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APRIL, 21, 1932.
Tuesday Will
Be Library
Day In Sylva
Twsilav. .Ipril L'ti, hati been desig
library day in Sylva, by the
? ... A-- ? i.uion, and a drive for
wi" l>(> "a,,p <?? that
v?,:i,u' ladies of the Junior
vT||, lih'-.-in. named in honor of!
.j (. .1. Jl.i.ris, who furnishes
flrtrt*-'-'' "? ,n''' ('os'? -'"'d who
J,, I, cull' ?'th?T donations, is badly
jr 1,1 ril "i ????' T>t><>k.-, and the pur
tin' i. riali; r.-hij> drive, wbieh
#.ji; !?? made !?>' the Junior Ciltb, is
v r?i>?' turds with which to increase
f/l, ?> .>1 the library by the
ndifha^t* ?>'! ;,"d additional books
\(,iiiImI'I !N are lor the year
\, a bo k.-. i he purchase of which
j. uwJ.'iiij'i.i!"'! indnde:
? \V. -t.v.-i: .? as>a?e:*' Margaret'
\v,r l!an?>: A\ iid On-hid:" fcligrid
U raper:
?Tw. i ' ?< ?i?i ? : ' A. A. Milne;
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wit.'.
kAl!
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Faith Bald
V. Sackville
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{'li it;:;: Thule:" Kichardson;
?Liny:'' K.'M"-; 'IJridge of Desire:"
^'nrnick Peeping; "Note in Music:'
Ki.,;,mnm! I.einnann, "Water Under
f|i,. I'anh": \I .irtha. Ostenso; Bou
doir Minder:" and other works.
I ol!'.'V. ii u' iv .i review of "Larry"
|,v Iiiny Fit-ii i*. out of the new
bowk whi'*It ilif lwcntieth Century
flub has botmht for the Harris I'ub
niivjiMly toU stojy of two
voav of lli?- ?iU- d' a hov in his lat
j,r W ha* a but a definite
i-al. Larry luster was the only
jo: of loimts who lived in Ridge
wind, S. -I., where ii" was graduated
to. feh Mho"l- In September, 1923, j
A \Ve ase eighteen he entered
Lai?rt\? MK'f." "'is little record
Legins feiv, sud teds, by means of
bttvrs to relative-; and friends, oe
nb:oii:il bits Atw from a diary, now
and thru a thi'mc I rem his work in
F.uplish, several ponus and a chap
ter that sums up hi * philosophy, the
story of his life and ilevelopmeent
through h s freshuviu and sophomore
v(.'ii:. and during thi following sum
mer sp'nt nn a ranch. This very
happy vacation in Arizona had al
most com" to an end and he "was px
ln" tin.' to start home in a week -to
lip'.'in hi> junior yeau in eollege. There
va* promise of ;i rnasmificent sunset
an! lie saddled his horse and rode
out to see it ? rode into the sunset
and never fame back. What happened
eoti'd only be guessed, but apparently
lit bad dismounted ;-nd was holding
the horse by a !;> riat fa ;tened to the
saddle, when 'some! Inner frightened
the .iiiini.ll mi, I it ran away, catching
tin lariat around Larry's wrist and
fhiiMving him against a stump, caus
"i? ;n?fiiiit death.
'"The hook'- prime appeal is to
youth, for it expresses youth at its
W. There is nothing in it that its
?n'!T author could have supposed
"oiiM over b<> read iy any but those
fa whom its boyish missives were
nt''nd(il, snd so fr-m bejfinninsr to
it is omp'y tlie sincere, modest, i
'ii.t Ifion1- ioi:s account of his daily
"lomjs and feeling, his hop|? and
plans, his nut look on life, his atti
lii<V toward himself. The revelation
of himself Oust it makes is that of a
fd'ark:i!)lv fine, upstanding younj?
fellow, cloy n and wholesome, who
"is.ys lif,. tremendously and has a
strong sense of humor, a radiant
;,pirit and unusual sensitiveness to
taut v. His letters show him much
foiiccnied aliout his ehoieo of
2 (vreer and nttra :*ed toward sever
al very diff:-r4nt j.siofessionB. But
die outsider, noting his ability ft'*
rM.!y to think, to fr el and express
himse'f m capable English, cannot
1"!|> I'trliu- sure that hia untimely
:!"l tiii'^ic (icatli ; extinguished ft very
1'iMdM,,.^ v. i it or.'' ? New York Tiine3
1^'iik Review Mapjazine.
