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JOHNSON RE?i S
A3 HEAD OF NRA;
BOARD TO CONTROL
.t-iiin. Ion, October (Special)
\, i'rl: is written (Scleral H.u?h
it 's resigoa!'.lion as Adminis
,r i I lie Nli A has .just been at
Vl . , [ i,\ 1 1 ? 1'iesiilt it. This uu
. i lie tilings Ilia every '?oinj:t?
? : i t I. 'i t i'i I: ?; c bail hiv:i expecting
i; ,, otlv knew just when it ?a
,, .11-. Tin- (Ieneral had been gel
, i : v. ! 1 in hail with t!r.> bt'sines:
i-.M ? co ti I'l'iuil under tin' X1JA
, i?.r a loii?- tiim*. Kv.Myla:!'
I* hat It.' did a splendid job o'
I ;!;<?'? .u :?'ul oi vrtuiyat iou, but t lu*r?
i niiialU una tin ::: s tgrceiin t.'I tli'a
.i M ailni'-'ist ratotr, now that tit
, ' . r in oj ci it ion, I ? ruffled toe
lis ?}? \ leathers thai ought to he
?i". :;l li- I, and a roil: :'d too much re
.. ?i * iiifist by his dictatorial ii!-:iu;!"r
it has been nitdci stood for some 1
I; .Lit tin1 I'i; .Milfil was lookim. '
ti.i n way !u ea<c the 1 ii ??"??>?! ot\' ,
: mcefully. Tlir occasion M\ims >1i J
nave con'- hccausi' of I he (SenetalV i
s| K'ccli :i couple of weeks ago, in j
which lint only accused the lex- |
nli- workers' iihie.n of had faith and j
i, teach of agreement, hut took occa j
-itxu to dray the Maine of a justice
of i lie Supreme Court into a con
tutvifsial matter which may, and
jiittltahly will, come before that trih :
uital lor examination.
,lnliu>oii said publicly that he hati
In. i. hi co'istnut touch with Justici
liiandcis, and that Branded
w u ? ttpj??>eil to the NHA heause ii
Wit 1 1 ?< ? big. That indiscretion, tin
lati?t .'I many from the* (JeneralV
mouth w as too serious to he over
Vtwki-il. .'us! ices of the Supreme
Cova j n ' ' untouchables." They
.hum u?\, by implication or directly %
be tlia^'ttl ml o discussions of cont re
versiitl |niuK
Justice Unuitleis is a philosopher
fts well as a juii-t. As a jurist he is
presumed, like all the other justices
of the Supreme t oilrt, not to be in
fluenced hi pa?in^v on purely legal
iW.*( iuiis ? mmiI in# other sort'of fjties^"
1 101 is. conic before 'he Court. As a
Supreme Court its members are no*.
lOiU'Cnietl with whether a given pol
icy b. right or wrong, whether it will
work or won't work. They are eon
i-eranl only with the constitutionality
of lnus enacted by Congress and the
lei?ulit v of acts performed under those
laws. Whether they are good laws oi
not is not for them to say.
The non-legal mind often finds it
difticult to understand how a man
isii personally believe that some
tlmii: is wrong, yet as a judge decide
thai it was right, or at least not if
ltj?ul. Th" ability to take a complete-,
ly. impartial attitude on a legal ques
tion is what makes a great jurist;
mill nobody denies that Justice Rran
itci- is a great jurist.
it w:is, naturally, quite ouibarra-s
iitv fur -Ju.-iice llraiuleis and even
int. it- t nihil missing for the President,
t? l,;t\t < ieneral .lohnson blurt out
a Mat ih.yit which could he used to
hall, n|i ; , insinuation 'that the Ad
iiuiii>! i i i..ii uas playi'ig politics with
I he Supri me Court. It is a common
flin iiu-m body 'that "the Su
I'lei.;,. Court always follows the elec
tion >j liin:.v", although nothing could
lit- tan'ier front the it rut h. The last
tliiii'r I'roidciit Roosevelt desires is
t"; 1 1> n? have the idea prevail that
1:'' I t I \ Itlg tO influence it, either di
?"-tlv or indirectly.
