HIGHWAY ROBBERS
ARE TAKEN HERE
?loc Hall, 2-f, of Huriingtown, Ma
1*011 eoiuity, nnd Ornn Farley, 21, ol
A; i 111, iml., won1 taken from the
bus headed to Asheville from lJryson
City, in Syivn, i his morning and plac
c?l uiult'i* arrest, charged with high
way roiihcry in 'Macon county.
Yesterday about 1 o'clock, Herney
|{jly, well-known Macon citi/en, wlio
operates a country store in the Burn
lUMtown section, was held up, robbed
ct moimy and merchandise, and let!
tied to a tree.
Sheriff ?'ohn .1. Mancy, Chief of
police .1 A. Turpiu and Highway
Patrolman (!. H. Duncan, in company '
wilh Sheriff Single, Macon, arrested
Farley and Hall, when the early morn
ing bus today shopped on the Main
Street in Sylva. Both men were arm;,
ed, and from them was recoverei
some ^">11 in money, 2 watches am
oilier inorcrandiso. Their suitcase,
it has been stated, were checked on
ahead on another bus, and officer:
expressed I lie opinion that when they
arc obtained and opened! by oflicoiv
e.f the law, they will be found to con
tain other merchandise, and addition
al amounts of money believed to hi
a part of the loot from the sc'isa
tioual day-light hold-up in Macon.
Sheriff Single took his two prison
ers to Franklin immediately after tin
arrest here, and frcwy there .lie took
tlieni to Burningtown, where it i.
stated, Mr. Ray positively identified
Farley as one of the nu'n that robbed
liiin and left him tied to the tree.
Hall is ? Macon county youth, it
is said. Farley's home is believed to
be in Austin, Tnd.
The two are being held in Macon
county jail at Franklin awaiting trial
at the next term of superior court
which will be held in Franklin next
Wftilli.
BIG RIDGE NEWS
The thinners of this section arel
making ^nat progress in harvesting
tin ir hill crops. We are delighted ill
tin- beautiful weather tljat we have
liaii tor tlii' past, week, anfd only hope
that it continues throughout the busy
K'ilSOll.
The Hamburg cabbage have not
proven to he as profitable this year
Nevertheless, there lias been a large
amount put on the market.
Our Sunday School is progressing
nicely. The young people of the com
muuity have beco.no much interested
is the Sunday School and B. T. U.
work.
We are very much pleased to have
with us on last Sunday afternoon the
H. T. II. of Tiickascigee. They enter
tained us with a very interesting and
impressive program.
We were delighted to see the line
talent in this organization, and give
.ihem a hearly welcome to come sixain
Miss .Margaret Bryson of Brevard,
has Imn'ii .-pending a couple of weeks
as a guest of her cousin, Miss (iraot1
fjrvsou.
Mr. and Mrs. David I'ructt have
ii.i ? . < < I tn ("a -bier's, where Mr. Pruett
'i- |> incipal of the school.
II. I). Fowler is recuperatin?
?"i a brief illness.
Air. I. (' Bryson had the misfortune
"l nulling his truck into another
?p-rlccd) truck and doing .consider
able damage to his radiator; but.no
"'.In r damage done. J
Mv>damcs J. Bryson and Alma
I idlbrivht spent last Monday with
Mr-. W. M. Moore.
Mr; and Mrs. Lewis Cannon and
I. 'hi.- da-ighter Klizabeth, ol' Webster,
? s i : t ( , he week end with Mrs. John
' is
Mrs. Kmory Brown of Greenvilhy
i ? . Las been -pending several weeks
>' iih hi-r parents,, Mr .and Mr^. Win.
M'niic.
Mr. Mni Mrs. Cordell Towns, who
Live Ik < ii making their home here
!"r i in- past year, are moving to Seu
s. c.
?It. and Mrs. T. K. Out brie of
^ a ' \Yeiv week end guests of rcla
' i here.
Mi-, and Mrs. Henry Xorris. after
In entertained for several days in
?>'. ''he liDiihe of Mr. and Mrs. PheiTon
I'l v-o'i. have returned to their -home
iHc Kastern part of the State.
BENEFIT SUPPER AT BETA
There will be a miscellaneous sup
n '' it the Bota Graded School, to
""?rrow. Kiidav night, O.ct. 26. Music
,:|k?' walk, and other features will
be give.ii. The proceeds will be used
'? purchase library books.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia . . ,
Above is tho last picture of Peter
II, as a care free boy of 11 years,
seeing London sights. The photo was
taken 18 days before he became the
boy King of Yugoslavia through
the assassination of his father, King
Alexander, while on an official mis
sion in France.
