H 50 YEAR in advance in the county
SYJ.VA, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1934
HOD YEAR QT ASKANCE OUTHD1 THE OOUVTT
lap Of 106 Paved By S.C.
Jackson Wants Action
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li\ili:ui Conservation Corps men |
11u?iIh riiisr ?,r J??'1"1?? :u,,l l)av"
. . i \? ; % ;,)?! r com i \\ alhalla j
?dUth .Carolina, to Cashier's \ alley. .
Twenty "w'n wm' or^i'n'^ t(J I
^1 (1)1, week, to tin' ISO already at |
*01*. ami 01,l,,rs have lwen given to 1
ai-iicsrai'l the State line anil Imihl
t||(. 1 horugh to Cashier's Valley
TI?n construction* work on the
lower fiul lit' .lackson county's most
important highway, has boon arrang
j through work <of men ami organ- i
izaiitm* i? Walhalla and August a I
it i* understood and the plaeiug j
o( ('i t' nun to do the work, and the
lor the surveying to Ih> done
|iv poveriiment engineers, have come
alM)iii through the et fonts of Scum tor 1
Smith of South Carolina. It is under
stimil that the order for disregarding 1
the State line, and construct in;,' the
road on into Cashier's Valley w:is
also the result of the -rood otii.-.-s of'
Senator Smith who has interesied
himself greatly in the highway.
|.i<t year CCC im-iv began the work
down in Sowth Carolina, using stone
from tin' old Stump House tunnel,
for surfacing material. Lately a new
quarry ha> heen opened about six
mil,s ImIow the North Carolina line.;
ami n larsr** crusher installed, which
j. Vj.-iuir worked two shifts a day.
People in that part of South Caro
lina ami i" Augusta have long real
iznl the importance of the road to
them and to us. It gives them a
direct, fl"'l the nearest possible route
te tlif t treat Smoky Mountains Xai
?^1 park, to Knoxville. and the
>WV West. It puts Walhalla, An
iW.; Aiken and Augusta within
rtrikiiri 4\>tance of the Park, and
AiiflintMi. whose city, along with
. liken, ctnupoMtl one of the South
chief winter vc-oit regions, sre great
jiossihilities in ? \ln> proximity that
Ifisrlnvjty I'"' "ill place that city to
the par*. ' * *" -
Wii llu. I .'11 our sister county-seat
town, in South Carolina, has a great
interest iii the road, and the efforts
of the Chamber of Commerce and ?
citizens of that town in its behalf
have heen unceasing. They are tret- :
tin? results, as they have not only
secured the grading and paving of
the South Carolina part ; but have
also, through the efforts, of Senator
Smith, obtained the orders for the
grading and paving with crusliPu*'
<tr>nc of approximately fifteen miles
of North Carolina's part of the
highway. The whole project is under
the supervision of the Nantahala
National Forest, and a great part of
is poes through foresi: lands form
ing or.e of the greatest scenic routes
in all Eastern America. In North
Carolina, the adjoining lands to the
fore>t, through which the highway is
fccing built, are the O'Connor tract,
permission ? for the construction of I
the road tbtonuh which has already ;
)>oe.n s<?rred, the High IThm'pton
property, the lands of T. A. Pillard
and other citizens of Cashier's A al
ley and, of course, there will he no ,
difficulty in securing pennissioti to
continue tin'1 construct ion, from these |
Witlcinen. ' I
?lack son county asked for this
hiftnv.iv to be the first to lie built
in this county. The rounty lias loaned
the State Highway Commission' large
s?tir> dI money, in the expectation
'hat it would he huilt, and has paid
Warned near enough interest on
moti' V loaned an<l given the Staite to
liavc ?_> railed and paved it. ( If it was
for the money thus turned over
,0 North Carolina, with the hope of
SMtintr Ini; huilt, we would he paving
'"iijllv little taxes in this county)
Tl" have heen told repeated'v
'?) ii late number of the Highway
f'f?nini-io;i, that the State of North
Carolina would meet South Carolina
'In State line. Xow South Caro
lina i, getting,' it constructed many
"J'ks t ti is side of he State line, and
r'th ( arolna isn't meeting 'em
n,,n t here. The present Chairman of
. ' oininissiou told the writer, dur
"" early part of last year, that
. first tVderal aid money coming
"''s State would he used in the
^""I'lction ol' Highway 106. He was
filled l,y the same gentleman, more
' 1,1,1 ;i month ago that engineers
Ao,il<l he placed to complete the sur
v, V <>r lt?i t() Cashier's Vallev within
two '
"iirliuay lOfi, the most important
, ,X)a'1 ??f any, So far as this county is
4 '"""'?'rnerl, would form a trunk line
10111 thurlcston and Augusta to and
| through the Croat Smoky Mountains
National Park. It is the only real
hope that .lavkson comity has of ob
taining any great amount of ?t-h?? ben
fits that naturally belong to us
from our proximity to 4h;> park. It
is thi? only hoiK! of opening uj) to
the world the great Hamburg section
the most important and the fastest -
developing t nu king region of West
em North ( arolina. It is the only
that the town of Sylvji has ot regain
ing its rightful trade from the rieh
region of Southern .la<'kson county.
