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<81.50
Year in Advance in The Oountv.
SYLVA, NOETH CAROLINA, THUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County,
MSI SITES HELD
fiS IMS. NORTON
n Hsr u poru
, nice* ior Mrs. .Sullie P.
I hi ' .v'ars Postmistress
? . i who died Monday
i,.l 1. I""h'> *
; cYrm Ic, a* ') result of
.trok.- "f
..ft'"11*"' . - ir?!vsi? ?ulTc rttl :\t
?j v"
k Monday morning-, Weiv
,,,1,1 -ii'.v morning tju.
.[ |?i|' '.'(r Wi-lliodist ehm eh.
[?r i.'i ? "? Ilillianl, ?f SylVvl,
.f"
' " f,t' the Eust L?fK>rte
li. ??'"1
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HDW , |?se f I H'lld th?
;;;;; wrv,ws
tii?i,'v ? . i many >v?n
\',,i ? ? 11 )l , - ?
? I ,? ill tin- Jifl iirs of tho
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111''
: v lll'H
ll";l ' " .?t was in the llill
rfcllivll
T,(|) : y neiirhy, the final rest
(?!:??? ' ?' - veral j;eiier:itioiis 01
family
1|,.. Vin hMi was I lie former Mis
C;'llii' lln daughter of the lat
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..ne til' ih'.* section's firs!
,n.l i'1' -? ;,r'"1
ininelit settlers. Hi
, ID 1 1 ! :? Tnckast isjee \ nl
|l;ui-is ?
j, v nctii.v vais (i po from the I)>
(jil-nii K vii- roim.iy aero>s (lie I5lu
Tli. mother Mis. N'ortoi
na- 'I'1' l-!!,m'r Miss Emily Rojjcif
ill'
mfiiiliiT "I .'mother of Jackson coun
Ivs jiitii.ei families.
Siirriviuu* an the hushind, Ed<
.Vdrtoii, nii'l ,uo so'is, dim Kdd, o'
Kn-t L-i|>"it? and .Jolm, of WJiittier
.Inlm N'.o ton ^"I'srennt-at-Aruis of
the N-.illi Carolina Senate.
r ?.W>
LIVESTOCK producers can
borrow from corporation
Tlu- Kfu'ii :<l Allien I tuie Credit
n i'l Haiiijjh, now ii
\o loan iiifHcy to livestock
produm*, wiii'dinu to I'" ^ ? \ estal
urity Farm Xji'iil. Thtr money car
used In pay hi m debts, faxes pur
W feed, jmv t?r 1:\? stock, or a?y
other farm credit.
TLv n/iphr/itwu /i?Jank > TO in ikl
of Mr. ViMa/, who will be 11.
fiftuT mi Saturday and Monday
Hbgs f<?r tiic purpose ot giving
^BBers informal ion and otherwisi
assisting in olitnin in?r these loans.
Tlie Credit Corporation liases f hi
loan nil iive<t:;ek and will loan n ]
to ii"> per reiit ot' the value of t h<
livestock ?m ?li:ind. The money ii
loaned fur a period < t' one year a*
(? 1?1I relit, Willi >I,'|0(I brill" the lilll
ii any une farmer ean borrow ii
We'trrn North Carotins.
I'niiltiTiiie'i, a I. m?, ean borrow fron
fhi- new afrriciluiral corporation.
SALE OF LICENSE PLATES
SHOWING MARKED INCREAS]
Thf salt- of platea ha
iiicnastil durini: t It
|w*t !V\v days, act ording t;> D. II
Brown, manager of I lip local brand
'f the Carolina Moti f Club.
Durinir tin* last week 4*20 tags hav?
Wn issn. (I, more than half the totn
number <>]' 72"> that have been issue*
WBf!" tlic (ii?s went on sale, Dec. !?'>
The total number issued by the loea1
branch during the year 1 0.'J'J reached
"Vtr tin- 2.000 mark.
This- figures are for the counties
J Jackso.!, Swain, .Macon, Cherokee
to'ahain ami ('lav.
40 YEARS AGO !
Tuck;.seige Democrat, Jan. 4, 1893
Alt-i-k I'.uiim eauu; home Monday
a'?l <!H iit a u"( ek.
JK?s 1,11a Humgarncr went to Asho
*ille to Christmas.
