$1.50 -Year in Advance in The County.
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1932
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$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
DEMOCRATS SWEEP
STATE OF MAINE
TO VICTORY COLUMN
ii i ho o!?l political adage, dating
i.ark u> st'H holds good, Frank
j,? |). Roosevelt will supplant Her
bert Hoover as the occupant of the
W|, fa* I Lons?* next March 4. j^'As
(joi-. Maine So (<<?s The Nation,'
(?M saying goes, and Maine, in
l?.r ..Uction on .Monday, went Demo
cratic a-whooping, electing two Dem
iicratic Congressmen, out of the
state V three, and placing n Demo
crat in the Governor's chair. Here
to! n, it lias generally been con
silient! that if the Republican ma
jority i" rock-ribbed, Republican
falls below Id, 000 that the I
]?,nn>tnits have an excellent chance
to win the national election, which
cuiies two months later. This year
it v. as not a question of the size of
lie |{. publican majority, but a clear
Democratic victory, sweeping Re
publican Maine into the Democratic
It was a victory that was
i on inoiiounced than even the most
n]it mi ic Democratic proguostioa
t?i'" had hoped to win, and no Re
j,:il.|iiviti would have thought of con
tvilini anything like such a political
upheaval in the State of Maine.
Tin' victory has brought consequent
jubilation among Democrats through
n!it the iiiiiotry, and has brought ;;
warning from President Hoover him
self, that Republicans must renew
the t'iulit al?ng all fronts and carry
()n :ui intensive campaign throughout
th.? mi.iiini-ng weeks of the cam
it they are to ward off a
Wwofvatic national victory.
BALSAM
Miss IMW Duncan and Mr. Carl
>.,,.r.,ing.,r H ere married in Clayton, tta.
Tin ?'Jay, the sixth Mr. ami Mrs. Jin:
Dnitaui, Miss Allio lloyle and Mr.
I 'juris Granger accompanied the
couple "to Clayton and witnessed the j
ceremony, after which they returned
to the home of the groom's parents,
Mr. :nid Mrs. I'an is Suanger, where
tiny were given n grand wedding
supji-.T. Music and dancing were also
natures of the ?\ening. The bride
hipic a handsome dress of white sl'k
a:ii! ia<'p.
Miss Virginia Lindsey and Mr.
Albert limes accompanied Mis^
Gladys .Yiehols and Mr. Ed Ray to
Clayton, (Ja., Tuesday, the 6th, when
tVy won married. Mr. and Mrs. Ray
v ill iu;ike their home in Wayncsville
Mr. Lawrence Lindsev of Cincin
, *
n.tn is vi?sitin; relatives here.
Mr. Mack Ashe, game warden vraf
I"!''' Momlav.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. Ilortou and
Kn. 0. ?., ,]r.; ]oft Saturday for
lW home in Atlanta.
l.ntiue Arrington, who is
school at Maggie, spent lost
*,(k cud at her home in Balsam.
Mrs. Mayhelle iVrry, Mr. and Mrs.
falter Rryson and Mr. George
^'"iirht att tided the singing conven
'i'"i in Wavnesville, Sunday.
Missrs. Kamrpp and J. F. Stike
^tlitT, postnl clerks on the Murphy
jjVision of i hi* Southern, and Odell
assistant |?ostmaster at Bui
?J"1, wen) souirre! hunting at Mr.
M. i^iiictt's near Whittier, last
; Th-.y M,j,i t hey had a wondcr
J1 'iiii'-. hut don't embarrass them
nianv squirrels they
KVn!
,r,t" Kniirth Quarterly Conference
4 lh" V. :ivi , xvillc District was
u Sui:.lnv the 11th, at 3
"?M. 1K1
IV|J
ales wore present from
w,K"l Maple drove and Elizft
)"1- hi ahsiiiiv of the presiding
1{, v. T. S. Roten made a very
"'"?^tin" talk.
'if'1""-' v-a,
,s,"r- Kn\ A. B. Brnton.
( A l'ar.-i,t 're adier association was
>??1 lif'i'o Friday. Mrs. Edward
!'!||r
P
ind the business i
ided over by the
W8s
p
" Mac (
Mrs.
1 tin
fleeted president,' Mrs.
?va n|t viee-president, Miss
"ward secretary-treasurer.