It is tin highway that splits the
county wide open from otie end to
the other. It must he built if Sylva
is to grow and prosper. It must he
built if the county is to develop, to
grow in wealth, to prosper, and is its |
riijht. Its uncompleted condition has j
costs Sylva and .lackson county peo- j
ph many thousands of dollars. It is,
one of the most ini|KiVtant of the
roads hading to the park. 1 1 is the
only road from Sylva to the trucking
and tourist region of the Southern
part of our county. It has lrtv.ii plac j
ed as one of the major objectives in
the development of the park ar?a by
the North Carolina convndtie that
planned such development. ;
South Carolina has done lu r part. ?
She lias secured the grading and sinv
facing of her end ol the road. .and j
some 15 miles ot North ( arolinas.
There is a nigger in the woodpile?
so far as .Jackson's uncompleted pari
of 10(5 is concerned. Let's smoke him
out. If .lackson cobnty is to get her
rights in the matter, which she has
1<?! i tr bet ii, denied, and over \vhich sh;?
has been so frequently disappointed,
it is time now to strike, while the
memory ol what South ( aroliua has
done for us is still fresh on our
minds and iliose of the people in
authority in Raleigh.
The Journal calls upon the people
of this county to write, to wire to
telephone* to go to sce-Obainmwi:B.
B. .Teffress of the Stale Highway
and Public Works Commission, in
Kaleigh, Commissioner Frank \\ .
Miller, at Wavnesville, Governor .1.
('. It. Khritighaus, at Kaleigh, and
everybody else who might have some
influence in the matter, and ask am!
insist that immediate a< tion be taken
Surely these men iu authorty will not
now fail us. .
It has been intimated in high
places that the nigger in the wood
pile is the proposed Nautahala Pow
er Company power development in
Hamburg, above the High Falls, and
that construction of this highway is j
being held up pending eventualities
there. If this is not true, the offi
cials of the company should come for
ward with public denial, nad should
join in with the citizenship of this
county in insisting upon the coiust rue
toin of 10(5. '
Tl has Won intimated (hat the
nL'jrCr in tin* woodpile is selfishness
On the part of counties to the east of
us. ami the ejfereise of pull on the
part of powers that he across the way
If <his is iMitrue they should come
forward at. this time with public de
nial and throw their weight in with
ours in hehalf of 100.
Let us leave no stone untuned. Let
us continue our efforts with renewed
enthusiasm. Let us not let up in our
efforts. Let us not heeomc weary in
Well doing until our years of weari
some work is crowned with success
and our pant of 100 meets South Car
olina, fifteen ?miles in North Carolina
territory, in1 Cashier's Valley.
BALSAM
Mrs. Hubert Knsli v and two child
ren sjM'nt last week curl in ITender
sonville, where they joined the cele
bration of Urn birthday of h.'r inolhev
ami father Mr. ami Mrs. A. II. M<?
haffev. All of the children and- grand
children were present. A very elabo,
rate dinner was served.
