North Carolina Newspapers

[fffCTS OF MORGAN J0TISATION MAY It FAR-REACHING ? \ .bine 7.?' The (liselo tli'' affairs of ,T. p. tv i ?:in.v, brought out )?v v ,.?i. JiiinkiiifT and Currency n> ligation, seem cev i?:Vi u iijielrtic: effects in i!'! I j ? , i '!i! directions. The in . !t is lu-inp: conducted a* !?in-|M?si> of ascertain- j (i ;i 'unit investment bank ,, iii, t]< ? is?? a ii! iV.'iiiiiiiw a law U 1 1 ? .1. u . di: prohibit banks of <tV , t'r.iiii 'li .i !".!: a No in investment II' : ili?' f ? i legislative ili M.i'v.iii investigation is ? 'ic .in :iiiientlinent to the in e !.i* i-'i u ? ? having- for its jmr .,tariii' !, "I . \ !.iv l:i !,{? f . i ? i"'ii i;f heavier ta.\e ?!. flu' w.:i!lii >. \|! \J..; 1 1 li -litieil that lieithei , if ' his nineteen pa rtner. " * * r . , I;. ? ? : iroiiir ! axe's in tin* I'nitetl l?, ]!?';! or IJW2, although . . .... in ; iio il eleven million dollars >.,! I "20 mid 48 thousand ?H'.iM ?. This was not in any i vrMMh * ? I the law. The cast N. !i i (ivl I'.':*' ? it!i t i::\ ili.llat- 1" i,-i- .-iii . j. !>rit :illt I w'-h ''e ehnrge mad. .( llllllll- ' MitellCll, of J }(< t'iiy l!:i'ik, ivho is neens.-d b'vlir.' ili inlet! the fioventrnei'ti. ??! , , !:?< idiitcincnts. No i , .i, ll.il'. \| , \ju! -mi's i ,| t hut he a nil t In i..' (!..? Will'.' ? . ul hi- ? ti !,l ???v > >v ! i'ioi?>; ilk Jliyil!' ; ? : '1 v.,*.* Wu'il 4.; thein by an; . I; IMS; i hi' :.?!>'. ? (>'. ll'.c I 'liteil ..'States, i I 1 Mil, /???! ru1' '?.iv lit duct ioii I nil' mi-/.;.' i./ fiis.i> v. .?? 1 1 1 1 i"if from iii i'i I'I, lh, of wWHfiti' ? i u'iri'j?'./r /cn>w< thai thel'i :< n :it 'mji n! I he |ir:?-<r o' li.i'!.- ,ir / lin'id- a I'niijile ul' lh''1 A- II i:* .Muffsi-.i fine. i'. t vitif .. a ;?l fli ? income tax law permitted l" .leilnet ! lit ) r lus.es lrt>ir ?t.i'r it; ?iHiie'i, l'i>r !n\ fifi i |i -.i >. TI: Ki's'Ji*li l'i'? . miib r whi<li ,Ali\ Mutr-i' ?ti''ii| !i- naiil income IriXi's (.i l-.'itf IhimJ '"I llif !?'o yi-ais in ijiiestioii !?? . ? it 'if : i! iliM i :ioi |?i-**iii it t !i .'iimii-'siiii til i;i|iil:il Iosm--., b.it nei "ln-r ilm - it lax fii(*it:il pf.*ii?ii>. { TIm' came jus? at ill iiHltlfljl 'vlli-li iic.lii, were hem ?rt.'/it l" l itiii new :s of la" i tviiiu* iv. ? tl. which to pay the iti v.H?!. I :ii itiii on three !?i ' ?V; i|mI!.ii* ?#.{' in>\v fSovemmen' v.!i'ili :in. {h he offeivd fo l'i t.ii-i mom v for the 1'resi "'?i'' - |nililii> uoiks program. Ill iii't-ii jj-f.,), was an increase ii i.ixis. mi tin- ground 1 hut ".'?I "-?i.ik ihe rich," lint Mr. Mor ? ?'Viileiici> proved that the rif'' ???ii' t mills 11 re in slocks am" '" " . !i esc a p." hciinr "sonked ' ii ? iolid inpr any l"w*t while (In ? 'i' it all hiishuss man 01* sal ? u...-k?'r lias 110 such way of in.- 1 he payment of tin- full tax. "! 1 Ulitij?nishcd S.'iiator who oh ? '"I '"iti**! >l ivnmm>ly t?> tin* Iiii<* " ri il' Morgan invest Ration took 'i'". < ' : ! ? r (Mass of Virginia. Mr ' ? ?'! <"*?, i> still a fighter, anrl h' -I'm. i- i t, one of the ablest pol pnhlie life. Mr. Glass - ifif'-i nil his objection, also, to l'i ?-;?ii 11 ? *s ame.ndinent <0 th'1 '?'"?y i.iv.s which provides no! ''i.t1 ?ni arc obligations of the 1 "'"I ^ ti. ami of others' shall noi :;i,|tl n< payable in gold, but .ill obligations which now 1 1 "tli1 payment shall he paid il??'i:ti <. regardless of (heir gold '?'Mil'. '? '?? -et al rest the question " not the obligations pay ' 1:1 '?-?Id must he paid in gold !'"i. !