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/oung Democrats
To Have Barbecue
The Young People's Democratic
Club ot* Qualla will liohl a barbecue
and speaking at the Qnalla school
house, next Thursday evening, No
vember 1, to which the public is in
vited. ? \
The club is planning the meeting
as u rally in the interest of the Dem
ocratic. ticket. The barbe,cue dinner
will be ready for eating to begin at
">:30. Following tlic diniier there will
lw speaking by prominent democrats^
and m,usic by the Qualla string Imnd.
The club met last night, elected
ita ofticcrs, and planned the.- bar bee
coe.
Officers elected were : Horace B.
Hyatt, President; Mrs. 1L B. Martin,
Vice-President, and \V. (?.. Stallcup,
Secret a rv-T reasurer.
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C. T. ROANE IS DEAD
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Friends here were grieved to learn
of the sudden death, in AslieviJle,
Sunday, of C. T. Roane.
Funeral and1 interment Ci-ere at Bry
?son Ci'tv, Tuesday afternoon.
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' Mr. Koane had many friends here,
whom he had made dkirin^ the time.
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that he was in the government serv
ice as a prohibition agent, during the
Wilson administration; and while he
lived here, until three years ago as
proprietor of the Poinsett Grill. Al
the time of his death, Mr. Roane was
prominent in Western North Carolina
over a long period of years. He serv
ed as sheriff of Macon county, and in
other official capacities.
W. A. ENLOE CHAPTER
ELECTS OFFICERS
The W. A. Knloe Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, meet
ing at the home of Mrs. C. Z. Cand
ler, on last Thursday afternoon, elect
ed officers for the coming year,
ehoo.-ing Mrs. S. W. Enloc as presi
dent. Mrs. David M. Hall, vice-presi
dent ; Miss MargaiVt Moore, secreta
ry; Mrs. John H. Morris treasurer;
Mrs. A. I). Parker, registrar*/ Mrs.
Fred L. Hooper, historian; and Mrs.
Flora d. W-ilkius, chap!aiii.( A feait
tire of the program was a talk bv
Rev. .S. II. Milliard, on "Reminis
eiices of tin- War Between States' J
WOMEN WORK FOR HOSPITAL
For tluee years the women's mis
sionary societies, clubs and other
organizations of the county have been
.'?ontrilmtiug canned <>oo<!is, vegetables,
and other articles of food, as well
:ts paying for pajH-riiifr, painting, ar
ticles for 'the comfort and plea-Hire
of the patients of the hospital. Each
?r.onth during these years, one of the
>r?janiza!tions of the county has done
the mending of linens, made article
for the operating room, baked cakes
or rendered such other service as.wa.
necded, without the exception of a
single month during the three years.
The Baptist Missionary society of
Webster is doing the mending for the
month of October.
HOLD WILD RITES AT WEBSTER
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Funeral services of J. ?T. Wild, who
<!ied suddenly last Thursday morning,
at his home on Cullowhee road, were
held Friday afternoon at the Webster
Methodist church, of which Mr. Wild
had been a faithful member for -fcaity
veal by the pastor, Rev. V, R. Mas
ters, assisted by Rev. W. X. Cook, pas
tor of the Webster Baptist Urareh.
Interment was in the Webster ceme
?ierv.
Active pall hearers were D. M. Tal
lent, Oren Tallent, Ed Wild, Claude
Cowan, Hoy Cowan, Dan Cowan, Paul
Cowan and Charlie Wild, all nephews
of Mr. Wild.
Honorary pall bearers were John
Wilson,, T. B. Cowan, L. D. Cowan.
John A. Paries,, }h?ack Ashe, Ben
Sloan, I)r. C. Z. Candler, Dr. W P
Mctiuire, Ernest Wilson, J. J. Maney,
Prof. Hutchinson, Dr. Grover Wilkes,
Prof. Robert L. Madison, .Dr. Wm.
Madison, Dr. Nichob, E. L. McKoe,
(ieo. McConneil, Byrd Full bright, O.
B. Cowaid Don Cowan, R F. Jarrett,
C. ('. Mason, Frank H. Brown, I. L.
Council, Dr. I). D. Hooj)er, E. Ji.