Mrs. O..E. Horto'i, and son, Mr O/e
| Ilorton, motored up from Atlanta,
j Saturday, and will spend about two
days in their summer home here.
Mr. and Mrs. X. P. Christy, Mr.
and Mrs. Bryson Beck, and Mrs. Sa
rah Bryson writ out on the Pigeon
road in Haywood ooiuntv Sunday
morning, and had a picnic dinner. In
j the afternoon they visited Mrs. T.
i M. Riekards and other friends in
i Canton.
Mrs. Sarah Bryson and Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Queen went, Sunday, to
j see Mrs. Manlev Parris, who is very
j sick at her home at Addie.
FCA MAN COMING
FOR MEETS HEBE
Mr. (I. If- Lackey, county farm
yK*nt, hris made the following state
u ent repardint I he coming, next
week, of u r'pmwntativc or ;tho
Hum Orf-ilit AdiiriiuHttratinn: I
"There will be :i representative of
the Farm Credit Administration with
mo in a iivvtiiig at I }i?> Court Hous?
Wednesday 10 A. M., April 1 St h niwl
at t li?? fSlcnvilk' school house Wednes
day 'J P. M., April 18th to discuss
farm credit.
"Aiivono borrowing money from the
povcr.si lui'iit or int^iidipig to borrow
from this source vlionld attend oiu;
Of these riMrtiii^s, as they arc likelv
! to lie of {Treat i mportance to such
I farmers."
40 YEARS AGO
(Tuckaseige .Democrat, Apr. 11 1894)
Winl er lingers. Frost (his morn
ing.
Mr. Tv L. McKee of Whit tier, was
here Sunday.
Messrs. .laV;jn Davis and .T. R.
Ixiug an- hi r<? today.
Mr. (*. A. Wallace wont over to
Ash-ville, Friday, rot liming nesit dav
Mi. D. I. Allen commenced this
tnoii'iii;' tin erection of a new dwell
ing mi iotvtl
Mrs. Kama Dclle Cooper, of Whit
ti?r, is vi> i I i n?r her father, Mr. A. .1,
T.oJii.", in W. lister.
Jackson Superior Co(irt commence?
April 2'? and will continue two weeks
?Judge Melver will preside.
The common council of Svlva ha
adoplcd an ordinance subject!!';; doc:;
running at large to a license tax of
$1.00 each. V
Dr. .T. II. Wolff and Messrs. L. J:
Zadiary K.'A. Wolff, and C.uv Moff
nw1' lift T ues.la v. for Franklin, the
chief attraction being a game of ha.se
hall.
The voters of Sylva
niavrtr five aldermen and a nr.rtrsiinl,
on the first Monday in May. R-gis
tratiiM books are :ioiv open and Mr
J. W. McKee is registrar.
Xa'ai Cadet T? Pe Appointed: \
conrptf itive examination will he held j
at the court house in Asheville on I
May 11th, for tin- purpose of select- i
ing a Naval cadet to Annapolis. Th ?
applicants must he between tin- ajje? j
of fifteen and twentv vears. Dr. W.
D. Milliard, fhas. A. Wehh and R.
L. Madison will constitute the board.
V < ry i especi "ully, W. T. Crav.ford j
Don. Kop" Klias having been re- '
pintedV lnent i'.ned as a proK'ible
^.indid:*te f<?r the nil iiiiiatiHn for
Congress from this district, the
Frit'ikliu Press -ry^ it has the a;sunr
ance of Mr. Klias that he will not he
a candidate nor suffer his name to
Sfo before the Convention, -Jmt will
cordially support the nominee.
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TWO SHOT IN CANADA ROW
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Lambert Melton and Woodford
Meltom, brothers, arc in C. J. Harris
Community hospital, suffering from
glin.-shot wounds, as a result of a?
affray in Canada tow/ship, early yes
terdav morning. Lambert Melton has
? j
wounds iu his shoulder while his
brother, Woodford, has a broken leg.
Nath Middleton, who is alleged to
have done th? shooting, was released
on bond. The whole affair is said to
have grown out of a dispute over a
ftmee. i.
