Organizing Federation
Of Farmers In County
i
, i lines (i. Iv. McClure, Church
( ami the ("Mayor of Beo
'j , , , tl. A. Coggins, have l?ot??i
w,,: k i with tin- local county com
ii, i 'ire, during tin* week, organizing
tin Firmers Federation ill this
. ,, .til \ .
f*tc county committee tor organiz
[i! (i)i is composed of the following
in elclUCIl
\ i 1 1 ;i - Parker,, chairma.n, Thomas
A. i'os, Woodlin McLaughlin, Frank
U: lirown, Aaron Brysou, John 1{.
W. I'. Mcduire, I rank Watson
,1. .'I Hooper, .John A. Stewart, Mack
Stewart, A. 0. Weidlich, (Seneral
s, (Jlenn Ferguson. l\. ('. How
ill. .lohn C. Jones, <>. B. Coward,
.lames Bryson, K. C. Hunter, Blaim
Nicholson, Kd ll.oojM'r, II. T. Hunter,
Oscar Lovedahl. Cleveland Wood.
Mack Nicholson, T. S. Fortner, T. A.
1 > i 1 1 ; i r? I , Frank Filiate, Dr. .lames K
Stoddard, Carl Jamison, /eh Moss,
tn.J W. H. Smith. ;
i liese gentlemen explain that the
j. as for the Farmers Federation in
J... fro-tin county provide; That a
r^ners Federation Warehouse he
i.j ted At Sylva.
jii.at -i committee of at least sc\Vn
I':, i i f subscribers he elected by tlie
- mi county stockholders, one of
v;: -hall he elected chairman and!
iiii -;>lenf of the Jackson Connt\ |
J':ii'i>?er- Federation.
U.:i' (his committee exercise gen
??!; . ?v- : >;j?ht over the business and
i/' V.m.Vf the projects to he carried
(?v. :nu! ; Wat the control of tlrt1 busi
Jit? shall he under the general man
agement e.t the. Farmers Federation,
liu-., w . 'h regular audits of all hoo!^<)
In \K\- tVjiulav .auditor of the Fanu-X
c/s Fe<l"ration, Inc..
That : w, , fanner stockholders from
Jackson county l>e elected directors
ut the Ferincrs Federation, Incorpo
rated.
QUALLA
(Ily Mrs. .T. K. Terrell
Ift v. .1. I/. Kosxers preached at the
B:i|?ti-l church Sunday morning. The
irvirc was well attended. II <s tcx'
\va> "I is enough" ? Inseph my son is
>lill alive; 1 will go and see him Ik*
fotv I ilie". Ilis subject was "Two
vivttn of life'*.
Ut)\. I'. W. Clay is conducting ser
vvrt i!ii> week, preparatory to rc
v i v :i I M-ivii-es beginning Sept. to
In itii 1 1 1 1 1 ed by Rev. .1. L. Rogers.
Kuril to Mr. and Mrs. .lack Heed.
Auiii-i Jtiili, a daughter.
The uimml reunion of the S licit on
fiimtlv will t.. It' Id at >?< ire.cn Acres",
tlif. Iiuin ? hi Mr. and Mrs ( . P. Sliei
lif?. * < liven Acres locati'd on
lli*jrliV;iv ll'2, 1 1 n.inl ie'iding to the
t'H.al ! Smoky .Mcmttaius National
vPji'i k. Mr. .Ii-M' I. S.li! It*ni, ot Los
A; ,? -!c>, ( ;i/i i ;i 1*1 i v i-il Wednesday
t"; ;i 'ho week \ -it. He has ex
j?ic-.ie } .a desire to see all his rela
tive.^ rtiul friends at the reiiiiion. All
i- i.'itives :iinl friends over Western
"N are urged to attend.
Mi? v:,rah H. A>kew of Trenton
\ ?!.. i-* visitis?; her sister, Mrs. liar
i' ? link. She is Library Organizer
t'/r i!?- Stjile of Niw .lersev.
Mr?. \V. II. Peck lias relnrned from
?t 'i ? week's sttiv in Florida. She, is
'? ? !ti n _r in Pry son City.
M i t-N fieri rude Ferguson a.ud Ma
ll.'sitle sire te'ichiiig on C' hi ley .
