$1.50
? ' , V ' VrO
year in advance in the county
SYLVA, NOETH CAROLINA, ; THURSDAY 8EPTEMBEE 6, 1934
98.00 TEAK Or ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
pRTY LEAGUE
DEVILS PRESIDENT
\V.i-1. ' :",a) Sept. The first^or
p.i-utiiku to the New Deal
a .1 seriously iii Washington
^ (j](. A- , i u*aii Liberty League. ThisJ
? ..m i art isan group ?of industrial
i * ? *?
"I |>MiticaI experts which
L. ;t> ;!? avowed purpose tin* stop
?aL. el i urtlier '.VUcnmehmeiits upon
.ilutir.nnl lights of the tax
i ..p.rty-owning classes
tk.
iber of the League may be
: rum the character and repu
tin- men who. organized iti
? ; iudr two "former .candidates
;;; i 'residency, John W. Pavis
,1 .\:isvd Vt. Smith; two former
taiua m hi ti e Democratic National
Li.tuv, .John .1. Raskob and Jou
fI[ such Republican leaders
u IJr.iivsciiiative James W. Wads-,
and former Governor Nathan
I \\ !ur of New York; a powerful
j.lu-iiialist of independent -political
i1al,.t Irenee l)u Pont, and several
of national reputation. In
M-t-up it certainly cannot be
0,.->ed as a Republican organization.
V a uerc, it would not be worrying
\ \iliuinist ration so much as it is,
w,.u-n til" most ardent Republican^
.oiicede that the "Grand Old
p.,.," t litis far has shown few signs
#ti?, on its job.
1 ,in I v comment that has come
, ? White Hou.-*' on the fiherty
! j. the President's remark to
I*'- . , ,
^ ( j that is se.ems to be an or-,
, i iii the interest, of prop
X \wfn the Ten Commandments
Ifti'-rt >?! ils charter.' To Which one
f i , commentators here made
!w'i.:.t jiiiMver: "Better read the
>?vv\v i ii'iiiiKiiidnient again .
Ti.?- \iWrtv League .is the most
iiii/.;i -N,vr \>\?.ise, so far, of the grow-j
iilL. . rit icisih* of many of the I
for oi :iu- New Deal. Washing
ton i^bariug 'rumblings of protest
trom iu;i.:> part' uf tin' country, from
mini ?h-Li\ri> as well as from in
ffo,trj?il centers. It would be go .ng
too fill- to .-ay l !::il the Adniipistra
don j> o!: tin tlri cii-ive, as yet, buf
then i- .i dcculcjly conciliatory toiii
m the ,'iiblic utterances of many of
the I'kvtJ. :i; supporters. Secretary,
of I'oiiiiii' i re made a speech the other !
dav. wl,..-h was directly aimed at
bu>iiif? nu n, and calculated to allay j
their iVai'-.
Th. Administration plans to re-j
orpuii/c i;M of the recovery agencies
into on- unit ? putting NRA, AAA,
TM. I'W A and all the rest into one
bi', n- i were ,are said to be making
h.j.i'v.i1 . but there is wide diversity
<?1 opinion i> to bow to do it, and a
,1im1 ..f dissent among the exe-l
Wtive. ch:i rged with making the New
IVai i;>i. I'h,> dissent is not merely in
word- i ral Hugh Johnson got so
Li a>1 .1,- other day that he offered
hi-, nat'on'as head of the NRA,|
ah.I V only disuaded .y a personal
upi M-i: 1 bv the I 'resident.
Ha.-h, lit tieneral .IoIiumxiV attempt
Id .tin* lie* an interc-li'e^ ...ntroverSy
lirtwi fii the 'o in ral aiai Mr. Rich
hff- hi-,' fillet a- ?i-.ianl. It is. nc?i
jceiei ilial l! i. -libel' '2 wants to be the
In. -iii ni tl.. livi- man commission that
Hike the place of the one-man
...Mtiol of M.'A. lie has bee.ii work
?il' tm , a loiiir time on a plan of re
W'jaiii/.at ion. ( iencral Johnson beat
. linn io ii with a plan of his own.