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Wis. .1. ]? l.o ve is on a visit to
'native* in Tennessee.
Moss, of Hamburg, was
la?t week and went over to
Aslit viij, , on business.
^lr- and Mrs. J. I>. Riielumati am
lassie, of Webster, were here
s,,,,l'l'ii?K -last week.
I-. McKee, the capable railroad
??fr'Ht jil Whit tier, made a brief visit
during the holidays.
II. Wolff went home Christ
'"a- ? ve to spend Christmas with his
'??"iily and has not vet returned.
'*? Maxam left for Ohio, Mon
'lav ot last week, being called thithei
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BRYSON BEGINS TG
SERVE LONG TERM
IN STATE'S PRISON
Sheriff Mnncy took .lini Bryson
young Hamburg man to Raleigh.
Monday, to begin serving his term of
fron 20 to 25 years in the Stat;
Prison, for tin slaving of Wiley (!al
loway with a roek op. Sunday after
noon, March 15, 19*11. Galloway died
in the hosjital in Sylva four days
later.
The ease was tried at last P.ehrn
nrv term of eourt, and Brvseii wa
? . ' # -it -
convietid :f murder in ih:A second
degree. Judg." A. M. Stack sent"nced
him to serve from 20 to 25 wars ir
the State prison. Bryson appealed t<
the Supreme Court, and was r deasc^
-in bo.nd p iidin?; the decision of lh
eourt. The judgment of Judg:1 Stael
was weenllv .af firmed, and Brvso
has gon<> to lialeigh to begin serving
the sentence.
Tl :> evidence at the trial was that
-u vi-ral young men were ;it Hallo
way's garage on the fateful Sunday
afternoon. and that part of them
including Bryson lrwl been tlr.nking
After an altercation, Bryson and a
??omp'Uiion left and we'll t?: a spring
and as tiny returned, Bryson ??cnr,>d
?i stone and threw it at (Ja'loway
striking him near the ten pie and ?.??
Hiding a wound that proved fatal.
RALPH SUTTON TO OFFICIATE
FOR NORTH STATE GROUP
?
Ifalph Silt i'o.'i, former Sylvii High
and I'arm School basketball star, am'
at present coach of the local Fire
men's team, has been named by F
C. Shepard, Commissioner, to ?>iTi
ciate* in five games tor the North
L'.t:ite Association. Mr. Sutton's first
assignment was at Boone, Tuesday
?iTir'it, when Appalachian met Higl
Point. One of the other four ganie?
bp at UoJiuvwhile three will bi
it f'ullowhee. --
Thes*^are a part of (lie series' of
Tames to dceide the championship of
the Xorth State Association, compris
ing seven four-year eolleg-s ??f Xorth
"arolina, of which Western Carolina
Teachers College is a member. The
uher members of the group are;
IFigh Point, Appalachian, (? nil ford
Klon. Lenoir-Kl yne and Catawba.
\V. C. T. (. will plav two games
'his week, when Appalachian appear
for a two game series on Friday and
Saturday nights. v
,
Enrollment Shows
Increase At College
i.
( allow li< e, Jan. (). ? Xciv registrar
tion following the Christmas holidays
lias brought the student enrollment*
for the present' winter quarter at(
Western Carolina Teachers college up
to .'550. This is an i.ierease of ovei
!4 per cent, in student eiirollnien'
over llu> \v i 11 t**i* quarter last year,
fhirtv-threc students registered foi
l lie winter quarter Thursday, tin
day sifter-holiday class work was re
sumed. Prior to the holidays .'12:> had
n mistered for the winter quarter.
December 12 was the regular dat;
i'or registration for the winter quar
ter hut college officials are allow
ing full time credit for belated en
?ollnient. Several more are expect
<1 to register for winter ' quart ei
work. A large iiuniher of those who
registered Thursday are residents of
the central and eastern sections of
Xortli Carolina. Due to the rathei
long distance to their homes they di<*
not come to Cullowhee for registra
f ion until the holiday period ended.
Also, several of thos- who registered
Thursday hav? heen teaching in si>:
months; schools that closed their ses
?dons shortly before Christmas.
Tli" registration figures at Cullo
whee during this session are going fai
beyond those of last year. The 1932
fall quarter student en roll men t
hriwtd an increase of over 40 per
cent over the same period last year
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SERVICES AT ST. JOHN'S
Rev. Albert New, rector r?f St.
folia's Episcopal church here, will
hpld a service at 11 o'clock Sunday
morn nig. Tn addition to the regulai
? service, a communion service will b(
held. y _?