If the belief that the latest in
?li-.'it i i-iti id' ( Ieneral Johnson's was
I'kelv prove 'the last straw, so the
I'V.-raceful exit had been an
tifi|?. t...| day>s ahead.
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HK ,'iURFACE PART OF 106
:iif. icing of Highway 1W> fronij
tl? le-wu^Jjiinits of Svlva to the in
i< 1 1 with Highway No 10, was
?'"hi-, 'a t week.. The road was. com
i aeil turned over to tile State
"'v' llirin a year ago. It soon devel
. it inl^es and .'bucks" anil 'took on
It'e :i|t|tearance of a wash board.
. iv. >v workers took up the en
paxiiu; and replaced it, last
The JONESES TO MEET
The Junes family will iwet for the
1 "uiual iiuiiio'.i at the home ?f ^?^11
1. lout s on Ihe second Sutinday in
\ tolicr, Oct. 14.
AH the Joneses, their relatives and
t'tai'K sne invited to bring baskets
''l ilnuier and come to the meeting.
Principals and Scene in Uncovering of Lindbergh Ransom Uoaef
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NEW YORK . . . Above is presented a picture review
of the uncovering of $13,750 of the Lindbergh $50,000
ransom money and the arrest of the German carpenter,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, in connection with the
crime. . . . Above, the Hauptmann home on the outskirts
of New York City. Arrow points to garage. where money
was hid. . . . Below, left to right; Walter Lyle, gasoline
station manager who took Hauptmann'* auto Kmbm
number when, tendered a $10 gold certificate in payment
for gasoline, .later resulting; in arreet of Hauptmann.
(Second) Dr. , John P. Condon, the famous "JaWe"
who aided CoL Lindbergh in turning over the #50,009
ransom money. !(Circle) Bruno B. Hauptmann. (Bight)
James M. Fawcott, New York attorney retained to rep
resent Hauptmann by the carpenter's wife.
?rice Assumes Duties
As Sylva Postmaster
Charles N. Prh-e assumed his dutie
<>f Acting Post master at Sylva, Mon-.;
day morning, succeeding W. 1). War- ;
ieii> (
Mr. Warren, who succeeded Harry
It. Hastings, during the Harding Ad
ministration, has -ervcd through the '
administrations of Coolidge ai^d j
Hoover. His commission expired last
Julie, after having been Sylva 's pap
ular postmaster tor the past twelve
years.
Mr. Pri<\e, who won the acting
mastership over a field of ten
applicants, is a sou of I\ X. Price
of Tuekaseigee. He has l>ecn livLn?
in or near Sylva for the past few
years, and lnis been identified with
the Sylva Coal -and Lumber Compiiay
.with his brother-in-law, ?M*. V. V.
I looper. lie irs a veteran of the Worh
War, having served in ca'i.ps in t hi
coun'try during a part of the wai
period..
The other applicants for the pos
ition to which Air. Price has been
.
appointed, upon recommendation o?
Congressman Weaver, ubjcct to con
firmation by the Senate when it con
venes again, were Mrs. John If. Wil
son, Mrs. 1). E. Murray, C. J. Crisp,
Dan Tompkins, Vernon Cojh-, Jen
niugs A. Bryson, .Charles Evans.
licon Pipklesimer and Truman Moody
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BALSAM
(By Mrs. 1). T. Knight)
Mr. Jim Barnett and family have
returned from Mars Hill where they
attended the funeral of his brother,
ltobert L. Barncnt, who (lied at
A(|U(Mie last week. Mr. Barifett and
son, Hubert, stayed with his brother
for some time and assisted i "l nurs
in,i' him during his illness, and were
with him when the end came.
Mrs. Ailec.n Watson and two child
? e?i returned to tlieir home in Ue
troit, Thursday, after spending some
time lie re wiili her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Itiife Jones, and other relatives.
