iY, nBKVAET 28, 1933
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
legislature Now Ready
To Cut Expenditures;
Salaries To Be Slashed
[ . i ; . I >"?? Tompkins)
|.; -binary 23? Will, th
I, ..... li-ui>lation is begiiming It
'he eommiUces, and th ^
> ? cmbly is getting down t<
| of sir'nir hew n.uoh nron
v . i t ut off -alaries and ex
. !<! otherwise saved to th.
In menus of elimination ant1
? i.'M- Till? special committee
..il. Vi't iuts k ported that it re
c. .{nun :ir average reduction in sal
s,'i? !?? S':=rv crnploym of 15 2>:>
\ ,,i ; riddiiiiui t'o the onts that
, ,u. t? ?. din in.tr the past two
, i, ili,. budget bureau, which
i,. Viv-i- !?. i' rable reductions to begin
? 'I iii -? ihe committc* (slin.atcs
mi. I?r ;i 'saviiiu of $77,00u in th
(ir ? rt incuts, other tban High
u;lv ,-iri.i IMueation. , A cut of $197,
nit?) i- ?.<?.?]!? niHidod in the Highway
1 1. *. I Pre. fit is recommended
'J.' itvinet'i's he eliminated, am
tin 'tjhsi of ffl^nwriiig hp i*
.jij.v.i In .>??!:>, 000, making a iota
.r .|? to be saved in the Iliirh
W-V !'? merit, if the) eoniuiiftc,
.^,5,111: ?;i!:?tions are carried out
r-.itifi -aving to ihe State, tha"
,i|.. ? w'trinee estimates would re
.,i; i; it?" ''hidings arc enacted int ?
v.ttilt! .-iroiint to $1,178,000 it
ilic Si:. r ? niment, exclusive o!
tl?. i.uiili- system. Tlie com
iMitit- ? li:?i ? :? :su suited that the re
i.? : ilf.- !i"! i (H! template roduein'
?i,t <?' I be employees of th
S'.aW- tSi'" ?:'? "uW' h,M' in -pay.
W -uh-4 ?..un ifee that litis heei j
*?vV\w? mi\ il.r school system ha: I
vi ji .u<t\ \o iht ,i| propria tions com
j.'ii ti-c aw\ vt con mends an eigh
imitoov. m*!h'o1 term for th
( "iii iii.'iiW iniiiity and distric
'I 'ai r. hi t '\. s I'm the publi
- '"><> ; /iff < rrij'fii;.'- the propert*
in th' ci mutir> an average <r
' ' I" 'fill sliJl S"i vi"P4J iiuhi
? ! f /'i' >ch"t)l 'f;.?nicts a longer te~r
'?fyhno! Ih:;i, th-v now enjoy. Th
???in.r ii jf estimates th*?t the eigh
root Ik cli ols, a 'ministered ? nd sue
(1 liv (lie State will cost tin I
tf v !?.*!> North Carol *na nearl- j
live inii:i..it dollars levq thai> the
H,u' paying for the publi- i
.-??hook Tin- committee recommend
"li'.n rirri??i a reduction in adminip
nuiiiii in ;Iie offices oP the county
mIcmI I.- miiIs of ?3 i-3 per con'
j >-i, t o a paying1 to the t:*"
|wr'*"i "f AlSG.'iJM. The commitfe
v.'tuiil ?;?>! jn<t. what it tern s injnst
i't> in :lir> amount of pay teacher
iv. iiii-li-r pr< se-nl salary sched
ill .;, ;?>..} recommends nti addition-'
i'. ttnK of the teachers' <?atari<"
??f IS p*?i- rent. th?.t is iti addition
:iii> ]i> |,<r reduction of tw
TMirs ;t; Principals' salaries are U
V r-... average of thirty-three anr
w-fltiii] ]>(?!? (.c.nt. The cost of in
"iiHi.-.nal supplies wou'd be reducer
iiv .i->5000. Kural supervisor
? 'iV entirely cut out, and th'
''TfWiS,.< of principals would foe re
<! 1, $0,000. AH these item*
the taxpayers the su?*
' x ' '' '1 ''00. The co?umittee eon!'
