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./gThVA, NOETH CABOUNA, tfeURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1934
fSLOO TEAS IV ADVANCE 01
BALSAM WOMAN, 89
UiffiS FIRST VISIT
rOS/LVA SATURDAY
Crawford, 89 years r
::nitf her first visit .w> Sylva.
V ller giankfaon, ? Mill Ifee
, I . who lives oi) College Hill
? . " ;V ? ' ? I took her and! his fath
\l, (', Crawford, home with
,i >. if ,hev stayed until Sam
v \\K. Crawford enjoyed her
yil the i1;idiO and afeto
4i hrigl.t lights in the iw>wn,
;i i;,M^l1 vicAv from CdMege
|- . there arc other "sbut
? ? !;).? country who would en
,)iN . 5 i |it* that to their county
? " J
/
. !(>!.!! in' Jones and Mrs. Theo
I iMl. ji- u went to Henderson ville
v. n't end the funeral of >i.he
....t. -r <!iicF of ii>lie fire tdepart
V . Alex D. Kill, who wa.<
\j i i> Greene went to Ashe
u!!.. N ii ilay.
V:-m Virginia and Geneva Grog
I ?!! Ji.?ro and Faye Potts ot
jj . , ? n\ ille are visiting Miss
II.'--. !'-y>
\l : . I' '. i Pobis entertained Sat
Ull:; ing in honor of hei
M;s-es Gregory and Faye
I',,.-.. The ' fallowing were present:
p, 1>:> k, Faye Pot ts, Virginia
(;,v ' iruevii Gregory, Louije
Kutherine Cowarld, Helen
J'.u . William Kennev, William
( v: n;. lleiilev Jones, Jack Ar
il . IVed Arrington, Louis
(ii-i- . ( iialr? Heck, John Potts,
t ; ; v . Charles Hyatt, Lee Potts
I'-'aI 1. 1 l'otts.
Sl'lunt 1 had a Christmas treel
jind I'vo^viviu. Wednesday, after I
''iiich ii clu-.d until the Christmas
lii'lidayis are over.
CyJB SPONSORS TOY MATINEE
I in* Junior Club sponsored a mati
ns, Wednesday afternoon, at the
Lyric theatre, at which toys were
til* | ??'!???* of tickets.
A w;y nice collection of toys was
for distribution in the homes
oi' the r.'eedv.
I
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge)
/
INCOMES .... large and small
Ttit it- is one individual in the Unit
ed S'iii.- whose net income, on which
1' I'.-ii i taxes in 1933, was above five
mill i> >: : dollars. I don't know his najme
t!.?- Fc.it nil Income Tax Bureau did
n't <rive it oirt with vhe figures it' pub
tin- other day. A^id, personally,
I <! : 't care who he is nor envy him
.i.illums. it seems likely to me
tl.aa. lie is one of the very few rich
i*"ii who -i|?- id most of their incomes
"> . lorf. Ik make the world a betiei
l' ' > live in. There are a good
iu. .|.|.|j.
" I aiu really concerned alxwt
~ . ti:i t there were 4 (tersons with
I ? ' .1' more than $1,000,000 in
' ' >'????* . Uiit, ..Jiat the number of in
?!.\i-hi ;!? r: porting taxable incomes of
^ 1 1: v; 7,000 dropped ofT materi
1 folk hardest hit by the dc
l'.i -t., !, :\(. not been the very rich
'hi v -\ poor, but the in-between
? :i and wage earners.
1 'M-rnment figuresithat show
? I.Jf. incomes of about 11 bil
? -:'::rs in one year, from one
' * ' lo live milliocis for each
! ti;r n illion income taxpay
' ? ' ? i. a In; ot the talk a!x>ut "re
Dii of wealth" sound silly,
those incomes were equally
' I Miionjr the entire population
' liitvj S testes it would amount
?Si I a year per person. And
: s'i he long before wealth
i^aiii be concentrated in
!?> of iJio.se who know how to
' ?le and use it.
rOll!Jf,ANDIA . . . . and rubber
' 1 -avs the days of nilventurc
???id ] I can't imagine any
? re-ling adventure than that
American explorers and wgi
!:?? have be eiwleari.ng the jun
' lie npjH-r Amazon country to
:i" new colony of " Fordlandia"
? -?> of a/*res are being plam.ed
I I '? >er trees, to insure a pernwuient
vli' . lor American motor-ear build
a huge area that wajs unin
1 ' ' for folks is being conrerte<l
! "luething resembling an earthly
I ;,,lh e, to hear returning travellers
tthotvi it.
?t^ntuued ou Pa^e two)
ONLY THREE
MORE
SHOPPING?
DAYS- tUWTIL
CHRISTMAS
1)0 YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
IN
SYLVA
4 ) . * V K\ / t ? ..