Her father accompanied Hum: as far
as Asheville.
On Sunday the 'i.'lrd, a party oi
forty-l ive visitors I'm i> , Jonesboro
Teun., visited Mr. and Mrs. 1 lender- (
sou Join's. They c:;m:"by motor bring
ing grerii hampers of good things to
eat. Mrs. Jor.es prepared hot col fee.
A large table was placed at til" Bnck
?vj. Spring, and a real picnic dinner
was enjoyed. Among those present
?ve'e Mis. Je.nes' sisters, Mrs. Camp
bell :t.nd Mrs. Bob llsinv, and her
brothers Mr. J.-ss- Bales, and theii
families, of Jonesboro, and her sis
'er, Mrs. Oat Mull <>f Canton. Also
Mr. John I'. Jones a. id Mr. S un Jones
and their families of W.ayn?sville,
?'.ml Mr. John Jo'te.4 and four sous
''rom the celebrated sunn or resort,
v' Jones Farm", -tear Canton. This
was a givnt day a* Buckeye Cottage,
and the -nests from Tennessee were
highly enthusiastic over the beautiful
mountain seenerv. .
Mr. Rtraley Jon-'fi. of Elizabet h
ton, Teiri., is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H?nd."rson Joim>s.
Balsam I/odge and Balsam Moun
tain Springs Hotel will close this
week, after having had the best sea
son they have had in many years. All
cottages were occupied this sea sol V?
Several families will probably be
Judge Pless Will Preside
Over October Term Court
T. F. Dillard Chosen To
Head Clan At Reunion !
Tint Dillard cla.n h.-ltl its i >g;d ir
family i? union, Sunday, Sept. l(i, ?
the old home place of the late Davai
Dillard. The attendance \va> l:'.r,
and tin1 occasion a most enjoyable o;n.
Among ,tln- vi-ilors w. re .Mr. am
Mrs. John l>. Knsley, Al'i . and .Mrs.
T. ('. Brvson, Mr. and Mis. Dan i ? r v
son, Mr. and Mrs. Caiev Allison. Mr.
\Vil)l> Fisher, Mr. and Mis. ('his.
Smith, Row and Mrs. T. R. Wolfe.
and Itev. Mr. Bnviies. / \
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Splendid mn^ic was furnished by
a local (;Jioiy. lion. John B. Knslev,
the principal spiakci, nvade a .i.osi
interesting and informing' address,
dealing largely with education a.nd
the noted progress of t lit* county.
Others who spoke were Messrs Thad
and Dan Bry-on, Rev. T. If. Wolfe,
of. Svlva, B"M I'arris, of Canton, and
R. M. Di?' '< of At l-inta.
The fo .. :n<; were elected as of
fcers fo l ie ensiling year: Kuininn
Dillard, resident; (iarlaml Dillard
Yice-lV "at and Custodian of Rec
ords; ; | t.\Iiss Ruby Dillard, See re
tary andj'i'reasni >r. ,
Frank, * (Sarlaud. David a.' id John
Dillard, and Mis. Ida Janu f were
ap|M>inte<l hvv the pre ident t;> look
after the upkeep of the family ceme
tery. *
The secretary report eil the death
of only one member, since last mec?.
itijs: Mrs. MonJtiieJHlIard.
RE-SURFACING NO. 10
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Re-surfacing Highway No. 10 from j
the city limits to the intersection of
|0(>, is under way. This highway has
never been completed into Svlva. A
few years ago temporary surfacing
was put on it, and has frequently
nndt inline repaiis. sis holes won1
rapidly ii .'ll-e temporary surface.
It is ivuleii itood that the surface
that is being put d(>wn at present is
also only a temporary matter; and
that some day the highway into
Svlva fioni the east will prohahlv h'
given a permanent location.
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LITTLE CHILD DIES
Betty, t lit- 21 months old daughter
i of. Mr. and Mrs. Love Dillard, died
' Satin d iv night at their home n Kas!
