Year in Advance in The Oountv.
SYLVA, NORTH CTAEOLUfA, TtlJMDAY,
11 1032
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
Revenue Bill
j0 Hands Of
Upper House
(Special lo The Journal
Wellington, ??? April 13.-? The
p 0r Keprescnetativos bod to
, ,|P,t i' nick at the next tax bill,
ur tho provision of tho Federal
that all bills flor raising
' must originate in the lower
What the new tax bill will
vk like when the Senate gets fftru
rili it i? ? omfthing else again. There
' Bo doubt whatever that the fight
,#r tin- ^ntral sale# tax will be r?
.Bjtttni in <h<> Senate, and the prob
'hility ii that some of Ihe catlmatee
|'t jv venue made by the Hpu?? will
be cbung^i when the bill gets into
iOPtiTf'"''''
vj:tr(. h h difference of opiuion
kiv*n th?* Treasury Department
(i!h} i he lower House of Qongress uh
-L whether tho tax hill as adopted by
I),? Umim* will raise ns much rev
enue w House leaders claim it will.
A,, llous?# say? that it has cut
^000,000 off friom the appropria
tion.- for the nex$ fincal year, which
llt.,nt. July J. The Treasury says
cuts amount to only $120,000,000,
j.j ^ere i* a difference of 75 million I
leiwwu thorn right theve, And the
Si .retKry ?'f the Treasury says that
the Hon* is nt least 000,000 out
o{ the way in its estimate of what
the new taws will produee.
?\\ 0( those things will be ironed
out, it n?1- m the Senate, then in the
ivttterenc* wi l'u> hill between corn
imitefs ot lUe two Houses. One ecr*
tain thing ? Aat wheu they are all
through ?v will have a Federal tax
hill which v.i/J raise enough mfcney
fi, keep the (/merriment running for
I tvfther year without a deficit.
I Tho bi^'tst single itom of revenue
f in tic ne-.v tax bill is the individual
awn.1 tax, which has been raiaed to
i point whpre nnyMody whose in
come is over $100,000 a year will
Jiitve to pay $10,000 out ofr4Mfe
4101,000 to the Federal government,
as i surtax above the normal tax.
Hut even when we add State income
' taxt. . which are in effect in moat
of the states where the people with
large iammcs live, any American
with an ineomc of less than 13,000,
WKi a year will pay in income taxes
lew than similar incomes are taxed
in Oreat Britain. In England the
in. (line ta\e? begin on incomes of
ftl.t-00, on which the tax is $160.
Anyone earning $5,000 a year in
Kugland pay* $793 in taxes, while
in the I'ni'ed States the highest com
bination of Federal and State taxes
on a $5,000 net income is only $52.
Tin individual with an indome ?t *
?wn1w of a million dollars in Eng
'#is?J pa.u more than half of it, or|
6111,000 in income tax; un<ler the j
, Btfu Federal luw he would pay $110,
[ Wtt in income tax on a $250,000 in
I eue.
% Hojse did leave a lot of sales j
'?'is in ihe revenue bill. They are ;
fa.Mt in the revenue bill. Tbey ar?
'?us on mli s oi' produce, admissions
1'Wes r?f amusement on lubricat
iit- oil, tc t?raph and telephone mes
a's, cos me ties, furs, jewelry, sport-'
'"5 Roods and cameras, beverages, J
?nateben, rliowing gum, radifos, and
|M'iiioKra|)hs, mechanical ljniri^va
l,1|f. automobiles and accessories,
y, iioFur boats, firearniB and
sntl numerous otKer items.
TWS list may he increased by the J
^natc, Itut there is one point upon
*hi(rh thero seems to be a little dif
ft-retipe flf opinion.
"Iut pjint is letter postage. It is
00 the cards very definitely that the
'*<' cent postage stamp will be re
ll'fd to the sTielf and the three-cent,
ltamP substituted, as in war times.
"it postage wa^ reduced fiorty
n'V year* ago from three eenfs to
,u"' ?nd it has been increased_ only
'*"?? nin.'e thw, once during' the
i'anish American War for a short
a'!(l tbeu during tho World
"nr.
