$7.50 YEAE IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1930.
$2.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNT*
PRESIDENT WILL
SPEAK TO PEOPLE
Washington, Sept. 2<* ? I?ok for
sort of u Htatnnxmt tihortly
,'i.nii 1'ivsident RooseveM designed to
business and industry (thai
prolit system is not going to be
ims! niul that there is nothing to
.. i v about. Those in close touch
,uih the President and his intimate
:nlv isers say that he intends to make
. ,,inc utieranee shortly. This, coming
,,n i he heels of reassuring statements
U Cabinet members and otheis, will
i mieiided to offset the rising tide
,.t dissatisfaction with the methods
i he l\' eeovery program.
1 low far any statements from any
miii re, e van go in that direction re
gain* 10 be seen. There is a strong
l?.j i | here, shared by many of the
mine conservative members of the
Administrator, that Washington does
not yet realize now deep and wide
??prcad the demand really is tor radi
cal clianges in the prograuu.
L aving political and partisan an
??li-s out of consideration ? for most
of the serious criticism is not partisan
in its origin, but comes from sources
jill over t he country, which are suffer
ing economic distress because of what
t he v believe are impractical theories,
i here is little or no personal criticism
ot the President. On the contrary, :?
l,?.|?e amounting almost to belief
that when he fully understand^
t lie situation he will use his powerful
1, a.lership to set matters right.
There was nothing political in the
v,, i.-t meeting at Hot Springs, Va., of
) ,u of the nation's foremost- indus
tiiah>ts a week or so ago ait which the
whole New Deal was discussed and a
f,.nM motive program of amendments
to the present set-up was agreed upon
W\ much influence ithat may have
m>W\\\ of course, can predict. Ru<
uii/i h.buiess in general getting no
better, ?nJ with prices rising and
n.iuis being forced up while profits
di-uppeju- and reserves are vanishing,
it is not surprising that many of the
big industrialists take an extremely
gloomy vjew of the situation.
liepoit.-; of disaffection among the
f tinners in many regions over the
AAA ptoirrani are coming into Wash
ington in increasing vohtane. Then
i> probably more concern in high Ad
ministration quarters over that than
ovi-r the plaints of the industrialists.
Tin- fact that Under-secrctary Tug
wcll has gone to Europe on an "in
fection trip" of two months or more
taken here to signify that he is on
his way out, and that his theories will
m? longer control the AAA.
It must be stlb down as a fact that
tli. Administration as a whole learns
from experience. Mr- Roosevelt has
hall the first to (admit thaft some of
liii experiments haven't worked out.
just as he nvas frank enough to an
nounce at itheir inception that they
v.riv purely experiments. So there is
-rioiuul for'the belief that the reorgan
i/at ion of tho XRA and easing up of
it iii-.m* onerous burdens upon indus
try, wlvi'-li has I wen discussed freely
lor -niiii' time, will actually take place
It will take time to unscramble the
i l'n Init this Administration is noth
ing 1 1 not optimistic, and business
nan in touch with matters here are
In Tomim; more hopeful that free cotm
pi tit ion, which has always been re
garded as the "life of trade," will
mine bark, although on, perhaps a
burlier ??tliical scale. Also, with reser
\ at ions permitting "cartels" or sim
ilar combinations in industries in
which competition is not based u|>on
\ i :iin. is in the product.
"m- meat reform which scorns to
on the way will involve funda
I i hanges in the banking system
ii- a whole. It is no new discovery
'ii it tin- banking system in the United
-Mile* is the worst in the worjd; ec
"'"ii isis and bankers having been
* ?' y i n it thiit for forty years.
! lie recent conference of govern
1'iefit financial departments and bank
'?^miners has resulted in placing the
principal resjionsibilitv f?r bank ex
?"?liiuilions with the Federal Deposit
liMirance Corporation, and instruc
tion* to examiners not to order loans
'In wi out where the interest has
''ecu promptly paid, even though there
lias been no reduction in principal.
