i SCRAMBLE FOR
GOVERNMENT JOBS
HILL BEGIN SOON
( ,, Ilt |). November 23.?
' V ( ( , ? rj - 1 n t i 01 1 Cmigi'ess takes
Ul "V, , when it reassembles
? tiiM? 4 : # ? ?
11 ,, ill,, most CXMlUIR ?CWB
v f III* ' " * ?
" j , ;1u will l?f the I'torgaui
' | two Houses, particu
"!h). s which has "changed
l ,: ' j ? wi l follow spccula
" . the changes to follow
,'^i m: liiieal job-holders a few
r'l,., when Picsideiit-elent
1 ft'K^ 1,1
... ti i- sworn m.
jJlllKI'H'l 1
ill i welvc ye ars will there b<
I, , lV||,,!<'s'ilc redistribution of of
| it is likely that nearly
Iji'O ? ?
,.h1,h I'ar-cs will be wen mi
l? . |Vii. Civil h.v the time
I," n,? , .its {ret through changing
l?- nihlii ' >'? holders to Democrats.
'h .iki ly that many Repub
,ir;IJI will ?>e saved in the ter
rlttrif v ' the Progressives threw
?I,, n we t*or M Hooseve!t: The
l,*m-ri I" n'llort s,l0WK tlmt
|Uil V(i,i- ago the total of' those
linMiii" ('VI' service .i??bs Mi the Fed
eral ? totaled 010,837. Of this
||l)Wl?>r there were 408,050 who are
in tin- clarified Civil Service and.
Wli i?t subject to removal by
\y jliNiniing Administration.
( tl?. rules that governed
fifty ><'ars ago, no fewer thai)
|mir ii, wiH'mii Federal employees
Jimia I.,' due for removal. Tn 1883
-president tbovir Cleveland first
,11u,hI the Civil Service Act to he
mMi\ hv ComrrcRS and he gave the
.Httfaitt teeth by naming as the
ivr>\ ;t young man
m,m\ "\Wore Rocmevelt. While
tlmnsiUftU of positions were removed
(Voir the MKif ?>V party strife by
I ficse fun nidi, yet ii t < w?k the yearn
Mil ? ? to el<*e the R?l> that today
/??-- fit, in nne-fiwrfh "1. all Govero
iii i hi i'ii//) !'!'! iv- are liable to dis^
;h ii result of an upset in
v political |?.?* t ???>
M'lai tii ally everybody in this eity
iiiulrr tin' grade of Bureau Chief is
W. i'.? mi being dri pped but it i*
fipirnl that about five thousand, or
pnssilily double that nnmber, may be
fiml after next .March. Most of
im.-c destined to be replaced are "the
headset' the many departments whose
headquarters are located in the na
ti(i?iV.cui>it?l. Kach chiel will carry,
in his downfall, his own personal
form. Tlun the two Houses have
hundred* ? >f employees who are not
protected by the civi! servipe. With
the Democrats possessing a tremend
ous i: iijority in both Houses it is
ii n a in that many employees will be
fiml, although in recent years there
has Imcii a growing custom to retain
- the more eifieie nt workers, no mat
i"i' what their party politics happens
in he. An efficient Republican clerk
can In* of iimi'lt greater benefit to a
Democrat ie Iteprescntativo than a
nan who i- dinsely ignorant of the
?l*ss. i< a generally expressed
tlnmijlit here.
I'artisan polities nowadays is vast
ly different to what it used to be in
Ai'lv .l:nk>uu's time, when the cry
n':N alwav 4 'turn the rascals out.'
hi thf |>;wt campaign neither party
intimated that any of its opponents
"??re rase;. ,. This spirit results in
when the time comes
jariier Hie spoils. Otic hundred
Miiin a'.'o politicians openly declared
tlmt "Tn <iie victors belong the
"['oils lei i modern efficiency has
thai slogan and President
Rwimevelt, it is said, can be relied
"I*"! to v , t hat no important cogs
"" . ?v. , nmental machinery are
!lKt thru i? 1 1 t|1P mero desire to re
W|,,'d a party worker.
