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$1.50 YEAB in advance in the county %qmxm il SYI.VA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934 12.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY present Congress Session To Be Two More Months April 4 ? The present , it look is l hat Congress will be in I"1 two months longer, ad oHini1- n''out? the l'irst of June, ^?ijor legislation that seems to he %.li,(lu!f?I for jKissage includes a mod :fj,.(| ii if for the regulation of stock illMj , miiiiiodity exchanges, a silver I,i!( .i!o-isriieil to put more money into cjtrii!:iti<"'. a measure to enable Ferl fin! li >' i vc Banks to lend on long i nr. capital lequircinenits of in and some new laws govern ing n visit on, probably one putting ail mil'tsiry flying under one com iii, inc.1. and another providing a new sysi.-m 1 <?f airmail contracts. There i< :i!-r> :i practical e< rtainty of the inlnp' ion of (lie Bankhead bill to en- j f,ii, reduction of the cotton acreage | <ni:. of the other proposals of the j istration seem doubtful of pas >;i .ii this time. Tiie best evidence that President Knii-evelt is not worrying about plans I,, put the skids under him and replace him with a real dictator'is tli t lie went on si week's fishing trip ulele the topic was a red-hot sub jut ?i .lis.-iijision. Wrniam Wirt, the <ii|n iinteudeiit of schools of Gary, Indiana, wrote a letter to James Rami. It., big industrialist and head j of tin Committee for the Nation, and j Kami n nl it before a committee of ('im^r.-s. Professor Wirt ? who is not jyjvrii to hx>se talk ? wroto,- to his fririi'l li'and that several of the yotimr in"' 'n the "brain trust" had t??1d liii! thai their effort u;as to <o iiifluence affairs in Washington t)i sit then could be no real recovery. Ui, would bring about such a con V>v, of revolt they thought, that the \?i|>le would rise and follow a tu w m?i,!:"inist leader and establish ?t /fjKM.m system in America. The Pro<ii}vMf tlu y told Mr. Wirt, was in thf m\i\Ah> <>f ;i powerful current and couM not srtt to either shore. He II. 'Is DIITI lv Iv I y of tlio wvolu, tion: i In- mil I^'iiit) would appear! later. Th" lifjcr cro.it c<l a sensation, fvm tlionirh many people did not take the throat seriously. The outstanding novelty about the labor situation in the automobile and other Industries, is .not that thore should bo disagreement about the law Hoarding collective bargaining1, but that the Federation of Labor should have accepted the old T. W. W. id.ea of "vertical" unions, taking in every hoily employed in a {riven industry, instead of the old "craft" unions on ?'hich the Federation bas been based The "one big union" idea is what the "Wobhlies" were fighting for,! before the war, while the Federation insisted that there should be as many unions as there were trades; if a shop employed blacksmiths, plumbers carpenters, steamfitters, and brick layers, then there should be a sepe rate union for each trade. Now they are trying to organize all automobile workers in a single union, and so on. Some observers sec the seeds of Com mtinism in. that, since that is the way the Russian workers were organized for their revolution. Evidence increases of dissatisfac tion among farmers with the results of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration thus far. Thore are signs of open revolt among some of the cooperatives set up under the Act, notably in the milk industry. The feeling that something more needs to he ilnno to get money into circulation '?'pi ily is spnading into the ranks ''I his>inoss and industry, who are '?hilling under restrictions imposed in N". I{. A. The demand that they 1?.v higher wages, work their help *horlcr hours and charge more for 'hefr /nods, when not accompanied by ?my increase in the spending power "f the public or any means of getting ',l1' add'tional capital necessary to '?any on while recovery proceeds, is Setting under the skin of many busi "'ss nu n, both large and small. These ,!"n ar<' making thomselves heard, lln'v that they have discovered that 11 i- int high treason to criticize.