Weed of Sylvu assisted
^ f,rjr!i>ii-/.ation. Another mcet
^ *ill lie li,.]d Friday, the 16th,
H,il time Mrs. Reed will ad
,r-'j
' tli?
r" ?n ti,
"?"ionization, and it is hoped
iHti
t'.Vn
'???Mm
' parents will be present,
program was given by
in V| ""'''"'s of the school, "The
"The Willing Work
Jj' subject for debate was
that "Art is more pleasing
40 YEARS AGO
Tuckaseige? Democrat
Aug. 31-Sept. 7, 1982
Mr. W. R. Cowan and his daughter
Miss Ellon, wore in town, Saturday,
on a shopping expedition.
J. F. Watson, after several week
spent with relatives and friends in
Hamburg, returned to Knoxville,
Thursday.
Louis M. Davis, who has been night
operator at Biltmore i'or some time
came home Saturday to spend a
while.
Miss Sallie Stednian went to Ashe
villt Friday and returned yesterday,
accompanied by Misses (Sill and
Newell of Salisbury.
Mr. F. Merriek, who is now en
caged in business in West Ya., reach
ed home Friday, being enlled hither
by the extreme illness of his wife.
T. C. Brvs^n returned from Kieh
mond Thursday, having made a de
tour into Randolph county on his
way hack.
dud Allen got bnck from a trip to
KuoxvillA
Mrs. Knight, of Dillshoro, and Mrs.
Wat kins, of Virginia, were visiting
here, last week.
Charlie Wike went fo Whittier te
visit his friend E. L. McKeo.
Ben Ilonson passed through town
Wednesday, returning home from a
visit to his "hotter half," whp is
teaching school in the Bumgiirner dis
trict, ncpr five's Chapel.
II. It, B. Ixjndon, an old Jackson
county man, but now living in Aslie
ville, favored us with a ca'l lust
Friday aH he was returning home
from a visit to relatives and friends
here.
The contest for the Demorest Gold
modal at Dillshoro Saturday .night
wa> largely attended. The medal
was awarded to Miss Mamie Allen.
The music for the occasion was fur
nished by the Cherokee, Cornet Band.
The contestants, Misses Lela Knloe,
Lela Potts, Mamie Allen, Eva Me
Lain, Lula lfogers and Klla Potts,
made one think of a cluster of flow
ers, pinks, roses and lilies plucked
from a "beauteous garden of girls."
The (Judges were Mnf Ilaijlejl It.
Walters and Mrs. Virginia I). Young.
Wc are very sorry indeed to hear
o? the destniction by fire of the
Episcopal Church, at Cashier's Val
ley, which occurred lant Wednesday
night.
The announcement of the death of
Mrs. F. Merrick, at her home at Dil's
boro Monday evening was received
with very great regret. Her death
is a sad loss not only to her husband
and children, but to the entire com
munity.
Pershing and Hurley
To Address Veterans
General John J. Pershing, Major |
General Edward M. Lewis, Major
General John P. O'Ryan, and Hon.
Patrick Hurley, are among the dis
tinguished veterans who have been
invited to speak at the Thirtieth Div
isien Reunion which meets in Knox
viile September 28-29, on the 14th
anniversary of the Breaking of the
Hindcnburg Line.
All veterans who served with the
Division are invited to be at the
reunion, and it is optional whether
:he veterans wear uniforms or not.
Free admittance to the East Tenn
"ssee Fair, which will be in progress
at the time, has been arranged for
all veterans, who register at reunion
headquarters.
Features of the reunion will be a
program including a mammoth fire
works display of the breaking of the
Hindcnburg Line, a parade, and oth
er exercises.
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to the eye of man, than naturt.*' The
judges decided in favor of the neg
ative.
WILL NOT INCLUDE
CULLOWHEE ROAD
IN FRIDAY'S RIDS
I
Raleigh, Sept. 14.? The Syhv.-Cul
lowhec projects on highway 10b', will
not he included in the $400,00'.) jiigh
letting, . Dm: f row, by the high
way C'ominisi>ijn u.i had been i..?ped
ami < xpccted by many Jackson coun
ty i'o ks, who aiv vitahy i :ter< itod
in the road.
The next highway let tings, accord
ing to thv: biate Highway C'oi- mis
sion, have been tentatively set for
October 18; but the Jackson county
projects are not yet included in the
roads to be let to contract on that
date. However, the Commission of
fice states that one or two divisions
in Jackson county remain to be run,
and that the projects wil? be includ
ed in the October lettings, if the
division engineers get them in to the
Highway office in time.
