Jcl.pil
Vcar in Advance in The Oounty.
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1983
$2.00 Year in Advance Ontside The County.
CHANGES rapidly
TAKE PLACE under
ROOSEVELT REGIME
\\ March 23. ?
W ?im-e Wood row Wilson inarched
W.-.diitigton ut ,'10 1,oa<' 0^ the
p! m.M-'iiii ~ cohorts .just twenty years
|r.,s ili> ? City experienced
T , .iviH.'it t f bring st out i on its
|J|:* > !l
?,i I ? >pak. Just us Mr. Wil
' int.. the office of President
(jiirifu' 'l? 1,1 -idnntion to change ev
(.nil,iii:f, - ? I're.-idiut Roosevelt s
i :?i -t ? i??n I"'-' adopted the pol
j.v w'iir -viT needs to lie done
different iy.
Vnil;.: - i" t'ds slow-moving city
ui a- rapidly as things arc
n,?viir: !'? 1 '' "w'v- ^ iihiii less than :
? f.irlniuli! real political revolution '
j,i|i tiikm place. ^ |
|n ill,, order of their relative iin j
these are the outstanding.' \
ihtUVIch'" ?> under the new govern- !
Nlt'l.t ' !
Kii't: President Roosevelt ha;
kiii givfJi i towers such as no Prcs- i
j(!,.ii? ?ii i he United Slates ever had,
in wartime. The general ap
proval expressed l>y people in all
ut' the country, of the delega
tion t<> ili' executive of jwnver for
iiici |v i-Xk*ri-isnl only by Congress,
ill It I there was something
jiitiiv 'l?a!i i'l!-' tu k behind the idee
tli.it a ilirt :i' or was needed. Old-time
|K(!i:ii';:I eh* ?' vers here say that it
r.tltri- i <.vit ial distrust of Con- ?
(! I'-. rli: o-? is, not so much that
it i- i?!.p:i'.ie:iee with the slow
ol' I'onuivsi. I
SiYunil : ("laler the direction of tin
I'roM-n. the reorganization of t
\Vv iV.it,. hanking ? s.Vstejn of th. j
v..jVv. \\?.s Wen started along drastic j
'!. iiw^ liii<s which, promise to
iv.nl out rtwMuompetonts and crook?
in thr bankin? Wmiicssi, placo th;
I'rilml Gov. rwuent in control of a' I
tank* ntu) tv iWcwitors far, great
^ cr ,v?:<v*nw of .the
lai.fc ih than t hoy ever had.
flotr far this program of banking
r.futv: nil! <?? remains to l?t seen,
!?iit rliosc with lon^ memories recall
tiiHi it was President Wilson's pur
pose and that <.f (he Federal Re
srrv- Svst.ni <o t.'uil eventually ov
er, v hanking institution in the nation
vnisM he miller control The war in
tivr.ip'nl t liar |v;.iram, hut it has
loin, to I: f a '.'a in now.
Tljiul: A ?>! ;i i f has been n.ade to
wan\ iittiiitg a iho-'sand million dol
i; i - :i year nff I lie Government's
i',\|?'ih*X "f which marly half will
? out of funds now being spent
i'it vi I inns' relief. President
I'-iKwii 's firm nth.. J against tlu
i-i'iiiilinv' of pub ic money on vet
tMJii > li'liusj- disabilities are not duo j
war service overrode "ic
? ???ti.i'is of i:: embers of both lious
's (if Cnn-'icss, who gave hini the
: !'i'nity h,? sought to effect that
lo'ieiny.
K cMtli : Th ? legalization of beer,
-.mi ; of raising revenue, has
l:i* ii ? icli shape that it scents prob
1 :? anyone with a thirst foi
;,i'l i'"v. rain an buy it livev
few \\w k*.