< no trold available. The "I t In- iuFiniiiistration is thai, I'-li'i i? (jiitcd Stales eur " !'i-li is redeeirahle in gold, " i> 'milted to gel gold for 1 "'"tt-y, it would he unfair to :? nee to holders of bonds ' |l| r . Mirations which call for luyiiii-ut. 1,0 ' a matter of fact, no in itself, hut merely \v)..f(>|-.v to measure rt'Kii v ; ? ni'Mce of gold still rep 1 fraction over $20, but '""?i id yeaiantee to all the ili.ti eve 1 y American dollar , '"Ici'iiud in gold has been iihuudoned. WILL CONDUCT REVIVAL KKY. F. A. IiOWER /2TEKANS WILL BE SELECTED IN CHARLOTTE THIS MONTH Ali appiieation^ of Veterans for work t*iil si men} in ihc Veterans' Contingent of the Kmerfjeiiey Conser vation \V<?: L, ,;nithoiiz<d by order of i'ri-sidont Roosevelt on Mjiv 11, and j >iay .If!, v. ill have to lie placed ilnoisL'li the ^ oteraus' Administration in Charlotte, according to informa tion rocei \'<'d by N. Don Davis, ' rtuiifiy1 .>upr riiitcndciit of welfare. Veterans (ill it led to enroll arc those who ,-i-iw soiviee in t ho World War, Spanish- American War, Philippine Insurrection, \foro?;(*o Expedition, or tlw Hoxer Roliollioii. Application blanks will ho mailed direct to any intorostod lotoraiiH who will write to I ho \\t?" ans' Administration in .('Jiai lotto. "" ^ , Veterans, who saw service in the anniid forces during; the periods above in -lit iom (I, who hold honor aid;* di.-ch ir^os, who arc unemployed, j \vh?> are i-irznis of the United States, who arc physically fit for the work, :i 1 1 ? I - who arc of ?food character are ?it it It <1 to enrollment in the work. The Veteran*' Administration will hfuin mak:n<r selections frotr. nppli catiou on hand on June 12, and hope to have the enrollment completed by Mine 22. TI.e filial < nrollnient will bo 1 made hv the War Department, and instructions will bp sent to the selected men direct. O QUALLA I ? c v . H. (I. Ale< lam rock "rave :i plain and practical explanation of I In- parable of the sower at the Meth odist church Sunday morning. M r. Wayne Ferguson underwent an o|H-ration lor appendicitis at the Community Hospital in Sylva Sat urday. Ilis many friends hope for him a speily recovery. Mrs. J. !.. Hyatt anil son, John, Jr. ?ind Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Hyatt have rot til. mil from a visit to relatives neat Six Mile, S. ('. Mr. J. 0. Terrell went to Asheville, Monday. Mis. II. (J. Fergnsen is spending i IV w days with her son at the hos pital in Svlva. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Ayers, Mr. I'Yaiik K'insland, Mr. Clark Cass, Mr. iihI Mrs. Kd Rumgarner and Mrsf Joe Biinigaincr railed at Mr. Dave W'orley's. Miss Irene Kahy has been visiting it Co\v.iri?. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and! family of Atlanta, (in. and Mr. M. W. Klolz, also, of Atlanta, are camping nt the Ivlotz farm. Mr. Carl Hovle and Miss Annie Lizzie T.i-rrc-ll were dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. Terry Johnson's, Sun 'lay. Mr. si ml Mis. Kd Parker of Bifj Ri<l.<;o visit rd at Mr. J. L. Hyatt's. Miss F.velyn Kinsland visited rel atives at Cherokee last week. Mi-'ssj I? ut li !?\'i,rnnit spent Sat urday I: iv? lit wit It Miss Mary Kiiima I'Vr'.riison. M>k OHie Hall visited Misses F.dna and Koimie Fieemaii, Sunday. Mr. I>. S riinfoi- of (Charleston, S. ('.. called at Mr. T. \V. McLaugh lin's I. ill e M?ii Kd I flushes of Cherokee visited Wilrna and I). C. ITuglu'8. Mix. .1. W. Cnthey and Miss Jennie Cat liey railed at Mrs. 0. IF. Martin's has operation Wavne Fergusrn, of Qunlla, pop nlnr Svlva Nigh sehool student, un derwent nn operation for appendicit is, at the .1. Harris Community hospital, on Sal m day. Young Mr. Ferguson ii n son of Mr. and Mrs. II. 0. Ferguson. TTe is recovering nicely from the operation. WILL START REVIVhl AT BAPTIST CHURCH NEXT SUN DAY NlfiHT A revival will begin at Svlva Bap tist ehnrch, Sunday, June 11. Rev F. A. Bower, pastor of tho First Bap tist church of