Disappointment Here
Doubtless there will be bitter dis
appointment i;n Kylva, Cullowhce,
and throughout the upper end of the
county, over the news story from
!?alei?li stating that no Highway 100
work will be included in the lettings
of today by the State Highway Con:
??i?xion. KiSpecially will this be true
in view of the Associated Press story
concerning the lettings as published
in the morning papers of Wednesday:
"Bids on 12 highway projects with
an estimated aggregate cost of $400,
000 will be opened by the state high
way commission here Thursday. The
projects aiv for surfacing whi?-h muoi
|? done before cold weather.
Awarding of the contracts will
bring to approximately $2,000,000
the value of work li t under the pro
gram trade possible by regular and
emergency federal aid l'unds. More
than $.>,700,000 was made available
to this state but one-fourth of this
amount cannot be obligated until
after November 1 under federal reg
ulations.
The contracts will wind up surface
treatment jobs for this year. A let
ting planned for early October will
be on grad'nj; projects only."
The peon'; of this county had been
led to believe that paving TOO from
Svlva to Cullowhce would befrin
either during tlic sunurer or in the
earlv fall.
As, oo'd w .'?*>{ her approaches and
? he contract not even let, they see
flieiri, hopes dwindling for a paved
hi'rhwav from Rvlva to Cullowhce.
this year.
Bepin Football Practice
At W. 0. T. C. Monday
Football practice got under way
Monday ai'teruooon n( Western Cjir
olina Teachers College. Coach C. C.
Poindexter is sending the sqnail
through two workouts daily and wi .
continue this procedure until school
opens next week. A count Tuesday
afternoon indicated that thirty-four
ambitious youngsters were already
battling for positions, on the 19'L'
team Several more were expected
Wednesday and by the time school
starts Coach Poindexter said he ex
acted from forty-five to fifty out.
This will be more than twice any
previous squads^ which have number
ed around twenty.
Kleven letter men from last year's
team are already in cnir.p battling
to ho'd their positions again this
year. Three or four more Utter me!*,
are expected and a merry scramble
is on for every position. The players
who made their letters yem are
headed by Captain Ilarry Sams and
Charles Morgan, student coach* s last
year.
The newcomers hail from the lead
inc? Junior colleges and high schools
of Western North Carolina. Biltmore,
Mars Hill and Weaver Colleges are
already representee. Among the hiir'
schools that have candidates on th ?
squad are Asheville, Sflva, Bryson
City, Murphy, Black Mountaiii.
Weaverville, Hendersonville, Bre
vard, Candler, Cullowhee, Franklin.
Webster, Canton and Robbinsvilh>.
Most of th- new coiners are show
ing up well In practice and promise
'o give last year's regulars a fi<rl>
for every position. Indications point
to a winning combination and CoacJ
Poindexter is optimistic for a goo
season.
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CABBAGE MOVING
FROM HAMBURG IS
VALUED $100,000
Somewhere around $100,000 worth
of cabbage is moving from the farms
in the Hamburg section of Jackson
county to the Southern markets. The
crop has been cut short by the dry
weather. The viehl per acrc is not
as great as in former years, but
there is greatly increased acreage
in the cabbage belt, and trucks from
distant and near cities have been
coming to Hamburg for cabbage and
yet more cabbage, and the crop is
moving as fast as it is ready and
harvested, and the farmers of upper
jackson county will be wealthier by i
somewhere around $100,000 when the
cabbage patches have been cleaned.
Experiments have been carried o:i
on several farms in the cabbage belt
this year, with red cabbage, which is
used in making fancy looking slaw
and for decorative purposes, and the
experiment has been most successful.
The red cabbage have proved to grow
as fine in Jackson county's cabbage
belt as anjhvhei'c in the world, and
they are bringing fancy prices, usu
ally about three times the price paid
for white cabbage. The growers real
ize, however^ tjiat they can grow
only a limited number of the red
cabbage, for tin- reason that the mar
ket is limited.
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QUALLA
Rev. L. II. Hipps preaclied at tin
Methodist church Sunday morning,
from the text "1 have loujrlit a good
fight."'
On August 4th, Rev. J. It, Ilyati
and family, Air, C .P, Shelton and
family, Prof. 1>. L. Shaver and fam
ily and Mr, Vou^llall attended thi
Shelton reuuion at New Found.
Mr, J, S. Ketner, wife and son of
Ton^lft, wew in Qualla Wedursday.
