^7 Year in Advance in The County.
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA,, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 193S
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?ar in Advance Outside The County.
president Pushes His
Farm Relief Program
U'li-lii"?'"11' s~Tho situa
j(i|1 -inmrrs down to u complete
,j|f j,,,,:'! ImiMtliniiiiifr. New broom*
?iron jl-i-'l!.- ?>><? till*
K.ni-rVrll ',i,s J'?!?lly begUJI
,0 , ||i i v> -im?~ ??f war. Congress doc*
??[ liki tlx a??uiiiptioii of such com
l(ll. i.ji.t- 1 -lit |? by flie President,
!,,ii ilic 1'it -i.li'iit bits (he public bo
I.ii, Mini Congress husn't. So
, j. -.iir In ! i hat Mr. Kooscve!!
(||j u, i i ???? r?-t of his major pro
,;iU( r!ir??nvrh < 'omrri >s, although not!
nili'tiHi! :t "'""I 'b-al of in uttering
.1(|(| j.|ii,iil?liu.^. llf holds tlic whip
i, .hi".1, scit res the iiwrag.
iVu^rr.-n -ri -o miU'li as the thought j
|||,. l'l.-iilrnt can go right over
.j, luii'I l?.\ 1 1 1 1 *51 lis ??1" newspapers aix! '
at.<l till hi* constituents that !
i , j.ii'i ,loiii ; hi- duly. j
j.?H? ivli. t. lor example: The {
viijIi- ?u'i-ii ' unlit to pass th? !
C,. -i.lt ol l il!. ami doubtless wil j
.,1, ?civil ill inserting some lillimport 1
;,?i ,li.ni.i-. Hm it will Im1 passet! |
|i,i"iiiv St'ii.i/nis don't want t< '
t i.tc ili' I'ri -iili-nt going "on the air' I
i.lliiiu' people that they wen |
v. illiiii; rmm?li to help bankers bu! !
niAilliiiii ft Iwlp farmers! j
,\l. .'iitliiii*'. practical steps towart
? hat Snvtm Wallace calls "abol
\ i-liin',' a-'iiin lty in ngricultnro*' have
l?,u laki'ii ''y the 1'rtsidcntinl orde< '
.-ilxdi-iitnir ' b*- I* ami Hoard ami con: ?
iiiiii:iu it- n'l'ik wiili the Fedral Farn !
|.oaM I'oaiil, i lie Federal Land Banks
t!ir .l,.im S'tvk bind Hanks, the I.u
!, iiiiriliait Crnl't Hanks, the Ami i
mU-.ual ( u'lil < I'lporations set ii| !
\\ \W U i-.tn-t rin-t ion Finance Cor j
(MtuXww, \W Cn >i ? Production Loai i
ttmvau ;,uA a?ri?'tili unil associatioi
/".mi bur. av\. .VI of ^Jiose function'
" ill lu ? jii rfiMinwl tiv I he new boar*'
in//j llnnv Mni^iiitliau, Jr., at it;
Jll-Hll.
Mr. MomcrnLiti "ill pull one oi
tin- (i;u- in the whole gov
< i/itiii'iit. lie and Secretary Wallac:
? ill shaiv complete control so fa.
;n tiovcrumcnt can control sue!
tilings, over what fanners n ay p ant
lum ilicv mark) I ilicir product, huv
imiili tin "V can borrow for their i'arn
<>|M>iations, as well as what they cai
borrow oil tarn: mortgages.
Tlic t'ir-t siage of President
itniscvU \ iiricnf|>liiyi!U'iit relief
ohm, tin- cnislim-tii of 250,000 inei
\nnlor Military discipline for forestn
virik, Sicii:s likely enough to b?
anlliori/ci! ?p vdily. It will us;
miijii'v which had been appropriated
?'?il nor -pent for other kinds ol
winks. The next stage, it is
1 "? ji: <*t 1 1 1, v. ill he an appropriation ol
?I'Wi'iliifi" like five hundred niillioi
?li'lliiis I or apportionment aiuonir tht
-t;!*i*s tor direct relief. The Admin
1'Ir.itiun conceives it to be the Gov
"iimim\ first duty to see to it thai
!i"l'i>ily starves, while waiting1 foi
!i? wheels of industry to begin to
"?'? auaiu.