SIDEWALK GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON
Washington, Dec. 18. ? Lest, the
readers of this column get the impres
sion that .nothing but serious masters
of weighty imoment sire talked about
in Washington, here are a few para
graphs of casual gossip hoard, in the
corridors of public' buildings and on
the street-corners.
Item: When the President
back to Washington andjffound his
now and enlai&fd offic/s; ready for
him, it waa noticed by tre newspaper
him, it was noticed by the newspaper
men at tbe^ presp ..jrionfanHM i&fegt
u^ed to deoorate his desk had been
reduced to three. Also, -that" inSiftR
oient provision has been made by tho
I architect of I he White House win^
for taking care of reporters' ha:s and
overcoats. .
Item: 1 There is a secret circular
staircase leading into the President's
new office, so that Cabinet officers,
and others who may want to be ob
served by, watchful reporters can slip
in and out unobserved.
Item: Mrs. Paul Wilson, who pre
fers to be knowa as Mies Frances
? ? k
Perkins, and who is addressed as
"Madam Secretary" has a private
elevator to her private office in the
new Department of Labor building:
also a private bath fin^shj^, in green
tile. *
Item: Secretary Wallace of Agri
ejlture and Secretary Morganthau of
the Treasury are The champion iwdes
trians of the Adminis^ratipft.I Both
wtolk to their offices; Mr. Waftace a
good three miles every morning.
Item : It has leaked, o^titet the
entire Cabinet has "chipped m" ;o
bny a collective Christsms present for
the Prejident^. ofijUheni
remarked, is symbolic of irhe- spirit
of cooperation which the Admin intra
tioir is- trying to instil.
Itert*: Presiclerot. Roosevelt sold
some cattle and bought a couple of
mule& on his Georgia farm while va
oailiofiing. He thought that the cattle'
didn't bring enough and. the mules
obst too imuch. He named che mules
"Hop" and "Tug," after Relief Ad
ministrator Harry Hopkins and Und.?r
?swretit- of Agriculture Tugwcll.
4j BecaSe'," he remarked, "the mules
are so zrisky."
Interesting women La Federal jobs:
Miss .Lenroot, wlu> succeeds Grace
-Abbot as head of the Children's Bu
"reatr^is the daughter of ai former Wis
consin Senator and one of the few
Republicans appointed to an import
! ant post. Miss Isabel Du Rois of the
Bureau of Navigation of tfie Navy,
whose job is to keep every ship sup
plied with good books for the officers
a?nd "gobs' ' to read. She's been doin#?
this since 1924. Miss Bertha Ncin
fejurg, Assfstanit Director of the Wom
en's Bureau in the Department of
I?abor. She earns from California,
has bean in Government service for
ten- years, and her slogan is "More
jobs for women." Mrs. ClaraM.
Beyer, also from California, labor
economist, holding a newly-created
office that of assistant director of
the Division of Labor Standards. Her
job is to try to get uniform labor laws
Si the diffeent states.
i Accomplished? : Government ^con
trol of the Federal Reserve system,
quietly and without, ajny publicity.
Tflis practicnlly removes the limit du
tbe Government's power to borrow,
foreshadows more complete Federal
control over all. banking and all credit
puts the Administration id a'pos?
tjoii io block ipflntio:; moves in C011-.
tfreis.
i A i * ? ? ' * - .
Forecasts: No "balancing" of thoi
binlgwt for the fiscal year beginning
next July 1. General lodluotion in
bank intere.% including savings bafliks
Further refiu wiring of Government
debt at lower interest rates. Outlook
now is for a permanent Federal Avi
ation Commission, to haudile all mat
ters relating to flying. No more
"alphabetical" bureaus^ the Presi
dent thinks the public has had enough
"alphabet soup" audi wants to get
down no the solid courses. Xo fore
closures of railroads that can't pay
back money borrowed from Uncle
Sam; Government doesn 't want to
become a railroad! magnate.
Navy Department will ask for big
appropriations for new warships, for
which plans have already been
drawn, as soon as Japan foitrmlly
denounces the naval ratio agreement.
National Labor Relations Board has
succeeded in enforcing its rulings in
only 10 per cent of cases, and will
ask Congress for broader powers. No
funiher action by the Federal Gov
emra/ent will be taken against Sam
uel Insull until the State of Illinois
has tried its case against him. Old
age pensions will be strongly recom
mended in the President's annual
message to Congress on January 4.
That is a guess, and Mr. Roosevelt
toHl newspaper men ihe other day,
"If you guess you'll be wrong," but
it 's a good guess just the same.
Politics: The 74th Congress will
eat out of the President 's haad!, just
like the 73rd. Sam Raybum is still
the best bet for Speaker ?f the
House. Fireworks on Capitol Hill
will be set off in investigating com
1 m)ittee rooms rather than on the
;*ffot>rs of the two houses. Republicans
(are being warned! off the "iiberaiu
ing" policies juai now widely uiged
011 them. Wise old wheel horses be
lieve th? party 's best bet is to stand
pat on conservative ground an*!1 let
the radicals cat up idddoes until the
Administration support flies apant by
the force of internal strife.
