|1 .50 YEAR IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY ? iVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1936 9L00 YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Relieve Blackwood Land Will Soon Be A Part Of >antahala National Forest .. u| io scil. which those who , working on the matter for "? , , , n i J i > an- sun- will Ik- ae the {?ovrnmu-nt, was signed ,fs ,.f tho Blackwood Lunt !V ' t;!iiy , Saturday, whereby the , "',.w"irai-t of land, lying t :i:uy Fork and Canada along the Caney Fork will IhTOine a part of the ^ National Forest, at an fi Mliu-Uwoml tract, which in t i,.,. -diii- of the finest mountain r.'.t vome of the highest ele ii Western North Carolina, ' v-lu-iw of the Great Smoky jrjjaius National Park, is one ot V, i ,nu'ts ot liHul 0VCl ? l.v the government in this *. ! '1 , N. . t when the State turned ' of the park, that j.t W iMUH'-.l. to the Government. 1 '[. tti:th^tood that negotiation ,,-<s for the acquisition of In forest, extending tin Wun.l:n-v the Balsam range. 1 ...r tlnou-M the IMot t Balsams ami to Piek v rreek. plating in Jackson ., ... oil.' ->t' the most magnificent .^on* ?'! :!'l the National Forest.. ' \\Vu out, acquire^ the government, ' \x is \ii;?Vr-i:ood, will immediately tain :1k' development of the forest bdi/tliiiC numerous all-weather road. jfom the towns, and the State High ways to the tops and along the top. d 'the mountains, reforesting, and other matters, making the forest ac cessible to the tourists and to the people of the neighboring comities. Tentative plans arc said to call for the establishment of some three oi tour Civillian Conservation Corps camps in the county, and other prep arations for exploiting the forest. ( The lands of the Blaekwood Lum ber Company, upon -which the gov ernment now holds an option, : it is believed it will exercise, reach to the summit of the Caney Fork Balsams, and it is through it that it is proposed that the parkway, reaching from the Shenandoah Na tional Park t? the lireat Smokies, will traverse for many miles, own ing up to the t? ur.>t.-> >ome of the most magnificent .-'?eiu-ry in Eastern Arm rica, and a '?'< "(h-rtuhy beautiful mouiraiii i 'ittr.i v '.!??! is known only :n ;!;?? a:-: ri . : ;'::s and adjoining coy:/ ? .?! : ?? ( :<w of the more ? i '??!> ?? , ! tourists, i v !r.uds of the Plott . :n?jU n d by the fiovern aiul it is stated ?v ? .'!; |n;> :ii ally closed, with c!i of the Davi-> tract, .... - in, s Black Rock, Yellow -F: ?. \\ a t rv.i n*k Knob and other high . i.- in -i:e Plott Balsam range, ; ???? wliirh negotiations arc now ? '?it--, the government will ? ? x^t nd the Nantahala Forest ' > that territory, or will ? ranker the Iwnds from the National f ?!??.' -r, t|?. (}n-jit Smoky Mountains N*;i'-i>'Kt! Park. In eit'lier event, and i' :i!?h-ars to make little difference which it is called, the government '' <?>' ! open for public use, will iiiHiulc the whole of the Balsam will l>e traversed by the Park way, will be developed for tourist purpose and the use of the people "I 'his si-e.tion, and Balsam Cap will i? eoiue, to all intents, and purposes, the <'::t rjuicc to the Park, being as it on the railroad and on High >Viiy No. 10, where the Parkway cn.sM-s them, and with the Great Slunk *- Mountains National Park lv !n- I-, the immediate North and tho f aiicy Fork Balsams1 section of the National Forest lying to the imroed '>'!?? South. It is freely predicted that this, '?"iipicd with the forest acquisitions in the Southern end of the county, a!re}u]y famed as a summer resort area without a superior any*"' here, should and will make Jackson county the morit important tourist country in Astern America, if not in thy world. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS? C. C. Cole, Charleston, S. C. Rev. 0. L. Granger, Sylva. Blackwood Lumber Company, Easjt Li Porte. RENEWALS? Mis. S. C. Allison, Sylva C. E. English, Hazel-wood. B. L. Monteith, Glenville. R E. Wilson, Speedwell. Mrs. Evelyn Coward, Cullowheo. Mrs. Sara Bryson, Balsam. E. L McKee, Sylva. _ 40 YEARS AGO Tuckaseige Democrat, Feb. 20, 1895 The weather has greatly improved, and it looks now as if a regular thaw had commenced. Clerk of the Court Cowan and Miss Mabel St ill well were over from Web ster, this afternoon. < Mr. C. F. Buffum, of Dillsboro, s|xmt. a while with us Saturday even in?v' ? Mr. J. M. Rigdon, having sold his interest in the store at Olenville, to his partner, Mr. W. A. Fowler, has bought out Me-srs. Smith & Morris and returned to Sylva. A large meteor about midnight at tracted inuch attention on Tuesday night of last week, throughout the entire south. It was very brilliant and made the streets of Atlanta as bright as noonday. A private letter from Col. S. A. Jones, President of the Aluminum. Corundum and Copper Co., informs us that the wretched weather has retarded his arrangements for re turning to North Carolina, but he will be here ami set things to going as .