ci.5U Year in Advance in The Oountv. SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932 $2/ in Advance Outside The County. Hopefulness Is Revealed By Letters ^Special to The Journal) V.Hshiii^ton, D. C., March 9. ? This .. uvi*t h time as any to present ,, j! ,-tur- of how the ''state of the ,iS:i.ie" :<-?>ks as seen from here. What fYv|it'V? ?? abstract of national ,.tvi i,.ti \?n the economic situation, ,.jii i 'v. !?:ii -' so touching the politi I . ion, as expressed by more ? . representative business .... .i^'l'iiiiTitial letters to \V. M. ? j4 "in' of the best-posted i i! f<?rinn I ion at flu* capital. I. * >'!.? ?>f thr? letters is gener , r ?!j*i i vi*. Tiior > is an absence t,; the liepcli ssness and "nil -gone" ? ? >! t\vi? months ago. And the - tain lavioiis drawn from tbem are t;.' - ? s.-t,; . in and confidence have iin v, .i :i!i llr.- past few weeks, in >i,itr 1 1' the fact that v;?ry definite business improvement ap p;ti. 1 f<*(ht generally is not much , a-n r. ifit there an* confident ex that it soon will be easier lift cut U'-urnment moves to bolster bu-'M*- are regarded hopefully, without any strong belief that polit-J x tea . im-as.ivs alon * wili help business. The water- ot these letters largely i gr?c that Pi' *;ident iiooyer's stand insj with llic j'uhlie is slightly better, will. hi> t'Uituiv of re-election im proving, hut fU'.l i|iie.-tion?ible. l.neal r? lift Munitions ai? satisfac y jn ju'jm fummunities, but aiarm iuc i: i ;i N-*v liin f it it-.-, where relief fund cris'-s ;iiy . \pcc.ted in April .iiid May. Ft<l in I for this ?it vsitjon is diiliki'th J/iii state aid is CMY' tfJ Ifi tl.o W .1st SJKttS. IJif! ? i> -en. rn i criticism of heavy ^nrnm.-ntal expenditures f.nd h d< iiu'iiitl for economy. i.vcrt tiio.e whv. profess dry Rym iw hit - ri'jMrt that anti-prohibition srntiiuent in growing everywhere. 1 1. vfMi'val expectation as to husi i. t tiers will he no perma nent recovery until full, wh?n tLe ne.. cr"'p-> come in. though there will h? iiupiovfiiii'tJl in - pots before then and nothing worse than lia.H already Hon < xpMieiiced. The must hopeful factor reported is the declaration by 'Iniiry ton! that he will shortly be running i? capacity on a new car. Merchants* jtni-Ks are greatly cle pk-U'd everywhere and the decks cuuved for rapid action whenever tho !? Mi. mind rliangpp awl people begin to Liiy-ajptin. The opinion ia gentra^ thit tlifi middle and upper classes! mild spend wore and cause a big ini \ c lai nt if t |i>y did so. The*n peo- 1 I" are in a position to change sud-: "?'! y, and may do ho. The wagt? t'lifrs a: d lower economic groups * i up against it, however, and no ' ?-?? .? expected 4: 1 their pur -ii- ji .(?!? for a year or two. ( lit ! . M.yiriciit has diminished in a I 1 '???aliiies, but there is not much! i '?*? .i<nt in the nation as a 1 . .1 ???' ?? i j i- general agrpemcnt that - ;< re tlie heaviest suffer -ingle class, in" the matter in. I purchasing power, al ?1,.al want and privation are ti" tanning districts than in . .Many believe that perma t . ....rovi-iiicnt must await better i' 1 - I ? farm products, which are] w as to bo shocking. Retail h .Aever, continue too higli, ?n the judgment of most of the re P'TlfTM. ' ^ * 'h criticism of the banks is ex l,r'-v.i There are too many small ar; 1 t hey have placed too much 'A IE8S0N IN ADVERTISING ^ lilinn Wrigley, the chewing Pxn f!"i??.jite. who died recently, /i great fortune, and he !|t!ril?i'.d 'lis success to adver In li- traveling ou a Tast triiiii time n triend I'^keci \VrijjL?y why he continued -T" fid millions of dollars lor i-in.