Al-i'.cy for this and probably for
"iiii-r purposes will be raised by a
liovernnient bond issue of per
?'?'(?- thrw million dol'ar.s. Long
? in h'l.mls b-.-aring a low rate of
?fti'ivM may be offered in small
'?nits ;;s low n* 20, and it is ex
i>: cfi-il that there will be little dif
ficulty in di*|>osiiig of then:. The in
?'?ii>t 4vi!| be a charge on the annual
hut not so heavy as to offset
'?''??iiuh.ies already beginning to be
!"" into elTcet.
fun-Is from this or some other
possibly through the Recon
>tnu-i ion Fiunnce Corporation, are
i\|v. i, i| us;.,i t0 shoulder some
tlii* lain: mortgage burden, but
!"?i l? lift it all from the shoulders of
iiMiraiu-e companies and other
rfjiawees.
"in li^o to which Government
Hll?l" it:ny be ]>ut is the stimulation
l)u -iiicss by means of some method
?"iilicr making loans for expansion
l?ii|H,-,s against' loss if they will
mull ?take to resume operations at
,!l I i>rcssnre under conditions laid
?liwin by the Government. This is
fui .,t the p|nn5 not yet fully worked j
'"it. l>ut generally talked about among
?Vsiilent Roosevelt's intimates.
I rrrly action bv the Administra
'i'ii tin- the relief of thp railroad
?MUiai ion seems imminent. It is said
that some of the delay is due to
'"'"??lintii>|is nnder way between the
'?v. .'".(ii'tary of Labor, Miss Rer
*"?v :i url the railway brotherhoods,
toward a reduction of rail
|".h1 wa?,. tca'cs as a necessary part
any wide spread reorganization
'"I'lilafcd to put the roads on an
earning; basis.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By J^rank Parker Stock bridge)
ABILITY ... it's scarce
I an: constantly being surprised
to discover that men wiio got along
more than passably well in good
times are utterly without ability to
lie p themselves in hard times. B\
contrast, the proportion of first-rate
men with initiative, courage and con
fidence in themselves, seems pitiably
small.
More than three hundred years
ago a man named William Shake
speare expressed the same idea when
-he wrote: ? ?
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not
in our sttrs, But in ourselves,
that we are underlings."
Kvery day I get fresh evidene
that men who were classed as super
ior a few years ago are weaklings.
Also, I hear every day of men who
never made any great splash in the
world, but who are getting ahead
today in spite of hard times.
One thing depression has taught is
that all men are not equal, at least
in ability. But let prosperity rotnm j
and with it will come a new crop of i
incompetents getting by on tit
nerve and assurance.
Wortfc . . . . and the lazy
One evil result of the depression
and the vast expenditure of money
for the unemployed has been to get
millions out of the habit of work.
It is so much easier to draw money
and food from the public and char
ily funds than it is to work..'
Wo have been trying to hire a
competent woman to 1 do general
'lonsework, in my family. Six re
fused the job because "it was too
much work," although my hundred
pound daughter manages to do it
?ill in half a day. On inquiry wo
found "that each of those six bad
been living eoirfortably without
vorking, supported by one or an
?lther source of unemployment re
lief.
In three weeks tve tried out six
who were willing to try ? or so they
aid. Thcv were willing to out and
sleep, but it turned out they wore
unwilling to work.
! Many business men friends to'l
?no that it is next to impossible t<
hire people who will really work
it I heir job>. They fool that they
don't have to work unless thov want
X > '.Vv *
to- , , '
I am afraid that those of us who
are willing to work will have to go
on supporting a hu<rh army of non
workers, own when &ood times conic
baok again.
BUSINESS . V in chain gang
Adversity sometimes discloses un
suspected business abi'ity in the last
plaee one would look for it.
Carter Melvin, a Negro convict in
a Georgia chain gang, found a nickel
mi the prison yard. He got a keeper
to buy him a package of matches,
ten boxes. He sold the matches to
other convicts and guards for a
eent a box, doubling his capital, no
bought more matches wholesale and
so'd their at retail until he had a
quarter. He bought -six packages of
smoking tobacco for his quarter and
sold them for a nickel a saok. At.
last he bad enough money to buy a
The railroad plana contemplate a
single managing head, similar to the
position of Dircetor of Railways dur
ing the war.
This mailt will be the supreme boss
of the railroads, with the Interstate
Commerce Commission acting in an
advisory capacity. >
The hanking situation considered
as a whole is regarded here as in
<*ood shape, but with irireh vet to
be done to insure stability. Some
fow banks which were not in per
fect condition have been allowed to
open, due to exigencies of state jwli
tics. There is going to be some sort I
of strong Government supervision im
posed upon all banks, but what form
it will take is not yet clear. It prob
ably will not be in the form of
a Government guarantee oL' bank de
posits, but it n ay take the form of
requiring every bank which is a
member of the Federal Reserve Sys
tem to contribute to a mutual in
surance fund to guarantee deposits.