Albemarle, will do tho preaching. l\[rs. Bower, who is j an accomplished singer, will aceoorp I any Mr. Bower. In addition to Mrs. I | Bower's solo work, the two often sing together. r Mr. and Mrs. Bower are Cauadi a.is by birth, but have been in the Stales for u number of years. Mr. Bower was a pastor in New York be fore eomimr to Morganton, where he was pastor of the First Baptist ehureh for a number of years. He went from Morganton to Albemarle, where he has been for several years. The pastor will preach at both .services Sunday Mr. Brower will arrive in, time for the service Mon day evening at 8 o'clock. The day service will 1m* at 10 in the mornings. There will be no day Iserviee on Monday. The public is cordially in vited to attend all these services. WILL REDISTRICT SCHOOLS ON NEXT MONDAY \ " The comty board of education will into tin* matter of redisricting the county for school purposes, at a meeting to be held on Monday of next. week. At that time the board will make its recommendations to the State School Commission, which has the final authority, under th? new school machinery law. j The committeemen cannot be cho sen bv f he county board until the redistricting i.s effected, nor can tho teachers be elected for the several schobls in I lie court y until the lo cal committeemen have been chosen. As soon as the State commission ap proves th-? county district plans, the local committeemen will be'sel vl'cd and the teachers vHl be chosen as -co:i thereafter n* it is pri-'? "cable, it was sta'. cl yesterday, at the office j .if the cftnnty fcupcrintcn?I""t of j -V'iooIs ) ' A ' j ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE j Aiinmiiiffiiiriit has been nia<lc by It. II. DcButts, assistant general pas- i sciiger agent of the Southern aRil- I way, of an additional passenger train to !??? o|m-i Afccd between Ash< T*iile , and Brvson City, the schedule of j wl;,ich 'will become ff?te)ti\V ne*ct j Sunday. The train going east will a*? J rive in Sylva at eight thrity-five in the morning. Leaving Asheville at j (our o'clock '.u hte afternoon, it will arrive lu re ;it six-fifty. ? ? j BALSAM Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Friz zel, a son ? Billie Covel, on the morn ing of the 5th. Mr. and Mi's. O. J. Beck and sons, Charles and Willis, Mrs. L. A. Reed | and Mrs. I). W. Eiisley motored to Whiteside, Highlands, and Franklin, Sunday. , Mr. John Allen Jvenney made a business trip to Asheville, Saturday. Misses Ida Mae and Marie Coward were here from Canton, Sunday. Mr. John Warren went to Brvson City, Sunday. Mr.. John Blantou and Mr. ami Mrs. Porte Jones spent Sunday with Mr. Blanton'.s mother in Swain coun ty. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perrv and little son, .Toe, spent last week end with his mother, Mrs. May belle Per ry. (iiiest's are arriving at Balsam Springs hotel and Balsam Lodge. Mrs. Wa'ter Braren, Mrs. Lena Campbell, Mrs. (iiiendoline Ranlerson Miss Sadie Mae Jeffcoe, Howard War ren, Jack Arlington, and J?ihn Up son, went fn Highlands, Whiteside, ami Franklin, Sunday. Mrs. Ton? Melton and mother, Mrs. K. Braren, and son Herbert, Dr. Kh'ck and family , arrived this week from Daytona Beach, Fla., and arc | occupying their respective cottages. I Mrs. Sara Brvson very deligthful f |y entertained Saturday evening in honor of lier guests. Misses Marie Nichols ami Edith Vainer, of Whit tier and Beatrice and Joe May of Hayesvi'le. Many jrames were played p"d delicious refreshments were serv . ! ..j telfcAlftj / ^Uiention Of County Agent Brings Discussion ? .f V ^ There is considerable discussion in th* bounty over the fact that the contract for the county farm agent work will expire on July I, and the people