% "Your gum is now ? he world over and the l>'- havi t the habit; why don't ?v'"> the millions you are M"*n?lii,;r f,n advertising 7' ? asked th? fri'-nd. Wrigley thought for a then asked: "How fast "? '1*h train going '* "About sixty -.n h^ar," replied the friend. H"?. why doesn't the railway '"'npudv remove the engine and let Tn;n travel on its own mo ' :t "? asked W rifle v. ? Fergus a"4 Winn.) Journal. * in I , FORTY YEARS AGO Tuckaseigo Democrat, March 9, 1892 Kev. C. T. Bailey, editor of the biblical Itecoidcr, was stricken with paralysis in his tongue, last Sunday, just as he was about to pronounce the; benediction.- lfft' condition bc coit.c worse after reaching home, and at noon Monday his physicians feared total paralysis. Miss Delia Hampton returned to ^.siieville Saturday. Col. 0. P. Bryson, of Cashiers spent several days here this week. Mr. K. I). Davis was in town today, and called to see n*. Mrs. w. c. n rytioti and sister, .Mi>s Kobiuson, of Bryson City, vis ilc-d Capt. A. W. Bryson's family this week. Mrs. St.?dman and son, of Raleigh, were here last week for the purpose, which was accomplished, of leasing thv' Hampton House, which will be at mice opened for the reception and entertainment of hoarders. Mrs. Sted iimn is a lady oi' considerable ex perience in this line of business, and the Democrat hopes for her a pleas ant and prosperous sojourn among us. The subject of the establishment cf a canning factoiv as some point in the country i> reviving tho earnest consideration r^nmnv of our citizens. It has be?n (piietly discussed among them for soiiy time, and is now as suming definite sha|M\ It is suggest ed that a public meeting shall be he'd here on Saturday, M:<rch 19, at ? o'clock P. M.t for a full conference looking to the org.uiizotion of a jo'jit stock company. This is said to be a very profitable business requiring only a comparatively small invest met.t of capital and affording a mar-' k( t for the surplus of vegetables and ! fruits, a ?reat p*rt of which is now going to waste. A largo company gathered at the home of Mr. B. T\ Curtis, at King's Park, on Thursday even?ne, to wit ness the marriage of Mrs. Curtis' sister, Miss Frances M. Banm, of Sylva, N. C., to William Perry, of Asheville; V. C. ? Brooklyn Time*. TOM BUCHANAN BIES Torn Bnchanan, 42, died Snntlay norning at Angel hospital in Frank lin. Mf. "Buchanan had been ill tor sever??* wr-eks. He had been employer? by th? Blackwood Lumber Company for several years; bnt was a native of Savannah township. Funeral was conducted Monday at the home at Kant Laporte by R?v. ?I. fi. Murray <of Sylva. Mr. Buchanan is survived by his widow and six "children. Six sisters ?md fonr brothers also survive. He ? as a Jj. A. Bnchanan and Mrs,. .Tune Bryson of Sylva. reliance on investment advice from laige city banks. There has been too lurch competition .unong hanks for business, causing lax hanking metn (>(!< and failures. So these reports run, but they do not generally expect a solution of business troubles main ly through the credit route. Many borrowers admit that they have had ?00 much credit in the past. The ex pec) ation, however, that the banks will soon 'be able to relax their credit tightness will create a better feeling and make business less haz ardous, almost all agroe. Politically, .even Democrats eon v<ie that there is an improvement in Mr. Hoover's position. It is reeog nizrd that he has received more than liis share of criticism and now there j is, a reaction beginning. His recent rppointmcnts of Dawes, Mellon, Mills j and fordozo am commented uj?on favorably. But even his ardent friend* j do not give him at this time better jthnn a 50-50 chanc*. for reflection. In the East Hoover sentiment is ?lo?ni nant, and on the-* Pacific Coast it 'wems very strong, wb'lrt 'he Miss issippi Valley, from Ohio to the ' RoeJcics, in generally "sonr" on Mr. Hooter. y~ The Democratic candidates for the Presidential nomination most gener ally mentioned by the 1,800 business men are, in this order: Baker, Roose velt. Ritchie, Onrner, Smi'h, That ?n