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Wants W ashington W orkers ToBeOnTheJob,SaysIckes July IK ? When the v > >ii the Interior, Harold Iek "t> . i hi> stall ?f 4, (MM) employees "titl warned them against (!!;" ra the ,j(;l)t it sent a coin , , ..i' the hack of nearly hail' r , iederal job holdcis, even i;t ' tin I hei'inometer in this ho: <n! city stood at 1(10 dcL'iree. j,, hade. The idea that the de , ; ii*! tal stall's are expected to d: . , ! work in the Summer i* ' I even (o the seasoned eivi .. (??? . io III;1 recent political ap i, . who fro: on the Federal pay ? I. ai:->e they were efficient worl , ii :he campaign of l!?.TJ, it i: ...i pai aly/ing. What sort of rv v.; ?! i- ii, anyway, to have to do v\ tn k as well as drawing a sai ? ' 5 a: ' ? I he idea is gaining st.renglh hei< ti.t- Mr. I i^kes is ahout as cl'licicr." ;n ad mi nist rat or, within the spheri o: his department's activities, as ha Ii. en seen in Washington for some time. IK- i.itcnds to get things dont u everybody iii his <l? paiiau>nt lias lo ?\\>at to get 'em dune. What started |, i'.i t i t was an incident that occurred \y|,.a hi- went into the office of : ii hurean assistant and saw tin | ii t of it with his feet on lii read in:; a newspaper and smok i;.i> :i l iuarette. I i;. young man didn't know Mr. 1,1,. Ii y >ighl, so when the Secretary ,, : j . . ? Interior asked, mildly; "Is t -jn \\ay you usually receive vis i;, the nonchalant reply was: that to you /" i V; < ti li'e Secretary identified him a. -v.il one young man in the Fed i\>. >?? ?.?..?!? has hee.n shaking in his Ifi-ii. * i i- -mce. V' ..dent started Mr. lekcs on V i.??r of inspection of the T)i l* rn*r lUir.irtnif.it. Ill' found, as he 1..M hi- n^rinlild staff, many men mi.! uiiiii. ii in ill- r;iU'teri?lf utter the tine (-Lit. weie supposed to he fit their di-kv, eating their breakfasts 1.1. i m?\ Vi ini'tit time. lie tonnd many ml . i ? sj.i "ulling more time in the rest iih.,,,- i ii.m In their offices. Some fe^n i'i mi* employee* had got the feet- ot?; i!? .|.-k habit. Those things he told ffn in. inii-t stop. The heads of depart iu(-:il -> bureau chict* are working days, nights and Sundays, in ill the Federal offices, and tie ex jni .1 the suhordinates to at least ).. lh a full days work. The hours :?>< tmt onerous, seven hours a da> f..i live davs a week, and he didn't >?? :i?y reason why they eouldnM I that atnount of work. l, kes, however, reckoned witli .-a', Washington climate. Every , administrator who comes to \ hi nut on, especially from th.1 ...ih, always trios to speed up the I . Maehinerv. Hundreds of earn , , have tried it ever since the ,.:ii.,nal capital was established in ilii- swamp on the hanks of the Po Umftc. All that any of them have ,.\..r sueeeeded in doi.ni; was to wear tlieinselves out and finally Aufeuni'i i,. the climate. ^nme of the new Federal hiiihling* in.* i'lir-cduditiomwl, foquipped with tiderii luaehanism to keep the tem prahnv and, humidity at a eoiirfort i.!.b .Ivxree all the year around. Hut of the old ones and not all the .iv. ,,?VS have yet set up this modern mi. t!mi| of enabling people to work in n.m!?vt. Roth houses of Congress Li . in- condit iotiiir systems, and so 1: :i.,. Presid-nt's private office. Mi ll had that done when the was rebuilt, after the fire .!?? trovid il in 1930. V President Roosevelt is having I:"1 ..rr,..,s enlarged, and the whole 1 : . i" lh" White House will he air <"<>>iiliii>ini>d. Some parts ot the new r hnihiiliiS, the offices oc ' l.y the Secretary and somev Vi l.er officials, are also so '? "!? il. lint Congress has never '* ? illiug to extend the systems to l!(l". buildings. !?-r the present Crovemirienta! i?t! < v I ( l. by the President is ? ' i? .1 a few billions to spend about I Meases, it is expected that a 11 of the Public ^Vorks Ad : 1 ? i??n funds, which Secretary i i:ia?res. will go toward re- , ihr last) excuse for Govern ""?'''fleiks for loafing on the job. ?' 1 that it will put an end to loafing '' ' will have to discover new ' ', ;i '?>. No business institution in vo id operated for profit eouhl i> out lit bankruptcy if its employ ' 'I'd not work two or three times TODAY and TOMORROW JRAMA . . . . ... . tours again Tile project of the Federal Kinc*!