Mrs. J. S. Beck has returned
lroin a visit with relatives in Sylva
Mr. Wavnc Ferguson and Miss
Marv Emma Ferguson are leaving
this week for Martha Berry College
near Home, Ga.
Miss Edna Freeman visited rela
tives at Beta.
M rs. (tCH. 1 tali of Asheville is
guest at Mr. Von Hall's.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bumgarucr and
Airs., .1, A- Buiugarner were supper
gues(s at Mr, If, G. Ferguson's
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hooper called
at Mr. OsScar Gibson#.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hoyle and Mr.
and Mrs. J. 0. Howell visited at
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle 's, Sunday.
Mr. Terrv Johnson motored to the
Rogers reunion at Franklin, accom
panied by Mr. ,1. E.. Roger* and Mrs.
Frtyv Varner of Whittier, and Mrs.
Alton Colcord of Jacksonville, Via.
Messrs. D. II. Keener and Ivy
Kapchart of Asheville were quests at
Mr. J. K. Terrell's, Wednesday. >
Young Democrats Are
Organized In Qualla
With a charter membership of 32,
the Young People 's Democratic Club
of Qualla, got off to a big start, at
an organization meeting, held iu the
Qualla sehool house, last Thursday
evening. John I). Norton was elected
president, Miss Harriett llall, vice'
president. Miss Jennie Cathey, sec
retary, and J. 0. Fisher, Jr.,
treasurer.
Dan K. Moore, president of the
county organization was present and
called the meeting to order, explain
ing the purposes of the clubs. After
the election of the officers, the meet
ing was addressed by Dan Tompkins,
Democratic candidate for Representa
tive.
Mr. Norton, the president, stated
that the next meeting will be held
on Saturday evening, September 17,
at the Qualla sehool house, and he
urges all the members to bring oth
ers to the meeting and enroll them
in the membership of the club.
[CREPE MYRTLE BLOOMS HERE
Mrs. Gary Allison has a lovely
crepe myrtle tree blooming in her
yard at Mt. View Farm, Avhieh is
one of the few erepe myrtles to
bloom in this region. This one has
been planted for 5 or 6 years, and
this season is its first time to bloom.
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Large Crowd Is Expected
To Gather For Glenville
Highway Meet Saturday
I TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridgt)
Fundamentals ... for families
I mot an old friend the other day
in r little New England village. The
last time 1 had seen him he was
earning $15,000 a year ? and spending
it ? in Chicago. The slump broke
him; he lost his job, his home, ev
erything hut what little lie could
raise as a loan on his life insurance.
"I've bought a little farm up here,
he told me. "I'm the luckiest inan in
the world, because ir.y wife has sound
common sense. It was her idea for
us to get back to the soil and live
on next to nothing until things gH
better.
"We're raising a lot of our food,
wearing out our old clothes working
from sunup to dark ? and the funny
part of it is that we like it. Th<
children think it's wonderful. Oui
health is better than ever, we don't
owe a cent, and while we're not lay
ing up anything yet, and haven't any
luxuries, we've got all the fnndn
mentals of comfortable existence.
And wITat else does anybody need? '
That man has the world by th?
tail.
Books , . . good friends
A publisher friend sent me the
other day, twelve books. "I'm getting
these out to sell for fifteen cents n
copy," he wrote. "I've got an idea
that milliuns of people have never
had a chance to read the great work)
of the groat writers, and I'm going
to try to supply them.''
Whether he makes a business suc
cess or not, he is doing a valuable
service. He has shown good judgment
in selecting the books to reprint.
"The Way of All Flesh," is, I think,
the greatest novel ever written in the
Knglish language. And the list in
< ludes many others which are as in
teresting tb? second or the tenth time
of reading, such as ''Green Man
sions," "Alice in Wonderland," "Tom
Sawyer," "Under the Greenwood
Tree,' 1 "Treasure Island ' and the New
Testament, to name but a few.
"Jimmy" . . ? stil! popular
Mayor Walker 3 resignation under
fire lias not affected his popularity
with the average New Yorker. New
York people take a eynical view of
political graft. The man in the street
honestly believes that every public
official from the President down i
in polices to make money for him
self, and the disclosures of huge
sums paid to the Mayor of New
York just makes the average voter
think that he is a pretty smart guy.
It is probable that Mayor Walker
will run for reelection, and my be
lief at the present time is that if he
does he will be reelected. New York
is full of people whose suppressed de
sire is to be an irresponsible play
boy of Broadway, and they may
envy and admire "Jimmy" because
he plays that role so successfully.