' I"* and other changes are .expected
improve the hank credit situation,
1 "tub probably not as much as the
' '"veriiinent desires.
?\ tightening of Federal control
all bink crcdits seams inevitable,
a"?l plans which are shaping for a
'??utral bank of issue to supplement
'?i" Federal Reserve and exercisc
many of the functions of the RFC
i-'l the Comptroller of the Currency
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parser Stock bridge)
BOOTH a great woman
1 was glad to read the dispatches
announcing] that inv old friend, Corn
lander hvangeline Booth, bad been
elected General of the Salvation Ar
my of the world, the post which her fa
iuous father, General William Booth,
created and held until his death. .
.'If I were ever called upon to name
one American woman ? for Miss Booth
lias spent motft of her life in Aineri
ea ? who has accomplished tlie most
for the relief of misery and distress
l among (he poor and helpless, I would
unhesitatingly give the award 'to her.
1 do not know how ithe Salvation
\riny stands in the estimation ot pco
le of other lands, but I fael confi
dent that in the United States it com
uniuLs respect and supj>ort such as no
>ther instrufentality for the common
??ood has ever achieved. Critical tlfe
logiaus may net: approve their doc
lues ? I don't even know what they
are ? and formal ritualists may frown
' poll its methods; but I think ther??
is pretty nearly unanimous agreement
that the Army reaches down and lifts
up more of the submerged and hope
'es< Ithan all the churches.
BARGAINS . . . in property
People with ready cash? and there
:ire still a lot of tluvn ? are hunting
bargains these days. And a good manv
ot fhem, to my knowledge, are pitt
ing their money uito land and build
ings, confident that the rise from the
present low juices will not be long
i delayed.
One 300-acre dairy farm, well
stocked with ample buildings in good
repair, which its owner held at $25,
000 only five years ago, was sold the
other day in my neighborhood for
$7,500. The buyer laved down ready
cash. T know of 5 other farm projier
ties that have changed hands for cash
near, my home in the past month, at
figures from half to a third whwt
they were held at lately; and one
great estate a few miles from me, in
which more than a quarter of a mil
lion dollar^ had been invested, went
for $25,000 because it he owners had
to have cash. , v.
Money will buy better bargains to
day than at any time in the past
(twenty vears.
PRICES . . . today
There is a good deal of nonsense
being talked about commodity prices.
Foodstuffs are going up rapidly; no
question about that. But that is not
true in the case of manufactured
goods.
The automobile code fixes a defi
nite "trade-in" price on every ujwH
car. I thought of trading in a 1920
Ford against credit for a new car
next Spring, and approached the local
dealer. "I can only allow you $90
in trade," he said, "but I have cash
buycra looking for nsed cars like
yours, and if you tell me to sell it
for your account I can get $150 or
more' 'i
I had a furnace concern go over
my old farmhouse, which has relied
on stoves and fireplaces for 150 years.
They estimated $950 for a heating
plant. I told thtvn to go fatrher. Next
week they were beak with an offer io
install the plant for $450. I dickered
wtih them a while and (the price came
down -to $375, with $25 off that for
cash. 0\?
RUMMAGE an economy
An annual event in my home town
may provide the means tor backing
pp the "manage! currency" program
of the Administration.
Look for much more serioirs and im
aitial consideration ot the Labor
situation this Fall and Winter. It fe
too soon to predict what ithe attiudr
of the next Congress will Im? on this
or any other question, but in the Ad
ministration the feeling is growing
that the free hand granted to organ
ized labor has not proved entirely a
success Much study is being given to
the way in which England and Aus
tralia have handled the labor question
which has been a matter of Govern,
ment concern in those countries for
many years. / .
The principle of making labor or
ganizations as responsible as empjoy
incc corporations, by reqnmng them
^incorporate and so become subject
to the same sort of Governmental reg
ulation as industry is under, is being
?riven a good deal of attention. There
seems to be a sti^ong pirobability, in
any event, that Federal laws defining
"justifiable" and "unjustifiable"
strikes, the right of picketing, pro
hibition of intimidation and punvdr
fent for lawlessness will at least be
proposed.
