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

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