Ihise are the major high lights : i
the work of the lww admiiiistrfltior
;fi'H far.
iVwiilmt Kooseyiit came into of
f-rt- Wlit v-iiiv that the peopb wrvnt.d
i"tion, ::n?l he has been giving them
i. T:ikii>g another lenf out of
rtwuhim- Wilson's book, he has gone
-1: ? h< :tds of thr? i)o'iticians and
to !li" pooole, ill a series of
iw;lic pivt:!:ntie.tio'is and radio ad
nlii-li seems to have struck
?' i"'>|>i>n-i v.<. chord.
fo'tivil, ivui some of the applause
'or the m w President's courageous
vi?( .,ms- attitude has come from j
ll' i u!.li* -,u ? i i ces. The ]?rincipal op- j
" '"'i' i-? Mr. Koosevclt's policies I
",!l' in fact, from within his
",|! I'-'H.v. It took Republican votes;
j'i1"-- lii- economy bill through the
o| (tcpreseutat ives.
Hi' 1 1 i|(| {|i;?-stio!i that Wash
U-jrtt*" ii|;,s jj1(> new president. Ho
hr?:;^it ii.|r, jchlic affaire a bow
? wi ;*h which Washington
" '-"t fiu?i!iar, but it is an atmos
" ft fi iivity and of friendliness.
'?* 'i?i|?"es?it>fi which President
"> vcl, |.;rU|(, Upon the newspaper
!,t Ins first, conference with them
n ??">d one. Xot sinee the first
, v cks of tlu1 Ilardirtsr adminis
? atn>n Iki any President permitted
"'"rs to j;,.,, questions at him
Mr. Roo.seve't has resumed
" greatly to the delight
1 '? \\ a-shiusfton eorres>>ondcnt8.
oeijtl \\ ashinsrton has taken the
,PW ?\ hite House family to its arms,
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Annual Fashion Show To
Be Held Next Thursday
The annual Fashion Show, spons
ored by the Junior Club and put on
by that organization and the local
merchants, will be held on Thursday
j evening of next week, in the ele
, inentarv school auditorium.
j The Fashion Show, inaugurated
'six years ago, by the Junior Club,
has become an institution in the eom
.munity, and is the center of great
i interest, each Spring. The young
j ladies of the club, with the mer
i chants of the town eo-o'peratng,
j each year put on a fashion revue
; that wou'd do credit to a town much
I 40 YEARS AGO
Tuckaseigce Democrat, Mar. 22, 189S
County Commissioner J. D. Coward
i was here Mondav.
? !
Y Mr. Thos. 11. Hastings returned,
fron: Tennessee Monday.
Mrs. Ida Cotter, of Morristown, i
Teiin., returned to her home Monday j
after a visit to relatives in this
i count v.
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I n
f Mr. L. J. Smith and his daugh- ;
ters, blisses Ida and Beulah, return- ,
ed Saturday from a visit to Asheville
1 L ' i
.ATr. Thos A. Cox was here Monday, j
superintending the removal of a ear
load of cotton seed meal to his faro*,
on Cullowhee < )
St. Patrick's day was distinguished i
byc^a light snow fall but otherwise
it? reputation for being a bad day
was not Sustained. The day following j
was much wor.se, with occasional j
snow, and j^harp, cold winds.
f v ' J
jijW. JJuM^Uiiaa ^.dded^his
quota to the week's record of calam
ities by cutting off tho end of the
fore finger of the left hand on a
atraw cutter.
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Gen. Hampton returned yesterday
from Washington. He aays the office
seekers have been very numerous
and aggressive, but are thinning out
*$ttle now. j
Hon. W. E. Moore, Jackson ooun- j
ty's excellent representative in the}
State Legislature, arrived in the city j
last evening, from Washington, where j
he had been .since the inauguration. j
Wo is one of the most prominent j
candidates for assistant district at- 1
torney, of this district ? Asheville j
Citizen.
A Mr. Brooks, of Capt. Knight's
trestle force, pot a lc<? broken last
week, while hand'ing heavy trestle
timbers near Rushncll
Mrs. M. H. Morris and Miss Pau
line Morris started to Webstef yes
terday on horseback. When near Mrs.