Turns Now To National Problems
Relieved of his duties as governor of the state of New York at the begin
ning of the new year, President-elect Roosevelt is now giving his full time
to national problems, to the selection of men f<>r his cabinet and in confer
ence <jwith Demm'ratic leaders mapping out a definite program- to be put
into effect when lie tiikes oflice, March 4. According to plan*, Mr. Roosevelt _
will go again to Warm Springs, Oa., for a short vacation during February. '
Influence Of Roosevelt Is
Felt In National Capital!
(Sp.ei-il to The Join-lull)
\Yas|)iii?l;i?, I). Jan. II. ? Pres
ident-elect Roovevclt is already mak
ing his influence felt in Washington. !
Kveryrhing was set lor tin* enactment
i
ot a general manufacturers' ?.ihs tax ?,
law, with liotii the Republican Admin- j
istratiiiii ami t lie Democrats in Cou-j
gress in favor of it, when won!
Mime from Albany that .Mr. Roose- :
velt had different idr-as ? and thai j
kil'ed it. The belief is growing here,
however, that there will yet be some I
cooperation. That belief is strength- !
rtied by the fnet "that
I>:ivis, who has been .Mr. Hoover's
princ:pal emissary in Europe, spent
several days in conference with Mr.
Roosevelt. Mr. Davis is a Democrat,
and an admirer and supporter of the
Incoming .Preside -lit. lie is understood
to have \ a comprehensive picture of i
the Kuropean situation and the nc- 1
easily for early net ion not only in
the matter of consideration of the
war debt's but also the disarm.une.nl
flonfemice and the international
monetary conference.
Political Washington fnsn't re- .
ceded a bit from the attitude held b\ !
both Republican ami Democratic lead i
ers that then* can be no ctiiccllatioi
of the war debts owing by Kurope t?
America. That there will have to b j
solve revision of terms, perhaps ii
some eases a reduction of the intcres'
rate, perhaps in 1. 1 her c:ts?-s an ar j
rangemeiit which will hciiclit Amer- i
ican industry in return for conces- i
t
sions, is quite generally admitted.
Washington i.< st:ll applauding Sec- .
retary Stimson's rcp'y to the inquiry I
transmit t cd front Ihe new Premier:
of France through Ambassador Kdge.
The head of the French government
asked the Ambassador to find cut
from his government what steps were ;
necessary to open up the discussion
of distribution. Mr. Kdge passed thf |
question on to the State Department
and Mr. St inison replied in effect:
"The first tieccssnrv step is ? for
France to pav us that $19,000,000
... - ..-i- /... -
tlmt wag due on December 15th. After
t hoy have paid tlmt then vvc wil
talk about t lio its! of it." '
The French government is ven
milch concerned over the effect in
America o! it s failure to pay. Il ir
not going too far to any llt.it Kng
land 's slock is higher than it has
heen in mnnv years, ami France's is
lower. Kcports revived hy the For
eign Trade Bureau of the Department
of Commerce imlicitc that .something:
like a national boycott against French
goods is being promoted among the
-women of Aiim'wwi, that many mil
lions of dollars for Fremiti garments
ladies' underwear and the like have
been cauVcilid, and that th" tourist
travel, to France h:is been sharply re
duced.
No Elaborate Inaugural
Mr. Koos.cvelt insists upon sim
plicity in connection with his iuang
iii. -it ion. lie lias said that this is no
time for the states to spend immense
suns sending in National Guard
t roups to take part in an inaugural
par.ide, ami that he doesn't see the
need of an expensive and elaborate
inaugural bal'. He probably will nc
cept a" escort of the Philadelphia
City troop, tin impressive squadron
whose black horses and black hnrse
hnir plumes in their silver helmets
have been .1 picturesque feature of
Presidential inaugurations since Lin
coin's tinH. The City Trooji is some
times called "The President's Own.'*
Its function has been to .escort the
incoming and outgoing Presidents as
they ride together from the White
House to thr Capito', and then serve
as a body-guard for the new Presi
dent as in> goes back to the White
House alone.