BROWN TO SPEAK AT SERVICE
? Rev. Dr. Fred F. Brown of Knox
ville, a former president of the
Southern Bapti.it Convention, and a
in Live of this coun.Ly, will be one of
tlie speakers at the memorial service
and unveiling of .monuments erected
by the church to the memory of Rev.
M. M. Brown and Rev. Wash Hooper,
and portraits of Rev. Wash Hooper
and Rev. Benny Queen, a'L Tuckasei
gee, on Friday of next week, Ot t. 12.
The tentative program for the ex
ercises contemplates owning with a
devotional by Rev. Thad F. Deitz, ati
10 o'clock, followed by old :timci sing
ing, led bv A. C. Queen and \V. C.
McCall.
Ait 11 the memorial address will be
delivered by Dr. Brown. Dinner will
be served on the giounds, and every
body is invited to bring basket^ of
dinner. At 1 :.'{(? address's will be de
livered by Itev. J. C. Owen and Rev.?
P. L. Elliott.
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QUALLA
Rev. J. L. Rogers preached at the
Baptist church, Sunday morning from
the subject, "The call of a broken,
suffering, and dying world".
There was a baptismal service in
Soco in the afternoon, and six per
sons were received into the Baptist
church at the evening service.
Hi*. W. T. Kiitwy died Friday
nighi, and was buried at the Ward
cemctcrv. Sundav morning. Rev. J.
L. Hyatt conducted the service.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. II. Oxncr, Air. I).
L Oxner, Mr. and ' Mrs. Ed Oxuer,
Mrs. Troy Tltrpin and children went
to DeHart ceinotivry near .Jackson
Line to attend the funeral of .heir
kinsman, Mr. W. T. Carson, Mo- day.
Rev. and Mi's. Forest Ferguson and
family spent the week end at Mr. II.
O. Ferguson's.
Mr. and Mr*. Frank Hall of Enk:\
and Mrs. and Mis. Swell Hipps of
Canton, spent the week end among
relatives.
Messrs \\* H. Hoyle, .1. E. Bat tie
and James Keener were guests at Mr.
1). C. Hughes's Sunday.
Mr. Frank Battle hai moved to- >
Whitter.
Mrs. Llewellyn Reeves of Leieeste
and Miss Alnwi Glance of Can?ou
were gitest^nt Mr. fJlenn Ferguson's. ,
last week.
Miss Louise Hyitt entered school
at W. C. T. C. Cullowh?e, last week.
Mrs. D. C.. Hughes and children
spent the week end at Mr. James Bat
tle's^. r
Jnt. Elbert Keener and family are
stopping at Mis. E. T.. Keener's.
Mrs. Charlotte Ferguson visited
Mrs. Bessie En!oet of Olivet, last
week.
Mrs. D. M. Shuler. Mi's. Laura Pny
der and Mr. Dock Snyder were guests
ait Mr. Albert Reagan's, at Olivet,
Monday.
Mr. J. 0. Howell and family and
Mr. and Terry Johnson called on Mrs.
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle.
Mrs. Obed Anthony- visited (Miss
Polly Hoyle.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ferguson, and
is the ' 'ruminate sale" for the bene
iit of local charily. L't iis hehl iu the
Town Hall and everybody send i all
sorts of things that they don't need
any longer. A ul it is amazing how
well-to-do women flock to fthe sale
and buy other folk's cast-otfs.
My wife tends the ladies' hat coun
ter at these rummage Miles. This year
she had to dispose of a grealt quanti
ty of fine hats bearing labels of fash
ionable New York, Newpoiit, Boston,
and even Paris shops, discarded by
women of the wealthy families in
the count} But, she told me, among
the buyers of these hats, at from 25
cents down, were women whose hus
bands have always been accounted
wealthy, or at least w.?ll off. They
were frank to admit that they, like
evervbody else, hud to iH*onoroizc.