*? T. A. IS ORGANIZED
AT BARKER'S CREEK
(>ur I'm i iii/o?8 met at Burkcr'i
Civck sclic.,1 house Thursday' evening
"ml organized a Parent-Teacher As
Hocintion. The following officers were
?Mid; it j, Kldcrs, president;
J jv'"?i N'ation, vice president; Mrs.
"?'Itcrv , Sutton, secretary-treasurer.
1'. McOuire spoke on the
necessity of a welfare organization.
*''? A. ('. Moses, principal of the
sl?oke on the benefit of a P
? A. to the school.
Democratic Keynoter
Senator Alben W. Barkley of
Kentucky has been chosen temporary
chairman of the Democratic National
Convention to meet in June, and will
ileliver the "keynote" speecji.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Packer Stockbridge)
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Income , ,
The difference bet ween tne investor
ai.d tlic speculator is that the investor
thinks in terms of incone and tin* spec
ulator thinks in tertns of price.
1 lunched the other day with a real
investor, lie hasn't a very I a lire silr-i
plus, hut every time he can get $100
together he buys some dividend pav
ing stocks, usually several shares for
his $100. He showed me tlie lisl "of his
recent purehasts ? the suiidest busi
Tie-s and industrial institutions in Am
erica. And even though some of their
ha\e reducinl their dividends, he can
count on better than ten percent a
year on his investments.
'?They may go lower," he said.
"I don't care. They may go higher. I
know that if these companies fail
everything's sunk, and I am confident
that 'isn't going to happen. I'll be I
enjoying a good income in n.y old age
and my heirs will have something to
efts^ in on, and that's ajj I am con
cerned about.''
1 think .one of the troubles in this
country today is that too many people
lhink that they have lost money Ije
eause they can't cash in today, for as
much as they paid for their invest
ments, and too few arc thinking of
secure income for the future instead
of big profits for tomorrow.
ANTIQUES
I wait I ho othei* night to the annual
national exhibition of antiques. I saw
some beautiful things, but also a lot
of.'jiiDK that gave mc a pain in the
ne<k. Apparently, :.nv thing that
dates from before 1000 is an antique
novadavs. Amazing prices were
asked by dealers for cobblers' bench
es, horse-shoers' kits, wooden chums,
tin dippers, and other every-day
things that hre still to be found in
more or less profusion around almost
cveiv farm and village.
One dealer boasted to me that he
could prove that some very cheap
glassware, such as 1 always saw on
the table at home, was made as far
back as 18H2. And he wanted several
dollars apiece for items that used to
cost a quarter, merely because they
were "antiques."
My wife and I have bought a lot
of antiques. Our old farmhouse is
nearly a hundred and fifty years
old, and it pleases us bo furnish it
with old pieces, when we can buy
them cheaper than we could buy
equally good now stuff, and if they
are still useful. But wc never buy
anything merely because it is old.
Contpntment
I had a letter the other day from
my old friend, Walter Scott Merri
weather, whom I hadn't seen since
he was ship news reporter 011 the oh!
New York Herald, fifteen or twenty
years a#o, and everybody called him
'"Skipper." Instead of sticking around
in tho hi{T cfty .after tho old Herald
was sold, he went dc?. n to Charles
Ion, Mississippi, and bo.igbt a country
newspaper,
J The Mississippi Sun is one of the
best local weeklies that I see, and
''Skipper" Merriwenthe?* is one iof the
ino?.t contented men I know. 1 don't
know how old lie is, 1 lit forty-seven
years ago he was a f.-ilor in the
United States Navy : nd served on
the old freijrh'er Con titntion. Hp
went to see the Con titution when
she was tied up at Gulfport recently,
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Balsams On
| Watershed Of
City Are Cut
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' Seine two hundmi anil eighty bal
sam trees, or about two thirds of all
the balsam on the watershed of the
town of Sylva, near the top of Black
Rock, have been cut by workmen on
tin' Ijong-Snyder job, which organiza
tion has been removing the balsam
limber i'roin the large Davis bound-'
i ary adjoining, the town property, it
ha- been learned.
t Air. Raymond R. Nicholson, the
town clerk, stated that on March 30,
he vas notified that the timber ou
the watershed was being felled, and
that he immediately, acting for .he
board of aldermen, went to the water-1
shed, and found six or seven men
and ,a yoke of steers working on the
town property, lie states that Mr.
(J. C. Crawford was in charge of the
crew, and that ho was notified -to
stop operations immediately. Mr.