It is quite likely, Washington un
derstands Hint the inaugural cere
monies will consist j >f nothing inoiv
than the incoming President taking
the oath of office on the east
front of the Capitol building, facing
the Capitol Plaza, in which a crowd
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Many Improvements Are
Being Made, At Fairfield
/
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Brevard Xcws, Jan. 5. ? With a
view to capitalizing its proximity to
tin* ({real Snokv Mountains National
park, those in charge of Fairfield inn,
at Sapphire, arc doing considerable
landscaping on the grounds and gen
eral repair work on the hostelry.
Landscape work is being done on
the lake front, on the spacious lawns
and approaches, with a cobble stone
entrance, in which native stone will
be used, being erected at I he en
trance on Highway No. 28.
K. G. Jennings, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and Iirevard, owner is supervising
the work, plans calling for the ex
penditure of several thousand dol
lars.
Owned and operated bv the E. II.
Jennings estate, Fairfreld Inn is a
part of the large holding i? Tran
sylvania and Jackson comities of this
j estate, ;i ii?l is comprised of severa
I estates, around which much
interesting history is woven.
Toxaway estate wih first owned
by Thomas Kdisou, ami others of
Boston, Muss., ami Brockton, Mass..
purchased in ihc early ninetits as a
mining proposition. Corundum was
mined extensively by the Sapphire
\ alley company, headed hv Kdisou
and hi> association, until eorborun
dum was discovered in I whieli
supplanted eoriindum in use.
About the same time a if roup of
capitalists of N'eweastle, Pa., pur
\chased an nd.joiiiiii.fi: boundary and
started the Fairfield 'Mining, Build
ing ami Improvement corporation and
engaged in gold mining. Failing to
mak<; the gold mining project pay,
the two boundaries were merged in
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General Assembly Favors
Economy In Government;
Vote To Reduce Salaries
?
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frauk Parker Stockbridge)
Surpluses . . . Now Actual
I think most of our present troubles
can be traced to the fact that the
rest of the world is unable or un
willing to buy the surplus products
of our farms. I do not believe this
exjwii market for our wheat, cotton,
tobacco, live stock and other farm
products is ever going to come back.
1 have myself seen how Italy is mak
ing itself independent of our tobnceo,
cotton mid wheat, and the other na
tions are doing the same thing/
There has been no increase in the
average yield of wheat per acre, it
still stands for the whole nation at
LU bushels. But in the live years
from 1025 to 1930 the aertugc sown
to wheat in America increased by
21,000,000 acres. It is very clear t??
uie that the only solution of the
faro: problem lies in reducing the
quantity of farm production.
Murphy . . . Farmer-Editor
My friend, Frederick E. Murphy,
publisher of the Minm>a|>olis Tribune
is n real farmer as well as a real
newspaper > man. ITe has done more
than any other man to bring the
[state of Minnesota up to the front
rank in agricultural prosperity. Mr.
Murphy has put forth <i tangible,
workable plan Of farm relief.
First, he would have tlu* govern
ment induce the farmer to cut ilow.li
crop acreage, by providing money re
j wards for those who will do that.
Second, steps should be taken to pro
tect dairy and live stock farmers
against imported oils and fats. Third
he wants quick tariff action against
products of nations whose currency
is dfrfrMatodr-Jkwrth on Jtfr. Mur
phy's program is readjustment of
farm mortgages at reduced interest
fifth, the reduction of farm taxes
si xtti, an early revision and nett'e- 1
mont of the war debts, and seventh,
intensive research looking to wider in
dustrial uses of farm products.
T think Mr. Murphy's program wiPj
work. My only doubt about it is]
whether the politicians who ran oui
pnWic' affairs will see enough in i'
for Ihemsefves to adopt it.
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Park Development
, Begins Within Yeat
It is expect cii that all lands to be
included within the bounds of tin
(iiv.tt Smoky Mountain* National
I 'ark will have born acquired within
tin* next few months und announce
ment ban been made t lint develop
ment of the park should begin during
the eoming few. A. B. Cammerer, as
sistant director of national parks, ban
been in AahOTille recently, in con
ference with persons interested in
hotels, lodges, roads, trails, conces
sions and other park development.
The park official was reassuring
about the plans to start work in the
park during 1933. He explained after
all the land had been acquired, the
park nerrieo irill begin general de
velopment in all sections. Twenly
vear lenses will be let to individuals
or companies who will be allowed to
build hotels or provide other park
accommodations or amusements with
in the regulations of the park service
development plan*.