Love's, the horse which Miss Pauline
vas driving became frightened and
Miss Pauline, in attempting to jump
off, fell, sustaining painful injuries.
One hand was badly crushed and ahe
was otherwise painfully hurt. Al
though she is suffering greatly it is
hofv>d that her injuries are not very
serious.
Tlic jail at Webster was destroyed
by five early yesterday morning. The
fin; was discovered about 2 o'clock
in the morning. The building was
?ntii'Iy consumed, .with about 100
( bushels of com, a 'ot of meat and
j lard and the kitchen furniture, al'
(the properly of Sheriff McLain.
(There wore only two prisoners in
the jail nt the time, who escaped in
j the confusion and excitement occa
sioned by the fire. Steps were prompt
Iv taken to arrest them and it is
likely that they will not get far
away.
Dil'sboro loca's: Mr. Charlie Har
ris returned from Washington Mon
day ? Mr. Charlie Candler spent a
day or two here last week. ? Mr. J.
J. ' Mason has set out shade tre.es
ins*. ? Rev. S. H. Harrington, bV his
faithful endeavors is causing the
people to <rive their means for the
purpose of bui'ding a chuivh house
h?re. The contract will be let in a
dav or two.? The oyster supper here
Saturday night was a grand success.
We shall never forget the sweet
music of Mils Stedman. prize
cakes were very satisfactorily award
ed to Miss Florence Enloe and
Mttter Ekie Wolff.
larger than Sylva. This is the first
year that the show has been held
iu the school auditorium, the Lyrie
theatre previously having hcen used.
Rehearsals are under way for the
* program- and Jimmy Livingstone's
twelve piece orchestra, from Hender
sonville has been -secured to furnish
music. Airs. E. L. McKee will be the
| announcer.
j Firms taking part in the fashion
revue are Schulman's Department
Store, Hale's, The Leader, Clouse &
Warren, Zntx Beauty Parlor and
Tuekaseegec Beauty Parlor.
BANK EXPECTED TO OPEN
riBST OP NEXT WEEK!
Officials of the Jackson County j
Bank were confident today that I
l*ermission would be granted to open
tho bank without restrictions the
first of next week, probably Monday.
Mr. E. L. McKee, Mr. S. W. Enloe
and Mr, E. P. Stiilwell have just
returned- front u trip to Kaleigh
where they had an interview with
Commissioner of Banks txurney P.
Hood, and learned that tho handling
of applications' was being made as
speedily a* possible.
In a statement issued several days
Ml. nnifi U'lU HO
cause for alarm il' any bank did not
open (immediately as the work of ex- 1
untitling the condition of all the bank*
would require a considerable amount
of time.
ABOLISH ABSENTEE VOTING
IN JACKSON PRIMARIES
Raleigh, March 22. ? There will be
no more absentee ballots cast in pri
maries in Jackson county, under the
act just passed, for which an amend
ment was presented bv Representa
tive Tompkins, "abolishing the ab
tbat has -prevailed in Jackson coun
ty for several years, where by a gen
tlemen's agreement, absentee ballots
have not been used in the primaries.
FIRE CONSUMES TWO HOUSEfe
4 . lV>.
Fire, of unknown origin, destroyer!
two houses, the home of Jolm Alston,
colored, and that of his son-in-law,
last Thursday evening about six
o'clock, with nil the furniture and
household ^oods belonging to Alston.
The lire is said io Jiave started in
an upstairs room, and wheu discover
ed had made such headway that the
fire department, which promptly re
sponded to call, was unable to do
more than keep the adjoining house
from being entirely consumed, al
though it was greatly damaged. The
furniture in the second house was,
saved, however.
CHANGE PROCEDURE IN
HANDLING FARMERS' LOANS
At the office of the Regional Ag
ricultural Credit Corporation of Ra
leigh, this morning Mr. John P.
Stedman, Executive Vice President
and Manager, announced a complete
change of procedure in the matter
of handling of loans by this Corpor
ation. Mr. Stedman said that in
structions to persons designated to
make out application# and attorneys
whose certificates of title were ac
ceptable to this Corporal i?>n were
already in the mail.