Cn.wHuM told Mi':' NJi?|holson, the
clerk said, that he 'die! not know that
he was operating on the property .of
the town, and ordered the work
u lopped. Mr. Crawford, who it is
understood was a contractor for Longi
?
and Snyder, said that he was sorry j
that the timber "belonging to the 1
town had been cut. and that he had!
not understood correctly where the!
lines of the property run.
Mr. .lames P. Heed states that he
Welti Oil the property to estimate the
i. umber of tiee's that had been rut,
for the city, and that he counted
2Su stumps, lie states that the brush
i lOiu the cut timber is piled waist
high in many places ou the property,
affording a tremendous fire hazard,
thi.t endangers the rest of the tim
ber belonging to flie town, especially
the lemaliiing balsams, and which
creates a real danger that if fire
should attack the brush, there jvould
be l?ft a big scald -on the property
of the town, fe>r years to come,
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WILLIAM DECATUR WARD
DIES AT BARKER'S CREEK
William Decatur Ward, well- J
known citizen of Barkers Crock town
shi?:, died early Friday morning at
his home near Wilmot, after a Ions*
illness.
'.Ii'. Ward was a native of Jacksor. j
comity and has lived nil his life here i
Hi' was a gcod citizen and had many
friends throughout Ihe count v. lie'
m- * * I
was 85 years, 2 months of age. He
was a member of the Baptist church,
in which he had bet.ii a faithful
worker for ;12 years. lie always at- j
tended church, and always ready to
render a helping hand in time of
need. In his passing the church ha*
lost a good member as well as the
community a good citizen.
Air. Ward was married to Janie
Bradley in 1870. To their union was
bom 'J children: IV. Henry and
William, deceased, and James E. of
Chen lis, Wash. He also leaves to
mourn his passing, his widow, three
brothers, T. J. Ward pf Custer.
Wash.; Andrew Ward of this county,
one sister, Mrs. Jane Sellers of
Whitticr; 18 grand children and 25
great grand children.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon by Rev. Thad
Watson and Itev. Columbus Gibson.
Interment wag in the Bumgarner
cemetery.
and wrote a mighty interesting ar
ticle about it for his paper.
I know a lot of city newspaper
moil who hnve no jobs and income
for their old age. 1 don't know of
u single country newspaper editor
who is actually in want.
Color
One of the next big revolutionary
inventions will be a hand camera
which will take snapshots of moving
objects in the actual colors of nature.
And that is going to be followed by
new printing inventions which will
enable newspapers to print pictures
in their natural eolors "as readily as
fh?-y do in black and wfaito
T don't know how soon it will come,
but I know several people who are
working on it and who think they are
pretty close to it. The world* that
?our grandchildren will ' inhabit will
bo far more brilliantly eolored than
the one we are living in now, "fast as
ours is more brilliant than that of
our grandparents.
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;y Issues
* Aside
Congress
;(6epcial to The Journal)
jpfcfngton, D. C., April 20.-^-The
iraifftial observer in Washington to
dajffis seeing sortie strange sighte.
rh?trangest of all nifcto sec Reput
and Democrats repeatedly
sinflnig their partisan differences and
ac Ally working together for the
pnfpbe -welfare.
course, cach side is lool&ig for
pojjfreal advantage. Leaders pf both
paip^s are going to c'aim ctcdit for
whoever may bo accomplished in the
reflection of the cost of government
That is natural and to be expected,
llul to an outsider ,it lcoks as if all
of them were entitled to a great .deal
ot! credit for Avhat appears to be a
very earnest desire to put the fi
nales of the nation on a sound basis,
alia to distribute tlm tax burden j
wii&e it will do the least injury to
thi {revival of business and industry.
Tbere are rabid partisans and vio
lent \ radicals who get up on their
hindriegs and protest that whatever
is done by t lie* other fellow is wrong
just because the other fellow did it.
That is what is failed "campaign
material." Experienced, old-time man
ipulators of the political machinery,
however, say thai they don't think the
public is fooled as easily as it used
to b(- by blatherskites. There are some
of Uiciu in both Houses of Congress,
but the sober common sense of most
of lltt! members in this time <>f stress
is pietty good evidence that the
country is in safe hands and that
nothing is likely t<> be done which
wi!l impair the country's economic
stability.