TWO ENTER REGISTER'S RACE
Two eanklidates have entered the
raee for the Democratic .nomination
for Register of Deeds, in the June
primary, Miss Margaret Sherrill of
Svlva and Frank D. Bryon, of Glen
vi lie.
Miss Sherrill is a daughter of At
torney W. R. Sherrill of Svlva.
Mr. Brvson is a son of TI. H. Bry
son of Hamburg.
The present incumbent, who is a
popular officer, has stated that he
will not be a candidate for reelection
GLENVILLE YOUTH
JOINS THE MARINES
Savannah, Ga., April 5 ? Roy W.
Tlelison, son of Mr. aJid Mrs. Wl A.
I Tension of Glenville was accepted for
enlistment in the United States Mar.)
ine Corps, April 2, at the Savannah
office and transferred to the Marine
Base Paris Island, S. C., for a few
i weeks intensive training, according
to announcement made by Lieut. Col
onel A. B. Drum, officer in charge.
HIGH SCHOOL SETS
AHOTHER TEACHER
Annoiiniecment was mdae at jtho
meeting of Sylva P. T. A., Tuesday,
that the record of attendance at the
Sylva High School has been high
?nOngh jiluring the present term to en
titjf the school to an additional teach
er iiext session.
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
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FAITH .... makes business
Years ago 1 heard the classic anec
dote of the little girl who, when ask
ed in Sunday school what was meant
hy faith, replied: "Its believing what
you know ain't so." Faith, of course,
is belief in what caiuiot be proved.
Arid it lies at the bottom of all hu
man relations.
All business is d->n<: on faith : thai
is, on the belief that a dollar invest
ed. here will somehow, somewhere,
come back bringing a few (cents
with it. That sort of faith is based
on .so miN'h experience that the prob
abilities can be reduced to almost .1
mathematical certainty.
Jjust now; we are going through o
period when almost everything must
be'l.fcs. d oi'( fail I:. There is p.o ox
porie.iee to fall back on, to calculate
the chances of the success of the
enormous efforts or the governmen
to stimulate the return of prosperity
Ultra "ly sp?'?king, the majority of
the iMOple have faith ths??t we are
goinsJo come out a" ri?lit. i?'i: i?vr j
ers of dollars are still uniting to
see, 'h" figures.
I think that complete recovery will
dome when the ."dual figures of
business being done will give ground
for renewed Faith, and not befoie.
SEASERPENTS .... or liars
The way these -c? serpen's keep
pop*pin<r up all over the world means
cithj)? that there are monsters in the
sea which science knows nothifig
about, or the human race has develop
ed a new nop of liars.
It is more than fifty years now
since the spaserpent was a current
topic of conversation. In my boyhood
?there was hardly a New England sea
port town that didn't have an "old
salt" who told scascrpc.nt stories to
the children, and incoming ships of
ten reported having sighted one of
the monsters. ii.it scientific ill,'!
ridiculed the notion and sailors got
Mm- habit of keeping their mouth*
shut about 4 hem for fear of being
laughed at. , ,
The latest seascrpent story is thai
a couple of them who have been seen
frequently in Vancouver Round have
returned to their old hauivts.
POWER and c08t
I saw some figur-s the other d:<v
which confirmed what 1 had Vrig un
derstood; Hiat is that the time has
c(,t>.e when it foYlwajter ir produce
electric power from coal or oil fuel
than by water-power. We are hearir.?:
a great deal these days of developing
water-powers at public - expense. I
have never been very keen abouf.
Government going into any sort of
business. I have never known any
Governmental unit to do anything
economically or efficiently. But if
the Government must go into th"
power business, it ought to use the
same sort of commonsense a business
concern would use.
First the business concern would
find out how many present and prob
able users of power there w.r.? in
th" territory that could be served
economically by the proposed planr.
Then it would find out whether they
weer already being well served by ex
isting plants.
Tf and when th? -overnme.it does
g?o into the distribution and sale of
electric power# it is my bet that it
wils cost the 'use* more than any
private company would be willing to
sell it to them Cor.