x*tiir: I , all cabinet positions
*ill he with new men. Perhaps
"i'* Wilv prediction that can be
1 now, observers here de
,|iMv. "? frit James A. Farley, head
tliej^ l)en:oc^atic National C|>m
'"iltee nil! 1)(. rewarded for his
I'fendi.; \\<?k on ^[r. Roosevelt's
Miali |,, Ih.Jhjj named Postmaster
'"''lend. Time recr.nt 'PostJjnasters
M",'V:i| \vnii their appointments by
*^i'"'i"rr ii Presidential oamJ|aigu
^ill II Haves, Hubert Work and
lair.- s Xew, As the greatest num
"T ? ' a< nneies will occur in the
it is obviously good pari
I '?> to namo the campaigd
;i ,i j',,r that jwst. Most of tjp
' iees in the country under |Ae
: v second classes are.now. ?e4>"
by the Classified Civil r^r
Vl&c so that postal app<nnt Jentl
TODAY and
| TOMORROW
(By P^&uk Parker' Stockbridge)
Davis ... a nomination
The writer in not trying to pick
President Roosevelt '? 'Cabinet for
.him, and he wouldn't let us if we
wanted to, but we should like to nom
inate for Secretary of State Norman
II. Davis. Mr. Davis is a Democrat
who made a fortune in banking and
at her enterprises in Cuba and has
been devoting himself to public ser
icc since the beginning of~~the war.
If;> served President Wilson as Un
dersecretary of the Treasury, Act
ing and Undersecretary of State and
as nn expert member of the Peace
Conference.
For the pust few years Mr. Davis
!ms served Presidents Coolidge and
Hoover in Europe in the difficult
negotiations arising out of the war.
U" whs n member of the Dawes Com
mission, but was recalled in by the
League of Nations to straighten out
the finances of several European
"o vntries, and is a member of the
Finance Committee of the League.
At present lie is the principal ve
lv.-.-Ki ntative of the United States in
trying to negotiate u disarmament
ti'-atv and is in charge of- arrange
ments on behalf of this country for
Mi-? forthcoming International Eco
nomic Conference!
Norman Davis knows foreign af
fairs more intimately than any oth
f>r American and would be an ex
cellent successor to Secretary Stim
toii, in our opinion.
Ladies . . . new faces
One result of the election will be
a decided change after March 4th In
thu feminine aspects of political
Washington. Alice Foosevdt Long
worth and Mrs. Dolly Gann will dis
appear from the picture. Alice's
first cousin, Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt,
has said that she does not intend to
devote much of her time to Wash
ington, hut will continue her school
teaching, her furniture factory, and
her editorial magazine work. No
doubt she will fill Imi' obligations as
first lady of the land in a highly
?satisfactory manner, however.
There are always ~ intrusting:
women in the political background at
Washington, and I Jook to see
Eleanor Patterson, editor ox the
Washington Herald, brilliant, Wealthy
in her own right and occupying a
rtosition of commanding influence
fhrough her newspaper connection,
as perhajis the most influential fig
?ire in the social-political life of the
?iew Administration. She and her pa
P'T Waiimly supfported President
Roosbve " not lost au
opportu ... ?' % . pin
?n Alice Roosevcit A>un^?orth.
Sun . . . life and death
The more I learn and reflect upon
the part which the sun plays in our
life on earth, tfye easier it is for me
to understand fhe Parsees, the Ori
ental religious' feect whose' God is the
sun ^
Tin? latest scientific discoverer of
the effect of the sun *ipon eat^hly
affairs, announced by Professor Gil
lilaud of the U. S. Bureau of Stand
ards, accounts for the ability of ra
dio waves to travel around the earth.
It has long been known that in
ipper space, not very far from the
earth's surface, there is a layer of
highly electrified air particles from
which radio waves arc reflected back
to the earth. If it was not for this
layer they would shoot) off in
straight lines into space, but being
reflected from this invisible . roof
they come back to earth and zig-zag
their way around the globe.
Observations made at the time of
the eclipse on August 31st seem to
prove that this "radio roof is caus
ed by powerful invisible ultra-violet
rays from the sun which, at a cer
tain distance from the earth, split
the air atoms into ionized electrical
particles. If this did not occur, sci
entists now say, these invisible rays
would strike the earth and probably
destroy all life.'
The sun is not only the source of
life, but a potential source of death.
TO GIVE LIVING ROOM SUIT
' A living room suit will be given
away at Massie's Furniture Sjtore,
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at
which time the opening sale of
Sylva's new furniture store will. come
; to a olote.
will not be so many as in the good
old days.
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FUNERAL IS HELD
ON TUESDAY FOR
R. A. PAINTER, 94
Funeral serviees for Roland A.
Painter, 04, Jackson County <s old
est resident, known to thousands of
people as Tittle Role," were con
ducted Toesday afternoon at the
Sylva Baptist church, by Key. .!. G.
Murray, Rev. W. G Reed, and Re
S. H. Hilliard, and interment fol
lowed iii the Cullowhee cemetery.
Mr. Painter passed on at his home on
Main street in Sylva, Monday night,
and thus closed a long and eventful
career in the world.
He was a veteran of the Confed
eracy, having served honorbaly
throughout the full four years of
the War Between the States.
Air. Painter was first married to
Mis* Amanda Hall. To this union
were born seven children, five boys
and two girls, all of whom preceded
their father to the grave, except A.