?'! ?? v 'iietion of only $.'520,000 v
?vim ' n.Tf-s, fuel, witer, light
1 ??!'<* supplies. A saving #?f j
estimated in the trans
P'rUiti,!,. ^i rvi' e. The committee fig j
tha* -mist of this could he save' |
; ?"fii'ii iMiion of county and district
a; il t.ikinsr the children to the
'"an-s; -???tool. The proposal is tha*
<i<< iimtin- with which to finance the
-y t<-ni that would thus b'
'!? n cild lie taken from the
'li-rived fro;n the Finance
' 'ftirnritrt's revenue bill, in which
11 Wri.viili-:! that either -a general
'' 1 ?:i\" ? i r a selee'ed commodity
- '-:x 'if* '' The committee fig
lir"1 'b-1 : each county would {$et
"fM.t y from fines, forfeitui'es.
I"" ' taxes and poll taxes
' "! 1 '!? the school plants and
?" ' i \'ed charges.
(| f.Mnliers of the Assembly
jji IL.V |)|,. reductions in salaries
^ y and o'her State Depart
" rv I'1- not heo-n radical enough,
111 ? ' 'erupt will he made, it if
^ to sjo the committee a
l' ' 'and rat the. proposed
' " -'in#" more.
,?i'! t ' ' " twsed the House today
. ' ?"ltl provide for the aboli
N||j , . .
;n Hes on ta* foreclosures
'?d'lpe, a"d would give the
property a longer time
v .I' h tj redeem his land than
mder tluj present law, and he would
>nly have to pay the tax, cost, a ml
;ix per cent interest on the money in
>rd<>r to make redemption ou same,
fr. Bowit or Asho and Oihers at
v'mpted to send in a substitute which
vould . .?yo hack to the old law, re
KMiled in 1927, regarding tax sales,
inder which no yalid title has ever
leen confirmed by the courts for any
>roprty ^old under its provisions.
There are a number of bills pend
j Jig set-king: to ?relieve , tax payer?
j who-e land and homes have bee.n
I .old in previous, years, said to give
iu opj??>rt unity to redeem their prop
1 'rtv, without having to pay extor
[ ionate prices.. It is reasonably sure
hat some such legislation will b?
i .'ia( t;d before the General Assembly
| 'Vses its present session. ,,
! A bill has gone through changing
i he May term of Superior Court of
I rarkfton (Vuuitv from a civil term to !
? * ' , |
; t mixed tern:, in order that the jail
\ *ase=s may he tried at thie term, !
I *nd llie county paved the f?xp;*nse j
?f feeding the prisoners from Feb :
-^pry to October. Another local
nil affecting Jackson county ?s on<?
; netting the fees of the Clerk of the !
Superior Court. The fees that, he
nay charge are not ruift"d, the ;
??'atute merely assembles them into
me place in the law books, and
Vanfic,4 them, so that the Cto^k
iims? If, :,ny lawyer or layman, can
'ook find see just what fees the clerk ?
| ;iv elm rare without hnvinsr to look
'h rough all the law l?ooks in *he of- :
-ice. licprrse.n'.itive Tompki'S intro
duced another bill bill providing that
*he county assume $lo.000 Dillsbono
fownship road bonds. This was done
is a matter of jus* ice. The money J
nth which to pay off the bonds has
"M'li "co'leeted fror Dillshoro over
x long period of time; but, in pre- 1
'ous years, it. l?as been confused j
vith the geineral fund of the county j
?>?d has been used to pay the coun
'? v's debtis.T^ would -l\) manifestly
infair for Dillaboro to have to pay
he bonds all over r.gain, and sine*, j
"he county spert the ironey ' f the |
ownship. the county should pay the J
Nond holder-.
W. N. C. LEGISLATORS MAKING
-r'lGHT FOR TEACHERS COLLEGE)
Raleigh, Feb. 22. ? Senator Fran
is, Mr. Morphew, Mr . T<j>kins,
i:id os her friends of Western Car- i
>lina Teachers College, are making
i fight to have the budget estimate I
.'or running expenses for the school j
aised. They are basing their claims ,
ii I he report of the sub-comuiittee i
that lias t>een invkistigating ? the !