RECOVERY .... and bnrnt finger*
T may have too high an opinion of
the Intelligence of '.he human race
but it is invy belief that it will be a
long time before we get in'o an
other such era of free spending as
we went through from 1922 4o 1929.
Those of us who laid up nothing
but debts are certainly going to be
iihmv thrifty for a long time to come,
cvii if our incomes art* restored
what they were.
The wasteful ones will be the
yoiiDjr.sters who wilt be holding ;:obs
five years from now. Having money
to spend will be a new experience to
them. If I were a business man 1
Administtafon
P. T. A. REELECTS OFFICERS
The Sylva Parent-Teachers Asaoci
ation, at its annual meeting^ Tuesday
afternoon, reelected all its present of
ficers to serve next year. Mrs. W. C.
Reed is president, Mrs. Hu^h E. Mon
teith vice president, Mrs. Cyrus H.
Nicholson, treasurer, and Mrs. Dan
Tompkins, secretary.
Committees for next year were ap
pointed as follows:
Social: Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Mrs. J.
F. Freeze Miss Sue Allison Mrs. J.
L. Dillard.
Program: Mr. J. D. Cowan, Miss
Edith Buchanan, Miss Mayme Long.
Ways and Moans: Mrs. D. M. Hall,
Mrs. J. R. Long, Miss Llewellyn
Rhodes.
Welfare: Mrs. T. E. Reed Mrs.
Frank B. Jones, Dr. W. P. McGuire,
Mrs. F. N. McLain, Miss Myrtle Hen
son.
Membership: Mrs. Walter Jones,
Mr. Guy Sutton, Miss Rooe Garrett.
Mm. E. L. McKee was designated
as director of study.
A committee on canning for the
use of the cafeteria in feeding under
nourished children was appointed
with the following membership: Mrs.
F. N. McLain Mrs. J. D. Cowan,
Mrs. H. L. Evans, Mrs. Frank B.
Jones, Mrs. Dillard Coward, and Mrs
A. O. Allison.
The summer roundup of children
of pre-school ages will be held during
the Inst three weeks of the present
term. Mrs. Hurry Crowell, Mrs. J. D.
Cowan Mrs. Jeter Shiyder, Miss
Rose Garrett, Mrs. Walter Jones,
Mrs. J. F. Freeze, Mrs. Dan Tomp
kins, composed" the committee in
charge of this work.
Miss Louise Henson's domestic sci
enee elass entertained the members of
the association with a fashion show oi
dresses made by them in their class
work.
Mas* Nell McLaughlin read her
prize-winning essay of better speech
week and James Cannon exhibited
and explained his booklet, which also
won first prize.
Winners of first prizes in the ele
mehltary school, for bettter speech
week work were announced:
7th grade, Mary Jan/1 Coward 6th
^rade, Lueile Reed; 5th grade, Bob
by Hall; 5th grade, Virginia Clark,
4th grade, Harry Crowell; 4th grade.
Mary Catherine Mont<'fth.
The association gave a rising vote
if thanks to Mrs. J. L. Dillard for
her services as pianist, for the school
during the year.
GALLOWAY OPPOSES
CANADA CONSOLIDATION
A .E. Galloway, of Wolf Mountain
was in town the first of last week
and appeared before the Board of
Education in opposition to the con
solidation of the schools in Canad:
township.
Mr. Galloway states that he is in
favor of providing high school educa
tion for the children of Canada, if it
can be done; but that consolidation,
under present conditions would only
have the effect of so fixing thing*
that many Canada children would not
have an opportunity of even attend
ing school in the lower grades.
would try to produce and sell chiefly
merchandise thai . r.ppeals to p-?op!?
under thirty.
GAIETY always available
One of the thing* the matter with
.most of us these days is that we are
entirely too solemn in our outlook on
life. We are takiui; economic p: in
sure too seriously. In casual eonvor
nation overheard on the streets and
in trains, I seldom hear the note of
gaiety any more. That may i?ot he
true everywhere, but it certainly i>
the case in the regions where I go
the often est
It is entirely possible to maintain
utlook on life even m the
all comes down to adjusting one's
mind to realites. The outstanding
fact that so manj' tieople never learn
is that happiness is never dependent
upon posessions. They grow solemn
when they fear deprivation or ma
terial things.