C. Painter, of Knoxville, Tenn., who
is now 67 years old.
On April 14, 1892, he married
Miss Sal'ie Watson. To this union
were born seven children, four boys
and three girls. Three of these,
Fraiikie, Annie Mae, and Ruth, died
in infancy. ' <?
Mr. Painter is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Sallie Painter, of Sylva,
and the following children: A. G.
Painter, of Knoxville, Tenn., Roy,
of Fredericksburg, Va., George,
Willie, and Mrs. F. F. Bailey, all
of Sylva. He is also survived by
several grandohildren.
"Uncle Role," as he was known to
thousands had been critically ill for
many months and knew that he was
getting ready to cross over the Great
River to join his beloved leader on
the other side. Courageous to the last
as a spark of life lingered while the
shadows were closing slowly about
him, Mr. Painter often went back to
the stirring days of the sixties when
he wrote and received messages^ fgg
He was appointed a justice of the
peace by Governor Brogdcn 64 years
ago and until two years ago served
as a"' magistrate in .Taekson county.
He never sought the office but was
always elected. Two years ago his
condition became feeble and he de
clined to allow his friends to elect
him for the 63rd consecutive time.
Mr. Painter was born in Buncombe
county" when it covered a large part
of "Western Xorth Carolina. Later
the area was taken into Haywood,
and still later into .Taekson, so that
he lived In three counties without
ever moving from the place where he
was born.
Mr. Painter had thousands of
friends and h?s mind was keen and
alert to within a short tim* before
SfLVA'S OLDEST CITIZEN CTEsI
"UNCLE SOLE" PAINTER
tO HOLD MOUTH HYGEXNE
WEEK IN JACKSON COUNTY
Following an examination of the
teeth of Jackson county school chil
dren, which has been in progress for
several weeks, by Dr. H.. L. Brooks,
of the State Board pi Health, a
yiouth-hygeine week will be held in
the Jackson county schools during
the week beginning December 1.
The county boar?~ of health, Dr.
Kcrmit Chapman, dentist 011 the
county board of health, Dr. Brooks,
and the county school authorities
will cooperate with the Log Cabin
Association in instituting the mouth
hygiene week.
The tooth brnshes and tooth paste
will be distributed in the sehoo!s
through the cooperation of the Log
Cabin Association. 3,900 tooth brush
es and the same numher of tubes of
tooth paste will be presented to the
child | u of the Jiackson qountv
schools by the Association, the brush
es coming as a gift from the Log
Cabin Association, and the tooth
paste, through the association fnrr
Co'gate-Palm Olive-Peete Compair
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* CHILD- SCALDED TO VDEATH
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Funeral service for Harriet G.
Ensley, two-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vear'o Ensley, were
held at Whittier Methodist church
Saturday.
The child .died from bums received
when she fell into a tub of boiling
water at Rabun Cap, Oa., Friday.
Her mothe r was doint* some washing
in the yard, it us said, had stepped
into the house for a moment, when
the litt'e girl, who had a habit of
walking backward in her play, backed
into the tub of scalding water-.
his death. He took an interest in
community affairs and never tired
of telling stories about his beloved
General Lee and the stirring days of
the last stand of the Confederacy. 1
9
Carl Byrd Fisher To Be
Rewarded For Discovering
Colonel Raymond Robins
MS. KEYES HXJBT IN 8MA8H
Mr. Joseph Keyes of East Laportc
received a serious fracture of hit
leg, and other, injuries, when a car
which he was driving turned ovei
and burned up, near his plantation
near Bayhoro, Saturday afternoon
People passing, by rescued Mr. Keye>
fnom the burning ear, and he was
taken to a hospital in New Born,
when- he is recovering as rapidly as
could be expected, relatives state.
FALL QUARTER INITIATION 18
HELD AT CULLOWHEE COLLEGE
Twenty-four students of Western
Carolina Teachers College became
members of the local chapter of
Alpha Phi Sigma, national honorary
scholastic fraternity for teachers
colleges at the recent fall quarter
initiation service.
The new fraternity members are:
Frances Leatherwood, Naomi Crisp
Avis BryBon; Mrs. Marcella Smith,
Bertha Edwards, Lena Gadwell,
Jessie Norris, Frank H. Brown, Inez
Roberson, Irene Pharr, La verne Whit
mire, Mildred Crisp, Margaret Shir
ley; Ethel Hooper; Stubcn Austin,
Frankie Buchanan, Kate Stillwell,
Loi9 Keener, Leona Harden, Marjorie
Rains, Andrew Frazier, Mrs. W. M.
Hunt, Dorothy Neal, David R. Still
well.