INVESTMENTS .... a search
One of my neighbors rcceutJy cam-;
into a good many thousand in ca h,
the proceeds of his fathefs life in
surance. He asked several business
friends, including two halikers, to
suggest sound, safe investments.
Everyone he asked threw up his
hands. My friend had no use for an
other home or1 any more land, and he
did no* want to take a speculative
chance with the money. Finally he
decided to buy a joint annuity for
himself and wife? they are both
close to sixty? payable as long as
cither of ithem lives. He found he
ould gU $3,500 and more a year for
'lis fifty thousand" dollars, or better
? han 7 per cent on his capital.
That, he de' .ied and his banker
i . ? rrpeod , was about as .close; to securi
ty as anyone can get these dayB.
REPUBLICAN MEETING HELD
HERE ON LAST TUESDAY
With speeches from Brown low Jack
on, Halsey Leav,ett, *J antes J. Britt
and others, ithe district meeting of
the Republicans was held Tuesday in
the court house in Svlva.
Mr. Lcavitt, the Republican candi
date for Congress.-, opposing Coagii'ss
inan Weaver, designated .Mr. Jack
son, former United Stages Marshal
:uid former candidate l'or Congress,
as campaign manager and disliiet
chairman.
BILL SUTTON DIES IN NEVADA
Bill Sutton, 30, died of piu"u).i*>nia
in Los Voges, Nevada, last Saturday
Relaltives here expect that his body
will be brought to Svlva. tonight, and
interment and funeral will Ik> held
here tomorrow.
Youug Mr. Sutton is a isoii of G.
I). Sutton, of Savannah. He was em
ployed by the federal government on
i he construction of the Boulder Dam.
He is survived by his widow, two
small ehiidrcu, his father, one sisiter,
Mifr. O. J. Leslie, of Savannah, four ]
brothers, Robert, of Savannah, and
J. V., Paul ,and Coleman, who are j
employed on the Bouldef Dam at Los |
Voges, and a* laige number ot aiherl
lelatives in this county.
WOLP MOUNTAIN NEWS
(By. Robert M. Hardee.)
Ovit-r near Webster iu a long brick I
construction live the blind, the aged
the j>oor, the hu.i.elcss, tin* friendless.
\es, it is the County lloiue of Jack
so.i county. So few prcaciters ever
visit there it is a shame and a dis
grace io i he preachers 4.1' liJiis county,
these pcopLe are so app.eciative of
any religious service; they appreciate
.vith an theii hearts an\ little thing
I halt, is done for them, lea it is sucu
a good opportunity l\n' the ii. V. 1'.
U. of any (church iu the .county to go
over there in a body oil Sunday ai
teruoon and put on a progiam there,
yes, it is such a good opportunity
lor an Kpworth League or any
kyoung people's union or group to
visit the coutity home with :i religious
service. Sunday school classes and
teachers can cap-iv their class out
there and every Jri'racher in the etrtin
ity should get out of his la/iness and
get over there in least once a year ?
"If ye did it unto one of the least
of these, my brethren, ye did it unto
me. ' '
Revivals are most over now and
the ]>eople feel secure for the win-,
ler. That's the general ailtiude of the
average mail. Well, the only test of
a revival is the ]>eriiiancnt good that
it does. It is not the shouting aii<r
noise the big crowds, that make a
revival a success ? it is the changed
heart, and if a person has a changed
hcai!tt e will be out to Sunday School
all through the winter, he will back
up his pastor and church financially
all the year; he will be a better neigh
bor and more willing to do the
Ixml's will when called on by the
pastor or ehurCli.
Election (time is getting closer and
closer and the Christian ]>eople of
this section a:id county are listening
and watching and studying the
| candidate*. -
The people of this county do ap
preciate the stand brother Dan has
taken iu regard to the advertisement
of beer and if every county editor
in America would follow the same
ride and fighit the evil of beer and
liquor, the American people would
soon see their mistake. Liquor is
only good in case of emergency and
when the depression is over it will
slowly lose its popularity in Amer
ica for sin and evil can never win
in the long run.' '
SINGING AT WOLF MOUNTAIN
There will be an all day singing
at Wolf Mountain Methodist church,
on the second Sunday in October, it
has been announced.