' i'1 I-, near Whit tier. ,
Mi-- I M:i Kiiisland teaches on No I
!;ii!i|'> ('nek, near Bryson City; and
ji'mli Ferguson is teaching a1
Fairfax. 1 '
Mi :. \V. I). Wike of Cullowhee,
- I. 1!. (ireen of Pickens, S. C..
:i'nj Mrs. A. I). Parker of Svlva,
- 1 T. Sli lion, of Los Angel"*
M . ;iie! Mrs. S. P HyaW of Norton.
1 - "- Shelt'iii, ;ud Miss Nell Me
Mm were dinner guests of Mr.
Mr, .1. L. Hyatt, Sunday.
>! e- lei'.nie Cat hey and (leiicva
! i went to Sylva, Saturday.
Mr. .ii-d Mrs. Troy Peck of Clev.e
* ? nn., visited at Mr. T). C.
" ?>' last week.
^i's.if.V J. Freeman visited' rela
' ^'*s in Hryso'.i City, last week.
s- P. Hyatt', Mr. C. P. Sliel
V r. J. '|\ Shelton, and Harry
^'"?Itiiii motored to fiatlyiburg, Tenn
'""hiV morning.
-Mid Mrs. F. I. Watson of
Wlsboio, were Qualla visitors, Sat
j| WEEK By WEEK
(By Ihin Tompkins^*.,''
This si a day of poli:tiy'al mixtures,
making even Granger Ih^JJ^ows than
when (lian't, the denmciait^$ra.s nomi
nated for President by the Republi
cans, or (im'Iey, the republican m lv?
litiouist, was named tor thyi high oi
Iiy ill.1 Democrats. Take, as an cx:
mple, California, when Cpfem Sin
! lair, socialist, has been nominated
tor (Jovernor. in the democratic pri
naiy, and Hiram .lohnson Bull Moose
.(?publican, is candidaltc of both tin*
Democrnia and the Republicans to
uccced him-elf in the I nitcd State*
Senate. We may see, r>evcif. '4# ranger
hi tigs tiiaii tliase happen ,4)cfore the
present era ill polities in . ?Anieric.H is
past.
One t Jiiiiir Mfioili wii'i^li 1 am not
?vci rying is a strike of the chorus in
*? grand opera company. That h-ippen
ed in Aslu>ville, (his week; lint I Mare
ay it wr.ut set the American peopl.
hack more than a couple of years in
I heir progress, Grand opera is <sonie
thing to which fashionahe and social
climbing Americans go to see and b>'
seen, to appeal* ruhural, and to see
waht other'* folks are wearing, as well
as to display their own wardrobe*: i
and to which Dago ditch diggers tro j
t-? jret real pleasux arid enjoyment
from thi> music.
.lust a tip to farmers in the
mountains: If you have cattle to sell,
hold th' in as long as you have feed to
he consumed, even until next year, if
possible; for there is going to F# the
greatest increase in the price of meat:
just abend of us, that we have sew:
since th>' good old days of Woodrow
Wilson, when beef was higher than
it had been at any time sine.' the
cow juiiippcd over the moun.
Hubert Olive has been elected Com
ma.udcr of the Xorth Carolina Aaieri
can That should lie a signal l i
all Lesion posts to revive and go to
work, lor Hubert i.?~a fine fellow, aim
will make a gre;*t. leader.
All Americans, and especially all
North Carolinians, devoutly hope that
the strik" of textile workers, schedul
ed to begin on a nation wide bas:<,
next T in'sday, can be averted; and
that the differeuees between the em
plovers and employees in this indus
try, which is one of the most import
ant in the State, can be amicably set -
'led, t ?? the satisfaction of every bod \
eoneerned. North Carol-mi,, with to-,
baco and cot tail bringing good prices;
??nil with the price of beef in th.
'.oit:itaiii< expected to g.o sky-rocket
:.'ig, is lenllv coming into her own
again, and a general strike in th"
Vxt'le business would only eventual.1
into a retardation of the progress of
all of us toward recovery.
Miss Heat rice Cobb, Morgantoi)
mblisher, has been elected Democrat
:.c Xatpinal Con1111itltecwoma.11 *fro.i
North Carolina, succeeding Mrs. T.