>achers* colleges, which says that j
?osts per capita at Culiowhee and j
'ioone are too low, and that those at j
i
'^ist Carolina are too high. This has '
>ven the contention o? the West- 1
?rners through the years, and now,;
that the sub-eon: mittee has found
liese to be the facts, the gentlemen
ire not asking that more money be
?)' nt hoiv- than heretofore; but that j
'he budget commission's figures be
adjusted to rectify the palpable in
equality in proposed appropriations.
The matter will probably be heard
Tuesday aftei'.noon.
Another recommend ition of the j
sub-committee that will prove of in- i
terest in Jackson county, is that the)
three teachers colleges be ^ placed j
under one board of trus!ees and one
directing head.
The report, which is signed by
Senator Long, Senator Kirkpitrick,
I Mr. McEachem and Mr. James fol
lows
" We find the physical equipment
oP the institutions ro be in good eon
| dition with the exception of the
stuccoed wooden building used as a
men's dormitory at Western Carf?
lina Teachers College. This building
is a fire hazard and should be re
placed. The library and science lab
oratories ?re insufficient and below
standard. Tlhis jVastitntTHi is aVfo
sadlv in need of a cold storage plant
and addilicM ^waffe for f-.?n
purposes. The amoun? of" two hundred
and fifty dollars is needed to be im
J irjcdiately available to complete a
; '?arn which has been partly erected.
Jtne materials for which arc now
I deteriorating 1 from exposure to
1 weather. V
.."Our investigation of these three
' (Continued on page 2)
ELLETT CASE TO ii.S.T.C. AGAIN TO
BE CALLED FW CAT| SPONSOR TOURNEY
(By John Parris, Jr.)
( Quite a hit of interest is being
manifested in the case of Joss BT
der;, Herschci Parris and Dennis
Bradley, which wi 1 come up Friday;
Elders is alleged ho have boen the
driver of the ear .vhioh foneed II.
E. Ellett, of Bryson City, off a 125:
??ot embankn ent, one mile west of
Dillsboro, on th? night of I)crember
2.3, last. Ellett wrs instantly ? killed.
The jury to try the case will prob
ably be picked Friday morning and
the evidence started in the afternoon.
At a hearing before Justice of the
Peace John II. Morris, some f?w days
alter the accident, Miss Ellen Cun
ninrham, an occupant of the Elders
car, testified that Elders iva* driv
ing on the wrong side of the road
and foreod Ellett of." the road when
he hit him. v ." . J
llerschel Parris and Dennis Brad 1
ley, hoth jf Jackson County, are be
ing tried along with Elders in the
death ease. All three of the nu?n
are being tried on a murder count.
Several minor eases have peon
tried 1 his week by Judge Frank Hill
of Murphy. The following ones have
been disposed of :
Ralph Jones, larccncy, of auloino
bile, sciitenied to 4 months on the
roads. I
Glenn Jones, violation of the pro
hibition law, sentenced to G1 days on ]
the roads f
A fx Cod.i ju, violation of the pro
hibition law, sentenced to 61 days
on the roads >
Palmer Hnn.se, violation of the
prohibition law, sentenced to two
years on the roads
Ray Jones, operating nn automo
bile while intoxicated, sentenced
to .1 months on the roads. .
Fred Pruitt, house breaking and
larceny; 18 ir^nths in State prison.
Victor Conner, house breaking and
larceny; 18 moonths in State prison.
Elsie Ensley, assault with idcpdljfc
wcaprtfr ; fi months 'on tho-Mads.
Henry Johnson, violation of the
prohibition low, 12 months on the
roarls.
Juno Gibson, reckles3 driving, 6
months on the roads. } ?
Poindextcr Burgeas (negro), lar
eeay, 4 months on the roads. '
GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT
The report or the grand jury for
Febniarj ;s tenu of dhperior court
cam.; in Thursday afternoon, ;|id ?
they were excused for the remaining
days of- eourt. Following is the re
port the grand jury made to Judge
Hill:
"Wo, the grand jury, recommrtid
that the jail be screened with new
wire and repairs be made ou some
of the windows on the lower floor.
