I Mi RCUR Y 24 BELOW
f3!jTV YEARS AGO
>:?e Democrat, Feb. 14, 1894.
1'ii .--1 . ^ ;l |?rei>ondemnce
UV. . .or the' i>a--t ten days. Last
' , .miit ?he thermometer reg
' ? . .ii-os l)c low zero autl Sat
, ii crept Iwick to 8 bo
;lla i,o have predominated
, W:IS ^u> eoldesit
i l:o ilieruioniotcr indical
|?. low zero. The temp
va pally today, but
' : ''' , vi! of weather has caws
-n -pension of busi
I' * "
>?'>'/ , j , sawyer returned today
u> Mobile, Ala.
'i |) I la vies n't urned Mon
,, , ? the National Cap
?|-?,.,pki;:s and children
?V\v davs with her[
"iiu-|V
1 " ."I \< ;if eat tie shipped
;? |.. Porter of Frank- J
' j. m.. and one by Smith;
lu;, . ( h:i ile^ton.
" ^ , V has purchased ?j
. Koisiivpal Olmpel, j
1',. . and we suppose
^ v\ " ? . , ;..-t in position.
/ . ' ? \\ of the firm of j
I , 1 left today for
u l e iroes to purchase
I v-< . ,? H iinj ?joods.
I p. \\ ';ke spent Tuesday
m >i , 1 -hort I V write some \
? r? '"tr iU'lV. ' %
? . I,, the Democrat.
I ;rs st'ction' th"
? s-.-i-'ht?: |M?-:i the county v
? ' Ur s c of Sprinp.
I ?< ui1 as?i? yi -'n i'dav, and people
I d,) ?:iv th:i( l.i- 'i ;-ine-;s is more ot a
sentimental tliar. pro^ic and ordma
rv fbrflrtfv.We w-Ui you success,
Sam. ,,
Missis Martha Sherrill, ot Brvson
City, now visit inir in Dillsboro, Lola
Sherrill, Lola and Florence Enloe, of
DilUboro, atul Annie Leather wood, of
Webster, came up fifon Dd}?horo
Wednesdav evening.
A ear of the U S. Fish Commts
1 "i!hm was here Tuesday, frcflit' jjjjjl
were delivered abotrt 2000
trout to be planted in Fisher's and
Scott's Creeks. Quite a number were
placed in Scott's Creek several years
n':o and it' tlicy had been prosily
\protti ted, that stream would no doubt
he well Stocked with, ii-di lar-e enough
to i-a'.ch mid cr.'. They irr-w and ac
cumulate rapid y Mid otiu'it not to
he iuo'e-te.1 m if.s than i*am oi thrii
years after pl.tntin*;.
1' i:inv anpear .-owewliat premature,
"nut .!;h1:-"M ??insii'.y w:<: !s i-> ^ive
i o'iee ilud >lie will present to
k i;c\' d'-'ii"-! tl' moenitic conven
I '.in:;, ; 1 ? i.ame ct i loll. \Y. E. .Moore, j
I \V li- <?:. a., her candidate to rej>
K v? -i >.r *>,i, <1 ir-t rict in the 5;? Coii
I
t tin- Court Cowan was in
I : sit' ni.-v.
'Jr. !. | n't' ?f Speedwell was
I I.' I;V. '
I ?; .!. M. i; : ;ilon. of ( I lenville, was
I:.-..- s.i'ii" l.!V.
Mr. t'. W \! dlaile has purchasedf
"'k-. t'anu near town, of Rev.
?' II v i.i~, ,? ?i? i expects to be om; ot
" s. .1
? I ? IVo.'.e i'ocers and I'rof. B. B
I ; \ ere ii t iwn Saturday
. .1. iioter. a former citi
? i '-'i ur !iomi, but now of C ashier h
I ";i - .};?? ??!? Friday.
v- -> Ai-i.ii' Yiisjuuis is home from
"? ?! i'?r :i siierl visit.
i i v. ? .tc! iodav is indicative at
i -M, l?it* the prospects for a
i i ?> s perhaps never bet
?' r. . ??- ,-i f.f the year
?yl \i .!? ...;r \ ;n attractive play,
ii: . pveparat.on by the
'* iii;. ; ? i ,i) s . Iva, and will be pie
i:i'> t in i] .. i.c;tr future, the exact
> 'i iiornci'il in <lue season.