1 ?litipally speaking only two men
Ul' WiiwJl any prestige out oT the
arvd discussions in Congress so
ir One of these is Representative
^"ardift, Republican, of New York,
0 demonstrated an unsuspected
a i ??- 'ea<lership in organizing
1 eonrtut^Tug the revolt against the
y ' * tax > ibe other is Speaker John
iQil'arner' ^en*?crat? ?f Texas, who
an' ^-3 ^^red forces together
^ rallied them to the battle cry
balance the budget," at a moment
Samuel B. Ensley
Dies In Georgia
Samuel B. Enslev, of Blairsville,
Union county, Georgia, formerly of
Jackson county, North Carolina, died
at hid home Saturday night, April
0, after a lingering illness of two
or three years.
h'jp was 70 year* of age, and is
survived by his wife, five sous, six
daughters, giandchildren mid great
grand-children, totaling one hundred
and fourteen, living in different
parts of the United States. He is
also survived by one brother, J. tt.
Ensley, of Sylva; two sisters, Mrs. J.
H. Smith, of West Abbeville, and Mrs.
Docia Smith, of Addie.
Mr. Eu*ley jvas h son of the lute
Mr. John Ensley and Mrs. Cynthia
Ensley, and wan "horn and reared ill
Jackson county, but moved to Georgiu
about forty yearn ago. His wife ws*
Mi*? Elizabeth Long, niece of Mr.
J. 11. l*>hg, of Cullowhee, and of the
lute A. J. Long, jr.
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Masons Plan
ToTakeFood
ToOrphanage
The Masonic lodges of Eaxt La
I'oite, Sylva, Franklin. Pillshoro,
Highlands, and other places in thin
section are planning to send a
iTH-torende of food to the Oxford
Orphanage, within the noxt two
weeks.
ft in planned HJr each lodge to
sent a tru<?k loaded V'ith food, and
the members ?f Ma ionic fudges,
Oroer of the Eastern Star and the
citizens of thin region generally are
asked to contriuutc t;> the cause.
The local lodge at Sylva voted,
unanimously, at tho meeting held
last Monday evening to participate
in the movement, and for each mem
ber to contribute at leant a dollar
flour, WB, com jweal,
mint, canned fruits <?r vegetables,
Hi-gfir, rice, oat raea', or other foods,
or in cash, All casl contribution*
will be converted into -iroduce, which
will be bo-ight f roiu \ I irmers of thin
region. A. M. llenson has contributed
the use of his truck and driver, to
go from Sylva, and A. M. Unison,
M. D. Cowan and S. Cogdill have
been appointed as a committee to
esscmble the produce and deliver it
to Oxford.
Th? Jackson Hardvare Company
lias donatft.l space for :be assembling
of the prorluce, and e\ery person in
terested is rajuested to bring his
ilonutions there inside the next two
weeks.
The-e are about 3flfi children being
rarid for at the ()xfr-d Orphanage,
and of these only 83 i re children of
Masons. The committer is making it
clear that contributioi s of either
cash or foodstuffs will be welcomed
from anyone.
TTJGRO LEADER WT. iL SPEAK
AT TEAOHE IS COLLEGE
Cnllowhee, April 12. ? Cand
lcr Love of M^nt Clair, NT?tw Jersey.
diil of the most promin ?nt negro mln
isttrs in America and a native of
Juekson Oonty, will deliver an ad
dress at Western Carolina Teachers
College Friday afternoon, April 15, at
tu-> o'clock. ^
He will deliver the annual commen
cement address of tho Jackson County
Consolidated Colored School at Sylva
on Sunday, April 17. Soon afterward
ho will deliverthe 1932 commencement
address of Shaw University at Ra
leigh.
Candler Love was born near Web
ster, the old county seat of Jackson
County, rfis grandmother was the
slave of Jesse Riler, one of Macon
County's most prominent pioneers.
The minister is one of the outstanding
leaders in the church, social, and po
litical life of the colored race in A
tunica. Bccause of hi? thorough know
ledge of racial problems, he has been
called to tho White House for con
sultation by several presidents of the
United States. For many years he haa
been pastor of a wealthy Baptist
church of his race in Mont Clair, New
Jersey.
when it looked as if party discipline
m the House had been completely
wrecked.
Garner is going to have a lot of
votes in the Democratic National
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Log Cabin Ass'n.
Reveals Plans
f '<
Of Development
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge)
Mining
There is still money in mining, for
the man who hac the knowledge, the
strength and tfie courage to tackle it
single-handed. For that. matter,
there has" always been money in
mining and always will be whenever
(he cost of labor and supplies is less
than the value of the ore.
Loeffler Palmer ii runnmg the
"Rube" gold mine single-handed in
Ulab. He bought a compressor, a
t tact or to run it, and some com*
pressed-air drills and started alone
t)o operate this abandoned working.
From a depth of ISO i'ecl he got out
three earn of ore in four months
last year and shipped them to the
smeelter, netting him $13,431.29 for
his work.