Palmer .Tcnnan.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS PICNIC
The members of th: W. C. Reed
Bible class will hold a picnic tomor
row, Friday evening, on' the campus
?st' Sylva Collegiate Institute.
i^irday evening.
Mrs. .T. \V. Cut hey called on Mrs.
(1. A, Kinsland..
Rev. C. W. Clay was a gue.-t at Mr.
I. K. Terrcll/s, Monday.
Mrs. A. ('. Boyle, Mr.-. Ltdhci
Jloyle and M ss l\d:i,a lloyle visiti-e
Mrs. Tony Johnson.
Mr. Will Kiusey is seriously ill, ??
this writing. ' ,, .?
Mrs. .1. K. Battle and MW Mary
Battle visited Mrs. I). C. Hughes.
Mrs. D. C. Hughes and D. C.j Jr.,
Mr. II. W. Cooper and Mr. and. Mrs
Richard Crisp called at Mr. J. K
Terrell's, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Shelton, Mr
.Jesse T. Shelton. Rev: J.L. Hyatt1 and
Mr. ()le<. Howell spent Friday ft'
('ullowiiee as guests at Mr. W. D.
Wike's.
The Farmers Federation met at
Qu^lla, Monday.
O
TAKE RATTLESNAKE
FROM MARK JARHETT
M. Y. Jarrctt, of* Dill-boro, is ad
vertising in The lounial, this week,
for the return of his rattlesnake.. He
rebuts that on Saturday night, last, j
souiebody entered his premises and
slole his black rattlesn'ak", box r eight
rattles and all. Mr. .Jarrctt states that
since the incident ol' Albert TVcster,
and the pnblie-iticu of the Literary
Digest's revelation ol' lh" character
of the religious leadership ol these
parts, that the ministers are espec
ially tinder suspievni, and that h?*
fears iiis snake has been taken to be
used for "religions" purposes.
Mr. .f arret t explained that the
snake was captur.vd by John I 'arks,
in the N'antahala Mountains, and pre
sented it to Iffln. (He, in tui:i, Was
holding the reptile to be given to Mr.
Ifcincr at the tisli hatchery at Hal-am,
Jo be placed in his collection of an
imal life of the mountans.
BETA P. T. A. ORGANIZES
Tuesday, A iinsl , >:?!), ;it I III' Hi'ta
(trailed Seheol, tilt' I'. T. A. \v?is ro
oriraiiizwl, iiow oflieers fleeted, and
:i ?;eiiei ili husitiesM ine'eliiij; foll.iWed. .
Mrs. T. K. (iutlirie was elected
presitlen- ; Mrs. Hufus Deitz, vice
president ; Mrs. .Joe Sutton, Xt-: n tary
ami Treasurer. Tin* finance ciiiiiiiiit t :'*?
is composed of Mrs. Xallrc Freeman,
Mrs. I). H. Bryson, and Mrs. (J. ('.
Snyder. Program ttmiinitle:', \J 1 ... C.rr
land D'llard. Mi- Martha I. >ii S:ill
wcll, Mr. Bedford Husky. iVlilirity |
chairman, Miss A.inie Lizzie Tern II.
Tilt' flute for tin* re?'.dar meetings
was s,'t. tor o'clock on t-he firs'
fuesday afteriHvni iit each irsiilh.
A watetHiolon- feast -wns en joyed
lit* close of the hiceti'.ijr. ^
HOSPITAL RECEIVES GIFTS
The Community llo-pital has heei!
.?feci vimy jrifts of jell es, jams. canned
fruits and vegetables from various
?>eople and commfinit i-s in the ?:?.n
ty, rthe latrt'M (l?ntiiI>ulV<?n ihav'ni.
?ome from Halsam. acc.'inlinjr lr: the
-upri inteiident , Viiss Conlf.'i, who j
dates that the In.-ji't :il is grateful for i
the donations, and appreciative of j
the interest the people are manifesi- i
iitjr in their hospital.
