DAN TOMPKINS, Editor
COUNTY JOURNAL
rmpw Weekly By The
- ? J2*T CQU1 ^Ty J0URNAL co
Entered as second class matter at
the Post Office at Sylva, N. C.
? Carl Goerch, publisher of The
State, was here today on his way to
Murphy and points west. He will,
quite appropriately, we think, speak
in Morganton, tomorrow evening.
Dr. drover Wilkes, returning from
Raleigh, where he attended a meet
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ing of health officers regarding the
maternal death rate in this State,
says, thai a campaign is to he
launched immediately looking to the
reduction of the death rate of moth
ers and infants. Dr. Wilkes states
that the campaign will he education
al, and that the press, pulpit, wo
men's chihs, and radio will he used,
to edueat^the women regandinlg what
service they have a right to expect
from physicians and midwives.
The new federal I six bill, is so
designed to stop up t ho loop-holes
through which wealthy men and cor.
porations have been escaping the (In- I
ty of bearing tluii fair share of the
burdui of j^ov.t'rniiHMit. Rooxevol?'s
idea is to briiii; about at least a
partial redistribution: of wealth, by
taxing the big fellows and p;i vi nj?
out the money to the small fry, by
giving jobs to do, and otherwise. The
idea is great, if we don't got ar.
other Secretary of the Treasury like
Andrew Mellon to come along and
pay millions upon top of millions
back to the large tax-payers, aiijd i!"
smart lawyers don't work out legal,
though dishonest means of evadin? I
the payment of, the taxes by the'
wealthy. ^ I
THE VETERANS WIN
Rv a smashing vote in the House
ami a margin of two in tin* Senatty
the Congress* jussi'd tin1 veterans
bill over the veto of President Roose
volt, and the veterans* organizations
won another victory.
There are several reasons that
made it possible for Congress to go !
contrary to the wishes ot j>o|>nlai i
President Roosevelt in this matter.
One is the asinine decisions t hut j
have been made by reviewing board? j
in certain cases, working hardships j
upon deserving veterans, which was J
never the intention nor the wish of
the President. Another is that while
economy was- being practiced in
the ordinary expenses of the gov- !
eminent, including benetits to v.et- 1
era ns, the government was pouring
out money with a lavish band in
RFC, CWA, COO. and what not, in
an effort to redistribute wealth and
set the country on the way to re
covery. Many jveople, including th<
mass of the veterans could not see1
the point of balancing the budget
at their partial expense, and at the
same time setting up another budget
of extraordinary expenses, since tho
money was all coming out of the
federal treasury.
A short time ago we were hearing
talk of a dictator, a one-man gov
ernment. That has been dissipated
by the vote on the veterans' bill.
The original plan of government,
composed of legislative, judicial, and
executive departments still stands.
Each has its distinct functions, and
the one of the functions of the Con
gress, representing the several States
of the Union, is to levy taxes and
make appropriation of moneys foi
various purposes. The executive has
c(n]y authority to adtfiy in such
matters, and to exercisc the veto
power, which can be overriden by
two-thirds of both houses.
This is what has happened, and
there is no reason for getting ex
cited about it, the Asheville papers'
well-known opposition to all legis
latiort favoring the veterans, to the
contrary notwithstanding. Great,
wise and popular as is President
Roosevelt, he is not the first presi
dent of greatness, wisdom and pop
ularity who has had his veto over
ridden by a congress, without losing
a great deal in prestige. It happened
to Wilson more than once. It hap
pened to Cleveland, and it has hap
pened to Roosevelt.
Roosevelt and his Congress, as did
Wilson and his, will continue work
ing in harmony, fighting for the peo
ple against the vested interests, and
Roosevelt, as did Wilson, will con
tinue to be the leadcT. There's noth
ing to get excited about.
A DREAM COMING TRUE
The dream of Dr. James Parrott,
head of the State Department of
Health, for an effective health unit
in the counties surrounding the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, is coming true.
Dr. Parrott, last year, secured
from the federal government, funds
with which examination was made of
fill the Indians on the Qnalla Res
ervation, and treatment given to
those suffering with communicable
diseases.
That was the beginning of his
work iu cleaning up the Park Area
in order to assure that the benefits
the people of this r<?gion will realize
from the tourist influx will not b<*
minimized bv unsanitary conditions
and the threat of epidemics.
Yesterday announcement was made
that Jackson, Haywood, and Swain
have been organized into a health
unit, with a whole time health offi
cer in charge, a sanitary engineei
and a nurse located at Waynesvillc,
a like unit at Sylva, another at
Bryson City and another at "Cherokee.