are wondering whether the work will be discontinued at that time.' In ;lhis, as in most counties, the matter of the farm agent work is subject to analization and criticism, and! sometimes criticism without an alization. i T]ho.sc who favor the retention of I the work point out the l'a-r ilia" the federal governmnet is making urn at efforts to put agrieultu:-" hack on a paying basis, and that, uuteh of the contact between the local farmers and the governmental agencies is to I be til rough the county farm agents, J thus', greatly increasing the respou J sibi^ty and importance of the work. The eounty's part of the comity agent's salary was reduced 1ft per cent in 1931, and an additional lo per cent in 19.12, making the total cost to the county for the work in the year just ending only $1131 The following is a brief summary ? of farm demonstration work in Jaek j son conn!v during 1932, as taken from the county agent's annual re j |>ort of last year: | 1. _Qats: C'oker strain Piilghruin variety, 40 per cent better that Beit variety. 154 bushels in demonstra tion yielded 84.4 extra tons of feed valued at $5.00 per ton. Extra value to farmers $424.00 2 Ijettp-'dezac 2115 lbs. in demon stration, based on 7 years' work, in creased soil firtility 7.7 hu. per acre, per year. Value $485.10 3. Potatoes: 35 bu. certified s?-ed in demonstrations, value" over local seed used on -same farms . .? 100.54 4. Cabbage: Reed strain Variety used in demonstrations, ?i pprox im.it e ly netted Hamburg groveis #18,00') 20 pqT eent due to vanei/ $3600.00 ^Trench silos: .14 tons capacity, savflri" iir> construction and increas ed f<od in. value 30 per eent . . $315. fi. Brick brooders (pna'tiy) S built at saving of $14.75 en eh $73.00 7. Poultry: Blood tested 10(H) birds gave extra value to eggs of __ #251.35 8. 4-H Club Work: Profit in club projects T- - $''82 70 9. Marketing: Poultry, 43,138 lbs. iionltrv sold at cooperative sales for $6,042.10. Extra value to farmer?, . _? ^ne;2.7ir Potatoes: 303 bushels sold cooper atively at extra value to farmers of *9:130 Livestock : 254 head of cattle and sheep sold eooperatively. Extra value to farmers of $115.06 Other marketing; (purchase of oat, lespedcza, potato seed $12.3.24 Total $7,437.01 Tlip above only includes the taugi ahle value of farm demonstration work in the county. It does not in elude such intangibles as outlook meetings, securing cooperation of lo cal organizations, county program work, variety recommendations to farmers based on experiment work, forestry work, assisting with cream marketing, improvement of live stock through better sires, better methods cf feeding and manage ment, bee work, community activi ties such as field days, shows, in struction work to 4-H Club members, assisting with getting credit through i the federal seed and fertiliser loans, regional credit corporations, and a great many other activities. MAKE PERFECT RECORD Ciil!ow!i"e, Jiiih! 7. ? Several stu dents of the Oullowhee Elementary School n:a<tc a perfect attendance record for the year just closing. The elementary school here is operated as a training school for- Western Car olina Teachers College. The students making the perfect nii<-?dnuee record are as follows: Seventh grade: Jennings Tucker, Roy Phillips, Sallie Hooper. Sixth I 'Trade: Vivian Daves, Ruth Elliott, j Keva Painter, Petty Lee Price, Fior ) ied Tillev. Fifth grade: Lojanu (Ja'loway, Sallie Xorton, Helm Phil lips, Sara Lee Tillev, Glenn Hooper. Thin" grade: Thomas Kinsland, Ed win Tilley, Agnes TTenson, Mildred Johnson, Ye ma L:*e Reid, Mary Sue Rogers. First grade: Mac Allen Ad ams, Pani.f'l Lee Hooper, and Hilda J Xorton. ' At the elementary school closing exercises, reading circle