Still well, J. B. Emsley, E. P. St*l
vvoJI, W; R. Sheiril!, W. C. Ri<?d, M.
Buchanan, .1. X. Wilson and Dan
Tompkins.
View Point School
Burned To Ground
View Point school house was com
pletely destroyed by lire of undeter
mined origin, early hist night.
The school, one of three teachers,
in (Jreen's Creek township, was lo
cated in Webster .District. The teach
ers are Mrs, 4). V. Cagle, Miss Hix-*
ie Ashe, and' Miss Allic Wilson.
The building and nearly all its eon
tents. including desks and library
books, were a total loss.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the school is being held in
the Baptist church, near the silt ol
the burned building.
The building was erected in 1900^
and is estimated to be worth $2000
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The last time it was insured, ih?
amount carried was $1000; but the
insurance expire:! in September, and
had not been renewed. There was no
insurance al the time it was burned.
VETTORI TO SING IN CANTON
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Madame Elda Vet'tori, dramatic
soprano of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, will appear in the High
school in Canton, in a concert, - Fri
day, November 2, under sponsorship
of the Woman's Club. Madame Yet
tori is a singer of the first magnitude
and her appearance in concerts evokes
the greatest interest. She has aniost
engaging personality, anjdl is most
gracious. Her stage presence, poise,
beauty and general appearance ini
metilliately puts her audience in a re
ceptive mood.
Many persons from, Svlva, Waynes
ville and Asheville will motor to hear
Madame Vettori.
eon i pa i list. She is most proniiue.ntly
Mrs. Margarete Smathers Jones of
Asheville is Madame Vettori 's ac
connccited in musical circles of this
section. ,,
LAYMEN WILL HOLD SERVICE
In the absence of the preacher in
chaige, K: v. T. I{. Wolfe, who is at
tending , the annual conference in
Greensboro, the laymen will be in
charge of (he service at the Metiiod
ist church at Eleven o'clock, Suiicfciy
morning. It is (he intention of those
in charge to make the service one in
which the financial side of the church
will be (Wscussed, and the stewards
will lav before the membership plans
for financing that will make the task
of raising the necessary money (o
meet the obligations of the church
easier and less burdensome this year
than last.
The preacher went to conference
with all salaries, paid in full, and all
assessments for bcnevohlnces m,et;
but the stewards want to begin the
new .conference year with a better
basis to work from, and' hope that
as large a percentage of Ihe (mem
bership of the church as is possible
will be present Sunday morning.
QUALLA.
i
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
Rev. T. R. Wolfe, of Sylva, deliver
od an interesting message at the Meth
?di?f church, Srndav afternoon .Three
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New Budget Head
wmaam
WASHINGTON . . . Daniel W.
JBell (above), ia now acting Direct
or of the Federal Budget, on appoin
tment by President Roosevelt follow
ing the resignation of Lewia Donglaa
of Arizona.
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W .C. T. C. TO HAVE
HOME-COMING DAY
Cltllowhec. ? Saturday, the. 27'ih, is
home-earning day at Western Carolina
Teachers College. There- are many
reservations already in and others com
ing in every day. It promises to be
the highest day, so far as the Alumni
are concerned, that Cullowhee has ever
had.
A program has been arranged as fol
lows : Morning, registration in Joy
er;( open house in dormitories, in
charge of House Government; 10:30,
address, Clyd.? Erwin, of Kutherford
ton; social hour in parlors of Moore.
Afternoon, 12:30, lunch in Colleg?
dining room; short business session;
2:30, football game, Milligan vs. West
em Carolina Teachers College. Even
ing, At Home, faculty and students,
in parlors of Moore.
There will be a track meet, in the
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.uorning, sponsored by the sehool, in
charge of Coach Poindevler.
CHAS. ?. ^AXL PASSES
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Charles K 1 <ail died suddenly a?
he sat al 1iis dinner table with his
family Sunday.
Mr. Lail made his home in Sylva
for several years, until he moved to
his farm at Cullowhee, a few months
ago. Prior to coming ito Sylva he
lived in Swain county, for a number
of years, but wan a native of Burke
county. During his residence in Sylva
and Jackson county, he made a large
number of friends here
Funeral services were held at the
First Baptist, church in Sylva, Tues
day afternoon, Rev. I. K. Stafford
and Rev. W. C. Reed officiating. In
tenneut was in the Keener .cemetery,
where his body was laid to rest with
the Masonic burial service.