^ One result of that is the plan of providing capital funds out of credits that arc nnder Federal controf Tho "utlonk now is that these will not be 'hied < iov< rnme.nt loans to industry, loans bv the Federal Reserve Banks which will be authorized to invest their surpluses in longj-terw pap!';- pjissod on to them by local jneiui),.,. banks. And another result ?s tin renewal of interest in projects f'"' further currency inflflt'on. The latest of these is now taking 40 YEARS AGO . Tuckaseige Democrat, April 4, 1894 Mr. W. A. Dills was here yesterday , ? There was a brilliant ' display of Aurora Borealis Friday night. Miss Inez Erwin, of Asheville, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. H. Rhea. I V Miss Annie Leather wood, of Web ster, was visiting her sister here, | Friday. M i*- Pierce Allen, who has been j in Flori<la for a year or more, reach ed home today, to spend the suimiu.'r. Mr. W. L. Dewitt has returned from a visit to his old home in Ten | nessee, where he weait to recuperate J from a serious attack of pneumonia ! and wns here Tuesday. T O Mr. Guy B. Hoffman was the hero of a serious adventure during the present week, in having be<'n run away by Dr. Wolff's fine and spirit ed horse "Topsy", when he was ! riding. The horse was frightened ' by a piece of paper in >the roed, and dashing off with his rider, got entire* ly beyond control, by the breaking of a stirrup leather. He was nearly a mile from town when he started to riui, and in spite of his headstrong speed and the numerous crooks and turns in the road, Guv stuck to him till he brought up in the stable. GAY Rev. Y.R. Masters preached a vejy interesting sermon Sunday morning at Weslevanna Methodist church. Miss Edi,th Cahe and Mr. Homer Jones motored to Clayton, Ga., Sat urflny, lMnrnh 31, and wttie married. Mrs. Jones is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cabe. Mr. Jones is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John C". Jones. For the present they will re side at the home of the parents of the groom. Mrs. Francis Cabe gave her Sun day school class a party, Saturday evening at her home. Miss Mary Belle Buchanan, of Enka, spent the week end here visit ing her parents ,Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Buchanan. Rosooe Higdon, Jr., is confined to his room with measles. Air. Oat Allison of Green's Creek spent Sunday with his daughter and her family, Mrs. W. P. Tutrpiti. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Collins have moved to the home formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Whitmore. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones visited Mrs. Jones' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Buchanan, on Green's Creek over the week end. Mrs. Ethel Lee Morgan of Enka spent last week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mirs. J. C. Buchanan. Mrs. Roxie Higdon is very sick, at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allison, an nounce the arrival of a son, March 29. Miss Bertie Higdon has arrived homo after spending several days at Glenville, visiting her brother, Mr. Carl Higdon. Miss Lela Deitz and Mr. Ortell Ma son of Webster motored to Clayton, da., last Saturday. Mr. Mason is the (Inuditrif of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Deitz, and Mr. Mason is the oldest son of Mr. Walter Mason of Webster Mr. T. T. Cope has been operating a mica mine on his property, and is proving very successful. Mr. and Mr. Burt Bryson speni Sunday evening with Mrs. Bryson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Turpin form in the effort to frame up a silver currcney bill which will at once restore silver to its old mone tary position, increase its price and put a great quantity of new silver certificates in circulation. Under the guidance of Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, such a bill is being shaped, with the cooperation of the silver bloc and the farm bloc. Senator Thomas has, before this, proved him self about the ablest manipulator of votes in the Senate. He is a thorough ly practical person, and is not in terested in bills that can't be passed Therefore there is reason to suppose that when the new silver bill comes out of committee it will have the votes behind* it, in advance. President on Vacation Off Florida Coast 0 JACKSONVILLE . . . Again at the rail aboard Vincent Astor's steam yacht ' ' Nourmahal ' ', Presi dent Roosevelt waved a happy good bye as lie set sail on a hard-earned 10-day vacation trip. lie will fish off the Florida coast