Thera are plenty of other one-man
mines in the West, too small for the
big companion to bother with, but
capable of earning good pay for the
men who work them. "Big Business"
hasn't gobbled all the (opportunities
yot!
Movies
'?Thrillers," mystery plays, news
reels, travel films, slapstick eomedie*
and animated cartoons are preferred
by the majority of a group of prom
inept people recently asked to ex
press tfieir motion picture prefer
ences. College professors, bank pres.
idrnts, editors, merchants, authors
and scientists were among thiose who
expressed themselves, f ' i
there aren't enough of that sorr
of minds, however, to provide the
audiences necessary to the sneeesB of
the motion picture industry. I).
Hutidrik Vfflem Van Loon put his
finger on the spot when he wrote:/
'?S'inety per cent of all people every-'
whf re and at all times will never grow
older, mentally speaking, than twelvii
yeais, and will never be able to ap
preciate what the other ten per cent,
will like.''
it's the cbild-minded ninety per
cent for whom most of tho world's
commodities, as well an its enter
tainment, are produced, ^after all.
Rukmt
If you want to Tay up your found
ations, wads and chimneys in a mor
tar that wiirstamf forever and get
stronger with age, mix a little sugar
with the lime and sand. That's what
Dr. Gerald .T. Cox lof the Mellon
Institute of Industrial Research told
;the American Chemical Society the
other day.
Tho secret of the durability of the
old Roman walls and aqueducts,
which have stood for more than two
thousand years, is tliat they put
sugar int|o their band-lime mortar,
muking it BO per cent stronger than
rm .sweetened" mortur, becoming
harder with time. Fivo or six pounds (
of granulated cane sugar to 100:
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{There has been ft great deal of
cnriesity existing in the mind* of
the people of Jackson County con
cerning tbo Log Cabin Association
and just what it proposes to do. i
A representative of thin paper!
waa given, last waek, a look into tbo
plans and purposes of the Association,
which owns 1000 acres of land in
Barker's Creek township, acquired a I
few years ago. ?
The ultimato plan of the AsmociH'
tion i* to establish, in one of it*
cove*, a sanitarium for tubercular
patient*, where th<?y will be cured
for and treated in an attempt to
:>iay tho hand of the flreat White
Plague. 'In another dove will, at
ttfime future date, be established a
ti'hopl for orphan children, whore
tier can work their way through
tlu- school, acquire an education, and
at the name tirao learn farming, car.
pentry, woodcraft, and other trades
and vocation*,
The presnnt the A t> social ion, which
w-is chartered ,in 302HQT under the I
law* of North Carolina, as a charity
association, is seeking to be of scr
vice to tho people in the surround
inz country* by firing employment
to H? many people as iB possible, and
a* prove themselves worthy, and by
tnkirig a large section of poor land,
worn-out nnd rocky fi< Ids and wood
land, end demount? to what can be
accomplished by the correct methods
of farming, drainage, and forestry.
l|w8nty men are ?t present em
ployed on the property.
The demonstration of soil improve
ment include* the removal of all
rak* from the fields, and heating
item into the bed* of the road* on
tifi property, thus improving the
nei3?, and at the *an? lime showing
how the stone* can bo utilised in
ptuking the roads on every farm in
'thi* region road* that can be easily
traveled at all seasons of tho year.
Drainage i* being put in. showing
how all damp and swamp land can
be reclaimed, by proper methods and
intelligent work.
Arjotber denvonstration, and per
haps the most important one that
has yet been attempted is in forestry.
The underbrush, undesirable tree*
and bushes have been cleaned out
of the- woodland on the property,
thus lessening the tfanger of forest
fires, and giving the trees that are
left a better opportunity to attain
proper growth. Evergreens of va
rious varioties, and other suitable
trees have been set out to replace
the timber that has been removed,
and to cover up large sections of the
worn out field* that have been the
home of broom sedge nnd other im
profitab'e growths. As the undesir
able timber has been clpared o?*t of
the woodland, not a single picco *no
matter how small, hits been allowed
to be wasted; but each piece has
been cut into wood, und will be
burned and the asbes returned tio
the soil. It is hop*d in this demon
stration of forestry to prove that by
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Rolls Baby Carriage From
Roanoke To Clay County
An old man, apparently abont 80,'
a young woman, a six months old
baby, a baby carriage, loaded with
the personal belongings of the couple,
and a dog, led by a chain, appeared
upon the streets of Sylva last
wei-k, heading west. The man stated
stated that his name is Osborne, and
that he is the owner of 165 acre.? of
laud in Clay oounfy, below the Shal
low Fiord, on Hiawassee River, and
th:it he and famiTy were making their
wny to their Clay county estate.