*i.icli he li.uiil' d to the President a
kiwi a- hi- ^ot back from Hawaii
Si.-hli.-r/ lollowed with h's own plan,
hi n 1 1|> i-iii'iicrcd con feren.ee be
tft'M-ii i )n- two and the Pn'sident
' i. in- 1 .? 1 '<;!(. i -mi suddenly walked oui
:"-?l .I.. !;, if .1 he was through.
Ii:- f.!i- /?vdp Ins it that the Presi 1
'li-ti!, ?j]|i, leans more to Mr. Rich
point of view than to the (Jen
ha- been looking for a chance
-h.il- i he (Iencral out gracefully
ii ? <! il n't want him to g-o awav
"I ;i!it| p i -ibl v make trouble Pot
A'li'iiiii>iialion. So be sent for
'In i .i-iu-i ;,i< who ia the mean-time had
' In written resignat ie.n to the
1 1 1 1 * ? ;iik| suggested that he
'i;,r >t|i i he i-esignatie.n and take a
,v 111,1 'I trip to Kurope, for a .res*
' " 'ii r:i I le! ii., on studied a rat. He
' -1--' i : II in-.' to ab-c.nt hiaiself from
' i ot action for six months,
."'M-eil to withdraw his res'-g
''?''i'tn :i*u| take a two-weeks rest at
I*. He will stay on the job
?' ii "i subtle way of shelving
: ' ! !
?' \ ise?|.
^?l.-it i- worrying the Admin'stra
1 !?"' haiis more than the still scat
'?'! i-mi,.; ?,,s 0f its policies, is the
!"",?ii,'.i , ,.(;sl of. food stuffs. The
? Uin- js cojninjr winter
tk!' '' ' bar<bk.st yet, not only^ in
^ '"alter of relief' for those with
RICH STILL AT LARGE
Henry Rich, 30 year old Qualla
mail, sought by Jackson county ot
ficers and charged with the murder ol
Otto Jordan, 60, in the Olivet setion
of -the county, Monday afternoon, is
?s'.'iil at large, and believed to be hid:
ing in the Smoky or Balsam m<Rin
tains al?Hn> the border of Jackson an,:
I lywood counties, ami Tennessee
wiili which h is known to l?e t-hor- I
ouphly familiar, and where he is said
to have numerous acquaintenniicttt and
r;,!itives living. ' * ?
Evidence adduced at the eoronor's
inquest held by Coronor 0. W. Dill
and a jury, tended to show that the
fatal shooting occurred at the horn,'
? Lewis Kea^ui about foUr o'eloek.
Monday afternoon. It was brought
:?.it that the deceased and his alleged
slayer went to the spring near the
'?ouse to get same writer, and while
doing so, engaged in a hi titer q-uarrei.
:)ji their return to the house, it was
l?ite.d, Mrs. Reagan ordered- Rieh of!'
?he premises. Witnesses stated that
('lout a half hour later, Mrs. Reagan
aw him returning through Hie yard
with a shotgun, and she told Jordan
I' it Rich wji1- coming with a gun.
Rich is said to have'fired the gun
from around the corner of the house,
as Jordan cried "don't shoot me", and
?i ; his 22 year old son was trying to
ret him into the hou-sc. Jordan died
about thirty minutes later, with a
.jiuishot wound in his right side.
Witnesses testified that Rich fled
immediately after the fatal shot was
tired. The witnesses at the inquest
were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kcagan and
Roy Jordan, son of the deceased.
The coronor s? jury's verdict was
that Jordan came to his death at the
hand ot" Henry Rich.
WE REFUSE ADVERTISING
The Journal, last week, refused to
accept an order for a series of ad
vertisements; that would have
brought in real, honest-to-goodness,
money. That is really the trutii We
need money is our business, of course
we do. We need it sometimes so much
that it becomes painful; and there
Wasn't any eatdi in the order.