Photo shows the President and Vincent Astor, his host, aboard the Nourmahal last September when the President re turned to Washington from the sum mer White House at Poughkeepsie, N Y. With theoi then were the President's grandchildren, Sistie and Buzzie Dall. Insert, the typical and ^ happy Roosevelt smile. JACKSON FIRM GETS CONTRACT The Jackson Log and Lumber Co., a Sylva Corporation, cotu|K>sed of I. H.Powell, .1. T. Powell. ( . Wl Denning and others, with timber holdings o.n the head of Pigeon River, in Hay-%. wood county, in addition to the rcg.i lar operation of its saw mill at Cruso, is operating extensively in the acid wood, pulp wood and hark groups of the forest products industry. With Ta?ge eontracis to fill, this company is now working: more than 100 en in the woods, and is adver tising for 100 more. Mr. 1. H. Powell, who was in town the first of the week stated that he has room for lit least 100 mo:v men. and several teams on the job at Ciu so. REPUBLICANS NOMINATE LEAVITT AS CONGRESSMAN Meeting in Asheville on Monday, the Republican convention of the 11th District, nominated Ilalsey B. Lcavitt, Ashevilk* iusuiancc, man for Congress. E. P. StiUw. II v,:is placed on the I State Kxeeiitiv ? committee as the member from .Jackson. A.t the Stair t <>i. .:>iition in Char lotte, yesterday, the young blo*>ds in the minority pir!y won a victory, when W. C. Miekins, of ll>\!idei.;on-| ville was elected ys State chairman, to succeed JatrfesX S. Duiican, of Greensboro, who withdrew his name. The convention launched an attack on the sales tax. -J CHURCH SOCIETY WILL MEET The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will unci next Wednesday1 afternoon at 3:30 at the home of .Mrs. .John A. Parris. Each moniber i> requested to bring something for the pantry ot tl!" ('. J. Harris Community hospital, since the soeirty is doing special wo; k in aiding the hospital, during this j month. YOUNG DEMOCRATS HAVE ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING With enthusiasm marking every ref erence to Roosevelt) and the Now Deal, as well as the rccord of the party in the State, the young Demo crats of North Carolina held their Jackson Day dinner in Raleigh, Sat urday night, and heard Governor Eh rt'mghaus, Scniifcoi' Bniley, S(jna'.cor Champ Clark of Missouri, and others uphold the rccord of the' party in State and Nation, and contrast th" difference in the conditions prevail ing in the country now and when the Democrats took charge in March, of last year. The young dettioeihts will hold their convention in Asheville. HEAR CANTATA / A large and appreciative congre gation heard' the EpsW cantata at the Baptist church, Sunday evening. The choir was directed by Mrs. Grover Wilkes, r j / P. T. A. ELECTION WILL BE TUESDAY! Tli!1 Syiva Parent. Teachers Asso ciation will elect officers for the ensuing year, whc.11 it tin its for the 1 Apiil nil el in? on Tuesday of next week. The meeting will be held at three o'clock al the school. A feature will he the fashion shoxv which will lie presented by Miss Lou rise lleusoii ami her domestic science i class. CLUB SPONSORS COTTON SHOW "Who will he Miss Cotton Queen"' of Svlva ? This will he determined when the 'Twentieth Century Club's Cotton 1 Style Show is staged at the Lyric 'Tneatre Monday, Tuesday, and Wed | nesday of next week. This attraction | is being' staged in an effort to create a greater interest in the use of eot : ton for dress, and will present about sevewt v-f'ive of S viva's loveliest voun<* I ? ? * * ladies, of all agys ari'< siz:>s, in a | series of modeling gioups, caeh dis ! playing the teasan's laics! fashions I made entirely of cotton. I Much interest is being taken in this method of hoo>di:ig the South's leading crop, by merchants, as well as those who will pattreipate in it. One of the features of the at t taction each night will be the "Parade of the Cotton Queens" in which ihirtv adult young ladiss will* appear as representatives <:f local merchants. Those who have entered contestants are: Dave Knrp'.s, The Leader, Stov all's Fruit Slow, Med ford Furniture Company, Schulman's Department St,ore, CJouse and Watren, Builder's Supply and 1 umber Co., Sylva Paper board Co., Cannon Brothers, Jackson Ch' vrolet Co., Co.TdiII Motor Co., Massie Furniture Co.. Sylva Furni j 1 ure Co. Cable's Cafe, Sylva