as cr od a Humming nn m ran he made at this wit' 4g of the state of the nation as Washington . ceci 1 it. Seed Loans Are Now Available * ) r <6 The federal need and fertilizer loan mon.'j is no a- available to farm ers of this county. Application blanks for tho loans nro in the handa of r.ll count}- ageutsj in tho state. The loann can he sccurod by farm ers for the jmrpo.se of buying seed j?nd fertilizer, and for no other pur pose. Tho amount tHat can be bor rowed ranges from $3 to $24 per acre, depending upon the crop that is to be produced, end the l"140 a first mortgage lien against the crop. No money <ian be borrowed by farmers who uTd not engage in farm ing last year, and no money will be loaned to a farmer who ha? any ?oum> of income other than farming. Th-,' rate of interest is 5'/*j pr cent. All loans must, be approved by the cou'ity committee, which is composed i of H. VV. Fisher, W. W. Bryson and Roy Cowan. Tlie committee for Ham burg. whicn includes .Mountain and Cashier's Valley, is W. A. Henson, 1L 11 liryson, ami Marion Moody. \"o other local committees have been ap pointed, a* it is believed that the lo: ns for other sections of the coun ty can be handled bv the coun ty committed, which has to approve the application in any event. CLUB HOUSE RAZED BY FIRE SATURDAY I I'ire of unknown origin completely destroyed the club house of Lhe Syiva Country Clu<?, early Saturday ni^ht. The furni?umgs aim" machinery for upkeep of the golf course were also destroyed, entailing a loss of approximately $">,000. There was In surance to the amount of $2,000 on !the proj>eriy. I The house was unoccupied Mid had been since the clone of the fjplf seuMin last fall, when Mr. and C. H. Thompson, who were in charge; last season moved to town for the winter. i 'i'bo house wurf tlio old home of K.j I). Davis, fhe first xboAff of .lark* j hop county, and was bought from John Davis ? b??iTt nix yearn ago. The club had espenoed a considerable (tnicuut <?t* morn-.v in remodeling th#| house. Tin-re wan a large lobby, m dining un-1 dsneeli/ill, kitchen, scv< erul sleeping it>oms, lockers, show?! baths, and large verandas. I'abser.sliy noticed tho lire anj turned in the alarm. The Sylva department answered ihe eall, bit arrived too late to be of Hcrvieip, m the entire building was in flamto when the alaiTu win made. \V bile the fire truck wa a out t?? town in gnawer to Ihe call, the lur/o barn of A.> J. Dili", in the crirk bottom just across from tho m?in part of the city ImrHt into flam-s, and a second alarm was turned in, and the truek rushed buck to tovn, to c late to nave the baHn and its Content*. Mr. Dills had a. large qmn- 1 tit y of hay and other feed stored in ' the Lam, ;?s well hh his farm maehiu ; try. J Iim xister, Mm. Thomas, ha i. a considerable amount of eorn in th> ' bu !ding. The herd of young rattlt! belonging to Mr. Dills eseaped froti the building without injury. Th?c was $500 inwiraueo on tho barn. MRS. ROGERS PASSES " Mrs. Andy Roy era died Saturday at her home in East Sylva, at tic ;?g? of Oft. pnneral and intermc/lt were at Iiovf-V Chapel, Sunday, tnlh Im;v. W. ('. Reed officiating. Mru, fiogers, with ner husband and f*n ily moved fo SyJvn. from Urtilum county about a year ago. BALSAM (Utr "weather man" jumped n? riyht into winter, when we were en joying our almost summer h<?at. Sun day morning there was a light snow on the ground and all the monntiin topf- were covered with several indies of xnow. Mrs, K. b. Cope of Asheville sfent Friday h<re with her mother, Jfr*. W. .1. Cogdill. Several relatives and friends at tended th<? burial ?crvice ef Mr. Tom B'!