It was for advertising beer. Now,
we don't think that it shows any
moral turpitude to drink a glass of
l>eer. Fact is that for grown people,
who have no predisposition to alco
hol ism, a glass of beer on occasion
wouldn't be harmful. We have no
)?hobia along that line but, -we told
the man who was trying to place the
good, juicy order with us, that we are
publishing a newspaper for the people
of Jackson county, a publication that
.roes into the homes of the county,
to lie read by all the people, children
as well as grown folks, and that his
adveratising would be, of necessity,
pure propaganda, to create a desire
in the reader to drink beer, hence, in
our opinion, it would be most harm
ful reading for the adolescent Jaek
sonians, and that we didn't propose
to be res|K>nsible for sending anv.
such literature into the homes ot
this or nnv other county.
We leave it to the fathers and
mothers who read our paper to say
whether we arc right or wrong.
cat resources, but the strain upon
those who have jobs or incomes. Out
of this fcel'ng arises growing talk ot
monetary inflation, "printing press
money" to help the nation's debtors
out of trouble. What may be
done cannot be predicted, but there
is a belief here that the new Cong
ress, to be elected in November, will
contain a much larger proport on ot
economic radicals than the last one
did.
Rumor has it, though this .cannot
be verified, that a group of 23 con
servative Democratic Senators have
made a private pact to stand with
Republicans in oppositioi to any fur
ther radical Icgislatic.n. Such *a col
alition would effectively block any
move toward inflation.
Meantime, the first protests are be
ginning to come in against the fir ?
tariff agreement negotiated by
President under the blanket authority
granted him by the last Congress
The new agreement with Cuba, whim
lots in w\ot."r vegetable* from the
island at greatly reduced dut:es, i
not at all to the liking of Florid
vegetable growers, who make tjir:''
livings V.v shipping winter tomatoes,
beans, celery and other agricultural
products to the northern markets. For
vears these Florida farmers have bee >
pressing for higher duties on Mexi
can tomatoes and Cuban peppers, and
thev dor.'t like this new scheme at
all. ? ' . --
Greeting President at Hyde krk Home
HYDE PARK, N. Y. . . . President Roosevelt ha* deserted the Potomac
for the Hudson River's 8eenic..beauty, to sojourn for 30 days at his home
here. Photo shows the President being greeted by a group of children
upon his arrival home. . . . Executive offices of the "Summer White
House" have been established at Pojighkeepsie, Nj Y., a short ride from
Hyde Park. , |
GRACED SCHOOL
8EGINS MONDAY
/
The Sylva rlniKJitiiry school wiP.
oj^'n next Monday morning for tin*
fall term, after having been post
poned 1'roai August 27.
The hi^h school will .not o|m*ii until
a later (late, which is yet to be an
nounced, the op;?ni:ig shaving been de
layed bccaitse of the failure of the
new busses, to arrive.
The teachers for the ek'ine.?itnry
school, which opens -Monday, are: F.
M. Crawford, Mrs. J. F. Freeze, Ruth
Gillev, Leah Nichols, Bertha Cunninp
ham, Mrs. Bill Moody, Mayni" Long,
OUie Jones, Mrs.EmUyW. Touipk^v
Myrtle-Irtiwon, and Rose GairHt. *
QUALLA
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell) ,
Rev. C. W. Clay delivered />n earn- I
est message at th< Methodst church,
Sunday morning from thi: text
"What shall I do then with J.'sus
Which is called Christ ? They all say
unto him iv* Mini be .crucified'!...
Revival services are in progrc-a at
the Baj>*ist ehuch. The pastor. Rev.
J. L. Rogers, is being assisted by his
brother, Rev. B. X: Rogers, who is
doing the preaching.
Mr. T. W. MeL-ttighl'n sustained
seven? cuts an<l braises on th- head
and face when lv ? fell from a truck
Monday evening. Ife was take.u to the
Community ho'pital in Svlva for
treatment. He is exjiectod to return
home i:i a few days. /
Mrs. J no. Bradburn was painfully
injured bv a fall 011 Tuesday morning
Mr. Jesse T. Shclton left Monday
for California, after '.gilding several j
days with relatives in this county. |
Misses Jcnni." Cat hey, (Jeneva Tur- (
pin, Iconise Ilvatt, and Shirley Moody |
attended the Labor Day celebration in
at Svlva, Monday. j
Mrs. If. C. Freeman and son, Mr.
