$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 *+? '

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