"The new plan," Mr. Stedman said
"simplifies the matter and method
of making applications for loans, and
will tend to expedite the handling of
applications, so that when the ap
J plications are approved the money
i will be made availab'e to farmers
j much more quickly than under prev
j ious plans. The present plan provides
that only the application and an ad
ditional sh.et, completely describing
the property to be mortgaged, is to
be made out and and signed by the
persons seeking the loan. This paper
is then mbmittcd to the County
Committee, who will ,pass !on the
credits involved, then the application
in duplicate will br forwarded to
j the Corporation in Kaleigh.
The application will then be sub
mitted, to the Loan Committee, and
upon approval' by the Loan Commit
tee of the security offered, a copy of
jthe application will be forwarded to
; the borrower, who will be instructed
to present the application and the
sheet describing the property to be
mortgaged to the attorney , whose
certificate is acceptable to this Cor
poration in 'the county where the ap
plicant lives.
CHARITY PtlENTS
OF HOSPITAL MUST
MAKE APPLICATION
(By Stella Creech )
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Board of Trustees Of the C. J.
Harris Community Hospital, at which
Mr. S. W. Enloe, chairman, presid
ed, many matters of importance were
discussed. After the routine business
.session a general discussion was held
of the present situation in r<gard
to the heavy demands made on the
hospital for admission of charity
patients. The following resolution
was adopted:
WHEREAS, as it becomes neces
sary on account of the financial
condition of the hospital, to adopt
more stringent regulations relative
to the admission of charity patients:
It is hereby ordered by the Board
of Trustees tbat all applications for
the admission of charity patients
shall be made ill writing, on proper
forms furnished by the hospital, ex
copt in case of extreme emergency,
in. which cases approval of the Su
perintendent will be sufficient, tem
porarily, until the Con mitl -e can
pass on the application.
The loyal co-operation of the Med
ical Staff is earnestly req?|. -tod, in
owW that tl?? ho?)?itiil may eontinue
to function.
Forms for application for free hos
pitalizntion have been furnisher1
each physician on the stall), am!
these forms must be filled, out and
carried through the proper ehannc)
before the admission of charity pa
tient except in the eas of extreme
emergency, when investigation as ti
the worthiness of emej'ge.ncy ease
will follow as soon as expedient.
The responsibility of the hospital
trustees is of a dual character. In
the first place, it is their duty to
the community to manage the hos
jM^aKoa sound^ business prima pies;
To Balance income and exponTlUnres ;
to supply, free yof charge medical
and surgical service for those worthy
of charity, but, at the same time, to
prevent imposition of those who
should pay; to operate at a per cap
ita per day cot? that is reasonable,
comparing favorably with tbat of
similar insti|niiqfs, not only in tho
total, but ii^lyT various items into
which it majr b?i ?ubdividol.
It will be readily won in order for
tlio hospital to function in a manner
necessary to take care of those who
require hospital care, bolli pay and
charity patients, it if? absolutely es
sential that it have t.lw cooperative
support of every one connected with
its operation a.s well as the commun
ity at large. The institution belongs
to the people of Jackson County.
With their loyal support it cannot
fail; without their support and pat
ronage it cannot succeed. The inter
jest manifested in the past is greatly
appreciated by those responsible for
the management, of tho hospital, and
a continuation of this same spirit of
cooperation is most earnestly solic
ited.
Stella Creech, Superintendent.
I VERNON BRYSON DIES
Viernon Bryson, a prod 22, died at
his home at Speedwell, on March 11,
after an illness of several months'
duration. Mr. Bryson underwent a
serious operation five months ago,
and for a time seemed to improve,
but Inter his condition became worse,
resulting in his death. His wife, who
was. Miss Bonnie Stiwinter, and
Iwby, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Bryson, and a younger brother
Fred, survive him.
Funeral services, conduct) d by
| Rev. Mr. Widenhou.se, pastor of the
' Methodist church at Speedwell, Rev.