Because of the presence of the
Cherokee Indians in Jackson and
Swain, the federal government will
contribute $5,000 a year to the sup
port of the work, the State and othei
outside sources will contribute $8,000.
Haywood county, $3,700, Jackson
$1,300, and Swain $9'I0.
It is anticipated that the TY.\,
when it really begins work in this
part of the Tennessee Basin, will
materially assist in tin- improvement
of sanitary conditions throughout
this area, and its sanitary engineers
will work under direction of the
State Board of Health, and under the
J immediate direction of the local,
j three-county health unit.
RAILROAD FARES SUCCESSFUL
The experimental fares f lisit have
hccu in effect 011 railroad iines have
provrt!' to l>c popular and haw pn al
ly stimulated railroad travel, ac
cording to information from R. II.
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TXeButts, Assistant Oen< ral Passen
ger A?eiu{ of the Southern Railway
with headquarters in Asheville.
The follow:n?r .tcLyram has In en
tcceivid from Mr. IVMults:
Ashwille. V. <?-. Mar. Jtl. lfl:M j
Dan Tompkins, Kdito;-,
Jackson County Journal
Sylva. \. ('.
Kiister irnvtings. Kxp irm.-nt:;! j
fan's of Southern Railway System
lir??\s now in effect Jiave hc..M very j
much appreciated hv'Mh" traveling
public ails!1 tl c return* have shown
PTiat ifyinjr resulJs the fans heing one
and one half cents per m*le for oil"
way coach tickets; t'Wo at 'I two and
one halt cents per iniie for each
mile travel* <1 for round trip tickets
rt turn limit; fifteen and thirty days
respectively and three cents per in i ???
ruie way tickets the latter time kind>
i?f tickets being good in sleep ng or
% ' ) .
pailor cars on payment ot proper
?halves for the spac:> occupitd. \V?? ?
feel you will he pleased to get this
information and we hope for yoer
continued cooperation in devclopuieni
i>f traffic for rail lines. Whin tin*
railways prosper many other indus
tries are favorably stimulated. Re
gards.
R. IT. DeButts.
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
SHAKESPEARE . . . and Bacon
I was invited the other night to
a dinner of the Bacon Society of
America. It has nothing. to do with
consumption of the over-supplv of
pork products, but is composed oi
enthusiasts who are convinced thai
the plays and poems attributed to
William Shakcspeafe were really
wiitten by Sir Francis Bacon. They
base that not only upon the pur
ported discovery of a secret cipher
in the First Folio edition of Shakes
peare, but upon the assumption that
only a highly educated man of great
erudition could have known as much
as the author of these works, where
as Shakespears was an unlettered
countryman.
J asked some of the Baconians
whether they had ever heardi of such
a thing as genius; whether they could
name the college where Robert Burns
was educated or tell where ? Mail
Twain got his diploma. They didn't
like that. So T went away and left
them to their innocent amusement.
LINDBERGH ... his jflace
All doubt as to whether Col. Lind
bergh is still the great popular hero
of the American people was dis
pelled when his appearance before
the Senate Committee investigating
the air mail drew ,thc largest crowd
that has ever attended such a gath
ering. The eagerness with which folk
listened1 over the radio to his testi
mony, and the applause which greet- j
ed him everywhere in
the columns which the
printed about him and w
and the universal appro*
modest yet well-considered i
have, T believe, increased
laj-tv, it that were possibl
Aft.- 1- all, the underlying
sense of the American people had
always discriminated between the
mere notoriety-seeker who is always
talking- abc.it something? usually
hiitiself ? and the man of character
and achievement who kecp.4 his
mouth shut when he has nothing im
portant to say.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE JACKSON COUNTY (BANK
At Svlva, North 'Carolina, to th??
Commissioner of Banks, at tin* el oar
of business on the 5th day of March,
10:54.
Resources .
Ca-li, Checks for Clearing
and Transit items $ (5,522.18
Due from Approved
Depository Hanks 22,550.08
Due from Hanks ? Not
, Approved Depositories 10,877.44
N. Car. State Honds in
Use row (For exemption
of Common Stock from
Assessment) 18,000.0(1
j 1 "nit . d State Honds,
Notes, etc. 75,450.00
X. Car. State Bonds,
Notes, <te. 98,000.00
Other Stocks an ! Bonds 4, .'{00.00
Lo.vis and Discounts ?