BAI.SA*4
(My Mrs. I). T. K li bill )
Mr. John M.. pa-scd jiwiv
Thursday t In* 2:5.d, at 1 1i?* heme of
his ?lmif;li1 **r, Mrs. Hill Smut hers, ami
was buried Friil-y aflcnVwii i.:; t he
family cemc't'ry. Mr. (>. ('. Crawford
conducted t In* service. ITo leaves I hive
?alii|il,r<>n, Mr. .Tim Queen of Caslonia,
Mrs. . (Km -r, ami Mrs. Smathers.
Miss l.oune ,Airi::<rton lias n'tnrn
?*<1 from very del\!*ht I'm visit witli
her pousin, Miss- Annie Mac I vie, in
Atlanta.
Mrs. 1 1 < iii* Holmes of New York vis
i.ted her Christy relatives.. here, last
week. I '
Mrs. (leorgc K.iiijrht. ami lit Me
Oeorfrc spent last week end i:i A.-ihe-1
ville.
Mr. Vernon Bryson a.ml family of
Detroit are v'sitiiif* his parents, Rev.
ami, Mrs. A. C. Rry?rii.
PRESSLEY REUNION
The Pressley family reunion will be
held at the home of .1. A. Pressley,
Speedwell, on the second Sunday in
September. All datives ol the family
are expected to conic and bring din
ner. An interesting program has been
arranged.
KENSON CLAN TO MEET
The reunion of the TFeiiNon family
will be held on Samlay Sopl ember 9,
at the old Henson home, where Kufus
Ph'llips now lives, near Cullowhee.
All relatives ?ud frirmis are invited
to come and brins* dinner. ?
WILL OPEN BARGAIN
BASEMENT SOON
Schulmaii's Department Store has
announced that it. will often a Bar
gain Basement within a very few
(lavs, as soon as the basement can bo
, ? 1
j>nt in' readiness. The opening day
will he announced 1 alter, Mr. Sehul
inan states.
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SOLONS EXPECTED
TO ACTON BANKING
. Wasnington, Auyust 28? One of
the things which the President is
expected to call on Congress to
straighten out next Winter is the
matter of .control of banking and
eredits. ??
Ultimately, many folk here believe,
the Government will become the pri
mary source of credit. All the indica
rions point thai way. At present,
howeVer, there are three separate in
stitutions dealing with the banks and
each exercising some sort of control
over credit. And those three are pull
ing in different directions.
There is the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, the Treasury, and
the Federal Reserve Hank system.
The fir.-* two are Governmental de
partments, the last ostensibly a pri
vate institution, but under clo*' Gov
ernment supervision and control.
The RFC not only has lent a few
billion dollars to banks, but it is now,
under a law passed at. the last session
of Congress, mak'ng loans to private
industr es. All of those loans air am
ply secured. Indeed, the IOC which
is, incidentally, one great Government
al agency which was established un
der the preceding administration
is the source to which almost all
^otuul . b.isines.-"- enterprises of mi)
si/** are turning for working capital
There is no doubt in the mind oi
aiiylvxly that these loans will ulti
mately all be pa d back, with interns4
The RFC also has invested a great
deal of Fed- ral mem . in the prefer
red -stuck of many banks all over t h?
country. The theory of this is not
only that weak banks needed this
strengthening but that, bein^ a large
stockholder, the * Government would
thus be entitled to a seat on the hoard
of 'directors, and so keep watch that
no depositors' money wft- lent tor
speculative purposes. The Administn:
t:on he lives, and rightly, that a large
part of our financial difficulties have
arisen I'roin tot) easy credit for pure
ly speculative purpose.'. Rut it was
jelinitcly the intent that this addi
1 ional bank capital, provided by the
RFC. should !)?? used to enable banks
to mak" legitimate loans to bus' lies*
and industry: in other words to
loosen up hank credit. , ?*
That would have been all right it i.
had not been for the* directly oppo
site view on .cred ts taken by the
Comptroller of the Currency's office.
Thai branch of the Treasury is chant
ed with the periodical examination of
all national banks. In instance after
instance, when hanks wh'cli have sold
pref cried stock to the RFC have used
teh proceeds in loans ol un<|ucst*cn*
able soundness, bank examiners have
called their directors together and
"bawled them out" for making such
loans.