) ? \ ' i
Ott:s Freeman of Clyde, Mr. Fate
Wiggins ami Mi's. Lou Blanton of
Brvson City visited Mrs. S. H. Brad
burn, last week.
Miss Oma (J ins of Canton" visited
hoiw folks.
Mrs. I). C. Hughes and daughter
Wilina went to Bryson City. I
Mis-es Mary Battle. Etta Kinsland,
and Irene Raby went to Svlva, .Sat
urday.
Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell returned
to Beta, Monday after a visit to home
folks.
M rs. D. L. Oxner -ipent last week
with relatives at Swanannoa
Mrs. A. J. Franklin of Brvson City
visited relatives.
Mr. Carl Hovlc of Cherokee spent
Sunday at Qualla.
Mrs. D. M. Gass visited Mrs. W.
F. Battle, who has been seriously ill
at Whittier.
Mrs. M. B. HeriMon of Whrtitier
spent last week with her sister, Mrs.
J. K. Terrell.
Mr. J. 0. Howell and family, Mrs.
A. C. Hovlc, and Mr. and Mrs.- Rans
Mattihews spent Sunday at Balsam
Grove. V i'
Mrs. W. H. Hoyle and Misis1 Pollv
Hoyle visited Miss Terry Johnson. <?
Messrs. J. T. Shelton," C. P. Shel
tan, J. 0. Howell, Rev. L. tHL Hipp-,
and Harry and Rogers Shelton called
at Mr- J. K. Terrell's Monday
Miss Elizabeth Fisher, of Beta is
PRICE IS APPOINTED
POSTMASTER HERE
Charles X. Price lw?- hwn recom
mended tor ap]K):.'itiuent us past mas
ter at Syl^a, to succeed W. I). War
ren, according to announcement from
the office of Congressman Z:'buloti
Weaver.
. Mr. Price i.s a veteran of the j
World War, having bc? u in the army
in eamp lij the Limited SiaUv, liuiuu^
the war period, tho;.gh lie had lie
overseas service, lie lives between
Sylva and Beta, and i.s engaged in the ]
lim of the Syiva Coal and Lidmbei
Company in Sylva. He is a native oi |
Jackson county, a* son of P. N. Price
Of TP&kawfgeef' atfd lias* b^ein ltVine j
in Sylva township for the past- few
yeai'A Other applicants for the po
sition, nine in number, were Jennings
A. Brvson, Vernou L. Cope, ; (Dan
Tompkins, C. J. Crispe, Mrs. D. E
Murray, Mrs. John H. Wjil.son, Leon
Picklesrmer, Charles Evans, and Tru
man Moody.
Mr. Price will succeed Mr. W. D.
Warivju, whose commission expired
nearly three months ago, and who j
has held the (tosition for the pas!
( welve years makvig an excellent
record as a |>ost master.
It is not known just when Mr. j
Price Will receive his commission and
assume his new duties, though it is
expeeted that he will take charge ol
the office during this month.
balsam
(By Mrs. D. T. Knight)
Miss Dollie Mills and Mr. George
Fisher were married at the home of
1 Rev. Dave Dean. Tuesday, the 28th of
' August., after which tibey spent the
j day in Sylva. That nigdit they were
given a sumptuous wedding supper at
. the home of the groom's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Fisher. Saturday they
' were entertained at the bomc of Mr
Bob Duncan's with a fine dinner and
supper. After supper the party had
music, dancing, etc.
Mrs. Bullock and two children of
Fredericksburg, Va., left Sunday
after visiting Mrs. Bullock's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson .Tones, and
other relatives in Canton, and Way
nesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Spejicer Rork and
daughter Eleanor, and Miss Lueilo
Mann, of Paducah, Ky., arrived Sun
day to visit Mr. Rork's mother, Mrs.
J. R. Rork in her summer home here.
spending a while with Mrs. Miller
Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Thomas of
Barker's Creek visited at Mr. J. L.
Sitton's.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crisp and
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hoyle called at
Mr. W. H. Hoyle 's.
