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.
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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,
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