Vi - : i.'/ic \cl 'on ami Miss Mary
\i( ?ii-ci'inpanicd by Miss
V 1, paid us an appieci
1 . ; i'av. Mr. Nelson is a
; : . v. !' ? m\ < come to the Land
"Cihr S!:v Ir. Ti,cate.
?V1". Jui?. \*. Hunter, one of our pro
'-'i.'- ve .-mil wide-awake citizi-ns, who
li":'.i'Vi's in the necessity of sustaining
l;iv .'fiiuty p^per, ca ?led in Friday and
Sl'' : I' '1 his subscription for the preh
eat
1 "ited States Marshal Allison went
the Indian lleservation armed with
?' ^rit ctn|ni\veririq him to deliver to
' <?iincil of the Eastern Band of
' liiTnfccc Indians all lands embraced
1,1 the Quaila boundary tract com
liris'i,!, several thousand ivcres. The
has been in litigation several
.^'iiis and Congress recently passed an
al|ln'opriation to carry out a compro
"u.hc. T|,e marsjuli will remove all
Hitters, twelve or ftfteea in number,
BALSAM ROOSTERS
HOBO FREIGHTTRAIN
Balsam lias a new kind of "hobo".
Mr. .Jack Arrington has two fine
^anic roosters thai roost in a tree
r. cross the railroad from his home.
One evening recently, jnst as the
i'oosftei s were making their flight, an
easthouud freight train caine along
and they lauded on top of a box car.
Mr. Bi'uce Kenney, who happened to
see them, ran and caught the train
when it slopped at the water tank,
and rescued them, and took them
home to their owner.
J ?
Miss Cornelia Hoy le and Mr.
Wayne Hyatt were married in Clay
ton, Ga., Sunday the 27th. Several
friends accompanied them.
Mrs. S. W. Christy, who has been
vi^'ilin^ her flaughtcip M ra. John
Kcfshall in Norfolk, Va., returned
home Sunday. She left Monday to
visit relatives in Andrews, after
which she will visit her son, Edwin
Christy, in Asheville, and then go to
Wisconsin to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Finley Carson.
Mr. and Mi's. Johnnie Jones and
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Duncan visited
relatives and friends in Henderson
ville, Sunday.
Mrs. John T. Jones ami Mr. Geo.
T Knight went to Sylva, on business,
Saturday
Mrs. Harriett Connor, who has been
sick for more than a year, was taken
to the hospital in Morganton, Tues
day. She was accompanied by her sis
ter, Mrs. Lee Connor, her husband.
Mr. Hen Connor, and Sheriff Mason.
Mrs. George Bryson took her son,
George Jr., to the Orthorpedic hospital
in Gastonia Tuesday to attend th?>
clinic meeting, in regard to his leg.
Therei s right much sickness in and
around Balsam. v
Miss Florence Brooks and Mr.
Claud Warren were married, Friday,
in Clayton, Ga.
Mrs. Eugene Ensley of Orlando, Fla
was here for * short while, Thursday.
last week end with Mrs. Sara Bryson.
Mrs. Cynthia Beck of Addie visited
her son, Bryson Beck, last week
Two 'stills were Captured here lasl
week.
TWO TOURNAMENTS IN MARCH
Two high school basketball tourna
ments are booked for Cullowhee the
first and second weeks in March.
The second annual Jackson County
Tournament is scheduled for March
1 and 2; while the Eleventh Annual
Western North Carolina Tournament
will be held March 7, 8 and 0.
Both arc sponsored by Western
Carolina Teachers College.
The rules and regulations are:
E;ieh school is allowed to enter one
girls' team and one boys' team.
Each boys' team is allowed eighf
players and a coach
Each girls' team 9 players and a
coach. A woman chapcrone must ac
company each girls' team. 0
Each player must he a bona fide
student of the school represented,
must be passing in at leant ithree sub
jects, must not have played as much
as four years high school basketball,
must noit have reached the age of 21
prior to Jan. 1, 1035.
Each school must bear trausjjorta
tion expenses to anfl from Cullowhee.
The college will furnish entertainment J
while there. Tcsanift must leave when
defeated. An entrance fee of $3 for
?:>ne team and $.*> for two must acccvnp
any t'he application, ami must be in
by ' February 25. A trophy will he
awarded the winning teams, and re
tained by^them.