-oon as spring opens. In spite of the breakdown of the sleigh-riders on last Thursday, they picked their flints and tried again the next day with complete success. A sleigh was rigged up and with four | horses attached, a merry party went | over to Webster. The sleigh was i used until Sunday, after which there was more mud than snow in the roads. >.v ( ' Thr friends ocf Hirn. XrmiflrRa^,' Representative from Macon county,, are justly gratified at the brilliant and patriotic stand he has taken in the present legislature. His immed iate constituents should be proud of him. ;?-> . The fusionists have agreed upon a county government and an election bill. The county government bill pro vides practically for the election of part of the Commissioners and the appointment of others to see tha.f those elected do not do any devilment. The election bill appropriates the en tire (10 sections of the present demo cratic law and absolutely gives to the dominant party the control of elec tions. The 6 per cent interest bill is now u law, but does not go into ef fect until 30 days after the Legisla ture adjourns. Che?1apoake Bay is frozen from shore to shore. INVITATIONS MAILED FOR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT t Invitation.-; have been mailed by Western Carolina Teachers College to the high schools of Western North Carolina inviting them to participate in the Eleventh Annual Invitation Basketball Tournament to be held March 7, 8, and 9. This tournament, sponsored by the college, provides a fitting climax for the basketball sea son in Western North Carolina. ( Last year nineteen boys and fifteen girls teams competed for "honors the/, wore finallv won by the Sylva boys and Bethel girl-i. The Bethel girls have carried off championship homers for five successive veal's. College officials are expecting Mm' tournament this year to be the big gest and best in its history. The list of schools invited this year by coun ties are as follows: Macon: Franklin and Highlands. Clay: K!f and Havesville; Cherokee: Andrews and Murphy; Graham: Rob binsville, Stecoah and Taixjoa; Swain:' Almond, Bryson City and Cherokee , Jackson, Cullowhoe, Glenville, Sylva and Webster; Haywood: Bethel, Can ton, Clyde. Fines Creek and Waynes villc; Transylvania: Brevard and Rosinan; Henderson, Dana, Ednev ville, Etowah and Fletcher; Bun combe: Barnardsville, Candler, Flat Creek, Red Oak and Swannairoa. A maximum of sixteen boys and sixtce : girls teams will be admitted. Wester:: Carolina Teachers College will fun: iah officials for the tournament and entertainment for players until theis J team is eliminated. - BILL APPROPRIATES THREE MILLION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES : 2 < 1 1 \ (By DAN TOMPKINS) Passage by the House of the bill appropriating three million dollars of the Highway surplus to be used ini mediately tor const ruction and main tenance work ou the highways of the State, is generally considered the mast important business transacted by the General Assembly during the week. ; The bill, however, cannot be rati i'ie?l until minor differences are ironed out between tilie bill as it was originally passed by the Senate, and iis it passed the House. This, it is ?thought, will not consume a great 'deal dt time and with the differences between the twd houses on the bill settled, tlK1 signal will be given to the Highway and Public Works Com mis-iion to go ahead. ^ It is generally known that the high way work has suffered during! the past year because of lack of sufficient maintenance money, and particularly has that fact been seen by tliose who live along, or those who have'liad oc casion to travel upon the side roads or lateral roads, leading off from the main highway^ into the great eoun tryside, where most of North Carolina lives. There an* also, as has been fre quently pointed out, important high ways in the State, an instance of whiich is Highway 106 in Jackson county, that have never been complet ed, and from the lack of completion of which, whole counties and sections of the Strftc are suffering. Now, while the General Assembly is sweating over the problems of raising revenue, rebalancing budget^ and making appropriations for schools, State Dejxartments, Institu tions, and other agencies of the State, and while wets and drys ar^guarrel ing over the Works Commission, can proceed fcith the business of building and repair ing roads, using for the first time in two years, State money for road construction. The battle between the wets and drys over fhe Hill bill, which