We also recommend that a cell or
room be prepared as a ward for the
imsane that may be temporarily lodg
ed in jail that is separate and apart
from other prisoners. Also repair leak
ing reef.
| 11 We recommend that the Clerk
of Court go over his records in re
gard to guardians and have a true
report of those that have not re
ported up to date and present same
to the grand jury at the next term
of eourt.
We find tl county home is well
| ke| The i.iiiia.tes are well supplied
j with food and clothing. We would
nrcommrrd that the leaks in the
ro:?f be repaired and the dairy en
larged. \V<e recommend a new barn
if possible and a kitchen cabinet for
the home. )
"After look:nj!r through the offices
and as far as we are able to aseer
tain we find the records are well
kept* "
A supp'f "ntnrv report follows:
! " We recommend that something be
done with two orphan children at
John Shel ton's, as neither be or his
wife are able to take cave of them.
We also recommend that Mr. and
Mrs. Shelton be eared for in 'the
county home immediately.
,'Wb recommend the relief of the
following children: Hoirer Bumgar
ner and James E. Wilson. Also des
titute children in the county <be
cared, for immediately."
Both these reports were signed by
T. B. Cov.*an, foreman of the grand
.jury.
Followi'Ug is a list of the members
who served on - the grand jury thi*
term of eourt :
T. B. Cowan, foreman; W .A. Jack
I son, Oscar Lanning, W. H. Jackson.
I John A. Hooper, W. F. Moody ; H. H.
*
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EABNHAM TO BB" HEBE
MONDAY AXO TUESDAY
?' - ? ? ?? ? ?
(By E. V. Vestal; County Agout)
Mr. F. R. Furnham, .specialist from
State College, Raleigh, will be with
me at the following pieces February
2?th and 28th: j
County Agent's Offiej, Monday
morning. ; ... .....
L. C. Daekett's, Liovedale, 2 P. M.,
Monday. )
D. C. Higdon'f, Webster, 4 P. M.,
Monday.
T. W. McLaughlin's, Qualln, 9:30
A. M.f Tuesday. '
R. 0. Hunter's, East Laporte, 3:30
Tuesday.
Mr. Furnham will discuss Uspe
deea, the crop that costs little and
gives excellent results. Last ycflril
work with it has shown us its reai
valu* hot!) for soil improvement and
pasture. Ah the seed arc not el
pensive to buy, no soil preparation
is necessary, and as it will double
the corn yield on poor land after the
first year, it is the one legume that
every farmer in Jackson County
should be proud to sow.
(Re at one of the ahore meetings
the first of the week and learn
ir.or? about this crop. At these same
meetings Mr. Farnham will diflcuas
tie Trench 8ilo and the County
Agent will discuss the Brick, or
Rock, brooder.
SCOUT MEETING TO BE HELD
HEBE MONDAY EVENING
The district committee of the
Smoky Mountains District of the
Boy Scouts will meet nert Monday
night at Sylva to transact business
in connection with Scouting in this
section. A committee consisting of
John H Kirk of Cherokee and V .A.
Browning and W. C. Ponn of Rry
aon City will make recommendations
for district commissioner and two
assistant district commissioners.
Prof. W. C. Reed, chairman, will pre
side and A. W. Allen, Scout execu
tive will be present. The committee
will meet at 8:00 o'clock at the Sylva
High school building.
There are now five Scout troops
in the district. The ones a1 Bryson
City and Cherokee have been going
for some time and now ones have
been started at Franklin, Sylva, and
Cullowhee. A scout lenders training
course was conducted recently. ' It
was attended by 44 men. These in
eluded the leaders of tke troops which
have recently been fonred.
The district committee is com?->osed
of Prof. W. C. Reed, Svlva; W. C.
Penn, Bryson City; V. A. Browning.
Bryson City; Prof. W. E. Bird. Cul*
lowhee; John H. Kirk, Cherokee; A.
M. Adams, Cherokee; William E.
Bryson, ff. R. Dijtz, W. f. Ashe.
Robert Holden ; W F. Bryson; R.
E. McNeely, S. T..Ct*p J. O. Howell
Mi'ton Brpeon; A. C. Edwards:
Merit Hooper and Henry L. Taylor.