* jettcy ltc'liot Administration for giv ng employment io actors by arrang ng for dozens of traveling'thcatrienl cmpanics which will present good <lavs free of charge for the enter ainment of Everybody, seems to hie ike a hiii'hlv commendable idea. A ' ? .1 ?oikI many of these traveling com tallies wili tour in automobiles, ear yiiifc stage scenery and' equipment on tucks, ami giving their performances .ut of door** in goo?t weatker. To millions of Americans it will l v t ? * ome as :i novelty to see real actors n the st aire. The heat l that the .lovies can do has not the appeal of eeing the performers in the f lejsli. Il will be a good thing tor the tat ion7' if this movement revives in terest "oil the road'' in the wpokeu Irftiiia. TOM" . . . sure-fire hit The first of these outdoor perform uees to be ready for the road is the day which has been given ofleiiei han any other drama ever written in any language ? "I ncle Tom's Cabin." It had itifc first perform:?ne uuder gov eminent auspices on the upper Ha.*1 Side of New York a few day* ago. I'ncle Tom's Cabin has been played by so many different companies, tent shows, wagon shows, boat shows and railroad shows, that "Tonnners" are a distinct class in the world of the theatre. I looked ' into the subject some yea rA ago and found then more than Kit) different companies playing this ancient play in different part of the country at one time. It is almost actor-proof; the story and sentiment sweep the airdienceaio mat ter how badly it is playel. The grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe, fnotri whose anti-slavery book the play was taken, is one of my country neighbors. He tells me that his grandmother, who had a Puritani eal prejudice against the theatre, neVer authorized the book's drama ligation nor realized a cent from the: many presentations of the play. | PLEASURE .... "was sinful TIk' prejudice against the then t it which wa? emphasized bycmany of the church denominations in America anil England for more than two hui: dred years was only partly <1 u<* to the i.udeceiK*iej? of the early t heat re. The Puritans regarded it as immoral ti. indulge in any amusement purely foi pleasure, as Macaulev ivrote in Eng land's prohibition against public lights between bears and bulldogs in (he 17th century, Cromwell and his followers stopped it not because ii gave pain to the bear but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. After the overthrow of the Puri a:i reirime in England, and the resto ation of the Stuarts to the* throne, he reaction against this discipline ?an wild, and the stage in the days ?)f Charles II and his brother .lames 'I, was m> rawly i indecent as to con firm the good Prcsbyteriiins, C'ongre gationalists, Baptists and Methodists ill the belief that the theatre was the ante-room of Hell. Something of the same sort of re let ion against the movies is now be ginning in religious circles, with even he liberal denominations taking part ?n it. This time it is not prejudice igainst pleasure as such, but gainst h<- commercial exploitation of false iii?l subversive idea to the young. !? ?lioiil.il not be difficult for the movie? o "clean lip" once their1 promoted ?et- rid oi' the idea that people wont nay to fee clean shows. REVIVAL Old Homestead Up in my home county of Berk hire, Massachusetts, we have a little heat re, the Berkshire Playhouse, i'i .which every Summer there i?- an ,'ight weeks season of plays presented '?y first-rate actors, many of them !?roadwa.\ stars. P.eople drive from urty miles away to attend the per formances. But the best show we have had ill several seasons was an amaj i cur performance of the old favorite, "The Old Homestead". is hard as most of the Federal civil ??rvants ever work. The completion of the new Post Office Department building adds an other to the majestic group of struc tures which are making Washington what its planner dreamed, more than a .hundrel years ago, the most beauti I fill citv in the worlld. >, PANAMA, Canal Zone . Now out on the broad Pacific ocean aboard the U.S.S. Houston, President Roosevelt will not leave ship on his 10,000 mile vacation trip until they put in at Hawaiian Island*. . . . Photo above shows the President and his son Franklin D., Jr., receiving the presidential salute when they went ashore at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, while the cruiser Houston stood by in the offing. FREIGHT CAR HITS DILLSBORO DEPOT Yesterday afternoon :i freight ear, I loaded with cord wood jutliped tin* i track and crashed into Iho telegraph i office Jit llie l)illd?oro railway station j The side of the ofiicc, and I lie signal tower were dcinoIi.