<h/.nan ?t Willet*, Monday. Hp died at hi# borne at Ka?t U Port* Sunday, Has Been Busy Y ear For Hospital i That tho Q. J. Harris Community Hospital has boen busy during the past, year is attested by the follow ing .statistic* furnished by the super intendent: i There were 83 major and 00 minor operations performed lust year. Of the major ojierations Dr. Candler performed 70; I)r. A. A. Nichols 10; Dr. P. It. Dennett 1; Dr. Madison 2; The following doctors had obatet :icKl cases in the hospital during the year: Dr. Candler; Dr. A. A. Nichols, Dr. A. S. Nichols, Dr. Hooper, Dr. j Wilkes, Dr. Madison; Dr. Folsom, \ Jin-son City; Dr. Van Kpp Cashiers; i)r. Brvson, Bryson City; Dr. I', it. ! 1 1'iciiiiett, Bryson City. I 'fhefie were 1 7 babies born in the j j hospital during tho year. Sixteen mothers were sent home cured. Fif teen of these babies were sent home in good condition. Fifty- six children under 14 years ot ng.i- wore patients in the hospital during tho year. Fifty of these ehihlidi were sent home ciired. There wii.s a total of 2i<> patients eared for during the year. Of thene there were seven negroes,. ? six of whom paid their billy in lull. There were 13 di alb* in the hotj piti'I duripg the year. There wero 123 patients x-rayed,1 unit 353 in-patients and o.tt -patient* wh<? had te-?ts made in the laboratory.! Ilium wore 2829 days o! ewe givu.il patients. Of these 2829 nays, then were 81G free days or entire charity; 850 part days or part chanty; 11UJ, full pay days. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY, Mrs. P. W. llamlett of Wusih, ' China, will speak at the Sylva Bap tist church nexL Sunday morning at, 11 o'clock. Before her marriage to liev. P. VV. iiamlelt ?he was Miss Let tie Spainhour of Morgantou. Whi'e nt homo on furlough she an t h? i lamily are making their home with her parents in Morganton. ii will be remembered that her father, Honorable .1. F. Spainhour, is one of Moiynnton's leading lawyi rs and is former utate .Senator and Heprc-i sentative. Mrs. Hamlett i a an attractive j speaker and will give us direct in- ; formation about our missio. work ii[ China. / At the evening" honr Mrs. Hamlett' wiil speak at the Cnllowhee Baptiu j Church. V.'hile in fiylva Mrs. Ham left wiii be the guest of Hev, una Mrs. J. Or ay Murray. The evening service at the Sylva Baptist church will be one of sacred inw'ic. There will be neveral special nupibors, such as anthem#, ehoruao*, ou.ntets. and duets, but the larger part of the program will be given over to congregational singing. Every Jo vi r of music .diould attend this, service. K?eryone i? cordially invited! fo attend. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK AT CULLOWHEE BAPTIST CHURCH; i Mr*. P. W. Uamlett, returned Miwionary from China, will h#< at th? Cudowhee Baptist Chareh next Htm day at 7:30 P. M. and will hrinjf thi- mcHHnqv of the < venin#, Tho pub lic if rordially invited U> attend. CHILD WATCHIHG FIELD FIRE IS FATALLY B DEWED < i ? Franklin P re**, March Littl# Lizzie IUh,ou, met: 9, daughter of Mr, and Mm, Will Boston, of ('artooffe ehaye, (licit early Thursday morning at .Angel Brother#' hoap^tal) from burn* received near bcr homo Wed neaday afternoon. A broom-*aj?e field wa# Keinff bnrn ed off. It ia reported that little1 Liz'/if urn# alone in tho field wi b her four-year-old ?i#ter when he** cloihinj? caught fire from the burn in/; growl, Jl#?r wnair ?i*ter had pres ent;/' of mind to try to rem ovr tb? burning garment*, mifferjnjr severe bum* heraelf, but it wax too late. Fnnera! wrviee# will be eondneted by the Kev, Jfr. Swanaon at Pattern Mrthodi?t ehureh *t 4 o'clock Tbnr? dav afternoon. The whil* ceunty (joins the jrrief-strickoo parent* in 1 iimr wntm. TODAY and TOMORROW (By Frank Parker Stockbridpf) Refreshment In my Now England boyhood a sign frequently seen on country tftv erns was "Refreshment for Man and Beoat.