? _
r Culkrwhee, Feb. 23.? Western Car
olina Teachers' College's eighth an
au&l basketball tournanent for West
ern North 'Carolina high schools will
be held in the college gymnasium
here March 2, 3, and 4, President H.
T. Hunter has announced. j
x Thirty or more teams are expected
to enter the event, which has become
popular tournament since its be
ginning here in 1925. - Invitation*
will be mailed to outstanding boys'
and girls' teams within the next
few days.
; Schools relieving invitations will
be requested to send in their notice
of acceptance at oncc along with a
Hat of eligible players. With each
invitation the schools will receive a
tiat of rules and regulations gov
erning piny in the tournament.
IV* East institution entering a boys'
taam will be allowed to nsc rigiht
players. The girls' teams will con
sist of nine players. No Bchool n:ay
enter more thai* one boy a' team and
one girls' team. All givls' .sextets
wast be accompanied throughout the
tournament by a chaperon e.
i Loving cups will be awarded to
the winning teams of h-jth divisions
These cups will be awarded perman
etttly to the teams winning the
tournament three times, or for two
successive years. The teatr winning
a cup for the first time is given
possession of the trophy for on?>
venr. The college will furnish lodg
ing and entertainment for the teams
until they art? elimiiyited from the
tMrnoicent.
Democrats Will Be In
Absolute Control Of
Government March 4th
TODAY and
TOMORROW
i -
(By Frank Parker Stock bridge)
Presidents ... and double-o
Franklin Roosevelt is the third
successive President to have a double
"o" in his name. He is also the thinl
President whose surname is the. san-.c
as that of one of his predecessors.
Wt have bad two Presidents Adams,
two Presidents Harrison, ond now
two Presidents Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt is the third Presi
dent of Dutch descent, Martin Van
Ruren and Theodore Roosevelt being
the other two. He is likewise the
third President clected in his fifty
first year.
Masons Presidents
President Franklin Roosevelt is
the thirteenth member of the Masonic
Order to be President of the United
States. 1 have often heard some of
my Masonic brethren say that ever)'
President ha3 been ti Mason, but
that is not true.
Washington was Master of his
I/odge. Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Bu
chanan, Johnson, Garfield; MsKin
ley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft and
Harding were Masons, There is wi
Masonic record to prove that Jeff
erson was a member of the Order,
but there is collateral evidence which
is taken and accepted Masonienlly of
indicating that he was.
Mr. Taft was 'not a Mason before ;
he was clected, but the Grand Lodge '
of Ohio made him a "Mason at;
sight," between bis election and hi* J
inauguration.
President Roosevelt was recently
initiated into one of the Masonic
societies, the Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
.j.ot president*
President Roosevelt will lie the
ninth member of the Protestant
Episcopal ?Cburcb to he President
ot the l^rited States. It is a curious
thing that this small denomination
should have had more representatives
in the White House than any of
the other branches of the Christian j
Church. There nre less than/ two nil- 1
lion Episcopalians in America com- j
pared with nearly ei^ht million Bap- .
tints, but only one President, Hardiug j
was a Baptist.
There are nearly twctoity million!
Hon- an Catholiea and none has ever
been President. One President, Cool
idge, waa n Congregatiomalist, one,
Garfield, a member of the Disciples
of Christ ; one Hoover, a Quaker;,
two, Van Bum and Theodore Roose
velt, belonged to the Dutch Reform j
Church. Both the Adamses, Fillmore j
and Taft were Unitarians. Johnson,
Grant and MeKinlev were Method
ists. Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Ben- j
jamin Harriton and Woodrow Wilson :
were Presbyterians. The Episcopal
ians include Washington, Madison,
Monroe, William Henry Harrison,
Taylor, Pieree and Arthur
I don't imagine It makes any par
ticular difference to what Church the
President belongs. Two of them.
Lincoln and Coolidgc had never been
members of any Church before they
became President. But every Presi
dent of the United States has been j
a deeply religious man, as every man
must be if he is to command the con j
fidence of the people.