Supply | Co., Moore's Cleaners, Sylva I. iuudrv I Hole in t he Wall. Good f in If Gas | and O^s, Sylva Pharmacy. Sylva In i surance Agency, Parsons Tanning Co. All hairdressinfj will be done by i Sanitary Beauty Parlor. "Miss Cotton Queen" will be select ed from this group. The young lady receiving the greatest amount of' ap plause over the three nights will be given a six week's (ticket to the Lyric, j a peimanent wave, compliments of i Sanitary Beauty Parlor; and will ap : pear in the next city In which the I event is staged, as tb Guest Cotton Queen. Special music numbers will be pre ! sented by the music department of | Western Carolina Teachers College, i under the direction of Mr. Potter. I ( Other features will include the in traduction of "Miss Cotton Queen" of Canton. Miss Sara Cole is the fortunate holder of this, title, having been selected when the show was presented there last week. The cotton style show will be pre sonted in addition to the regulai programs at the popular price of admission. Performances will be held at eight o'clock each evening, only. Price Of Chestnut Rises One Dollar On The Cord TODAY and TOMORROW .INTELLIGENCE . . at 17 yejurs The discovery has been announced that the average mental age of the American people is nearer 17 tliaJi 12. That is encouraging. It seems that some of the psychologists who were making mental tests of lecruits during tl?e war put a decimal point in the wrong place, or something like that, and spread the idea that we were a nation of infants. Now they are trying to correct that mis take. Without poking too much fun at these |>sychologists, for there is really a great deal to be said in favor of their work, 1 am glad that they have found out what I have always be ? ieved. rThat is that most peoph have reached their full jwwers of reasoning and learning by the time they are 17 or so. W'hat this country will be like twenty years years from now depend :? Jiterally, upon what impressions tin youngsters who are now between 1" and 25 get from their contacts with their ciders in the next two or thrc years. 1 BUSINESS .... at the zoo At Yale University professors hav< bee n testing the intelligence of chim panzees by teaching them how to transact business. The chimps ean> get "money" in the form of colored chips by doing certain work. They quickly learn that they can buy certain things with certain colors of chips. Also they learn that other chimpanzee-! will steal their "money" unless they hide it or lock it up. Some folks have an idea that any one who can count money and make change has enqugh education to get by with. What they are proving at Yale is that it doesn't take much in telligence to do such things. I don't know what else it will prove, except that we are closer akin to the apes thar^ome of us would like to Jwlieve Perhaps this Yale experiment will be put forward by some future brain trust as proof that business men re ceive too high a premiu'm for! the , exercise of their talents. AMBITION cdllege workers The movies and some of the popu lar periodicals give a wrong- slant on college life. They p'tit the emphasis on sports and on the antics of rich men's sons, until a great many folk get the idea that our universities are luxurious retreats for loafers. , Wlhen T was young most eolleg students were jjoor men's sons who had to "work their way" through college, by doing whatever odd .jobs or vacation tasks they could find. And I was interested to read' a report from Harvard that the same condi tion obtains now as fifty years ago. More than two thousand students of that oldest of all Amerjcan colleges are working their way, by doing ;i!l sorts of things. Some Work as cooks and nurses in. private families, others wash windows, tend gardens, shovel snow, do typewriting, provide enter tainment, give music lessons or work in garages. These young men will not regard ! their education as something lightly come by. A boy with ambition enougn to earn his living while carrying on genuinely hard work of a university course has got the making of a man in him. LIGHT .... a new horizon If ten months from now the 200 inch telescope lens for whi<ch tin glass was poured the other day, turns out to be flawless and nncracked ? they can't tell- until it cools off ? then astronomers will be able to per ceive sitars so