*' You could feed your horses J and yourself at the same time. Horses have given place to the automobile! and the filling station takes the' ? pl.ice of the wagon-shed, while the I , food obtainable along tho highways varies, as a rule, from bad to worse. Ask any motor tourist how many placed h<> found to eat where tho food was really palatable. He'll r1.' j number them all; it is no ta* on the memory ! With everything else becoming standardized, tho movement to staiid ; rdixe roadside fuod Ktatious fo that th.? motorist etui be nniv, before try ing his luck, of what he w going to ccet. was bound to come. One of the bier oil companies, operating it* own gasoline filling stations, has made a deal with a large restaurant organi zation wuVh operafe* a chain of eat ! ing places in many parts of the coun try. Light) lunches of good quality #nd real coffee "ft re to be s^rvniTu? the filling stations. I can t^tn^ of nothing bettrr eahulated to encourage motor touring. Gold With th'ir money depreciated and ?heir nation off {he gold standard, lhe people of England axe showing their patriotism by turning in their wld ? jewelry and ornaments to be melted* up lor money. One noble duke gave up hi,s coronet, worth $50,000 in coin but many times that in senti mental association. Of course, tho people who aro doing this get the bullion value of their gold in the Torm oil bank notes but it strengthens their/ nHiion1* Fi raucial position because it put tho gold where it can be weighed and < minted as a basis for currency, which is injNMRiM<rwhfcti'"ir -fc in private hand*. Gold i# useless uh u ba.?? of money. Tho debute in tho 01a*jv Fteignll bill, just *niiei(l, disclosed th" fiK't that only a partpf America** golu reserve, the largest In the world, wa? available lor monctiiry purpose*, owing1 to a defect in the original Federal Reserve law. Tie new law remedies (but defeet, and ha?ve to give up our coronets, yet awhile, to keep our currency issue* up in sufficient vol n mo for business needs. Sliver Talk about restoring silver to its place as n basis of money w being beard everywhere, Tbe latest move in this direction is the introduction in ?ongrr*g by Representative Homers of Brooklyn of a resolution for an international conference on silver. \ 1 ain not sure that 1 agr?e with n?y friend Hene f/eon, regarded un the foremost authority on silver, that the demonetization of silver by the British government in India in 1020 is at the bottom of all the world'* pre/ ent economic trouble, but f do believe tb?f th<- legalization of silver, up to a reasonable percent age of gold, iih a basis for currency, would help to stabilize finance and business. At any rate, as T have often said before in this column, silver is some thing interesting fo watch. Dock* It look* *? If the Twentieth Amend ment to the f'onstitutiou of the United Slate# would be one which would change the date of Presidential inaiigrfration* and eliminate "Jame duck*" from Co ngre**, As things are nf>?; we elect n new President and Cof gTY** in November but their term ' of office does not begin until March j 1th. the next year. In the meantime, the ol<f fongre*jr holds a session in nhich defeats member*, "\nown a "lame ducks," still sit, This is a hangover from the old *tfigc-coaeh, horseback day* of alow travel, ft used to take three or four month)* to get to Washington, Both hmntn of Congress have agreed to snbmi't a Constitutional amendment making January 3 the date for Con gress to meet with only the newly elected nvmbew sittuur, and the new President to take office on Janna ry 20 instead of on March 4, Thw probably cannot beoome effec tive before 1036, a# it i# not likely < noogb rtates will ratify it to pvt it io? *?? for 19?. Reply Made To Charges Of Moses tVaslnr.gton, March P. ? In the re cent ooiintcr attack hv Senator Tom Connally (Dem., Tex.) on t 1ip> floor '.?f the .Senute, upon Senator Mobcs (Rep., N.sH.) for tin- lutter's attack uj>on the Speaker ot tho House of Rejr.rrscn4iitives, thr Texns Sonator undertook