-Jied, l?y t!<v e;t? , with ils SMI. (NH> pounds of cold wood. A stiek ot wood caught in the trucks ol the car, it is said, <1 -?r:iiiin?; it, ami a? the en.xinc had rounder! a curve, tin- engineer could not see the > signals given tor the train to he stopped, before the damage was d:?i?. Leon Mcsser, of Dillshoro, who was stadin^i on the platform, wan thrown front it to til." groiliul, and suffered ! minor cuts aid hruisi'S. BALSAM Arrs. Charles lYrrv and little son, i ?Joe, left Saturday, the 14th, to join Mr. Perrv in K! Ketto, Okla., where he has a position. The tmitiy friends of Mrs. .V: I). Reed will he sonV to iearn that shf , . i accidentally fell and broke her arm. kist week. Mi\ and Mrs,' '-Henry Christy and little daughter ;.f Franklin were vis iting relatives Its re, Monday. Mrs. \\". II. !?':?. rwcll and Mr. and Mrs. Jiin liallo.gh accompa.'iicl M: . and Mrs. I'hiele, Coliimhus, (la., to Franklin, Highlands, and Whiteside. Sunday. All were charmed with the trip. ^ Kcv. L H. Aheriiclhy, former pas-' tor of the Methodist church here, wa? here for a short time Monday. Kcv. lieu Cook a:id Kt'V. A. C.'Biy son are conducting a revival in the Baptist church, preaching moriiin^ and evening. Yoim^r 1 1 m 'ii and women from half a dozen neighboring villages spent their spare time nil Spring rehearsing this play, which hadn't been given in a regular theatre si nre Denman Thoinp son, its author and star, died more than forty yea is ago. They in>t only put on a first rate performance, but the.y demonstrated that jieople still flock to see a "clean" plav. Sophisticated "modern" critics sneer at such ho.itely dramatic far" as The Old llcmestcad and Uncle Tom's Cabin, but the young folks of today get much pleasure out of them as their grandparents did. RELIGION tolerant today The religious prejudice against the reasonable pursuit of pleasure has pretty nearly faded' out almost even* where. Its basis, of course, was in the human tendency to make pleasure the main end of life, instead of a by-product. Young folks are prone to confuse pleasure with happiness, which are .not the same thing at al Hut I think I can discern, among the many young foiks of both sexes with whom I conic in contact, a dis tinctly religious spirit growing more strongly all the time; just as I find in most church."3 a growing spirit of tolerance of harmless p:>asurc, even on Sunday. I know some suburban and rural churches that hold an eight o'clock service every summer Sunday morn ing just for golfers and fishermen, "j COLLEGE TRUSTEES IN MEETING TODAY Ti i?' trustees of West ct^i 'farolLna Teachers CoI!"ge are meeting at Cul lowhee today. There is a new boa id with the ex ception of .Mis. Giles Cover, of An ilrew.Hj .5. K. Coburn, ?f Biv.jii City, it lid S. W. K Jo.", of Dilishoro. 'I'll ? newly appointed members of the luji.! a e: Ilu.y E. Buchanan, Henderson ville, .lames Atkins, Way nrsviile, Thomas L Johnson, Ashe ville, Clyde Krwin, Rutherfordton, \V. E. Bree.se, Brevard, and Miss Ol ive Patton, Fraifkliii. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS HERE KtMi?tor . Hi? hard B. ; Russell of Georgia, and his father, Hon. K. B. Russell, Chief .Justice of the Georgia ?Siipreui-' Court, and Mrs. Russell are spending several days here. Thier hone ih in Winder, and they are here for a vacation, and to see their son .uid brother, Mr. \V. J. Russell, who is manager of the local A. &P. store. EZELL HEADS YOUNG DEMOCRATS COUNTY CLUB Marl II. Kzell, of the Jackson County Journal was elected president of the Young Peoples' Democratic Clubs of Jackson County, to succeed Dan K. Moore, at a meeting of the club, held in the court house on Sat urday evening, last. Miss Evelyn Sheirill was chosen as