This, with the requirement that
ever}' National bank shall be a mem
ber of the Federal reserve, is cal
culated to drive all state banks into
the system.
Germany and United States Ambassadors
On the left is I?r. Hans Luther, new German Ambassador to the United
States, succeeding Fredrick film von Prittwitz. On the right is David H.
Morris of New York, new American Ambassador to Germany, nominated
by President Roosevelt during March.
Ithe junior club
AND RELIEF WORK
(By W, IV McCuire)
T ho ' members of t li-o Junior Study'
' Club have jihvavjs co-oj?e)-jitcd in a
J wonderful manner in .-ill mutters ol
Red Cross or Relief work. Several I
times I have called 011 this club to
put on the Red Cross drive and eaeh |
time the drive has been a success, j
Many of the members have given of J
their time to this work when t hey j
rcaily mvdtd to be ;it other tasks.:
The Junior Study Club is one of,
the organizations of the town which j
has done and is still doing a good :
work. It deserves (he hearty sup- j
port of the citizenship because I per- 1
sonally know that to a great extent i
the success of tli#* work ?,!' the Red!
( ross is the re.-uit of the enthusiastic j
supjrort given by the members of the j
Junior Study Club.
I carton <>l ivi I s, wlileh !).? sixain'
I retailed al ;i proiit.
Cm t r lias .^2" Mov? ??" front ihei
original nkic.'l. He h:?.; done I; ttc?r
than a-lo{ o!* wliifc r? ?iks \v!:<> have
il l the. hard ?iu.?.s lick them. And |
ho has proved that business - ability :
is not confined to any one el:t-s or
race. ! i
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CHICAGO . . , . . its fair
Anybody with half a. dollar and '
hns fare to Diicugo any time ;ifter|
.Tunc I can ;i.-t uiorc enfccrtiM.'iMclit
and education iu a short tit. than
has been crowded into one place in
a long tine-.
The Chicago Century , of Progress
j Exposition, ait hough unfinished, has
already attracted more than ST>0,()00 I
paid admissions. In seventeen prin
cipal btii.diugs^ and uiMiumliered
smaller ones will be shown n ore in
teresting and instructive exhibits
from all tile world than have been
seen in one place in America slncel
the San Francisco world's * fair of
li.'lo.
It. may easi'y turn out that < 'hi- j
cago's show, putting money into
free circulation a train, will pro\ e the
stimulus to business that will finally
smash I In: depression.
THOMSON . after 80 years
Eiijiti Thomson, eighty years old,
is stiil working, sf ill inventing. Not
so widely known as Edison, Pro
fessor Thomson ranks aicong men
of science as the foremost living in
ventor in the electrical field.
He invented electrical welding
among other things. But before that
he had made the primitive dvnainos !
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work, perfected the electrical motor]
and done many other things to make
electricity turn the world s wheels, i
Professor Thomson's .enthusiasm
in the field of astronomy led him to
try lo find a way to make higger and
better telescopes. When past seventy
he invented a method of fusing!
; quartz so than it can be worked like
jgiass, and fused quart/, lets in a lot
;?,f lighi which glass bars out, m> the
'biggest telescop.- Iciis in the world
i is now being mode out of Thomson's
fused quart/.
The human myid*. never "stops
working, and growing as long as
the body endures. Wo may vet tear
; of startling new inventions by Elihu
'Thomson. _ -_r.T
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SENATE APPROVES
TOMPKINS BILL j
Raleigh, April 4? The Senate has
added its approval to tin* house hill,
introduced hv Representative Dan
Ton- ] 'kins, whirl) provides that Jack
son county shall pay the costs and
sheriff fees in justices of p:aee courts
in Jackson county when- the prison
ers are sentenced to jail or roads.
QUALLA
i\< v. William' Hampton of .Sun
burst preached, Sunday morning
from the text "For the great day of
his wrath is come, and who shall be
able to stand." The pastor, Rev. L.
Rogers conducted a very interesting
service at the Baptist Church Sun
day, -evening , .
Mrs. J. L. Ferguson received a
message Sunday of the death of her
nephew. Mr Bonner Ray of Wayncs
vihe.
On Maich 'Jtifh Mr. Frank Battle
of (jttalla was married to Miss Uubv
McLean of Whittier.
A latge audience attended the clos
ing exercises of (jiftilla .-ehool Thurs
day evening.
Prof, and Mrs. L L. Shaver are
moving t <? Webster to .spend tin sum
mer.
Mr. Vanglui Hemphill and Misses
Alowyu and Bonnie Jlemphill of
Georgia visited at Mr. J. C. Hoyles
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). J. Worhy visited
at. Mr. Kd Bumgarnere.