distant that the light from them has been more than a billion years reaching the earth, trav eling at the rate of 186,000 miles a second. The extent of the visible universe will be multiplied by ten, when this new light-gathering instrument is set up and in action. GOLD .... from the sea Forty wears ago or so a Yankee minister named Jarnigan formed a company to extract gold from sea water. He sold stock in his "company and got into a lot of trouble. But he was telling the exact truth when he said there was enough gold in the Atlantic Ocean to pave North Ameri ca. His only trouble was that it cost mare to get it than the gold >was worth. Now, with gold worth $35 an ounce The price of chestnut wood has been raised from JJ4.0Q a cepjd to ^ $5.00 a cord by the Sylva Paperboard Company, effective Monday, April 2, - it has been announced. This twenty-five per cent raise in the price paid Farmers for their aeid *w<c<I is ne of (lie na't welccbno pieces of news that lias come to tin' people of Jackson and die surround ing counties in four years. It means many thousands of dollars going into the pockets ot' the fanners for their forest products each year. The chestnut wood industry is one of the largest sources of cash revenue for the fanners of the mountain counties, and especially Jackson, in which county the paperboard mill is located. Jackson's farmers derive th. most of the inonev they pet from sales of wood and cattle. Aside from the hip: trucking industry that is rap idlv developing -in the the Hamburg section of the county. There is not a township in the county that does not harvest and sell chestnut wood every day, and nearly every week in the year. When, during the lloover admini stration, wood dropped to the low level of $4.0(1 a cord, it was one of the worst financial blows that this county has sustained. Hut, all that is now past, and h water that has run under the bridge. The price .juiiped at one time, oil the first day of this week, a whol?? twenty five per cent, a dollar on iho cord, from #1.00 to $5.00, which is a substantial wage increase for many of our people. t The increase of the pricc of chest nut wood- means more money for the farmers, thus ineiV'asing their purchasing power, and creating greater volume of business for the merchants. It means that many things that many people have had to do without, for the past several years, they \vjll now begin to buy. It means greater* prosperity for all the people of this county. Tlappv days are here again! Chest nut wood has gone up to $5.00 LOCAL LAUNDRY INSTALLS MODERNIZED MACHINERY The Svlvn Laundry people bavo been very bifSv this week installing a great deal of new, atul the most mod era traehinoiy lhaifc cail bo bought, for both the laundry work and lite newly established dry-cleaning de pa liment . One macine is a press for the iron in"' of suits, coals, and dresses, tliac has a new deviee that prevents llic slicknoss ,no matter how many times it is pressed. BALSAM Our school closed Thursday even ing the 29tli. A most enjoyable pro gram was well rend* red. which prov ed that the children had been cure fully t rallied. Members of the seventh grade giad mating class were: Geneva Bry.son, Agnes Queen, Hazel Hryson, Ruby* Derrick, Oa relic Smathers , Grady Duncan, John Rlanton, and Glenn Swangor. Friday, Mr. S. Jerome Phillips and the sixth and seventh grade students hiked to Dark Ridge and had a pionio Mr. and Mrs. George Knight went to Aashevillc Thursday to (meet IViss Frances Edwards of Tusculum Col lege', Greenville, Tenn., who came to spend the Easter vacation with hep aunts, Mrs. W. R Fanvell and Airs, I). T. Knight. An interesting Easter program was given by the Methodist Sunday school, S'undav afternoon, andyaul egg hunt, Monday morning. TIi" Knights and Miss Frances Ei wards went to Dellwood Sunday ov? ening, and wore guests at the MetKJ* odist parsonage. Everybody is busy planting the! J gardens. instead of about $20, chemists ar? giving serious attention to the proti* lem of recovering gold from the sefc At the American Chemical Society meeting the other day a chemist who is extracting bromide from sea-wateB rommerieiallv said that the same pro* cess "ionizes" the gold in the water, making it more nearly possible t<J filter it out. I learned a long time ago not to re gard anything as impossible.