Miss Nell McLaughlin left Mon
day for W. C. T. C., Cullowhee, where
she is enrolled as a student for the
eonsing term.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Hyatt and son,
Robert, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shaver
and son Carrol, of Glenville, Mr*. .T:
E. Green of -Asheville and Rev. B.
N. and Rev. J. L. Rogers were guests
at Mr. J. L. Hyatt's
Miss Martha Varner of "Stecoah
Farm" near Whittier was a guest of
Miss Louise Hyatt.
Large Crowd Celebrated
Labor Day Here Monday
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stoekbridge)
TRADITION ... ?p oar way
Up in my country we celebrated the
200th anniversary of the Congrega
tional Church at Stoekbridge, Massa
chusetts, the other day. Founded by
Yaie College theological students in
1733 as a mission to the Indians who
lived at Charles Stoekbridge's trading
post, it was organized as a church in
1734, with, the Indian chief, David
Konkapot, and one of my ancestors,
as deacons. Many famous preachers
have served the old church, most cel
ebrated of them being Jonathan Ed
wards, who left it in 1758 to become
president of Princeton College. The
dependents of many of the first mem
bers of the old church still live in
the town.
It is natural that those who have
grown up in such an environment
should be influenced by the ancieni
traditions of the country and its first
people. Our ancestors believed that
every man was entitled to what he
could earn and that those who would
not work should not eat. The land
less man, who was content to work
Cor wages, was looked upon as in
ferior; so (that it became every man's
l ambition to own a home, however
humble, and a piece of land he could
tiW and live on if wages fa'led.
DEPENDENCE ... a bt bear
The principal trouble with the Am
ericaa people today is that we have
become too dependent upon the pay
envelope. We are like the tame beai
that a travelling showman took a
round ihe sum.ier reports in the Adi
rondacks. The bear would do hi*
(ricks, the showman would pass tli
hat, and the bear would get his supjx'i
Up in the thiek woods, .however
the call of the wild was too stno n?
for the bear. He slipped his leash. ono
night and vanished into the forest
Two days passed and the bear dii!
not return. Finally some woodsmen at
Paul Smith's organized a search foi
him.
They found the poor beast in th<
middle ot a clearing, all alone, Roinp I
through his whole repertory of triek;
and th?*n looking around for someoni
to come and feed him. It was the onh
way he had ever been taught to get r
living.
I always think of that rather pa
thetic anecdote whenever people tall,
about moving .city workers to thf
farms by wholesale. I am afraid that
a great dtal of planning for "subsist
once honesteads" overlooks the fac'
that nobody can get a living off th<
land unless he has first learned how
DISILLUSION ... of ui heir
A young man who was running ai
elevator in the building where my
New York offiee is, inherited a small
farm in his native Cr,eeo-Slovakia. H<
took his wife and children and gaily
set sail for Europe. Fourteen month
later he was back ? and, fortunately
for him, was able to get his old jol
back.
"They think they are prosperous il
they can get enough to keep them
alive and wafl:n over there", he told
me.
Everything in life is relative. W<
think we are in great distress be
cause money doesn't come as easy a
it used to. But the plain faet is tho'
the lowest-paid workers in this eoun
try, even the unemployed, have bette
food, better clothing, more en joymerr
in 1'fe, than all but a few ahywher<
else in the world.
COMPETENCE ... the Job
Charlie, my Czeeho-Slovak friend
got his old job back because he Is n
competent man at that particular
work: Too many are just good enough
to ge^ by. ?
I think there is too much of a ten
dency to put the emphasis ufpdn th
en joym en t of leisure time and not
enough on doing one's job well.
In my own experience I know ho*'
difficult it is to find a really compc
tent stenographer, and I hear many
others make the same complaint.
BUILDING . . . and worken
We hear a great deal about unem
ployment in the building trades, and
the effort to stimulate home building
in order to put them back to work.
My late father-in-law, wtho eame of
a family of builders and was a build
er himself, had a name for the gen
eral run of carpenters. He called
them *? 'wood-butchers ". The quality
of workmanship of many who call
themselves brick-layers, stone-masons,
( Continued On Page 2)
A large crowd of people from 'Jack
son and the surrounding counties join
ed in celebrating Labor Day, in Sylva
on Monday.