The winning teams of the Western
North Carolina Tournament have been
102"), WavnesviNe Giris; S. C. I.
R nr.
1920, Tofla Girl-, Sylva Boys.
1927, Franklin Girls; Wayncsville
Hoys. 0
3928, S C. I. Girls} Havesville Boy*
1920, Wayncsville Girls; Wavncs
villo Boas.
1930, Bethel Girls; Webster Boy-.
1931, Bethel Girls; Almond Boys.
1932, Rotfiel Girls; Sylva Boys.
1933, Hc'Jhel Girls; Bryson City1
Roys
io.34, Bethel Girls; Sylva Boys.
and formally deliver it he land to th
Indians.
Col. Julian S. Carr, of Durham
president of fclie Duke Tobacco. Com
pany has sa^scribed $10,000 to th
American ^University, which is to b
(Continued on page two)
.
Legislature Grapples With
Taxes, Liquor Problems
\ ,
(By Dan Tompkins)
This week h?s marked the begin
ning of the real battles in the pres
ent General Assembly, or rather the
stiff skirmishes that precede the bat- ?
ties. The sales tax is under fire, and j
if the proponents and advocates of i
the substitute revenue bill, which |
would leave (Jhe sales tax out, and
which has caused the Standard Oil
Company to threaten to withdraw its
business from North Carolina, is giv
en serious consideration by the As
sembly, it is probable that the mem
bers will be there when the corn is?
planted in the mountains, the trout
are biting (after the season opens),
and the niggers arc chopping the j
weeds out of the cotton, down East, i
while the mocking-birds whistle in
the trees.
Another battle line that is being ;
drawn between the damps, the wets,
and the drys. The tirst fight in that
quarter will not be over Senator Hill 's
bill calling for a referendum on the J
question of the State's going inlto the
liquor business along the line of the
Virginia plan; but over the question
of raising the alcoholic content of le- !
gal beer in North Caroiua from 3.2
to coniform to the federal govern
ment's ideas of what is beer. i
Bills introduced :
To fix ten years statute of limita
tions on actions against tax foreclos
ure suits, other than the person in
whose name the pro|>erty is listed. ;
To permit service by publication up- j
on any party to a tax foreclosure suit, \
To require the record of tax sales j
certificates to be kept by sheriff, and
tx> provide that failure to list sales ,
in the record, opposite <he description j
ct the property prevents the certifi- j
eate from becoming a lien against an :
innocent purchaser.
To authorize the losing p*rty in
land litigations to recover ..taxes paUL
byftfhi.or his prcdeceg^^^>, " **3
years frointne expi rait ion of the time
fixed for filing claims in the published
notice.
To create a Civil Service Commis
sion of eleven members appointed bv
the General Assembly to make the ncc
essary rules and regulations concern
ing the classification, appointment,
and promotion of teachers and pro
fessors in State institutions. After j
May 1, 1935 the bill would require .1 ,
mental and physical examination of
those t< achcr?1 desiring to become eh- ;
gible for emplounent, those teachers
prior bo that date to be eligible ac- ^
cording to seniority of service. Tlie j
Commission would have power to dis
cipline teachers by reduction in rank
and compensation, The bill provides
for a |K>nsion fund to be created by
deducting 5 per cent from salaries and
a like amount to be donated by the
*
State| The pension payments would be
made according to the aefcurial plan,
in the judgment of the Commission,
submitted by a leading ldfe insurance
company of this .State. Teachers
would be subject to retirement after
25 years of teaching and retirement
would be mandatory at seventy. If
teachers withdraw from service, one
half the sum credited to the teacher
would be paid in a lump sum ; if the
teacher dies the amount credited to
the teacher would be handled in the
same manner as the bank account of
a deceased person.
To provide for payment oft' t 'on fed- j
crate pensions monthly.
To provide for release of sureiv
bond of officials u]>on 30 days notice;
and if no new bond is executed, the
office to be declared vacant.
To enable banks to make loans se
cured by real estate and invest in
mortgages insured under the National
Housing Act.
To limit the amount of funeral ex
penses wliich may be proved rs debl
of the second class agatost estate
to $200 and to place all expenses
a)K>ve *200 in the seventh via* ?.