vice-president of the clnb, and Earl F gdou as Sec retary and treasurer. I The club voted to constitute any young democrat from this county, who attends the State convention in Asheville, next Friday and Saturday, a delegate, and instructed the delega tion to cast its two voles as a unit on all questions that come before the convention. Iiiimodiatelv following the Ashe ? n ville convention, the officers of the Jackson County Club will push organ i/.atiou of township clubs in every township in the county. It is expected that a large uumher of democrats from this county will be present at the Asheville convention Doyle I). Alley, a native of this coun tv, and the first president of the Young Peoples' Democratic Club of Jackson County, is one of the chief conte-nders for the post of State President, to succeed Mae Thompson Evans, of High Point. In addition to the regular business of the convention, there will be open forum discussions on taxation, edu cation, puhllic utilities, and the pro l>osed new constitution. Among the speakers who will ad dress the convention are Governor Ehringhaus, Senator Reynolds, Sena tor Bailey, and Wallace Winborne Albert Coates anl LeRoy Martin will discuss education. T. N. Grice and Charles M. Johnson will speak concerning tthe subject of taxation. The question of utilities will be dis cussed by Stanley Winborneand' Fred Seely. Henry Branlie, Jr., and Dill lard Gard.ner will explain the new constitution that is to he voted on by the people, in November; and Com missioner of Revenue A." J. Maxwell will speak favoring its adoption, while Attorney General Dennis G. I- ? < ? - ? Organize Jackson County Chamber Of Commerce 40 YEARS AGO (Tuckaf?i{e Deaorcat, July 18, ltM) Mr. F. A. Stecfeman returned from Raleigh^-Saturday. Mr. pnd Mrs. Wliittaker, of Raleigh, agent last night here. Mr. ft. W. Hampton eame out from Ashevilie, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Patten returned from Detroit, Saturday. Hon. C. C. Cowan went back, last week to Chapel Hill, to finish his law .'ourse. Mr. Jack' Sherrill,, who has been '.way for several months, returned -aturday." Judge Thomas A. .Jones of Ashe vilie, came out today and went over to Wiebster. Miss Love Lonis went over to Way nesyille last week and spent several lays with relatives and friends. I Mr. H. C. Cowan, one of our most popular young men, spent a short while here, Monday morning. Mrs. Laura Burns, who has beer spending some time with her mother. Mrs. A- W. Farmer, iv turned ti Tennessee, Thursday. Judge G..A. Shu ford and Mr. 0. S Ferguson have Been passing and re passing among our people during the past week, and! the latter favored our office with a call, Monday. ' ? Miss Sallie Stedman went to Way nesville Friday, to visit her friend. Vie chahninjr Miss Marie Love, who quite captured the hearts of all by her beauty and grace, at the Musical Coi tost, recently. I " W.ra are under obligations to Mr* Judge Da vies, of Forest Hill, for s flower of the night-blooming Cereus which, when fully opened', measured 13 inches. ; in diameter. Mrs. Daviet has a large and choice eolletcion of rare flowers. Mrs. J. F.'Mewborne anl children of Kinston; came yesterday to visi! her sister, 4 Mrs. J. H. Wolff. Mrs Mewbome made many friends here on a former visit, when she was Mis^ Sudie Wilson, who are glad to see her again. Mr. H. F Watson, who has been visiting his parents at Glenville, en joying the splendid atmosphere and indulging in the sport of fishing, for both of which that deligthful section is noted, returned to the cares of business at Burnsville, Monday. Dr. J. H. Wolff, assistant surgeon for thf Southern Railway, was called by wife Monday, to visit Mr. C. S. Berry, a member of Capt. Knight's trestle force, who had sustained some painful contusions by falling from h trestle near the 90 mile post. The Dr. brought him to Dillsboro so that he could more conveniently attend him Mr. J. M. Biglon removed his fam ily to Glenville,, Monday, in conse quence of a ' business arrangement with Mr. W. Fowler, by which they exchange localities. We welcome Mr. Fowler as a citizen, but regiret to have to lose Mr!1 Rigdon and hi* fam ily. The people of Haonburg have never had a