi of fl fnie (hiu filter ? Evelyn
Christine. She arrived Wednesday,
February 3rd.
Mr. Janus Mehaffcy, "who lives
with his soli, Mr. Ula Mehaffey,
near Saunook, celebrated his 80th
! Lirthday Sunday, with a sumptuous
j dinner. Among the relatives who at
tended from here were Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Arrington and son, Jack, and
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Enslc^- and
children. Also, Mr. A. II. Mehaffcy
and family from Ifendersonvillc, weru
present.
he v. and Mrs. A. B. Bruton f>?
IMIwood were here Wednesday.
Mr. John T. Jones und family
were guests of the J. C. If. Wilson
family in Asheville, Sunday.
Mrs. Lillift Bryson visited her
daughter, Miss Louise in Ashevilh*
Normal, Monday.
Mr. A. F. Airington and Roy
B-ook.i went to Asheville, Sunday,
i ?"
j Mrs. Mabel Penv motored to
jSylva Saturday.
Mr. George T. Knight and little
son, William Balfour, and Mr. Glenn
Bryson w^re gnests in Asheville
Wednesday.
Mr. John T. Jones and family vis
ited Rev. K&y Allen and family
Monday night.
Mcftsre R. J. Bryson; Beojy, -Bry
?M ?alObuto* AMknd made a trip
ft m*m-m *+? '