Corsey Hooper, Rev. J. M. Tucker
and Rev. Zollie Fox, were held at
the home and interment was in the
Bumgarner cemetery, near by.
Mr. Bryson was a member of the
Speedwell Methodist church ami is
spoken of by his neighbors as n
young man of exemplary character,
displaying unusual patience and lort
|itude during his long illness. He
was a member of the Young Men's
Class of the Speedwell Methodist
Sunday School, his fellow-meuibers
acting as pall bearers at his funeral.
As soon as the attorney can de
termine that the property' to be cm- J
braced in the mortgage is unencum
bered and the title is in the person
offering the same as security, he will
prepare the note and mortgage and
have the same executed, acknowledge
probated, and placed on record.
Fight Over Appropriations
Continues In Legislature
After Defeat Of Bowie Bill
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge)
Flags ... in Germany
The Gennan flag has been changed
again. Instead of the red, white and
sold stripes of the Republic, the nev
Nazi 1 government has gone back t<
the old flag of the empire, red, whit
and black, with the swastika, o
hooked cross, imposed upon it.
Since the Great War there i
hardly a national flag which has no
been changed. The Stars and Stripe,
stands out today as one of the old
est flags in the world. Only the ban
ners of Denmark and Switzerland ax
older than Old Glory.
We still think of the United State;
as a young nation. As a matter o
fact, our country is about the onb
one in the world which has not un
dergone revolutionary changes in it
form of government in the past 15<
years. It seems to me that Ameri
cans ought to shake off the idri
that other nations are older am
therefore wiser than we, and assor
our right to tell the rest of th
world where to- get off, since we ar
not only tin- richest but the oldes
member of the family of nations.
Negro . . . faithful public servant
Kddie Savoy has retired. Eddie i
the colored man who has been door
keeper in the State Department ii
Washington for sixty-four years. H
was a little boy of thirteen when h
first went to work under Secret ar'
of State I'-milton Fish, in 1869
Eddie is years old now. He ha
served faithfully under 21 differen
Cabinet officers but his legs are get
ting rheumatic, so he told Secretar;
Hull the other day that he though'
taT HlOUfd fetifre on 4m*- eivil aervic
pension.
Every foreign diplomat who ha
been in Washington since Genera
Grant was President knows Eddi
Savoy, and he got to know them all
His unfailing courtesy and nature
dignity never ^failed to impress al
who came in contact with him.
"A faithful public servant," saw"
Secretary Stimfion, as ho said good
bye to Eddie Savoy. That cannot b<
said of every white man who ha
held offiee in Washington.
Strother ... his death a loss
No finer gentleman, no abler jour
nnlist, no more faithful friend, eve
lived than French Strother, who*'
sudden death in Washington at th
ap e of 49 put an end to a career o4
high promise.
A native of Missouri, a newspape;
man in California, for many years ai
editor of World's Work, author o'
half a. dozen books, French Strothe'
attracted the attention of Hcrbcri
IToover by writing some article
alfout the work of the Depart ir.en'
of Commerce. One of Mr. Hoover'
first appointments as President wa
that of French Strother as his Ad
ministrative Assistant. It was Stroth
er's task, hidden away in an obscnr<
office in the White House basement
to gather the data the President
needed to prepare his messages an*1
public addresses, then to polish then
language after Mr. Hoover had rough
ed them out.
Like everybody else who knev
him, Mr. Hoover formed a warm per
sona! attachment for his able assist
ant. French Strother was my friew'
for years; his passing is a real Iosk
to the world of journalism.
Canada . . . good banking
Them are a pood many things \v?
could learn from Canada, and on
of thrm is banking.
Canada has been going throng)
just as difficult an i*conomic erisi'
as the United States, but there ha>
not been a bank failure there in tet
years. Only two Canadian banks have
closed tbeir doors since 1910/
The reason for this is that then
are only ten banks in 'Canada. A!
of them have headquarters in Mon
treal or Toronto. They have abou(
4^)00 branch banks, however, s<
that the smallest community en
tilled to banking facilities has them,
and has behind its local branch al:
the resources of the powerful parent
I have never been abb- to sec any
sound reason why the United State?
should not permit branch hanking on
the Canadian plan. Certainly the
experience of the past thrc?? or four
years, with small banks failing I
hundreds, ought to be proof that the
pn?eat tpUm fe ft poar me.