oilu-r 181,0(50. Hi
Batikiti.-f House and Site 12,0(10.0(1
Furniture, Fixtures and
F,<|uif-m:nt .'5,000.00
Oili-r Real Fsf-.te 27,510.01
D< posit ? Federal Deposit
fns. Corp. 440.00
TOTAL RFSOl'lfCFS $4<MI,.'I21.87
Liabilities and Capital
D< maud D? |>osils - Due
I'lililic (tlf'cials 00.0 10.70
D< .nan ! Di posits Dip*
? M hers . 10.{:!00.0-:
I) HiiUid fVrlil icates ol IV
? !??? i' ; tills' uIm d:ivs| .5,i 4l? 20
C -!ii''is ('Ifiks, Certified
On l. i hm! Dividend
Cherks '.1 ..." 011.12
A<ciui-d Kxpeil^es, i'ux.s
and hitei e-t . . 2, 08?. 4**
Time ( Viiificjiti-K of
|)<pt><ii D(?e others S5.0I0.00
Bonds and t Mjivi' Seeurit'es
lion owed 00,000 00
O-hrr liabilities 3.82
?UTAL LIABILITIES $38(5, m32
\
Opitn! Stock? Common
Capital Stock -I'i'i t'crrnl
(> per Cumulative
S 1 1 r | >1 ii >- - A i >| ? ropri :i t t*?l for
Exempt iot; of Common
Stuck Assessment
I'udivided Profits
Reserve for Depreciation
Ki x?*?l Properties
Reserve for losses
?
30,800.00 !
1,410.0* !
15,850.00 |
2,721.80
4
080.00
22,517.60 J
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TOTAL CAPITAL
$73,088.55
<n
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AiND CAPITAL $400,321.87
U. L. AKIAIL, Cashier.
THOMAS A. COX, Dirccto.
S. \Y. EXIjOE, Director.
State of North Carolina,
County of Jackson.
I{. L. Aria il, Cashier, Thomas A.
Cox, Director, and S. W. Enloe, Di
rector of The .Tackson County Bank
each personally appeared before me
this day, and, being duly sworn, eacl
for himself, says that the foregoing
report is true to the best of his
knowledge and belief.
Sworn to ami suhscrilied befon
me this the 28 day of March, 1934.
W. .T. FISHER, Notary Public
My commission) expires Janu 27, 1934
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CHICKEN SALE
Will be at Sylva Feed Company's store, Saturday, Mar. 31 until 2
o'clock and will pay. the following prices in cash for poultry :
Heavy Hens, per lb. l'2c Leghorn Hens, per lb. 9c
Heavy Friers, op to 2 1/2 lbs. 15c
Stags 7c Roosters 5c
We will bay your green hides at 4c per pound
; HALL & POTTS
BT 3. H. POTTS
??F1?ASh" CAMPAIGN ON
r
It looks fioni here a.s if political
opposition were beginning to take
organized shape. A group calling
itself the "Republican Builders"
financed by nobody knows who, but
directed by if very able newspaper
man, Julian Mason, formerly editoi
of the New York Evening Post, i?
conducting an ' active propaganda
campqjgn to eryslali/e opposition
sentiment. How far il will g.-t no
body ean guess as yet, but it is
evidence that the political campaign
of 1936 . has started.
PAINTING
Can paint anything, hang paper, dec
orate interiors of houses and build
ings. Prices most reasonable. Years
of experience. ? Call or see
KAY F. MONTAGUE
At the Freeze House, Sylva
I FINALLY FACED THE QUESTION
OF "NERVES" - CHANGED TO
CAMELS. I'M SMOK
ING MORE~ AND EN
JOYING IT MORE.
MY ''NERVES" AREN'T
, -tf yQU CAN SMOKE TH6M STEADttV ,
. . . NEVER GET. ON YDUft NERVES . .. NEVEfcTfl
vi.Ai. ^ > ? , . IPS'
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YOUR CHURCH CALLS YOU
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Of all the days of the year there are two tliar
stand out in tlie^* power to inspire and lift the eyes
and the thoughts of men throughout the world.
Those two days are (1hristnias when we celebrate
ilie anniversary of the birth of the Savior and
Master when we commemorate His resurrection.
And of the two da vs. Easter sometimes , seems the
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most inspiring because all nature .seems to "he in
x accord, bringing new life, new assurance, new ho| >e
into the world Oome to church? your church- ?
on that day. Join with thousands of others in a re
newal and rebirth of faith,
"A f . ?
The combined churches of Jackson ( Vmntv in
vite you through this message, to come to whatever
church vou will. You shall be welcome at anv of
b/ ?
them not only on Easter Day but on every other
Sunday throughout the year.
Tli is Space Donated to the Churches of Jackson
Count v by
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