Sylva. Funeral and interinnet were
, held Snndav at the Dillard fajnilv
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; cemetery.
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INSTALL BARGAIN BASEMENT
t , ? -
, Th? Leader .Department Store is
, having the basement of its building
j put in good condition, preparatory to
I opening a modern bargain hasemejit^
within the next few days, it has !,
I .uuiounml. ?
The basement will have entrances
from the main .-tore and from Mill
itrret wrth show windows on Mill
Street. ^
here; untiT.tli,? middle of the month.
There were several real estate trans
fers also, and several new cottages
**will probably be built before next
season.
I Judge Pless, of Marion will
preside ;it the Ihvoher term of tin:
Superior Court ??i* Jackson County,
which begins hero next Monday
morning, (Jet out S. This i ths first
time thai mir*:* Pless Las held court
in t h i county since his elevation t?
til:* I. "Sell. I! ? wa a'-p.?iu! d l?y Gov
ernor Khri.u<?h:uis, last summer, ir.
! coiuph.e the unexpired term of .lud.-.
Micheal Sehenek, who was elevated to
the Supre.ne Court to fill the vacancy
eause |>y the <k>atk of Mr. Justice
Adams.
The term will he for 'i he trial fli
l&th eriiiiiual and civil cutset;. The
!i.it Ktfil of the term will be criminal
court, r-n'd Solicitor John M. Qu-cr |
will prosecute the dockrft.
The following is the list of< citizens
from which the (iraud Jury and the
trial jurors will be drawn, ;is prepar
ed by the Jackson County Jury Com
mission:
First Week
J. J. Blanton, Mitchell MeltOU, J.
\\ Wilson, Richard H. Hoyle, J. W.
Moore, Fnutk Ik Hyatt, Xnthan Bu
chaiian, C. B. Fiigate, John H. Ore^'.i
W. A. Sutton, J.'L. Dillard, Aaron
lloirp-T, Will Lewis, McKinley Park
er, C. W. Fisher, Thomas Barrett.
Tom C. Buchanan, VV M. Fowler, Jno
B. Jones, John V. Ashe, McKinley
Henry, John Broom, L. R. Parker, J
V. Lovedahl, Lucius C. Ruttou, J. H.
Brvson, Lewis 11. Cannon, Sam Beck.
K. li. Coggfi'is, S. L. MeCiuire, Jr.,
Lyle Jones, E. J. Beasley, F. B. Nor
ton, S. K. Wilson, G. H. Ashe, J. C.
MeCracken, A. L. Owen, Je~s Parker.
J. M. Hooper, K. N. Henson.
Second Week
K. E. Buimgarner, Hut Stephens
Itov X. Cowan, P. W. Fugate, R. G.
Parker, B. H. Nicholson, B. H. Hoop
er, Roy E. Buchanan, O. L. Hooper,
T. C. Brvson, Jr., Crawford Shelton,
J. T. Dean, W. H Blanton, Bragg1 A1
lison, Coot Woo<l, J. C. Presaley,
Monroe Blanton, J. R. Long, Joe C.
MiddLetoh, R. E. Rahy, M. M. Hozit,
Geo. W. Collins, S. H. Monteith.
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ALL PREACHERS INVITED
The |>astor of Tuekaseigee Baptist
church, Rev. W. N. Cook, states that
he has been asked to extend an es?
pccial invitation to all ministers in
the county to he present at the me
morial service and unveiling of monu
ments to and portraits of Rev. Wash
Hooper, Rev. Benny Queen, and Rev.
M. M. Brown, next Friday, Octobei
12.
Rev. Dr. Fred F. Brown will be
the speaker at the morning hour. The
public is invited; but an especiai-.in
vitation is extended by the church,
through Mr. Cook, to the ministers.
GO TO DISTRICT P. T. A.
' Xine members of the Sylva Parent
, Teacher Association attended the
l District P.T.A. meeting in Candler,
Tuesday. The ladies who went train
here were Mrs. R. L. Arkril, Mire. It
Gibson, Mrs. Joe Deits, Mrs*- W. C.