M is. W. If. Jloyle called on Mrs.
Terrv .Johnson. . *
Misses Gertrude Ferguson and
Annie v Terrell visited .Miss Winnie
Cooper.
Misses Edna find Polly Hoyle vis- 1
ited Mi>s Luci'c McLean of Whittier.
Mrs Georgia. Hoyle and Misses Mil
dred and Inez Howell called on Mrs.
W. H. Jloyle.
Messers Jack and (Jake Battle and
Buret) Terrell visited at Mr. D. C.
Hughes.
Messrs P. 11. Ferguson, Weaver
Freeman and Mr. and Mrs... II. G.
Ferguson called at Air. J. K. Terrells.
The Qualla folks who are at present
in the section of the recent earth
quake in southern California, are Mr.
Gordon Shulcr of IT. S. Navy and
wife, Mr. J. T. Shclton, Mr. Carl
C. Terrell. Their friends have re
ceived messages or letters informing
them, of th"ir safety. Of the Olivet
section are Mr. Luther Regan of U.
S. Wavy and Mrs. Zena Gardner.
Mrs. J. H. Hughes has gone to
Cherokee to spend a while with Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Hushes. Their little
5 year old son, .Tint Kd was p'aying
with a large bell when it overturned
land amputated the four fingers of
|his right hand. We are sorry to learn
i of this accident as Jim T'.d is a bright
I friendly little boy and enjoys visiting
his relatives at Qualla.
Rev. Ii. G. McCl'jirrock and Mr. H.
|G. Ferguson attended, a ministers
'meeting at Franklin Sunday after
j noon.
, Mr Jv R. Green ha* returned to
Route No. 1. after a two weeks va
cation. His vacancy has been filled
bv Mr. Ras Davis of Whittier who
is assistant Postman.
Misses liois Wtke and Annie Ter
rell attended church at V\ ayncsvillc
I Sunday morning
Mrs! J. L. Ferguson visited Mrs. L.
iW. Cooper.
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jSylva Rotarians Win
Goblet At Charleston
Beer Legal
After May 1
(By DAN TOMPKINS)
Raleigh, April 5? The boor bil
passed its third r< adinjfin tho Hous?
of Representatives on yesterday and
w:is ratified this morning, making th<
salo of boor, lager hcer, alo, porter
fruit juices and light wines of an
alcoholic content of not more thai:
;},2 per ccut legal in North Carolinii
aftor May 1. The vote in the House
on the third reading was 75 for th<
bill and 27 against.
The sentiment in favor of passing
?he act has been growing for tho past
hree weeks, and culminated in an
overwhelming sentiment for the act
in the House of Representatives,
where it wouldn't have had a chanci
three weeks ago, a-s was evidenced by
tht? refusal of the Judiciary Com
I inittee No. 1 to give j favorable re
port to a similar bill introduced b\
Representative Murphy of Rowan'
and by the inability of Mr. Murphj
to even get a minority report on lm
bill. Representatives going to theii
homes and returning reported a tre
mondons sentiment among the peoph
for the enactment of the legislation
and it is to this sentiment back hom<
that the proponents of the bill attri
bute their success.
When the bill was in the House oi
second and third readings many a
niendments were sent forward, but
most of >l)oin wore voted down. Tin
only amendment that would make tin
bill less drastic than as first drawn,
which was allowed to be i^glfd b\
the proponents of the bill, was th?
one sent forward by I he Republican
leader in the House, Mr. Cowles oi
Wilkes, and which raised the ag>
limit of persons to whom the be
verages can be sold from 16 to 18
An amendment bv Represent ativi
Tompkins of .Jackson, which would
provide that any person licensed tc
sell beer, who was convicted of soli- |
jug any beverage of a higher alcohol
ic per cent than 3.2 should have his
license revoked, and could never ob
tain another license in this State.,
was voted down, as was an amend
by Mr. Martin of Buncomb,
which sought lo prohibit the sale of
boor and wine on Sunday. An amend
ment repealing all local laws regard
it; the sale of beer was adopted.
The opponents of the bill as drawn
centered their activities about the
proposed amendment to submit the
matter to the vote of tho people. It
was clearly seen that it would ho
impossible to defeat the bill, and the,
course adopted was to try to get a re- j
tVrondum on the question.
v All such amendments were voted
down, and the bill adopted as it caret
from the committee, with <he except
ion of the Cowles amendment and
the one repealing all local statutes
regulating the snle of beer.