I
Grandfathers ... a few
Although one of the youngest Pres
idents, Mr. Roosevelt is one of the
few who were grandfathers when
they were elected. Mr. Hoover was
also a grandfather, but from then
baek for nearly a hundred years I j
cannot find a record that any Pres j
ident was a grandfather at the. time
of his election. Washington had no
children at all. Johnson. Adams and
Jeffertfn were grandfathers, and
so I believe was Monroe. W illiam
Henry Harrison, who lived but p
month after bis inauguration, ha<'
a grandson who later became Presi
dent, but I believe there was no
other President than those I hevc
named who had grandchildren at th<
time his election
Enaor, Cherokee; Don Young, Frank
lin; J. S. Coiiley, Franklin; Ed wan'
Eaton, Franklin; Dan Moore, Sylva;
and Prof. C. P. Carroll, Brysor
City. The Scout Executive will visi
several points in the district and
oonfer with the varioaa Soout leaden
Washing-ton, D. C., Feb. 22.?
Twelve yearn of uninterrupted He
publican control of the Federal Gov
ernment are practically at an -end.
The Democratic Party in in moro
complete control than it has bean
since the first Administration of
W oodrow Wilson, which began just
twenty years ago. At that time only
a few persons ou either side of the
Atlantic mtieipated the great Eum
!>ean war, and fewer still had any
remote idea that the United States
would be dragged into it. Yet it in
ihe events which occurred during the
wur which are at the roots of tho
economic troubles from which tho
United States and all the rest of tho
world ore suffering.
By all odds the biggest job ahead
?f the Roosevelt Administration is
the adjustment of the international
| situation, with respect of debts grow
ling out of the war, and the effort In
restore international trade upon
which the prosperity of the Unitc.1
States Mill greatly depends. And
the most important task which Pres
ident Roosevelt and his party's
Congress will have to tackle also grew
out of the war. This is the problem
of pensions, hospitalization and
bonus payments for those who served
under the American flag in that war.
It fMfms from here at this timo
safe to assert, first, that the new
Administration will not consent to
the demand of the American Legion
for the immediate payment of tho
deferred bonus certificates held by
veteran? of the war. It also seems
safe to predict that there will be a
complete reorganization of the sys
tem of caring for invalid and dis
abled veterans whoso allowances and
injuries nre not directly due to their
war servicc. At present the cost of
medical and hospital service for stu-h
eases is estimated at around $4<K),
000,000 a year, and it is anticipate
that this will he one of the first
points of attack hy President Roose
velt in his effort to reduce the cost
of carrying on the Government hy at
least 25 per cent.
Mr. Roosevelt, it is known has
asked his supporters in Congress to
give him all the power they cfcn le
gally grant under the Constitution.
And, in the beginning at least, thcr#
is little doubt that he will get it.
Of course, any power delegated to
the President by . Congress can al
ways be taken from him by Congress,
but it begins to look as if Presi
dent Roosevelt would find himself
in a |x>sition of more complete au
thority than any President has oc
cupied since Mr. Wilson, who for
fwo ynai'4 from early 1917 until
early 1019, was practically the Su
preme Dictator of the United States.
In any event, tho new President
will have to coll a spccial session of
the Senate, to confirm Jtho appoint
nficnt of his.. Cabinet members, the
new.jiinbassfldors and ministers with
whoifi it., is certain he will rcp!K</*
America's representatives abrd.nl,
and the hundreds of other Presiden
tial appointees who must be inuned-.
iately put in office and confirmed.
In all, there are something like l/>0,?
000 Government jKisitions over which
the President personally, or his < 'ab
<net, have unrestricted power of ir
inoval and appointment.
If the plans which are being dis
cussed by the friends and support
ers of the new Administration aro
carried out there will also be a big
shake-up ju the classified service,
which is nnder the protection of the
civil service laws. Appointments,
promotions and dismissals in tho
classified service, which includes now
about half a million Government
workers outside nf the Army and
Navy, can be made only on the basis
of examinations for fitness and mer
it. and the?e places have always been
rngnnled as permanent and socune.
But all of these positions arc sub
ject to Concessional action. Con
gress can, for example, abolish an
entire bureau or division, or it can
restrict the number of employees in
*nv given department, thus abolishing
any number of civil service posts.
Probably half the population of
Washington, whieh ia composed al
m|r?st entirely of OoTemmiyvt em
ployee*, it trembling io apprehauieg
that their jolt may vaaiik