(By DAN TOMPKINS)
Following the defeat on Tuesday
of the Cherry-Bowie forces, bent
upon effecting sufficient reductions
Ln the appropriations bill to obviate
the necessity of a sales tax, leaders
of the two factions in the House were
in conference today, seeking :i fur
ther compromise in the bill. It is
authoritatively reported that the
conferees are basing their hope of
the reductions upon salary cuts in
the State Departments by 40 per cent
of the 3929 schedule. Governor
Ehringhaus had recommended that
the cuts be .not more than .32 per cent.
The conferees are trying to keep the
appropriations for the public schools
at the figures set by the committee
of the whole, when the Bowie-Cherry
cohorts suffered a disastrous defeat,
and saw the appropriation raised
from the $10,000,000 as set by Mr.
Bowie, and the $12,500,000 as set
by Mr. Cherry, to the original com
mittee figures of $14,050,000.
The heads of nearly every Statu
Department have been seen in tho
lobbies of the House for the last two
days, as salaries in their departments
were chopped down and down by the
House, in its efforts to avoid put
ting additional taxes on the people,
and to meet tin- tax reduction of 15c
for schools that has already been
"opped off by the Assembly.
It is not understood that the sal
aries of the public school teacher*
will go to 40 per cent reductions,
along with the State employees, as
the figures already adopted would
reduce the teachers' pay only 25
per cent. The 40 per cent cut may
adpply to some salaries in the Staf?
institutions.
The only hope that is left for tho
'people, in addition to the 15c school
property tax that has already been
voted off,- lies in the adotftimfSf
the eight months school tcrln for tho
State, mid the abolition of local
7 w
taxes for school support, unless the
compromise now under way can make,
substantial reductions in the present
bill. This beeair.c apparent on yes
terday, when, by a vote of 58 to 43
the members of the House, sitting
as a committee of the whole, voted
to restore the appropriations figured ?
of $14,050,000 for the six months
schools, an increase from $12,550,000,
as set up in th/? Bowie-Cherry Com
promise, and thereby made inevitable
the ir>i]>ositioii of some form of a
sales tax or other additional taxa
tion to get money with which to op
era te the public schools of the State.
The House reduced the fund fort
maintenance of the State Highways
by $360,000 a year below the Bowie
Cherry figures, the lowest that havu
yet been presented ; but raised tho
same figures for the maintenance of
the eounty highways by a million
dollars for the second year of tho
biennium and bv six hundred thou
sand dollars for the first year.
Those appropriations that havo
been added to Howie's and Cherry'*
Compromise appropriation figures,
have p'aeed the total well above tho
safet y margin of $17/500,000 I ho min
imum upon which anybody has be
lieved that the total could be placed
and a sales tax voted,
The real battle began last week,
when Mr. Bowtp presented his sub
stitute for the committee appropria
tions bill, and it was adoped by
the House as a basis for beginning
work. The Appropriations Committee
had presented a bill that would re
duce the State expenditures by somo
twenty-three million dollars below
the appropriations of the last Gen
eral Assembly. Mr. Howie and a
number of other irembirs of the
House could see nothing in the offing
but a sales lax. if' the Committee
Bill was adopted, and offered a
substitute, h dining the appropria
tions by another (en million dollars.
Mr. Cherry and .Mr. Bowie got to
gether and effected a compromise,
whereby four million dollars was
added to the Bowie Bill, and Hie
House adopted the compromise bill.
Everything worked smoothly on Fri
day, and the compromise figures were
allowed to stand on item after item
as they were read.
This week the lines began to weak
en, and the break came when the
matter of the public bchools came up.
There the House went back to tho
committee figures, and an additional
form of taxation was made a cer
tainty. What form it will take no
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