Athletic events, a baby |>arade and
baby show, amateur circus ami pa
rade, agricultural exhibits,- flower
display, and other attractions featnr
ed the day.
Sponsored by tjhe Sylva (Rutary
Chib, with C. C. Poindextcr as gen or
al director, various organizations,
schools, and individuals in the coun
ty cooperated in making a success of
the celebration, which was in the
nature of a joint Labor Day program
and progress exposition, celebrating
Lhe 82nd jear of Jackson as a county.
In that connection, it was interest
ing to note that the Webster float in
the baby parade carried little Miss
Julia Davis, great grand daughter of
Douglas Davis, first sheriff of the
county.
, First award in the baby parade
was given to tht Glenville float,
upon which sat, in a cabbage patcli,
ilobert Perry Hyatt, Jr., drawn by
Carrol Shaver and Buddy Holden
dressed as cabbage farmers, in straw
hats and overalls! Second award was
to the Twentieth Century Club float
from Syiva, with Billy Williams in
the vestments and equipage of a king.
OtJier floats were, Jeanette Moore,
sponsored by Sylva Junior Club;
Sylva P. T. A., with Margaret Anne
ityan; Junior Order and Woodmen of
the World, with Everette Harris, Jr. ;
Methodist Womans Missionary Soci
ety, with Brent Chapman and Fran
?is Buchanan ;Girl Scouts, with Sarah
/can Sutton; B. H. Cathey Chapter,
Lr. D. C., with Walter Allison Jones;
Balsam P. T. A., with Georgia Knighi:
and Beta P. T. A., with Vema Vuya
Hooper.
At two in the afternoon^ the ama
teur cifCYiH paimle drew-4.be -atUtulion 7...
of the crowd. Sj>onsored by the Girl
Scouts, the circus and parade drew
iiiuch interest. Then* were cowboys
jnd girls, on horse back, bringing t he
Wild West show, boys and girls in
??ostium- to represent nearly every an
imal in the ordinary circus inejiagerie
and clowns, black-faced comedians,
a band, an<l all the trimmings of a
circus except the red lemondo and
peanut venders.
Miss Josephine Garrot.t of Sylva
was crowned "Miss Jackson County''
in the beauty .contest.
On display in the high school build
ing were displayed apples, Hamburg's
famous cabbage, cauliflower, turnips,
beans, and potatoes; many varieties
of vegetables and other farm exhibits
The pantry department showed a
most excellent display of canning and
preserving. The flower display was
especially attractive; and most inter
eresting was Elaine Moses' collection
of wild flowers.
FIRE AT CULLOWHEE
Fire of unknown origin razed 4
wooden bm-iness houses at Cullowh;^,
early Saturday morning. Discovered
about 3 o'clock, by Miss Louise Ilie-i
sotn, the fire was brought under .con
trol, by local volunteers, assisted by
the Sviva fire department, by six.
A two story building belonging to
Grover Moss, but unoccupied, a two
story building occupied by Jasper Me
Gall, and a two story building in
which .'olin Brvson oj>erated a gen
eral merchandise store were destroy
ed; and the roofs of the residencies
of Mrs. R. M. Keller and W. C.
Crawford were damaged.
It is estimated that the loss was
around $20,000, with insurance of on
ly $1,800.
MISS AMANDA TOMPKINS DIES
Miss Amanda Tompkins passed on,
at the Community hospital, where she
had been a patient for a week, early
last Friday night. Funeral services
Were held at her home in Webster,
Saturday afternoon, by her pastor,
Rev. V. R. Masters, and Rev. A. C.
Queen. Interment was in the Webster ?
cemetery, where rest the bodies of
her, father, mother, and two brothers.
Miss Tompkins came here with the
family of her father, the late Dr. W.
C. Tompkins, fifty years ago, and1 has
resided at Webster since that time.
She is the last survivor of her imme
diate family. Miss Tompkins was an
aunt of Dan Tompkins, of Syfou