R<?ed, Mrs. C. Z. Candler, Jhi P. H.
Weller, Mrs. H. P. Crowejl, Mrs. J.
Floyd Owens, and Mrs. E. L. Mfltt ft
| Jackson County Tax Rate
| flbiuuiis Same As Last
f i'eat ? Is $1.31 On $100
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<&y Trash Parfba* Stockfcridge)
^OTTfMES... . and morals
Theljphole subject of lotteries ha.'
r-e?i opened afresh by the action ol
j * he New Yoik Municipal Asse.ubh
n adopting a plan for a city lottarr
0 rake funds for the relief of tin |
efi tit tite.
Tbatis an aucieut and sit 11 popu
ar way to raise money for public an?
haritaijle purposes. It s^emis to m<
that there is a decided difference b?
?wcen a commercial lottery and a put.
ie lottery in which the bulk of tlu
money paid for tickets goes to -i
voii&y purpose.
Tfffl outcry ' against any form o!
lottery, which jias been embodied in
he taws of every state and in tli
constitutions of souie, ig based upo
.he supposed debasing effect upon the
vin^ecs, and the temptation to th;
poor to waste their scanty resources
in the hope of winning a big prize.
i am not prepare<l to subscribe t<?
the doctrine that it is a function ol
government to regulate any individ
ual'$ private morals.
QA^BMNG . . . .large and small
Where one should draw ithe lini
bet wee. i lotteries, gambling, specula
tion -and the taking of risks in busi
ness is a matter that I have neve,
been able ito determine to my own
satisfaction.
In we are all g&xblers. \\\
?i?e thf term ordinarily to apply t?
'awes of chance, in which skill mar
:iot have a dominant part. The goll'e
who bets a ball a hole on his panic
is as much a gambler as the lady wh<
plays bridge for a prize; no more and
no less.
U s^ems to me that most bettinp
is foolish, bwauw! the bettor* turn
no control over tin* outcome of th<
thing they are betting on..
But most people are foolish, any
way, and so there wil always be plen
ty to bet on ithe outcome of the
World '.s. eries or the chance ol
throwing seven in a crap game.
SPECULATION .... its scope
The Federal Government has im
posed upon the Stock Exchange and
the other public markets for securi
ties and commodities, regulations in
tended to curb speculation. About on.'
million '* persons, considerably less
than one per cent of "the population
of tho country, were engaged in spec
ulation when the big crash of 1929
came. Many got out with profits;
ithose wKo lost made a lot of noise
about it.* -
The ones who lost had nobody to
blame l>ut themselves. They were the
"eafiy marks" who think money can
be made by people who don't know
how to make it. So sane jhtsoii would
<!|0 into the grocery or hardware busi
ness without knowing something
about it, ,or expect to make money
out of it without giving it bis atten
tion day and night., Yet folks who
had been successful enough in their
own businesses to accumulate a sur
plus went into the stock market op
erations without knowing the first
thing about the market, and risked
their capital in an enterprise over
which they could exercise no control
That sort of speculation is pure in
sanity. Bat that doesn't mean that
all "margin .trading" is foolish or
speculativer
LAND . : aid ntan
1 -was in Iowa in 1917 when the
big farm land boom was rising to its
height. Fanners were paying from
$300 to $600 an acre for ordinary
farm land. Sensible men knew that
there wasn't an acre in Iowa that
could cam ^interest on such prices,
but that wasn't what these buyers
were thinking of. Th/\v were think
; ing of sell|ng the land nert week at
a profit. By 'and by the crop of suck
ers failed, and the last buyers were
left holding Jhe land.
Much of the distress among farm
ers hag its "root in land purchases
at exorbitant prices, on partial pay
meate with a mortgage on which the
ilaad can nevfr earn interest.