Surviving- Mr Lail are his widow,
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one adopted son, Otis I jail, four
brdthers, one sister, and a large num
ber of friends.
BALSAM
, (By Mrs. ,D. T. Knight.)
Mrs. Jennie Blanton parsed away
Sunday nighlt, at the home of her
(laughter, Mrs. Nellie Mathis. She
attended the revival at Mt.. Pleasant
Baptist church Sunday night and took
an active part in same. Monday morn
ing when she was called to breakfast,
the family learned that she was dead.
Funeral service was conducted by Rev
Ben Cook and interment was in the
McKay cemetery, Tuesday afternoon.
She is survived by one son and four
daughters.
Mrs. Lizzie Smith's little two year
old boy was accidentally badly scald
ed on one entire side of his body, Mon
day. He was rushed to the Sylva
hospital, where medical aid was given
and is doing as well as could be ex
pected.
Our school was closed Monday af
ternoon, in honor of the death of
Dr. A. T. Allen, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
Mrs. E. 0. Queen spent last week
end in Brevard, a guest of her sister,
Mrs. Banks Nicholson.
Gov. Ehringhaus has appointed Mr.
George T. Knight magistrate at this
place.
Mr. Jim, Fisher and family, who
moved to Fletcher, last Spring, have
returned to their home here.
Mr. Guy Jones, wfoo has been work
ing in Detroit, is now at home, on a
vacation. He expects to return to
Detroit soon.
Mrs. W. S. Christy is spending this
week in Franklin, with her son, Mr.
Henry Chri?ty.
No Additional Republicans
Will Be In Next Congress
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By cfw Parker Stockbridg?)
. . . aad trtde boom
The Gfciucae Government lias pro
?ted tithe United States Govern -
:ent against the policy of baying sil
ver, whieh has focoed- the price of the
iitetal up in the world market to near
y 60 ceftts an ounce. China has lev
ied an tfpftrt tax an silver, so much
-.vas drawn out of that country.
Regular readers of this column will
.emembef that I pointed out, more
rhan thrfe Vears ago, that an increase
in the price of silver to its pre-war
average would make it impossible for
China and Other silver-money coun
tries to compete unfairly with the
gold-standard nations in international
trade. The silver policy adbpted at.
Washington has had just that effect.
7' As an amateur economist, I want to
register another guess about internat
ional money. It will not be very
long now before Prance de-values the
franc again, and the other gold-stand
ard nations will follow suit. Then a
complete equalization of the values oi
the currencies of all nations will be
possible ignd' international trade will
begin to boom again all over the world
PRODUCTION distribution
i
One good result of the depression
and the consequent efforts of thous
ands of intelligent thinkers to find out
what caused it and how to preveni
another one, is that wp have learned
for the first time, a -lot of facts that
nobody knew about our economic sys
tem.
Wheu we Lave all the facts mayb<
somebody can do something about it.
though it does take a long time fo:
facts to become generally known. A
lot of loose talk has been heard in th<
past few years about "over-produe
tion." Men have been disciplined
f#r denying that Asmeriea
ing more goods than we eould con
sume. But now it has been ascertain
ed, with what seems to me convincing
definiteness, that in almost every lint
of industry, the equipment for produc
tion is fas. below what would be need
ed if every bofJy were supplied with all
the goods he needs.
The problem is one of distribution,
and that) is not going to be solved in
a day. But I think we are .coming
out of the depression with a great
deal more accurate knowledge on thia
and many other economic problems.
WAR doubtful
Maybe, by the time this appears in
print, the nations of Europe will be
flying at each other's throats, but T
doubt it. Wo not bt'lieve that the as
sasination of King Alexander of Jugo
slavia will precipitate a war. That is
not to say, however, that no European
country wants something ifchat iitcan
only get by going to war.
I was in Italy a couple of years ago
Everywhere I saw and heard1 evidence
that Mussolini's government wants
to cont ol the easern coast of the Ad
riatic, which is Jugoslavia. Also, I
beard much talk about Italy's desire
to regain the whole Riviera, as far
west as Marseilles, from Prance.
Italy wants to control the sea routes
of the Mediterranean and is jealous
of any other nation that might have a
motive in shutting her off from her
supplies of fuel oil, coal and the
products of her African colonies.
If Europe hadi recovered financially
from the last war, the present situa
tion would look more war-like to me.