"On the North Carolina side," Mr.
Cam merer said, "we will construct
nuijir camp sites and facilities at
Sn.okvinont, Flat C're??k and I'pper
C.ataloochee. These will be eolidiieted
and maintained bv the government,
together with roads and trails. On
the Tennessee side, our ma,for camp
ing headquarters will be in CndeV
Cove.
AVON PLAYERS TO APPEAR
"Hamlet," played by the Avor
IMnyers, and sponsored by the local
High School, will be given in th?
elementary school auditorium on
Wednesday evening. January 18.
This is the second appearance of
the Avon players here, they havingj
presented "Romeo and Juliet" here
in October of I aft year.
(By Dan Tompkins)
There appeal* to Imj a unanimity
of minds in the General Assembly,
and with Governor Ehringhaus that
the first st? p in balancing the budget,
is to reduce the expenditures of the
.State to the minimum that is con
sistent with the puoper functioning
of the Governmental Dcpartmenta
and the State agencies and Institu
tions.
One of the first bills introduced
was that in the House, on the first
day of the Assembly, to reduce the
sain lies of the Constitutional offi
cers. it had to be done in a hurry,
so that the bill could pa*a both
houses before the officers qualified,
otherwise the Constitutional provi
sion against raising or lowering oC
salaries doling the terms of offiec
of the officers named in the Consti
tution would have voided any action
that might have been taken.
A substitute bill was introduced.
The effect of it would have been to
fix the salary of the Governor to
#7, 500 a year, and those of all other
officers to f.'J,000. The substitute was
voted down; but an effort to put
each member of the House on record
by calling for a roll call vote wan
defeated, hence there is no record
of how anybody stood on that pro
posal. Ail amendment to make the re
duction 20 per cent instead of 15
|K-r cent was sent forward, and on
a roll call vote, was defeated by n
narrow margin, that o? 50 to 53.
Then the original bill wn? put io
vote wild carried by a large majority.
It was sent to the Senate, which con
curred with the House, and the sal
aries were reduced by 35 per cent.
Yoiu* representative voted for all
three projK>sals for the cut. Whih?
the liberal cut is perhaps unfair, and
the bill hi Inadequate, in ?ome re- ?
speets, it was the best that could be
done in the short time in which thero
was to act. It is probable that tho
Assembly will later pass a joint res
olution, covering alt the Constitu
tional officers, stating that it is the
sense of the General Assembly that
each officer, naming them officc by
offiee, sh.mld not draw more than n
specified amount.
It is thought thut few officers will
have tin* nerve to draw raoM than
the Genoa rl Assembly thittks ihty
[should, mid has bo resolved. It WOtild
bo th<? political death of any man to
do so, and few men want to die pol
itically, after they have once had a
political bee buzzing around.
Another piece of legislation that
is far-reaching in its effect, 1b th?
joint resolution, which unanimously
passed both houses, calling for tho
creation of a committee to look info
each State department, find which
ones can be consolidated, which elim
inated, and what salaries can be re
duced, and bow much, without im
pairing the efficiency of the govern
ment. After that committee makes
its rijxirt, the Assembly will really
get down to business reducing ex
penses. The salaries of the employees
of the House and the Senate have
been sut 'JO per cent, and more than
f>0 per cent of the employees haVfl
been dispensed with. Neither TTouse '
not Senate even employed an assist
ant scrgeant-at-arms. Speaking of
that office, Jackson county folkt
should see how gracefully and ef
ficiently .Tolin Xorlf.n is dispatching
his new duties in the Senate.
Governor Khringhatis struck the ,
note of economy, that had already
been echoing through the halls of
the legislature. Lieutenant-Governor
Graham and Speaker Harris arc both
watching the expenditures of their
offices very jlosely. Thad Kure in
the house and I/oHoy Martin in tho
Senate are doing tho same things
with the clerkships. And, speaking
of the employees; the city of Raleigh
is beset with an army of unemployed,
from all parts of the State, looking
for jobs, clerkships, or what havo
you. They are of the faithful, but
oven that doesn't go very far in se
curing a government job in th?
frame in which all branches of tho
government is, since the legislators
and Mr. Khringhaus got to town.
The capital of the State was great
ly shocked with the intelligence of
the death of former President Cool ?
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