to outline the partial r* spon<ibility of flho AHmjnistfatwm for the present depression. He al leged that Senator .Moses was "in intimate contact with the Adminis tration." Senator i Connally said : "I do not know* what tho Speaker of the House of Representatives said, but the whole gravamen of the charge of the Senator from New Hampshire is that th? Speaker was quoted some da\ aero in an informal newspaper < on fere nee as having said that the President ied us into a panic. Wheth er tl.al be true or whether it hp not true. 1 shall not myself pass judg ment, hut let me suggest to the Sen ator from New Hampshire that, so far as governmental action may have had any influence upon the economic condition of this country for more than the past two years, so far a* legislation has affected" that situa tion, and so far as executive action may have affected it, the present -Ad ministration, and the legislative bodi*> of this Ttepublie, of which th" senior Senator from New Tlamp siiiri if? an influential part, are most certainly responsible. "The Republican party has been in control of both branches of Con ffress; it has hod every agency of the Government at its command until the present .session of this Congress; Mr. Hoover lias been not only tho President, but he hs& been tho na tional leader in whatever activities this Government has undertaken; and if .any one "eu us into the panic, if fiuyone w im at the head of affairs, it was the President of tho United States, the Republican Senate, and the Republican House of Representa tive*. So 1 submit to the Senator irom New Hampshire that the basis for his nttack was most unwarranted and unjustified." Senator Conn/illy recalled the cam paign promises of Mr. Hoover and then cited thn statements of tha Pm.ident and Administration of ficials following the stook market cra^h to the effect that "business is on u sound and prosperous basi**'; later, that "confidence has been re stored nno unemployment prevent ed,' " together with the prediction that it fonld ?ll be over "in sixty days." Referring to the claims made by Cabinet officers and assistant secre taries that the President originated ? he V?gi s/aJion parsed by a practi cal!y iJemocratie ( Congress and wiw entitled to rrcdit therefor, Senator ('onnally fiaid: 'If tho President had a jn-ogram a y<j?r a#o, if he realized at that time that t*e were bogged down, that we were miX"d in business stagnation and in distress; if be bad a program, if be hart ii panacea, if he had solu tions for these conditions, why did hi not fall th" Congress in special session in March, 1 9.51 . , . . Jl? tefltsed to bring the lawmaking body ;oto session to propese. any remedies of relief or any plan for reviving lawifiirl'iMnt'** and lagging indn - try. Tli/T truth of tin; matter is that in his heart the President has little regard for Contrreos. If'- want? to control, himself, the agencies of th* Federal Oov-rnrnent, v "Whaf was his p',m? Was the eoiin try ever advi "d as fo what the /'res ident^ pl/iti-s were ' When this session *d (''ittfcrr * concern d tlitl he then submit. to Congre** plan? Senator finally at the outset had said thai the New Hampshire fv-nat/ir was briri'/In^ to a, e low the coopera tion that had resulted in remedial legislation, II#. finally declared: "1 submit that we ought to go on and have further legislative cooper ation. I>et the II< >r-e of Representa tives function in cutting down ap propriation*, as it has "already started to do; let it function in shaping ?. . ta# bill, b^'-ause if it is not shaped* in the Hot)**- of Representatives it can Im: shaped nowhere *1*', for such fMnwires must originate there; and '"t the .Senator from New Ifampshir# cea^e hi* political attacks ontil aft?r, w? through tha program of iW fvtoralioi) ltd

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