certificates were awarded to 168 pupils. The r Hound Mother To Groundhog Brood A hound belonging to Mr. Walt Mason of Webster has born rais ing n litter of adopted. ground hogs, this spring. The young' son of (lit1 owner of tlii' dog found the i small woodchurks in their den, | and phecd them in bed with the I pups. The 11 other of the pups ad j opted the young orphans and rais ed them along with her own off-, spiing. TODAY and TOMORROW (By Frank Parker Ktockbridge) SHINPLASTER . . . now unique Looking through some old faniil; papeis at my farm home the othe day I came a?*ro>s a ciirious relic o' my ehildhood. It is n lT. S. 25- eel' paptr note, issued in 1S7S. ! When I was a mi all hoy this pap? (Yiw-t ioiml currency,, which rejoiced i. tie popular name of "shinplaster' was the only wpuvalcnt for quarter and hall' dollars in civulatioii. Tlii old hill is ;i1mhiI an ineh and a ha! wide am' two and a halt' inelies |on>? | It seems to me that it is oi.!y til very young or those who have neve studied histoiy who ohjecl to change in our money .system. In my life lim it e I'nited States has gone from hi i' etalism to the gold standard and of again, from ?rie?'ii hacks to "hard inon ?>y" and haek again, from cheap dio' lars to high dol'ars ;iud hack aijaii Rut a dollar has always hern a do' lar, so far as domestic trade goe* It is only when we have to trail with, foreigners whose money stand ards an' iMffcrenf, thai the sliapi nialeiial or gold content or equivalen' of the dollar makes any real differ once. COINS need 2Vrc piece In tlif same collection 1 fount some old toins, :iiul hunted througl <in ancient disk to see if I could find out what over became of n six-sidet ?/old eag'e thiil my grandmother usr* to have. That is one of (In- rare coin issued by a private mint in Californi; in tin- 18.')0's, that bring high prior from collectors. 1 found no trace o: that, nor of the spread-eagle ccnl of 18f>(i which was on e of my father" (iiiios. I fonni'i a tiny silver five- con piece, proeusor of the ".nickel," am' other coins familiar to n y boyhood 'such as the two-cent piece, the oh1 topper pennies, higgei;than a quae tor of today, and the nickel three cent pi- ce, about the size of a dime. ' T thi:ik the coin We need most am never had is 2|i? cent piece. MEMORY . . . spilled sugar Tno old coins brought back a goo<' many boyhood ni?morie?, one then related to the ''trade dollar, whic! was coined by the T inted States mill' j for p'lrposis of trade with ?China alio lli" Orion*. The trade dtdlar was a little larger than th? standard silver dollar, containing, I believe, an exact * ounce of silver or 480 grains, instead ' id* the 412 grains of the silver dol j liar. The Chinese, then as now, trad,"i with silver by weight instead of by the value stamped tip<>n the coin, and' the f ratio dtdlar oame in settling1 bal ances calling for a given number of ounces of silver. It was not supposed , to circulate in the States, but sea faring m".n would bring them back to j , \'(w England ports froinVthe * Far j Kast. ^ j The inoititid which fixes the trade dollar in my mind is that, when I wa- j j about nine, lry mother gave me a I trade dollar and sent mo to the store j for eleven pound- of sugar. Pett i Hopkins wa> having a bargain sale of sugar. Sounds absurd today doesn't it ? sugar at that price F bought the K'.igar audi started j home. I stopp-d to play with some other bovs and set the paper sack j down on ,*? stone. The stone was wot land when T parked up the bag a I dollar's worth of .sugar spilled a!1 j over the lot ! j awards wev0 presented by M i.