Bids for membership in Alpha Phi
j Sigma are based upon scholarship.
i Bids are sent to students who were
' either valedictorian or salutatorian
: of their high school class and to
i other students whose scholarship
1 comes up to a standard set by the
fraternity,
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WESTERN CAROLINA TO MEET
WEAVER IN LAST GRID BATTLE
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i ' The Western Carolina Catamount*
| are all set forTheir big game of the
year with Weaver College at thr
' Ashcville Memorial Stadium, Satur
day. This is the iast game for the
j Catamounts and is regarded as th<
biggest game of the year due to thr
fact that Coach Folndextcr coached
at Weaver last year and has some
former Weaver players on his tean
this year. Morgan, Simpson, Justice
Lyda and Freeman are all former
, Weaver playcra a*d ire anxious to
get a chance in the game Saturday
The Catamounts are out to aveng'
the defeat that Wearer administered
| to the "Yodelers" Uttt year and i
I great game is expected. Weaver haf
a strong teaa and will he hard t<
defeat.
I Last week the Catamounts lost a
r-^? ? II ill
/ On Wednesday, before Thanksgiving ? ? ? ~?By Albert T. Rtid
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Carl Byrd Fisher, 13-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Fisher, of
! Whittier, will receive a substantial
1 reward from the family of Col. Ray
mond Robins, fo? reengnizitag the
Colonel and communicating with his
friend, Mr. Levinson, in Chicago,
which led to the recovery of the *
prohibition leader to his family, last
Saturday.
Col. Robins left his home on Sep
tember 3, entxratc to Washington, to
keep an appointment with President
Hoover at the White House. He
dropped from sight, and a world
wide search was made for him, as
he was a wealthy man of much
prominence.
Early in . September a man wear
ing an overall jacket, appeared in
these parts. He went to Whittier
op the bus, and stopped-, at the
McHan hotel, where he engaged
board and room at $4.00 a week. He
took an active interest in the cam
paign then in progress, and made
speeches favoring Hoovers rc-clcc
'ion. He was a great tramper, and
made frequent excursions into tho
woods. He made friends with the
people in and about Whittier. On
Sundays he would take the boys of
a Sunday School c!ass out for a hike.
On Armistice Day he was the prin
cipal speaker at a celebration in
Whittier.
Young Fisher recognized him from
a picture in Grit, and communicated
with Robins' friend in Chicago. Last
Saturday prohibition agents and a
nephew of Robins appeared, in Whit
tier and he was identified. Sunday
he was taken to Asheville, and is a
patient in Appalachian Hall, an in
stitution for mental and nervous
diseases.
As Reynolds H. Rogers, Col,
Robins had fared well among the
peop'e in this part, of the State. He
appeared a bii eccentric; but peo
ple in the mountains arc used to ec
centric characters coming here from
other parts of the country. He sub
scribed- for p paper from the little
Florida town, where his wife lives,
to be sent to him at Svlva, under
the name of Rogers. He first stopped
it Balsam; but wlien people from
Florida came to Mrs. Bryson's hpuse,
where he was stopping, he immediate
ly left. He did a bit of prospecting
in the hills around Whittier, and
told the boys of his experiences in
Alaska, during the gold-rush, in the
Klondike, where he became wealthy.
He remembered that he was a per
sonal friend of President Hoover,
and that he had known Theodore
Uooscvelt. He may have been suf
fering with that strange and un
usual malady known as amnesia, but
it would be hard to convince the
people hereabouts that he did not
know what he was about.
The size of the reward that yonng
Fisher, wl*o has gotten into national
prominence by identifying the Col
onel, will receive has not yet been
disclosed or decided} but it if said
that it will be a substantial one.
Tho boy has an ambition to be a
surgeon; and it is said that he will
use whatever reward he receives to
complete his education.
At first Colonel Robina did not
recognize his wife or members of
his family, so he said; but on Mon
day, at the third visit Mrs. Robins
made to him after he was brought
to Asheville he did recognise
her, although he had contended all
along that he was not Col. Robins
but" Reynolds H. Rogers.
heart-breaker to Mars Hill College
Lions. The Catamounts had the bet
ter of the argument all the way with
the exception of an intercepted p?as
in the first quarter which meant the
margin of victory. Outside of thl?
mishap the Lions never even threat
ened and were outplayed in every
department by a ftghting band of
Catamounts from Cullowhee. West
ern Carolina missed several oppor
tunities to score and should have
won the game by the margin of two
or three touchdowns. A bitter cold
wind and a muddy field greatly
handicapped the Catamounts.
Friday, the Junior Catamount#'
went to Marshall and tied the strong
Marshall High School team 7-7 in
a good gatrc. The Western Carolina
Juniors missed several other oppors
tunities to score and same very near