Policies: Administration mill keen
on social reforms, but beginning to
realize that too large doees are likely
to clog the wheels of recovery. Its
aim is to lift tte 10 per cent of un
der privilege! to higher livng stand
aids, without (fragging the other 90
per cent down. Hopes to inspire bus
iness and industry to be more "so
cially-minded. ' '
BAPTISTS WILL HAVE '
CHRISTMAS P )GRAM8
The Sunday School of the Baptist
church here will observe Christina*
with a "White Gifts for the King"
service, at ihe church Friday evening.
The service will begin at 7 o'clock
with a short program of recitations
and nvusic by the younger member*
of (the Sunday School, after which
Christmas gifts, wrapped in white,
of groceries, clothing, eonfeetion*,
toys ? anything than can be used by
the less forti*iate families in the com
m unity, will be given by members of
the Sunday School and chuieh. The
Wloman's Missionary society will have
charge of the distribution of the gilts
On Sunday evening at 7:30 o'dook
a Christmas pageant will be present
ed by members of the church and San
day School, under the (direction of
Mk. John R. Jones.
The public is invited ito these Nrv
ipca.
OLDEST LANDMARK
OF TOWN IS BEING
RAZEC BY WORKMEN
! One ot the laufctmarks of the
town of 8ylva, one indeed 'which
vn here before the tows, is being
torn down by workmen.
The old Hampton home, ereooed
in 1879, according to William D.
Sylva, for whom the town was nam
ed, is being removed from its site
tut Main Soreet.
The building, the lumber for
which was sawed where Sylva now
is, was erected by General Eraatan
R. Hampton, founder of Sylva, foi
his homey and was for mtany year*
as oldtimers will remember, the
dhow place of this part of the
county. With its stately verandas,
and spacious,, terraced lawn, stretch
ing down to what were then the
crystal waters of Scott's Creek, it
was indeed a lovely spot. It and its
master were, ia bygone years, the
center of social life, and of the po
litical battles.
Far years), now, business btyld
ing8 have been encroaching upon its
lawns and gardens, leaving nothing
but the old house itself. Now the
house is leaving, and before many
years have passed it will be for
gotten.
It was to help saw the timber and
bu|ild this house, _ that Sylva camo
with Gen. Hampton, from Judgv
Cannon 's home in Webster, where
h? had! gone as a tramp. According
to Shiva's story, as Boon as the lum
ber had been sawed, and the houBe
sereetejd, General Hampton petition -
the postoffioe department to estab
lish a post office here, which Miss
Mae Hampton, then a little girl,
named Sylva, the only town of tha:
neme that there is. The old hous.*
lias been identified wiiih the town
since its naming.. It has seen many
Christanases, some merry, others
sad. Now it, like all old things, is
giving way no the new order.
MRS. ZACHARY PASSES
Funeral services were conducted
Monday at East LaPorte for Mrs.
C. B. Zachary, 78, who died Satur
day afternoon, at her home on
C aney Fork. Mrs. Zachary, a daugh
ter of the late Nathan Coward nnd
Jane Rogers Coward, was the wid
ow of the late C. B. Zachary, one
of the best known citizens of the
county, before his death.
She was a member of one of Jack
son county's oldest families. She is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Woody Hooper, Mrs. Erie Coward,
Mrs. Aaron Hooper and Mrs. Jim
Brown, three sisters, four brothers,
and 18 grand-children.
Rev. S. H Hilliand of Sylva, Rev.
E. C Price, her pnstor, and Rev.
Ijawrence Crawford conducted the
service. Granchildren of Mrs. Zach
ary acted as pall bearers.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH
The Christmas season will be ap
propriately celebrated at all services
in the Sylva Methodist church, Sin
day.
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m., a l
which there will be a program of
Christinas songs by the primary de
partment.
Divine worship will begin at 11.
There will be appropriate music, with
a solo by Miss Dorothy Moore.
There will be a candle light service
at 5:30 p. m, by the young people'.*
department, with Christma s carols
interspersed1 with reading the Christ
mas story.
The public is cordially invited.
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS
Schools and colleges have ekised
in Jackson county for the Christmas
holidays. They will reopen January 3
BISHOP ORIBBHT HERE
FOR CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Bwhop ft. E. Gribbin will hold a
fecial Christmas sevrJoe at St.
dhureji, Syljva, op Sdndpy
December 23rd, at 11 a. m. for the
combined Episcopal congregations
of CuUowhee anfdl Sylva to have the
privilege of receiving the Sacra
meat at the Christmas season.
A nest eordial and sincere invitar
tiet is asternled to everybody to at*
ton* this Oumtmm aerriee mi