1 here are some kinds .of people who
.art very easily seared. The specu
lators in stocks ar?? the most timid
pe<!ple in the world. Washington has
gortl ground for the belief that the
as played in Wall Street i3
A j.ut?.sc_ of
tfurmmg "snekcrs. ? Tiic investiga
tion into short-selling on the Stock
Exchange, with Richard Whitney,
president of the Exchange, as the
!#tar witness, did not disclose any
thing that wasn't alieady pretty well
known. How far the attempt to reg
ulate the Stock Exchange by law may
go, it is difficult to predict, but it
is probable that some soil of a ges
ture in that direction will be made.
It seems to lie more certain than
a I t.ny previous time that there is
go'ng to be ail actual reduction, not
merely a paper reduction, in the cost
f:f operating the Federal government.
There is ?*oing to be some consojida
t lo i of departments and bureaus. As
tliH is written it seems very likely
tint the War and Navy Departments
will he consolidated into something
tint may be, perhaps, called the Dc
pirtment of National Defense, or
perhaps merely the War Department.
Ntyy men won't like that. Neither
wll any of the other public officials,
wiose jobs will be imperiled or dis
posed with, like the idea of being
cQisolidated, reorganized, depnved
ol their Saturday half holidays, their
thrty days annual vacation with pay,
aid their thirty days annual sick
letve with pay, but it is on the cards
tint all of those things are to be
alolished, that time will be mater
ia reductions in salaries paid all the
wiv up and down the line, and that
agreat many thousands in Washing
ton and elsewhere will bo chopped
of the Federal payrolls. y
One placo where a big cut seeins
ortain to be made is in the Govern
nent Printing Office. It would not
d> the country anp harm, wise men
lire believe, to cut down the annual
otput of printed matter, a large
p i t of which is pure waste of paper
aid ink. One of the reforms for which
tiere seems ^to bp considerable hope
L to take the Government Printing
(flice out of competition with local
pinters in the matter of printing re
trn address cards on government
snmped envelopes. This has been a
hie spot for many years, an example
<c.' absolutely unwarranted govern
mnt competition with private busi
itss. Even those who have upheld
t'e practice agree now that it is es
pcially unfair in times of business
dpression.
It is gradually seeping into Au
daciousness of the politicians that
te United States probacy hasn't a
^linaman's chance of collecting any
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He's Really "Wet"
Walter J. Rtioi, candidate for Con
gress in Texas, went into court and
had the word "Wei" added to his
name, to prove he is aaainst prohibi
tion. He is "Walter J. Wet Reid."
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Tifckaseige Democrat, April 13, 1892
1'rof. and Airs. It. L. Madison went
to Bit. son City, Friday, returning;
Monday. ~
j Mr. Gibbs, o.4' Bridge water, is of
ficiating as depot agent, during the
absence of Mr. Davis.
-Mr. and Mr*. 1{. M. Davis left I
today for a visit of several weeks, to
Mj. Davis' old hon:e at Greer, 8. C.
Mrs. W. G. Perry, of Asheville,
reached here today on a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bauin.
K. A. Painter, Esq, and Miss Sallie
Watson were married last Sunday
evening, 'squire .T. A. Wild officiat
ing.
'Squire Watkins, of Dillsboro, rc
-joiceth greatly at the arrival at his
house of what he declares is another
Cleveland democrat.
A girl af Mr. Wood fin's and a
boy at Mr. Warren's comprise the
additions to Sylva's population dur
ing the last week.
Mr. II, R. Brown called upoii us a
few days ago to renew his own sub
scription and buoiiffht us two new
nair.es. If all our friends would ex
[ert themselves a little they might do
as well as Mr. Brown.
The meeting at ' Dillsboro closed
last Sunday night, its immediate re
sults having been about 25 converts
and a still larger number brought to
fierrous consideration of their f'irturd
.state.
Mi'. C. L. Harris, the popular prin
cipal of the school at Tuckasecgee,
le?t yesterday to spend his vacation
at his former home in Alabama, lie
expects to return to assume charge
of the same school next year.
Mrs. John W. Davis had been suf
fering with toothache for several
(jays and nights of last week, and
one flight Mr. Davis being absent at
church, she took several quilts and
lay down near the fire. Her tooth
ceasing to ache, she went to sleep,
and in a short time she awoke to
find her quilts and her clothing on
fire. With unusual presence of mind,
she refrained from rushing out into
the air, but set to work to extinguish
the fire. Happily, she reached a
bucket of water which had happened
to be left iOU the floos and with this
she succeeded in putting the fire out,
being only slightly burned. The quilt?
and some of her clothing were badly
burned.
An Ode To Croquet:
Croquet, croquet; we all do play
From morn till "dewy eve;"
And when it rains, our heart it pain.3
The dear old ground to leave.