However, tho proponents of the hill
org now preparing a machinery act
to regulate the sale, which they say
will meet the many objections to th< j
bill in its present form-. They have ?
asked for a copy of th?? Tompkins >
amendment calling for the revokation
of licenses in cases where the seller*
of beer engage in bootlegging, and
also propose to prohibit sale within
certain distances of school houses and
churches, and also to prohibit its sale
oil Sundays. Even the proponents of
the bill admit that it is a bad bill in
its present form, and that the regul
atory legislation will have to be en
acted if consequences from the bil1 j
ar;? not to be bad.
The bill would possibly have re
ccived more votes than it did, had
the regulatory amendments been a ,
dopted. Son:e Representatives state
that they would have voted for it if
it had been in proper shape, but that
j they could not support a bill as dras
| tie in its changes as the orte that wax j
j before the Hou?c. All Republicans in i
the House voted against the bill ex
cept Representative Oaks of Avery
comity.
Representatives from the Western
counties who voted against the bill as
it was drawn and passed were: Hut
chins of Yancey, Martin of Buncombe
Howell of Haywood, Tompkins of
Jackson and Ingram of Macon.
Under the provisions o'f the bill. I
anybody can cell beer tad wine of I
/
The Sylva Rotary club captured
the Governors Golden Goblet trophy,
offer**! (luring the fifty-eighth dis
trict session held in Charleston, S.
C., to the group making the best re
cord during the past 12 mouths
Robert F. Phillips, of Asheville,
was nominated district governor over
Guy L. lfouck, of Franklin.
The district meeting closed Tues
day. Tlie Sylva club won over 47
other clubs in North Carolina and
South Carolina. Franklin Rotary
club ran u close second for the tro
phy.
The trophy was awarded on the
basis of points received for increase
in membership, attendance percent
age, attendance of officers at district
assembly, attendance of officers and
members at annual conference, and
community service.
Dr. II. T. Hunter, president of
Western Carolina Teachers college at
Cullowhec, is president of the Sylva
club. Claude Allison is vice-president
and Ralph Sutton is sccretary-treas
urer.
Representatives attending the con
ference were:
Dr. Hunter, Mr. Allison, of Sylva
Ellis Vestal, Sylva, director, Scroop
Enloe, Dillsboro, director and past
president, aud Jack Walters, Chero
kee. Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Enloe, Miss
Anne Enloe, Mrs. Walters and Miss
Creech, superintendent of the Sylva
hospital, also wore in th? party.
Dr. Hunter delivered the response
to the welcome addresses by Mayor
Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston,
and T. W. ThornhUl, president of
the Charleston club.
BEAUTY CONTEST TO BE
HELD AT OULLOWHEE
Cullowhee, April 5 ? The College
newspaper at Western Carolina Teach
oolieffo ?nd tha .TonrnaKjon eluh
will sponsor the contest, Plans to
hold the contest among the women
students of the college began March
28.
The contest will reach its second
stage the third week in April, at
which time the eight women who
have received the highest number
of votes will be selected for the final
campus contest. The lady in this
group receiving the highest number
of votes from the stndent body will
be designated as the college May
Queen and will preside at a May Day
celebration. The May Queen will bo
given tbo privilege of choosing a
young man of the campus to reign
with her at the campus May Day
festival. The seven young ladies rnk
ing next highest in the number of
votes will serve as the Queen's at
tendants.
Voting in the contesb will be open
to all students.
GRADE WILL HAVE EGO HUNT
Mm T. \Y. Fernald, grade mother,
will entertain the members of the ad
vanced first grade, of the Sylva
school, with an egg huut, on nevt
Monday afternoon.
?J.2 per cent a'cohol by weight at any
time, flay or night, Sunday or week
day, anywhere within the State of
North Carolina, to any person over
18 years of age; provided the seller
has something else to sell besides beer
and wine, and provided he has enough
money to pay the county license of
$2.).00 and the town or city license
of $10.00. It is generally said to be
the most ill-conceiv^ and drastic bill
of its kind that has | massed any leg
islature of any State. However, it i*
hoped and believed that it will be
regulated properly by the bill that
is coming forward within the next
few days.
The Revenue Bill has not cone
out of the Finance Committee' as yet :
hut ft is generally understood that
it will provide for a general sales tn*
of 2 per cent. There will be a fight
over that in the House.
The conference committee between
the House and Senate on the appro
priations hill has agreed on an eight
months school term, and on a salary
reduction of state employees of
per cent. It remains to be seen
whether the House will accept the
report.
A bill is now on the calendar in the
House to permit the manafaetnre of
beer in North Carolina, whisk ya>
prohibited bjr titt hamk I MB*