It is all very well to talk about
getting rid of undesirable public of
ficials and putting good men in of
fice, but the rank and file of the
voting population has to be reckoned
with, and tlTe rank and file is never
greatly interested in the reform gov
ernment.
Exile . , , there's Typhoid Mary
III a little cottage 011 North Island
in the East River, near New York,
lives a woman in her sixties who is
kept in seclusion because she is a
menace to the public health. She her
self is in iperfeet health, but she is
a "typhoid carrier."
Typhoid Mary," as this woman
is known, was a cook. Wherever she
worked jieoplc who ate the food she
handled came down with typhoid
fever. Fifty-seven cases, some of
their, fatal, were traced directly to
her !
Individualists who thj'nk nlobodv
should be restrained for any cause
sometimes protest against isolation
of "Typhoid Mary." She objected,
at first, but now is reconciled to liv
ing the resf of her days -in comfort
at public expense. Her ease illus
trates the fact that the good of the
whole social organization is more im
portant than the liberty of the in
dividual.
A large crowd of interested Jack
son county folks are expected to bo
present at the high school auditor
ium in Olenville on Saturday of this
week, September 17, at a mass
meeting called to convene at two
o'clock, to seek means for furthering
the construction of highway 100
from Svlva to Cashier's Valley,
where it will intersect with Highway
28.
The matter of constructing High
way 10(5 is one that has interested
the people of this county for the past
decade. The county has sjK'nt in don
ations mid loans to the State High
way Commission upwards of $0,000,
000 in efforts to secure the comple
tion of this highway.
It is a known fact that the rond
under consideration is the main ar
tery of traffic for Jackson county,
as it traverses the county, passes
Western Carolina Teachers College,
Kant Laporte, Tuckaseigee, and Olen
ville. It enters the great trucking
country of Hamburg, and is the road
from which side roads branch off
into the 'Cullowhee Valley, Caney
Fork Valley, Canada, Mountain town
ship, Big Ridge, and other important
localities of the county.
This is the highway that starts at
Highway No. 10 in Sylva and splits
the county wide open. It is the only
means that the greater part of tho
people of the county have of coming
to the county seat. The traffic on
it is said, by actual check, fo be of
greater volume than on No. 10.
Highway 100, together with No.
10, and Highways 112 and 100, forms
a continuous route from the South
to the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park and the Middle West.
It will undoubtedly become one of
the great routes of travel to and
from the Park for many thousands
of people.
The people of tho county ar?
aroused over the importance of speed
ily completing this highway, and
members of the Highway Commission
and Chairman Jeffress have stated
that it is of preat concern to them
that the road be completed as early
as possible.
The Qreat Smoky Mountains De
velopment Advisory Committee, meet
ing in Waynesville, a few weeks ago,
endorsed the completion of this
Highway as one of the major object
ives In the development of the Park
area; and on Tuesday night of this
week, the directors of the Ashevillo
Chamber of Commerce voted to en
dorse the action of the Waynesville
meeting. Altogether, those who keep
in touch with the situation are of
the opinion that the present is the
most auspicious moment to press the
matter; as the Highway Commission
is already interested, and the Waynes
ville meeting, and the action of
Sylva, Ashevillo, and other Chambers
of Commerce and civic bodies, havo *
placed Highway 106 as now being a
matter in which the whole of West
ern North Carolina is vitally inter
ested.
Invitations to the Sylva Chamber
of Commerce, the Rotary Club, and
citizens generally have been sent out
from Glenville, urging attendance
at the meeting. It is understood that
a large number of people will go
from Sylva, Cullowhce, Tuckaseigee,
Kast Lnporte, Cashier's Valley, Caney
Fork and Mountain; and it is, of
course anticipated that the Hamburg
folks will practically all be at tho
meeting.
HELEN SIMONS ELECTED
OVERFLOW TEACHER HERE
Miss Hele.n Simons, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Simons of Sylva,
and who graduated this year at North
Carolina College for Women, has
been elected as a teacher in the ele
mentary school at Sylva to fill the
need created by the large increase in
enrollment. Miss Simons will care
for the overflow in the fourth and
fifth grades.
The enrollment in the high sebooi
and the elementary school broke all
records. In the elementary school, of
which ^Ir. B. B. Long is principal,
40.3 children have enrolled in the
several grades. In the high school,
under direction of Mr. W. C.* Reed,
superintendent, the enrollment hM
reached a total at Ml