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Croquet, croquet ; beloved croquet
Oh! how we love thy name;
Ti? joy to be near unto thee
And watch who gets the game,
r
Croquet, croquet; foiget thee? Xay;
Our hearts round thee entwines;
I sav for get our dearest pet I
Not while the old son shines I
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Thirty-oneTo
Graduate At
Sylva High
A class of thirty-one boys and girls
will graduate from Sylva Central
High school during the commence
meent season, which begins with the
class play, Saturday night, at the
graded school auditorium.
The play, given under the direction
j of Mrs. Chester Scott, the class
sponsor, is entitled: "Diamonds and
Hearts," and is expected to draw a
large audience.
On Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
R<v T. A. Groco will deliver the
commencement sermon.
I
The class day exercises will be
held Monday afternoon, and the
graduating exercises will bo featured
Monday night with an address de
livered by lion. Zeb Curtis, of Ashe
villc. \
The class in composed of Helen
Allison, Burch Allison, Roger Dil
Innl, Lucy Conley, Bertice Fenn;
I>ertle Alma Dills, Elma Mason,
Jaiues Moody, Lyndon McKee, Gor
don Hardin, .Tohn I'arris, Dorothy
Williams, Aileen Williams, Margaret
Queen, Lylc En.slev, Alvin Sutton,
Charles Snyder, Luther Reagan,
Ruby Edwards, Wennonah Askey,
IretK* Morris, Murgaret Wil
son, Virginia Cannon, Jean Miller,
Louise Hyatt, Norma Painter, Dor
othy Buchanan, John Denton, Hughie
Revis, Nimmo Geisler, Rubye Fisher.
jMANEY IS CANDIDATE
FOB RE-ELECTION
Sheriff John J. Maney ha3 an
nounced his candidacy for nomina
tion and re-election to the office
which he now Golds.
Mr. Manny, a citizen of Qualla
township, was elected as sheriff for
his first terra two years ago. He is
a sterling Democrat.
His announcement appears else
where in this paper.
WILL GtVE PLAY AT COWARTS
ON NEXT 8ATURDAY EVENING
The play ''Mammy's Li'l' Wil'
Rose" is to be given at the John's
Creek school ? auditorium Saturday
night, April 23rd at 8:00, by $om
jmuiiity boys and girls. The play has
been sponsored by Enolah Arrington.
The following are thoBe taking
part: Mammy's Li'l' Wil* Rose,
Gladys Parker; ? "Mammy" Celie,
Fanny Green; Hester O'May, Enolah
Arlington; Daniel French, Harry
Nicholson; Peggy French, Lois Par
ker; Letty Van, Naomi Nicholson;
Lester Van, Howard Hooper; Mrs.
Court vane, Marv Green; Uncle "Joe"
Troy Gaddy; Orpheus Johnson, El- ^
nser Nicholson; Babe Joan, Nellie
Mellon; Wade Carver, Blaine Nich
olson.
QUALLA
On Thursday evening, April 31st,
will be the closing exercises of Qualla
school.
Mrs. A. J. Freeeman has been sicfc
for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Turpin have
moved from Robbinsville to the Mar
cm; place.
Mrs. J. A. Bumgarner of Wilmot
was a Qualla visitor Sunday.
Miss Ruth Ferguson was dinner
guest at Mr. J. C. Johnson's.
Mrs. J. L. Ferguson and Misses
Hester and Delia Owen called or*
Mre. II. D. Turpin.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Martin of
Canton visited at Mr. W. C. Martin's
last week.
Mr. Lee Snyder of Whittier visited
his brother Mr. Newt Snyder, Sunday.
Prof, and Mrs. L. L. Shaver, Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Shelton and Mrs. J. ,
L. Iiyatt - motored to Caney Fork,
Saturday
M-'ns Vinnie Martin is spending a
while with her aunt, Mrs. Grace Moore
at Whittier.
Mrs., J. C. Johnson and Mrs. Dan
Ga.ss called at Mr. Clark Gass.'
Mr. an -J Mrs. Miller Hall spent
th.? week end at Mr. R. F. Hall's.
Misses OJlie and Onita Hall were
gtM f ts of Miss Ferry Leo Rem Sun -
day.
Mesdarres J. L. and H. G. Fergu3ore
called on Mrs. D. M. Shuler Sun
day afternoon. Mr. Glenn Feigwon
ard Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crifp
cM at Mr. J. K. T?nlli
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