?"^te; ?'. ' '''?' "'.'? V"\A'r H "W r-\"r&i-:y^ .' ? - -r^s**t f ?- ? 4 ? ??'-?' ?, ; , - :*?.-.>? 1 . I ; > ?? -V ?? ?: -? * ? ! ?.; .JSW&rv 2--V ? ? */ , l'j.50 YEAR IN ADVA?J?J?S fHE COUNTY SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1984 f , f' _ -' y ' -> - ' nr ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE OOUJITT ?? ??? 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. - ! > i 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 -ft*-*::?. ? mXmi fiBtBlMSm SESSSMBSBmSlia | 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 _ 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. / \ , 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 . - 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. \ ( * ^ 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 I 4 ; cemetery. I ^ . 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. I 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 $100 -- * <&y Trash Parfba* Stockfcridge) ^OTTfMES... . and morals Theljphole subject of lotteries ha.' r-e?i opened afresh by the action ol j * he New Yoik Municipal Asse.ubh n adopting a plan for a city lottarr 0 rake funds for the relief of tin | efi tit tite. Tbatis an aucieut and sit 11 popu ar way to raise money for public an? haritaijle purposes. It s^emis to m< that there is a decided difference b? ?wcen a commercial lottery and a put. ie lottery in which the bulk of tlu money paid for tickets goes to -i voii&y purpose. Tfffl outcry ' against any form o! lottery, which jias been embodied in he taws of every state and in tli constitutions of souie, ig based upo .he supposed debasing effect upon the vin^ecs, and the temptation to th; poor to waste their scanty resources in the hope of winning a big prize. i am not prepare<l to subscribe t<? the doctrine that it is a function ol government to regulate any individ ual'$ 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 . (Continued on Page fwo) 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

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