I was in Florida all through the
ifereat land boom there. It was the
?western farm* boom over again in a
-different setting. People fought lots,
not because they had any use for
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The tax rate of Jackson county for
this year has not been increased over
that of lawt year, but will remain at
$1.31 on the $100 valuation of prop
erty, the same rate as la-st year.
The rate is complied thus:
General County .15
Poor Fund .05
Health __ .03
Court .09
Debt Service .74
Debt Service, School 09
$1.31
The tax rate has been reduced on
the $100 valuation of property since
1930. That year the average rate for
the county was $2.00. Following the
General Assembly of 1931, the rate
in 1932 was cut to an average of
$1.68. Last year it was aggain cut,
this time to $1.31, in addition to
the 10 per cent reduction in valua
tions, and remains the same this year.
The amount of money that the peo
ple of this county are required to
pay in taxes oil their property, p??v
year, is $95,000 less this year than it
was in 1930. In 1930 the total amount
of taxes to be collected was $212,000.
In 1934 it is $117,000, which makes
a total saving to the taxpayers in
this county since 1930 of $95,000 a
year. Of the tax rate that is imi>osed
thig year all but 32c on the $100 val
ration is for the payment of interest
and principal on debts. The budget
contemplates $20,320 for the running
ex]>enscs of the county, which in
cludes the general fund, |>oor fund,
health service, courts, and all other
expenses outside of the payment of
debts. For debts, out of the total
mount collectable, $117,000, $90,690
is for debt service.
Of the bonds that were issued by
the county, totaling $1,790,000, $300
000 worth were signed by T. A. Dil
lard, chairman of the board of fora
missioning $250,000 by J. T. Gribble,
elerk to the board, and $529,000 by
S. C. Cogdill, chairman, or W. W.
Brvson, clerk.
Of the total of all the issues, which
came to $1,790,000, $60,000 in prin
cipal has been repaid.
QUALLA
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
Rev. C. \Y. Clay preachtd at the
Mlethodist church Sunday morning on *
Stewardship. He with Mrs^Clay and
little daughter were dinner guests at
Mr. P. H. Ferguson's.
Mr. G. C. Cooper has announced
that there will be an ice cream sup
l>er at the school house ( Saturday
night.
? Rev. K. Allen stopjM'd at Rev. .1. L.
Hyatt's enroute to Ela where he and
Mjr. Hyatt are c-ondujeting /(evival
services.
Amojwj the guests to arrive recent
ly at Green Acres are Mr. and Mrs.
Harris Anderson of Atlanta, and Mrs
M. Morrow of Mexico. Mr. Anderson .
is Educational Director at the C. C.
C. camps 1215 and 1211 at Smoke
mnot. Mrs. Morrow is a missionary i
to Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Gass of Almoin!
visited at Mr. I). M. Gass'.
Mjr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes of
Cherokee called on Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Bumgarner.
Mr. H. G. Ferguson with Mr. \V.
A. Hyatt of Ela, rade a business trip
to Martha Berry School, last week.
Mrs. Mary Kinsland spent Friday
with relatives on Conley's Creek.
Mr. Luther llovle spent Sunday at
Cherokee.
Mr. C. M. Hughes of Canton visit
ed at Mr. W. H. Hoyle 's .
Mrs. Lee Brooks is spending the
week at Candler.
Mr. Frank Owen and family were
guests at Mr. Glenn Ferguson's, Sun
day.
Miss Edna Hoyle of Cherokee spent
Sunday with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kinsland spent
Sunday with Mr. Hubert Blanton's.
Mrs. A. C. Hoyle and 'Miss Edna <
Hoyle called en Mrs. W. H. and Miss
Polly Hoyle.
Mr. Harry Clark and family have
returned from a ten days' trip to
Chicago.
Mrs. Faye Varner of Whittier vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Lucy Shelton.
Mr. and . lMrs. Golman Kinsland
called at Mr. .T. K. Terrell's, Satur
day.
Mrs. J. K. Terrell called on Mrs. J.
H. Hughes, Mrs. J. L. Ferguson and
Mrs. L. W. Cooper, Monday afternoon