Starting at Charleston, West Viiginia
from where they were given a ride to
Roanoke, Va., by a minister, the old
man stated that they spent a fort
night with bis nephew in Roanoke,
and then began their pilgrimage afoot
to Clay county, sometimes rolling the
baby carriage by hand, and at other
times hitching the dog to the vehicle
and making the canine furnish the
imotivo force. The party ezpected to
arrive in Clay counfy on either Satur
day or Sunday.
Born in Kentucky, the old man said,
hp came to Cheroke county when a
voung man, married a woman on
Peachtree, and reared n family in
Clay; but that after the death of fiia
first wife, some thirty odd years ago,
he went to Florida for his health,
lopving bis land and home, and that
ho has never been back there since,
but has worked in Kentucky and
West Virginia, untit times got hard
ami forced him to go M^k into tho
Roil movement. He admitted that at
present be is "a little short of money"
But bV is a cheerful and optimistic
soul, and is ready and anxious, at his
advanced age, to begin life' anew on
a Clay county farm, and start rear
in?? his Second family.
The woman with him, he stated, is
his second wife, whom he married
I ten yean ago.
Mrs. Mckee To
Speak At Finals
Cvwtrts, April 12 ? Mrs, K. L Mi'
Ke(> of Sylva will deliver the anuiotl
commencement address of the high
school here on Thursday evening,
A|:ril 21, at eight o'clock. On the
Kfln?< night, diploma* will be awarded
to the grammar school graduate* and
to tliow finishing two year* Of high
xehool worn.
The commencement scrir^n will ho
delivired on Sunday, April 17, at
ele\cn o'clock by Rev. W. C. Ileed,
prominent, Baptist minister and prin
cipal of Bylva High school,
Thursday evening, /April 14, I he
grammar school will present an opcr
ettn, "'Midmrnner Kve\ Mi?? Hnth
(Jiiiey, seventh grade tencher, will
be it the piano, Monday nighl, Apiil
IS, the seventh grade will present a
play, "The Hired Man's Courtship",
On the same night the graduation |
exorcises of the high school will fx:
held.
County -
C. of C. Meet
Here Tonight
The Agricultural and Industrial!
meeting of the Kylvu Chamber of
Commerce will !?? held this evening,
lit the chumb(r of commerce hall,
and those who bavo been promoting
the ideft lw>pc to make it one of the
nicht fin portent meetings of the
ehniubftr ever held.
The solo purpose of the meeting
will be to discuss I he promotion ' of
the development of the rcsoureis of
JuckBon county.
A committee composed of 11 M
Hell, P. K. Moody, John B. Kisley, j
I), 0. Bryson, and John It. #oncsj
has been working on the projw
plans have bee.i completed
Dinner will be served by
women ot the missionary pieties
of the Baptist and Methodist clurch
es, and tin people from tbeit>own
will be ejpeeted to pay for plates
for themselves, and for the U'olka
from the country, who will be' their
guests. Plates will be fiO cents each.
A tentative program has been
worked out, the main features of
which will be on address by I). 8.
t'oltrane, of the Aireriean. Limestone
Company, on the "Importance of the
l/b? of Lime and Legumes for Boil
Improvement''; a speech by J. B.
Knsley on "Utilization of th? Natural
Ile.-onrces of Jackson County"; one
bv J)r. H. T. Iluntor on tho "Live
nl Home Movement"; and by D. M.
Hall on "Possibilities of Truck
Farming in Jackson County."
and I
the
WILL HAVE SPECIAL TEEM
OF CRIMINAL DOCKET COURT
A special term of superior court,
lor the trial of criminal pases Iirh
been ordered by Governor Gardner,
upon petition of the board of county
commissioners of Jackson county,
beginning on May 2, 'J. The term, un
til the criminal docket is disposed
of, will bo in lieu of the regular civil
coari, which was scheduled to begin
on that date.
The action was taken, it is staled,
because of the large number of per
sons in, jail awaiting trial, who would
have to be held in jail and boarded
?it the expense of the eounty until
October. The jail was cleared only
two months ago, at the February
court; but already there arc seven
teen perKons accused of crime, and
who cannot give bond for their ap
pearance, now in jail awaiting trial.
It is understood that at the end of
Ihr trial of the criminal docket, that
the remaining days of the two wcekV
?erm can be used for trial of the civ
il eases on the docket.
Judge A. M. S.afk, who held the
February term, is expected to preside ,
in May.