To authorize the mamifaetu) \ sale. r
and transportation of all mail, im-wed !
and fermented beverages perm ted by
federal law, and to fix liceu* taxes. J
To raise the salaries of SuUcltai-sj
lrom $3,900 to $4,600 and to alfcw 1
each solicitor $700 a year f?.r vxpens
} !
TV) provide for a State-wide rent a! i
system for school bo;?k^, and setting!
up a $2,000,000 (evolving fund by i.*- '
suin?j bonds be retired bv tne '
profits and rentals.
To require coronoi. t < ? srminon t^x
credible, literate witr.csM'* before re- j
moving money or personal effects [
from the body of a deceased person.
To allow motor vehicles with license I
rirdpfZL
To repeal tttte law for destruction
of pistols when a person has beer
convicted of carrying concealed weap
ons, and to authorize clerks to sell
them to any person authorized to own
or carry weapons, to a licensed dealer
in the Slate or to dealers outside the
State.
ELDER TO BE HERE SUNDAY
The Rev. W. A. Rollins, presiding
elder of the Wavnesville District, if.
E. Church, South, will preach at the
Methodist church, "here,, next J
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock.
This will be Mr. Rollins' second vis
it to Sylva, and the membership and
others who have heard him will be
pleased to have the opportunity to <lo
so again.
he public is cordially invited.
JUDGE ROUSSEAU
WILL KOLD COURT
s
I \ '
The IFelbhroary term o? Jaokspn,
?ounty superior court will begin on
lext Monday morning, with Judge J.
A. Rousseau, of North Wilkesboro,
presiding.
The term is for the trial of both
criminal and civil actions. The first
week, and as much of the second a>
.3 necessary, win be used for dispos
ng of the long criminal docket. There
are no capital cases to be tried; but
everal eases that are expected to
take some time for trial, are on the
docket.
Solicitor John M. Queen will prose
cute for the State.
^hc grand jury will be drawn from
the following list of jurors, and the
remainder will be members of the pet
tit jury.
A. S. Bryson. Cashier's, S. H. Math
:s, Canada, Charlie Norris, Erastus,
J. B. Prince, Cowarts, W. H. Hoyle.
Willits, A. E. Brown, East LaPorte,
J. C. Monteith, Cashier's, J. C. Pat
terson, Dillsboro, T. J. Powell, Tucka
seigee, D. E.Murray, Sylva, John R.
Jones, Sylva, Edward Bryson, Speed
well, J. E. Long, Cowarts, C. C. Bar
nes, Sylva, Guy Fisher, Sylva, W. E.
Grindstaff, Sylva, E. D. Blackburn.
GHcnville, W. T Cook, Sylva, D. L.
Hooper, Tuekaseigec, Eric Coward.
Cowarts, (1. C. W o<xl, Canada, J. P
Crisp, Whittier, L. C. Cagle, Wfcittier,
J. C. Brown, Sylva, G. C. Hooper,
Spwfuweli, J. L. Price, Speedwell, L.
C. Moore, Sylva, R. E. Dills, Siylva.
J. E. Monteith , Sylva, tfMenn Hughes.
Cnllowheo, .?. R. Brown, Canada, W
W. 8huler, Cowarts^, J. M. Owen,
Canada, J..C. Woodring, Tuekaseigee.
C. M. Martin, Whittier, Lloyd Hoop
er, Tuckascigee, Wes. Allison, Green V
Creek, J M. Leatherwood, Dillsboro.
W. Mont Jamison, Sylva, Walter
Rice, Cashier's.
^ Seeond Week ? ' . ,
Hal!,' Sylva? 0&ar ^^lo^Cultowh^
Shalor Gflley, East LaPorte, R, V
Norman, Whittier, W. H. Smith.
Tutekaseigee, D. H. Brown, CuJlowhee.
S. B. Jones, Barker's Crek, C. V.
Bryson, Cullowhee, R. L. Sutton. Dills
boro, W. -C. Queen, Dillsboro, J. R.
Stephens, Cullowhcc, J. L. Buchanan.
Webster, J. P. Reed, Sylva, T. C. Tay
lor, Speedwell, Mont Daves, Speedwell
Neil Sutton, Dillsboro, W. N. Bum
garner, Whittier, J. M. Price, Speed
well, C. A. Moody, Whittier, C. A
Beasley, Sylva. ,
ENTERTAIN WEBSTER SENIORS
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hutchinson will
be hosts at ? Valentine party, at theii
home in Webster, tonight, having a.
guests members of the Senior Class
of Webster High School.