ijierchant who dealt more fairly and squarely with them than Mr. Rigidon will. F. A. Luck, Jr., formerly with this paper, and son "of the present editor, was married in" Augusta, Ga., July 1, to Miss Emma Hll. The Augusta Chronicle says? "Mr. Luek is a tele graph operator who is connected1 with the Postal Cable Company in Savan nah, and he lived in Augusta up to a few months ago*. He is indeed fortun ate in winning j?o attractive a young lady for his life partner. The bride is the charming and beautiful daugh ter of Mr. E. -V Hill, who is employ ed in the auditing department of the Georgia Railroad. She was one of Augusta's fairest and prettiest young ladies, nad has |lways been admired * ? ^ JJrummitt will give voice to the op position to it _ , At a meeting of citizens, held in the W. 0. W. hall, Tuesday evening, the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce was organizel, with Roy C. Al lison as president, Dr. W. P. Mc Gwire, vice-president, Hugh E. Mjon teith, secretary, and W. J. Fisher, as treasurer. The board of directors consists of C. B. Robinson, H. T. Hunter, David H. |Brown, E. L. Wilson, Charlie Price, M. B. Cannon, Ed. Bum garner, ! J. H. Anderson, anl W. H. Smith. E. I* Wilson, S. C. Cogdill and Charles Price were selected- as the executive committee. A. J. Dills, J. B. Ensley arid E. L. McKee compose the finance commit tee. The committee on highways as se lected is: Dan Tompkins, -S W Enloe, E L McKee, Carl Jamison, and John B. Ensley. A committee, composed of Dan K. Moore, David H. Brown, and Dan Tompkins was chosen to draft the by-laws for the organizatoin. John H. Parris, Jr. was chosen as publicity ' director. The commmittee on membership is composed of R. C. Allison, E. L. Mc Kee, P. E. Moody, D. H. Brown and M. B. Cannon. It was pointed out that the first objective is to work with the high way authorities of the State in se curing the early completion of High way 106 all the way to Cashier's Val ley, and the committee is expected to *o into the matter immediately. UNION MEETING TO BE HELD AT CULLOWHEE CHURCH The Union meeting of the Tucka seif*ee Baptist Association will be held with the Cvllowhen Baptist church, July 27, 28 and 29. Friday 10:00 fDevotiona), Rev. I. K. Stafford 10:30 Enrollment of Delegates 10:40 Heading of minutes and ap pointment of committee# 11:00 Introductory Sermon, Rev. J. E. Brown 12:00 Dinner 1 :30 Devotional, arranged by the pastor 1 :45 Is Christianity on the wane in Jackson County 1 Rev. A. (1. Queen 2:15 How are we to \ keep oui> churches vitalized after a re vival? T. C. Bryson ? 2:45 What are the conditions tc church membership? Rev. R. F. Mayberry 3:15 Round table discussion diripct ed by the Moderator 3:45 Election of officers \ 4:00 Adjourn Night service to be arranged by the pastor and deacons. Saturday 9:30 Devotional, Rev. .T. D. Burrell 9:45jThc cost of Disciplcship, Rev. W. C. Reed 10:15 The influence of true disciples, Rev. .T. D. Sitton 10:45 Money and Religion, Rev. T. F. Deitz 11:15 Sermon, Rev. W. N. Cook 12:00 Dinner 1^0 Devotional* Rev. M. L. Hooper 11 :45 Report of the Success of tin Simultaneous Revival Cam paign by the pastors Sunday 10:00 Sunday School 11 :00 Sermon for her beauty and many accomplish ments. The best wishes of a host of friends will follow the young couple for a long and; happy life". When John E. McLain was first nominated as the democratic candi date for sheriff he did not know of the purpose to nominate him until th<? day before the Convention met. This was clearly a case of the office seek ing the man a:id he occupies the same position that he has always occupied. He has considered himself the servant of the people and has endeavored to discharge the duties of his office fyiithftilly and nonscientLarusJy.' He appreciates the confidence of those who have several times elected him and is still ready to serye them, if his services are desirel. A consistent democrat, no inducement has ever been sufficient to swerve him from the line of allegianee to his party, and yet in the execution of the duties of his office he has never been actu ated by political considerations. That the people will demand his services as sheriff another term hardly admits of a doubt.