I doh't think any naition, except pos
sibly Prance, could finance a war at
this time; nor do I beleve that any of
them wants to fight.
PEACE resolutions
I have to smile, though somewhat
sadly, at the numerous peace move
ments among Jwell-meaning persons
who haven't the remotest notion of
the causes of war. Ladies' sewing
circles adopting resolutions against
war will never bring peace.
I counted up a while ago the major
wars fought in the world since the
United States declared its indepen
dence. They totaled more than thirty.
Our nation was only involved in seven
of them. - But let same able propagan
dist convince the people of the Unit
ed States that some other nation is
treading on our toes, or threatening
to deprive us of some of our rights
on the seas, and see how quickly the
young- men of America will rush to
enlist for wart
I do not expect to live to see the
last threat to the peace of the world
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Washington, Oct. 24 ? The outlook
for any important increase in the num
ber of Republicans in the next Con
gress grows dimmer as election ap
proaches. The most experienced ob
servers here inow do not look for as'
many as fifty additional Congressmen,
and a good many of those will prohab
ly be of exreme radical tendencies. It
is quite thinkable that the President 's
principal trouble with the next Con
gress will be to keep it from taking
the bit in its teeth and running away
with legislation far beyond the most
radical ideas which Mr. Roosevelt has
been accused of harboring.
Some of the wisest onlookers in
Washington have expressed surprise
that the Republican party has not
developed a single issue of national
importance on which to conduct its
Congressional campaigns.. The one
issue mi which the party might have
been everybody to take a stand is that
of Federal Relief. There are pretty
plain hints of scandalous revelations
to come in the administration of relief
of all sorts; but regardless of that
almost everybody agrees that it can
not continue indefinitely, and that the
way in which the amount of Federal
money poured into the states has
Keen used by mjaiiy Congress candi
dates as an argument why they should
be reelected is little short of scandal
ous.
Political administration of relief is
a novelty in American affairs. Here
tofore, in previous depressions, the
Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the
Ccmqliitinity Chests, municipalities,
counties and ? rarely' ? state govern
ments have seen to it that enough food
and shelter to maintain life were pro
vided for the unfortunate out of work
There are no statistics of the number
of unemployed in the major depres
sions, of which there were at least
three between the Civil War and the
World War, but the question is being
raised whether tJfc^ proportion of those
rtM^neede^ to He helped was nM as
jreat, compared to the total popula
tion and wealth of the nation, as it is
now.
There is a decided feeling; here that
most of the Republican candidates
and leaders have deliberately pussy
tooted this issue, feeling that the
mass of the voters would be resentful
of any suggestion that the helping
hand of Uncle Sam. should be w ith
drawn. After the Congressional
elections, perhaps, more will be heard
on this subject. It is one which is
giving a great many thoughtful men
in both parties, in the Administration
and out of it, a great deal of concern.
Mr. William R. Hearst, newspaper
publisher who supported Mr. Roose
velt for the Presidency but has since
been emphatic in opposition through
his powerful chain of dailies, spent a
night at the White House last w<-ek.
He expressed the opinion that busi
ness conditions are improving, and
that things will look brighter by next
Spring. But he, too, was sharp in his
warning that the (Jovernment cannot
much longer continue to .spend the
people's money wholesale; that it
cannot, indeed1, get the Imoney to
spend by any process short of mone
tary inflation.
There was quite a flurry over "the
coincidence of Senaitor Bulkey's sdatc
ment, after a visit to the WhitcHouse
that the dollar might be further de
valued , and the call on the President
on the same day of Professor Warn n
of Cornell, who is supposed to be re
sponsible for somp of the more radi
cal of the Administration's monetary
policies. Mr. Roosevelt took pains to
make it clear that he was not contem
plating any inflationary moves at this
time. But he delivered quite an im
pressive lecture on his intention to
raise commodity prices still further.
It turns out that the price level of
1926, which has. been assumed to be
the goal at which the Administration
was aiming, is not that, precisely.
The effort is to be the establishment
of the parity bet ween farm prices and
manufactured commodity prices which
existed before the war.
Just how this is to be brought about
the President did not explain. He
thought relative prices of many com
modities were out of line, which leads
to the belief that a material redaction
in some prices will be countenanced
and encouraged from Washington.
Lower prices, many manufacturers
and distributors have been pointing
out, will mean more sales and conse
quently a larger volume of business
and increased employment. In some
quarters the President's remarks ar?
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