NEW SECRETARY NAMED
Mrs. Hoy Dill? has been elected j
secietary of Beta- Parent Teacher:
Association. She succeeds Mrs. ttta.
Merlon, >vho was iccently married,
and is no longer witb the school.
The organization has been very ac
tive this winter and spring in work
which has been helpful to the school,
and also in community welfare work.
Mrs. J. R. Cochran h president of this
group. >
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Last Rites For
David Harris
Held Monday
The people of Jackson county ex
tend their profound sympathy to on*
of tli?* county '# and first cit ?
tzeiis, Col, Oniric* J. Ilarrui. who
wnt bereft of lii? eldest son, David
H Harris who died Friday after
noon, (if three o'clock in the C, J,
l Harm Community Hospital, wlicre
he hud kv? u jmtiout lor wine time.
A short service was conducted in
thi? Methodist church in Dillsboro,
at II o'clock Monday morning, by
Ki v Tbad K, Deit/., assisted by Hev.
I). If, Ilh*ne|mrt and Hev. J. Gray
M i t ray. The body was then taken to
|;?itiiiore where tlie funeral was held
in All Souls Kpisccpal church, at
in the afternoon, with the Hi
Hev. JuniiN M. Iloruer, bishop of
the dineex'e of Western North Caro
lina, officiating:. Interment wkh in
the Harris family plot in Riverside
cemetery.
Active pall bearers were J. C.
A I liMiii, M, B. ('iinnon, K, W. Knloe,
David M, Hall, John J, Hastings,
II, I. McKee, Byron K. Marsh, K. P.
Ntiltwell mid Dr. C. '/. Candler. Hon
orary pull bearers were Charles K
[Itildd, !?'. Q . Buyer, J. C. Chceshorough
Frank C'oxe, Tench Coxe, .lr,, Dr, W.
tJ Herbert, James 0, K. McClure, Jr.,
Witliaiiji ('. Mcekius, and Iteuben B.
HiObertson. Miss Ititn Rccg and Mrs.
J'1, Bo/er were in ehurgu of tin?
flowers.
Mr. H arris was 40 yearB of age. He
was born in Denver, Colorado, but Hod
lived in Dillsboro since early child
hood lie attended the grammar school
ii Dillsboro, and Brown-Nichols
school in Cambridge, Mass. from
which he entered Yale University and
graduated in (he clas? of ]005. He bad
been in poor health for many years,
and had traveled extensively in tho
interest of his health, which took bim
away from his home a great p/yt of
the time, Never-tho-less, he had a
great many friends among the people
of this county, and was well liked by
{ill of thom, his quiet, yet cordial and
friendly manner having won the
friendship and esteem of his follow
eitisens of this county.
During the last few years he had
frequently been a patient in the C.
J. Harris Community hospital, which
institution, was eslfabftshdd and js
maintained lagely through tho gene
rosity of his father, and in whose
honor it was named.
Mr. Harris is survived by his fath
er, one brother, Robert W. Harris,
and by other relatives and friends.
parent-teacherb body
MAKES ANNUAL REPORT
The following is the annual report
of tlie Sylvft Parent-Teacher .Asso
ciation for the year 1031-32.
'I Hp ?Association' has been very
active eluring tlio past year in assist
ing in the work of the schools. Great
stress litis been laid upon the wel
fare work as We felt this was the
pniTintmnt undertaking of the year.
Vhere urn sixty-one members en
rolled and the attendance has been
unusually good. The standing com
mittees have worked diligently ami
through their efforts we have a num
ber lof worthwhile accomplishments to
report.
F.ach month we have had enjoyable
instinctive programs. At onr Sep
tember meeting we were most fortu
nate in having our District President,
Mrs C. S. Freel of Canton to ad
dress uk. The program for the Octo
ber meeting insisted of reports
from the District meeting which was
held in Canton. In November Dr. If.
T. Hunter, President of Western Car
olina Teacher's College spoke very in
struelivcly on "The Educational Bit u
ation in North Carolina". At this
lueetint? Mr. Harry Buchanan, mana
get* of tlie Lyric Theatre presented
the National Motion picture plan to
he'p the unemployed and asked the P.
T. A. to cooperate with him in this.
From this we realized $04.19 and a
large? amount of food and clothing.
in December Miss Henson's Home
J'eonomie girls gave a fashion revue,
shov ing the* dresses which they had
mu<!e during the fall semester. The*
member.-^ of the> class also proved to
be cU-lightfiil hostesses when they in
vited the ussociatlon, after the meet
ing, to the dining room where they
served delicious refreshments.
The P. T. A. prepared and ? erred
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