Instructions from Washington to
bank examiners are to compel every
bank to call in every dollar of out
standing loiuis not secured by good
.collateral or made against financial
statements whi,<}h indicate many
times the value of the loan. And in
tlu- case of debtors of long standing
who have been unable to do much
more than jmy their interest on bank
loans, the Comptroller's office is
inclined to insist upon banks suing
the delinquent borrowers and obtain
ing judgments so that if, at any time
within twenty years, the jxvor fellow
docs get hold of anything, the bank
can take it over.
In other words, while the Admini
stration and the RFC are aiming for
a reasonable inflation of credit, or
at leas: toward loosening up, the
Comptroller's office is still working
011 a policy of deflation which, if pui'
sued to its logical ejid, would mean
pretty nearly general bankruptcy.
The answer to this apparent para
dox is tliat the Comptroller's office is
still under the control of the samr
group which has been running it for
years, through many administrations.
Out of tliis svtu&tion has arisen the
idea, whfch is beginnning to gair
adherents here, that the Comptroller's
office should be entirely detached
from the Treasury and the functions
delegated to some other' body, per
haps the Federal Reserve Board. To
do this would necessitate new bank
ing legislation, enlarging the Federal
Reserve's powers; but that is not im
possible.
Plans Are Being Perfected
For Big Gala Celebration
I TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge)
"HCL" . . . stalks again
Back before the great war the on*
alphabetical abbreviation we used t:>
see oftenest in the papers was "HCL''
That stood for "high cost of living".
Everybody was complaining about ri.s
ing prices of food, clothing, rents and
other expenses. That vanishel when
the war sent wages skyrocketing, and
there has been little talk about the
high co-it of Jiving, since, until lately.
Now, however, I hear housekeepers
beginning to complain about their in
abiity to meet expenses on their .nor
mal household budgets. That is tra?
in city and country alike. We appeal
to be approaching another era oi
"HCL" but without any immediate
prospect of being able to make up the
deficit.
BEEF . . . will soar
Twenty-two years ago, ui the Sum
mer of 1912, I followed a porterhouse
steak from the local market back t<
the eatitle ranch. I wanted to find out
for one of the big magazines, why u i
were paying 32 cents a pound for th? ,
?same cut that a few years before ha(
for fifteen con ts. I found out. 1
went to the Chicago stockyards aw'
"d with the packers and commis
sion men. Then I went up into Nortl
Dakota to interview an old ranch
who had systematically kept track o
his .costs and. what he had got fo
each steer he had sold for thirty year
Ami I {predicted tiien tha t we wouli'
never again buy a potrcrhouse a.
chenp as 32 cents.
The trouble in 1912 was that the
wheat fanners were fencing in the
old free range and plowing the short
grass under. Beef production was be
coming a business iy<|uiri!i<r much
more capital to make it_pay.
I want to make another prediction.
Beef prices are going sky-high again
Eighty .cents a pound in the cities
for porterhouse steaks wouldn't sur
prise me. Pork w II go up likewise,
also other meats. This time tin
causes are, mainly, the death of mil
lions of beef cattle because of th<>
drought, the shortage of the corn
crop because of drought and Gov
emment regulation, and the killing
off of some million pi^.-: as a part ot
the AAA program.
SILVER . . . restored
It was almost exactly three years
ago, in the Summer of 1931, that 1
predicted in this column that silver,
then selling at about 25 .cents ai.
ounce, would go to 50 cents or above
in the course of ti?:?. 1 hope
of my readers acted on my suggest ioi
that silver was a good thing to buy
for the Government has now under
taken to buy all the silver offered a*
50 rents an ounce.
My prediction of 1931 was based
upon the realization that the price of
silver was out of all proportion tc i
the .prices of everything else. Foi
forty years the average price of sil
ver was above sixty cents an ounce
I had no expectation 1^1931 that oui
Government would take the lead iti
restoring silver to its old nionetan
status, but rather believed that there
would he some international agree
ment to do so.
Now silver i? back where it wa
until a little more than a hundred
years ago, from the beginning of
human commerce ? a monetary metal
second only to gold the world over.
Indeed, silver was the principal
standard of money value up to about
the time of our Revolution. What
makes it important to remonctize it.
is that it is the basis of the money
of about half the world's population,
which has been out of line with the
rest of the world's money for the past
seven years, interfering I seriously
with world trade.