JACKSON TO HAVE
MOREERE TEACHERS
With 75 new ERE teachers Lit pros
I>ect for Western North Carolina, as
a whole, it appeared certain today
that Jackson county, where less than
12 teachers are employed in the work
of adult schools, will get additional
teachers.
T. N. MASSIE PASSES
T. N. Massie, head of the Massie
Furniture Company, died yesterday ?if
ternoon, at his home in Waynesville,
at the age of 66.
His death was due to heari failure.
Mr Massie had been ill lor only two
days. He lived in Waynesville lor a
long period of years ; and a few years
ago, together with his son, T. N. Mas
sie, Jr., and A. T. Ledbetter, opened a
furiture store in Sylva.
Mr. Massie is survived by seven
sons and five daughters, and a num
ber of other relatives.
SECEETARY WALLACE
WILL SPEAK, 23RD
Membes and ministers of approx
imately 200 Western North Carolina
churches will gather at Central Meth
odist church in Asheville on Saturday
of next week to hear United States
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace speak on the Lard's Acre
Movement. Churches which are not
using the Lord's Acre plan may send
their representatives or ministers by
applying for tickets from the Rev.
Durnont Clarke, care the Farmer's
Federatioon, Asheville.
In the afternoon at 1 :30, Secretary
Wallace will address the annual stock
holders meeting of the Fanners Fed
eration.
BRYSON'S DILLSBORO BILL a
HELD UP IN THE SENATE
A bill introduced by Representaiiya
O. Bryson and passed by-tfW
fcf Representatives,, making altera
tions in the charter of the town of
Dillsboro, has been held up in the
Senate, it is said at the request of
opponents of the measure, and is now
pending for action before the Senate
Committee on Counties, Cities and
Towns.
The bill would reduce the number
of aldermen of the town from five to
three, cause elections to be held hi
ennually instead of yearly, and leave
the matter of employing a town mar
shal in the discretion of the aldermen
QUALLA
i
?
Mrs. Emma Conley Ferguson, wid- ? ?'
ow of the late J. L. Ferguson, whose '
body was laid to rest in Thomas
cemetevy at Qualla on Feb. 6, was the
last member of the prominent family ;
of J. W. Conley. She was 81 years of
age. Funeral services were e (iidueied
by Rev. C. W. Clay, assisted by K?-v.
Byron Shaukle of Brvson City. Slio ?
professed faith in Christ and iiiiil :-<i
with t h?? Methodist church in child
hood. She never deviated from the ?
"straight and narrow way". At her J
home the ministers always received a
welcome, good advice and words of
encouragment. She was always ready
to lenl a helping hand to any one in
need or distress or comfort to those
in trouble or sorrow. When in In ail h,
her place in Sunday school and chin.*}*,
was seldom vacant. She leaves to i >-r
sons, Glenn and Paul ami her l-n
grandchildren a lasting example of
piety, integrity, and uprightness. A
long life of constant, faithful servhv
was surely rewarded by an abundant
entrance into the Holy City. That .^lie
was esteemed and honored bv i!.\>se
who knew her was attested by the
large congregation that attended her
funeral. Among the visitors present
were Mr. T. W. Conley and Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Ferguson, Mrs. W. 0.
Martin and Mrs. Martha Patt;rs-'>n.
of Bryson City, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Shelton, Mrs. Charles Ray, Mr. Wil
ford Ray and Mr. Oliver Shelton of
Waynesville, Mr. and Mrs. W, I).
Wike anl Miss Louise Hyatt of Cul
lowhee, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Parker
and Mrs. II. 0. Bird of Sylva, Mrs.
F. I. Watson of Dillsboro Mrs. J. E.
Green of Six Mile, S. C., Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Hyatt of Ela, Mr. and Mi 5.
Ras Moody of Whittiei4, Mrs. J. H.
Hughes of Cherokee, Mrs. J. A. Bum
garner and Mrs. Ed. Bumsrarner "f
Wilmot.
Mr. Will Springer died at his homo
on Feb. 6. His funeral was conducted
by Rev. J. L. Hyatt assisted by Rcr.
C. W. Clay, at the Baptist church, om
(Oontmaed on page three)
Cause and Effect
- by A- B. CWpin