The most consistently gay folk I
know anything about, as a class, are
the Negroes. I have encountered
more genuine gaiety in the Black
Belt of Mississippi or in Harlem
than in Park Avenue or other abodes
of wealth.
serious money troubles. It
Washington, Apfil 0.1 ? The new
"strong man" in the Administration
m W. Averell Harriman. He is prac
tically running the NRA now, and in
slated to be its head when General
Hugh Johnson retires or is moved
out of his present poet.
People always speak of Averell
Harriman as "young" Harriman. Ht?
is 43 which is about the average age
of the men who run things in Wash
ington. He is the son, however, of the
late E. H. Harriman, and old-timers
who remember his father the grea'
railroad builder and financier, still
think of the present head of the fanu
ly as a hoy. But before he was thirty
he had proved' himself a man of
?jfreat ad mini strati ve ability in his
own right. The great shipbuilding
plant which he constructed during
the war was his first single-handed
eniry into the world of affairs. Since
then he has proved himself a sound
and farseeing business man in many
directions.
Already under "young" Harri
man's direction, the administration
of NRA. is shaping itself, more to the
liking of those who come under its
jurisdiction.
Much the same sort of lliing can
be said for the new management of
the AAA under C. 0. Davis, succes
sor to George Peek as the manager
of the Governments relations with :?{,
riculture. Some of the agricultural
groups, at le?!*t, seem better sai isfird
though there is still probability of
nome sharp clashes between AAA and
the milk cq-ops.
There is nti a?*ute realization lierv
ven among th?* President's strongest
supporters, that the Ad mi nisi ration V
program is not quite as popular with
everybody as I hi ? earlier absence of
/criticism Jed many to believe.
The first real show of opposition
to the, Roosevelt policies is hegiuninq
to make itself felt. The result of
this, serious in some quarters will
'be letting up a little in the pressure
to put some of the more radical soeiiil
reforms into immediate effect. II is
also having an effect npou Congres
sional thinking which will he reflect
?d in Congressional act Im'Iwccii now
nnd adjournment.
Congress is far more conm-rvaiivc,
left to itself, that the Pn sident is.
So long an Congressmen got reports
from their districts indicating that
'he people were unanimously behind
the President, they felt that they
were only doing their duly to their
constituents in accepting everything
hat came from the White House
without question.
Now many of (hem are gelling a
somewhat different picture from the
home districts, ami the tendency is
to listen to advice from other quar
ters and make their own decisions*
as to what to do about such thin^x
as amending the securities act so us
to make it -easier for industry to fi
nance iitself, modifying the stock ex
change bill so as not to cripple legit i
mate trade in securities, and scruti
nising such proposals as the compul
sory five days six hour a day propos
ed in the much-heralded Wagnef^
bill.
The outlook is that the stock -ex
change bill and securities net amend
ments will be passed before adjourn
ment which is now tentatively talked
of as around May 15l.li. There may
also, come out of the legislative mill
some new inflationary measure, such
as the Dies silver bill, which provide*
for acceptance of silver at a premium
in payment for /arm exports.
In short, Congress is in a temper now
to resume its prerogatives as a co
ordinate branch of the (iovernmejit
It mustered strength enough to re
enact the Federal office veterans'
compensation bill over the President'
veto and the skies didn't fall. It
may take the bit in its teeth and
bolt, but thai is hardJy likely if, as is
anticipated, the pressure from the
White House is relaxed and the gen
eral feeling of the folks back home
is still one of admiration for the
President. And nothing as yet in
dicates that there is not a pretty
large majority of the people who still
feel that way.
The -ending of the CWA does not
mean the end of Federal relief for
those in distress. But the new poli
cies to be pursued under the $550,000
00 available for aid to those in need
will wot be disbursed haphazard but
the effort is to be made, according to
Harry L. Hopkins, administrator of
the Federal Emergency Relief Admin
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