BRYSON CLAN TO MEET
The annual reunion of the Bry on
family will be held a't Beta, next Sat
urday, October 6.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Terrell called on
Mrs. J. L. Ferguson, Sunday after
noon.
Misses Etta Kinsland, Gertrude Fcr
guson and Annie Lizzie Terrell re
turned to their schools Sunday af
ter a visit with hotnefolks.
Misses Jennie Cathev end Geneva
Turpin went to Svlva, Saturday.
Mrs. J. H Hughes spent Tuesday
with Mrs. J. K. Terrell.
30TH DIVISION TO
MEET TOMORROW
The veterans of the Thirtieth Di
vision will meet in Asheville, Friday
and Saturday ofl this week, tomorrow
and the next day, for their reunion.
The business meetings will be held
in the Buncomhe County Court House,
and there will be a street parade and
other features.
The Thirtieth Division, the combat
troops that broke the Hindcnburg
Line, that had been considered im
pregnable, and that had held against
all allied assaults for four long years,
was composed largely of men from
?the two Carotirias and Tennessee.
The feat, considered one of the
great and important battles of all
history, and perhaps the decisive bat
tle of the GreaJt, War, was performed
on September 29, 1918.
Many veterans of the Thirtieth liv;*
in this county, as the Waynesville
.Military Company and the Sylva Ra
dio Company, in which most of the
volunteers from this county enlisted,
formed units of the famous Thirtieth
NBA WORK DISCONTINUED
All NERA work in rural sections
of the State has been discontinued,
it has been announced by Mrs. Thom
as 0 'Berry, State Relief Adminis
trator, who srtated that it is due to
the seasonal increase in farm em
ployment in harvesting and marketing
cotton, tobacco, and other crops that
the rural work has been discontinued.
Mrs. 0 'Berry said that hundreds
of calls for farm workers have been
made at local refief offices by pri
vate employers during the past sev
eral days indicating the need for
?rcr!: r.:ul direct relief to care for un
employed farm workers has .sharply
declined.
The State Administrator said thn1
all farm worker? in the State clas
sified as "employables" will be re
moved from the relief rolls not later
than September 26.
"During the height of the harvest
ing season," Mr*. O'Berry said,
"when the need for additional farm
workers is so urgent, the need for
work projects and direct relief to
eare for unemployed people <is re
duced to the minimum.
"With few exceptions we are sus
(tending all work projects in "the rural
areas and removing farm laborer*
from relief rolls in order that farmers
and others offering private employ
ment may be assured adequate help
during the harvesting season."
Work projects to be excepted are
those dealing with the handling of
the 100,000 cattle brought into 'the
State from the drought-stricken areas
of the Mid-West and ithe canning
projects.
Mrs. O'Berry said the discontinu
ance of woTk projects and the re
moval of employable people from -t he
relief rolls is in line with the gen
eral policy of rehabilitation.
"W.? make every effoirt to see that
our relief clients return to private
employment where they may continue
in the work in which they have been
trained, or work which they have
been accustomed ito do, when the- em
ployment is available. We believe
that employment is available to
the large majority of farm workers
on our rolls."
Mrs. O'Berry said that relief for
unemployable people will be contin
ued as usual.
P. T. A. SPONSORS PLAY
The Glenville P.T.A. is sponsorine
a play "Mammie's Iil' Wild Irish
Rose," to be given in the near fu
ture. Miss Ruth Bird of the Glen
ville High school faculty is coaching
the play. Those who have major
paints, are Miss Rirth Moss, Mrs. L.
L. Shaver, Gail Lance, Howard
Zachary, Mrs. Priestly Corbin, Miss
Leota Moss, Miss Mildred Monteith,
Mr. S. P. Hyatt, Mrs. Xola Bryson,
Troy Lanning, Miss Clara McGuire,
and Frank Bryson.
The proceeds will be used for the
home economics department and the
library of the Glenville school.