-s Cor delia Camp, director of teacher ! training in both the elementary and high school here. EDUCATION BOARD DECIDES AGAINST NEW SCHOOL HOUSE The Board of Education of Jack son county lias definitely derided for this eonntv not to participate in tlie building of a new school house nt Wliittier, at present. The decision was leached at a meeting of the board on Monday. The proposal had been mad-* for Swain and Jackson counties lo each .subscribe the sum of for tlie purchase of a site for tlu? building and for its con struction. Those who had tentatively work ci| on: the proposal contemplat ed that the counties borrow the mon ey from the State funds, with the exception ef the amount o? the in - surjince nn the burned building that has been collected by Swain. It wan contemplated that the new building In- placed on (be Jackson county side of the river, in the new residential Section of I be town. Under present plans, the children in Whittie!' will be transported to Qunlla school for elementary and pri mary training, and the high school" pupils will ?o cither to Sylva or Bryson City.. FRATERNAL SERVICE SUNDAY For a number of years it lias been a custom with the Woodmen of tb?? World and tlie Junior Order of Am erican Mechanics to attend a preach in.!;' service iu body. They have alter nated between the churches of the ?oir.munitv. and the local pas tors have usually been the preachers of the occasion. This y:'ir the service will be held at Svlva Baptist church Sunday night I line II I S o'clock. The pastor, I?ev. I. (iray Murray, will preach on temp erance. T!ie publie is invited to at tend Ibis fraternal service. WILL ORGANIZE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY FOR SYLVA, SUNDAY On 1'Vhvtiiiry 7 and 17 there were' mans meeting 4licl||d imt the ;<y>urL house in Sylva, at which tiiec* the j question of t (>iii|><*i'a nee was discussed. Th" meet iii?-s resulted in the mganiz ' at ion of I lie .lackson County Tem|H,i - ancc 1 -eairue, The officer^ eloHinl were: President, J. Orny Murray, \ ice-IVesidrnt, T. It. Wolfe, and nu executive committee composed of the following:, Or. II. T. Hunter, Rev. W. Weed, Cole Cannon, and the presi dent ami vice-president as members ex-officio. The constitution adopted provided for similar organizations in every eommiuiitv in the county. The follow ing places ?l ready have orgaizations : (ilenville, Tuckascigee, Webster, .Tolin's Creek, Moses' Ci4eck, East Fork, Old Savannah, flrccn's Creek, Scott's ('reek, Kast Sylva, and Wcs* levamia. At. lln> time these communities wer?? organized Ixttli Sylva pastors were awa,' at other places , hence Sylva has not hecii organized. How ever, such :?u organisation will be effected ;i I the close of the Fraternal Service it Sylva Baptist church, next Sunday night. All who believe in sobrielv and are willini; to help form .an oiyanizatVm (again*!. the lif|iior interests and prevent the re run* fit" the traffic, and all the evils that accompany it, are urged, to at tend this service and become a char ter member. \ I . MRS. FREEZE' FATHER DIES Funeral services were held for J. K. \\*i Ilia mi of Fairview, who died at his iiouif Tii? -day mottling, at Tweed's chapel, ;it two-thirty o' clock Wed in sday aftern.mn. Mr. Williams, who was eighty three ycirs old, was a well known fat liter ot Fairview community, in Buncombe county. Ife was a member of tin- Methodist church, and a Ma son. Be-id ?> his widow, he is surviv ed by three -ons, Furman, of Canadi an, Texas Vance, of Marion, and Carl, of Fairview; five daughters, Mrs. -J. F. freeze of Sylva, Miss Es meralda Williams, of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. R. A. Patillo, Mrs. C. A. Buckner, and Mrs. B. W. Carpenter, of Fairview, and six grand children Mrs. Freeze hjas beon spending much of her time with her father during his last ilium. !