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Something of the sort will certain
ly be discussed next Winter wher
Congress meets again. How far it will
get depends upon many things, includ
ing the Administration's strength in
the next Congress. That is still in the
future, but with little doubt here of
a safe working majority on the Dem
ocratic side.
Plans have been perfected for an
elaborate Lal)or Day Celebration and
Progress Exposition for Sylva and
Jackson County, next Monday, Sep
tember 3. The event is being sponsor
ed by the Sylva Rotary Club ami bu
siness men of Jackson county. C. C.
Poindexter, director of athletics at
Western Carolina Teachers College is
general director and is l>eing assisted
by Various clubs and individuals
throughout the county.
The program of events will be as
follows :
9:00 A. M. , Athletic Contests at
Sylva High School grounds.
. 11 :00, A. M. Baby Parade on Main
street.
2 :00 P. M., Amateur Circus Parade,
on Main street.
2:30 P. M., Amateur Circus Show
on Main street.
All afternoon :
Flower exhib\|s, at High School
building.
Agricultural Exhibits at High
School Building.
Pet Show; place to be announced
4:00 Athletic Contests at High
School grounds.
7:30 Beauty Contest at High School
auditorium.
Mr. Poindexter will supervise the
athletic contests, which will include
boxing, 30 yard dash, 75 yard dash,
100 yard dash, 50 yard dash, 30 yard
hop, 50 yard hop, high jump, broad
"lump, 12 pound shot put, baseball
hrow, basket ball throw, football
throw, football punt, and horseshoes.
There will be events for both l>ovs
and girlsy grouped as follows: under
nine years of age; 9 to 12;. 12 to 16;
10 to 21 ; over 21. Anyone in Jackson
county can enter tflese contests.
The Junior Club is sponsoring the
baby show and parade. ? Mrs. Bill
Moody i.1 head of Ibis group. Babies
from one to four \ears of age will
be admi'.ted. Awards are to be given
to the willing bo\ and the winning
girl. The contest for the best baby
will be (lei-ided upon the basis of
popularity votes at one cent a votv.
Each woman's organization in the
county is requested to sponsor a baby
for the parade and contest. Maui
Street will he closed to traffic during
the parade
The (iirl Scouts, under the leader
ship of Miss Docia Garrett, are stag
ing an Amateur Circus Parade, fol
lowed by a circus perform ance. This
event promises plenty of fun and*
amusement. The Oifl Scouts are also
handling the deta Is ol the jM't show.
The 20th Century Club, headed by
Mrs. J. II. Morris, will put on ft
special flower exhibit. .Mrs. Dan K.
Moore is chairman of the committee
arrangement.-. The club is not put
ting on a regular flower show, but
rather special exhibits by members of
the club. Anyone interested in enter
ing flowers should get in touch with
Mrs. Moore or some other member
of the club.
The jigrieultural exhibits are under
the supervision of County Agent
Garland I.aekev. The Hoy Scouts are
assisting Mr. I mickey in arranging and
handling the exhibits. Displays in t lie
following divisions are planned: ex
hibit of tniek crops of Hamburg scc
?011, such as cabbage, beans, rutabaga
and potatoes; general farm exhibit;
garden exhibit; canned goods exhibit;
Irish' potato exhibit; apple exhibit;
soil impiovement crop* exhibit ; such
as Soy Beans, Cow Peas, Lespedeza,
and Clover. Anyone wishing to enter
exhibits may do so by seeing Mr.
Lackey or bringing his product to the
High School building Monday morn
ing.
The purpose of the Beauty Contest
is to select the most representative
girl and confer on her the title of
"Miss Jackson County". Several sec
tions have already selected and sent
in the rinme of their representative,
'and others are urged to do so as
soon as possible. Community entries
already received are:
Sylva ? Mi?s Madge Wilson (sug
gested.
Addie ? Miss Ruth Brogs.
Balsam ? Miss Freda Jones.
Cullowhee ? Miss Hannah Lou
Brown (suggested)
Canada ? Miss Zephia Parker.
Communitie requested and expec*
(Continued on Ptpt 2)