ASHE REUNION
The Ashe- family reunion will be
held on Sunday October 7, at the
home of Pole Ashe, as it is the old
home place of "Uncle" Marion Ashe,
father of this family. All relatives
are urged to come. A very interesting
program has been planned. Bring your
baskets of dinners, which, will be
served in pienic style.
WORK STOPPED !
ON SOCO ROAD
The State Highway and Public
Works Commission has stopped all
work on the Soco Gap road from the
top of the mountain down to Chero
kee, it wa? learned today, pending
the settlement of the route of the
National Parkway.
It is pointed out that should the
Parkway follow either the Tennessee
or the North Carolina routesj that
the government would build a road
from Soco Gap to Newfound Gap,
thus duplicating the work that the
State would do if the plan had been
carried out to proceed with construc
tion by the State.
The only purpose, it is observed
that the road could serve, would be
to shorten itiie distance from Ela to
Lake Junaluska by about 12 miLes,
leaving .Dillsboro, Sylva, Waynes
ville and Balsam off the main route
from AiAevillc west, and in effect
changing the route of No. 10. High
way and Federal Route 19, so as to
leave those 'points off the main High
ways. To do so would cost the State
the sum of a half million dollars, and
save travelers only about 15 minutes
time.
The action of the Commission in
stopping the work has met with gen
eral approbation by people in this
part of the State, who are familiar
with the situation, and the fact that
the State would spend half a million
dollars to no purpose, aiid especially
in view of the fact that eilher way
the Prakway goes, it will serve the
purpose for which the Soco (Jap road
was originally intended, Le: to get
from Soco Gap to Newfound Gap.
NATIONAL COUITCEUOR OF
J.O.U.A.M. TO SPEAK HEBE
The autumn District Meeting of
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics is scheduled to be held in
Sylva on next Thursday, October 4,
beginning at 2:30 in the afternoon.
William S. Howe, of Baltimore,
ihe National Councilor of the Juniors
will be the principal speaker at a
niblic meeting to be held in the
Methodist church in the evening. The
Glee Club from the Junior Order Or
phanage. at Ijcxington will 1m- present
and render a program.
The State Councilor, Charles F.
Tankersley, .Jr., of Henderson, will
preside at the business sessions of
the district, which comprises the
counties of Cherokee, Jackson, Clay.
Graham and Macon. The Junior Or
der has 531 members in the district.
There are two councils in this county,
Sylva and Savannah.
ZONE MEETING HEBE FRIDAY
A zone meeting of the missionary
societies of the Methodist Chui*h,
South, will he held at the Methodist
church here Friday afternoon, Octo
ber 5, beginning at 2 o'clock. The
meeting will be opened by a devotion
al service, led by Rev. T. R. Wolfe
and a business session, presided over
by Mrs. Rol>ert Howell, of Jonathan,
zone president, will follow.
After the meeting refreshments
will be served by the Sylva society
to those attending the meeting, at
the home of Mrs. E. L. McKee.
POULTRY OUTLOOK GOOD
"The poultry outlook is very bright
for the coming year", says John R.
Jones, manager of the Farmers' Fed
eration Hatchery at Sylva.
Mr. Jones states that there is a
big shortage of jHmltry, and that
prices on all farm products are ris
ing. He states that in order to bring
back the poultry business in this
county, the hatcheries, the State, and
the people must cooperate.
The State department is anxious
to do its part, according to Mr. Jones,
who fultther stated that agents of
the State will do the blood testing
and culling; and that Mr. James G.
K. McClure, head of the Farmers
Federation, ha* stated that the Fed
eration will see to it that the Sylva
hatchery is operated at full capacity
during the next season.
TO CLEAN P ARRIS CEMETERY
Those who have friends and rela
tives buried in the Parris cemetery
are requested by the trustees, com
posed of M. B. Cannon, J. T. Snyder
and F. T. Watson, to meet there
earity Saturday morning, October 0,
with some kind of tool with whieh
to work, and help clean the gronnda.