pro vides for a referendum ujK>n the question of North Carolina going into the wholesale and retail liquor bus - nestj, is being waged before commit tees of the General Assembly, today, Wednesday. It is not generally believed by ob servers trat the Hill Bill has a gre.,t deal of a chanc- of passing, and it is considered as still ffitore unlikely, in view ?f the referendum of 1933 aHd its most surprising results, sur prising, that is, (o the wets, that the people would ratify the bill at the polls, even if it should pass the Gen eral Assembly. It is from the siand point that, with so recent an expres sion of the jH'ople in t'he que-tion, it is useless to put the State and the counties to the expense of another wet and dry election, 'that the drys are making one of their most power ful anl convincing arguments. The Senate, on Tuesday, passed, without a dissenting vote, the bill to ban slot machine gambling devices from the State. The bill, which will become law thi-i week, when ratified, makes it unlawful to own, transport, jK):-'sess or operate slot machines that can be used for gambling purposes. The bill is modeled after the New York law, which is said to have been most effective in ridding that state of the gambling machines. Bill* introduced: To repeal law exempting church property from taxation, unless it is actually used for church purposes. . To authorile the State School Com mission to set aside a fund from which payment is to be made of $600 for hospital and medical bills foi children killed or injured while rid ing on a school bus. To require safety glass, in all ve hicles used for hire or for school buses To exempt from State, county, and city licenses, all shows at fairs. To bring occupational diseases under the benefits of the Workman's Compenr?tion Act. To make robbery with firearms ? capital felony. To prohibit use of money from gasoline and license tags for any purpose other than construction or nkaintenance of highways. _ To reqeire midwives to obtain li cense. To allow sale of estates in entirety whe?n wife or husband beeomea man DRUNKEN DRIVERS WORST CRIMINALS, JURY IS CHARGED "Drunken drivers, and hit-and-run drivers are the moat dangerous crim inals at large in our State," ^aid Judge Rousseau, in his charge to the grand jury, Monday morning. " 1 had rather meet a man with a shot gun, crazed with the desire to kill, than to meet a drunken driver on the highway," continued the Judge. He asserted that nine out of ton cases on the court docket arc there because of fiquor, and that of the people killed and injured on our highway, nine out of ten are made to suffer because of liquor. The Judge was also severe in I the criticism of bootleggers and boot ing. John Candler Brown, of Sylva, was chosen foremau of the grand jury, W. S. McGonnell, Webster i.- officer of the jury, and the members arc: J. C. Woodring, Lloyd Hooper, Wes Al lison, C. M. Martin, iGleri.i Hughes, J. E. Monteith, Estes Green, R. E. Dills, W. E. Grindstaff. B. 1). Black burn, John K. Jones, G. i . Hooper, J. R. Brown, A. C. Bar: W. T. Cook, T. J. Powell and J. i. Prince. MUELLER CASE SET FC I TODAY The case charging Hrf>e t Mueller with being a hit-and-run :river, re sponsible for the dea!th of Mitzie Ruth Bumgarner, little d. lighter ot Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bui garner of Sylva, on Highway No >0., early this month, was set for rial this morning The case charging Prank Rhinehatr with perjury is scheduled to be called this morning, according to an nouncement made by Solicitor Qw.ecn. WILLIAM LEWIS OF WEBSTER, IS TAKEN BT DEATH SUNDAY Ly William Lewi* died, gt hjs home at o'clock following an illness of more than two years. He was C5 years of age. Mr. Lewis is survived by his wid ow, five sons, Ernest, Rosooe, Har ley, Neil and Arthur, and five daugh ters, Mrs. Homer Buchanan, Mrs. Charles Frizzell, Mrs. John Green, Mrs. Henry Pangle, of Dillsboro, and Mrs. Julius Buchanan. Another daugh ter, Mrs. Dexter Hall, died several months ago. The funeral rites were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Webster Baptist chun h with the Rev. W. N, Cook, pastor, officiating, Burial was in Stillwell cemetery near Webster. D. D. BUCHANAN DIES AT HIS SAVANNAH HOME D. D. Buchanan died at his home in Savannah township, Sunday night at 9 o'clock. He had been ill several nionltbs. Surviving are his widow and five children, John Wesley, of East Fork, Mrs. W. A. Taylor, of Glenville, Mrs. J. M. Price, of Cullowhee, Mrs. Cole Allison and Mrs. Gay Sutton, of Green's Creek. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Mary M^ore, of Har rington, Wash., and 18 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the East Fork Baptist church, of which Mr. Buchanan was a member. Tues day morning at 11 o'eloc':. The Rev. Thad F. Deitz and the U ?v. William Buchanan officiated. Burial was in East Fork cemetery. HARDEE TO PREACH TO NEGROES AT Ot LLOWHHB Rev. R. M. Hardeo, pastor of the Cullowhee Methodist church, will preach at the Negro Meti enlist church at Cullowhee, next SuncL* y afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The Negro church has invifted the student body of Western Carolina Teachers College, as well as the other white people of the com munity, to attend the rervice. MINISTERS TO i?EET The Jackson Ceunty Ministerial Association will meet at the Baptist church at Cullowhee, on the first Monday morning in March, from ten to twelve o'clock. It is said, by those in charge of the meeting, that a challenging program is being pre pared, and the ministers of the eounr ty are urged to be present. Rev. I. K. Stafford is chairman of the program Many Sentences Imposed In Superior Court Here; Other Cases To Be Tried i ' Johnny Jones Sentenced To Serve 7 To 10 Years . ) Johnny Jones was sentenced to serve from 7 to 10 years in the State prison, by Judge Rousseau, in Superior Court, yesterday after noon, after he had entered a plea of breaking, entering, and robbing the home of Velt Wilson, last month Albert Keever, oftDillsboro, was convicted of receiving stolen prop erty, in having bought a clock and a pistol belonging to Mr. Wilson, part of the loot from his home from Johnny Jones, and was sen tenced to serve a term of not less than 2 nor more than 4 years in the State prison. Jury Returns True Bill Against Roy Wilson In Death of C.C.C. Member # The grand ji#y brought in a bill of indictment, yesterday morning ?"barging Roy Wilson, well knowi Sylva man, and employee of tin Sylva Paperboard Company, witi being the hit-and-run driver wh< struck down three CCC member killing one and seriously injuring tw; others. The cast' was set for trial nex I Monday morning. Dan K. Moore, de fensc counsel moved for continuanc< until the May term, but the Judg< overruled the motion. Bond for Wil son was act at $1500; and R?y Moi ton, alleged owner of (he car wa placed under $200 bond as a materia) witness for the State. Eugene Zito died in the C. J. Har ris Community hospital, Sunday night , and John Kerney and Julius Porkwya ^^gfefiovering ^r?ia 8er"m3 "by an automobile, about 7 o'clock Sunday nigUt, on Highway No. 10. near the Western limits of Sylva Cash Clark, young Sylva man, ob served the injured men on the High way and rushed them to the hospital. All three men were members ol Civillkin Conservation Corps 1211 at Smokemont, and are said to hav<> been walking on the highway when they were struck down. Roy Morton, lineman for the West ern Carolina Telephone Company, with home and headquarters in Sylva was placed under arrest early Mon day morning by officers investigating the case, when it was learned that a Ford coupe, with both headlight.- | Smashed, and with leaking radiator which was found some little distance from the scene of the tragedy, stand ing on Highway No. 10, near t h< home of Dan Tompkins, was the prop erty of Morton. Morton, it is aaid, informed officers that he had leaner his car to Roy Wilson, and that Wil son hid it in his possession at the time of the tragedy. Near noon Man | day, Wilson was placed under arrest j at the Sylva Paperboard Company's! plant, where he was working, and both men were held pending investi gation of the affair by the Jackson oounity grand jury, which convened Monday morning. Wilson is said to have staged to officers that he lefi the car standing on the Main street ; of Sylva, and that someone had ; stolen it, asserting that he was no*, the operator of the dearth ear. The Pord coupe, when first ob-j served by others, was standing on . the highway, headed toward Sylva, There were tracks indicating that ? some one person had jamped from ; the car and crossed the lawn of Mr. . Tompkins, making his escape that , way. It so happened that there was fresh dirt on thv bank of the high way, and also same distance across the lawn, and it was easily observ-; able that this was the means of es cape of the driver, and that then was bat one person in the coupe aft the time it was abandoned. The body of Zito, whose home is 1032 E. 212th Street, Bronx, New York, was prepared for transporta tion and burial at the funeral par lors of P. E. Moody. The entire Qamp, numbering several hundred men and offieers, assembled at the railway sta/taon in Sylva at noon, Tuesday, as an escort for the body of young Zito, and stood with bared heads and et attention as it was placed aboard the train and took de paxtnre for his home city, consigned to Ids motto, Mrs. Maria Zito. Judge Rousseau handed out numer ous road sentences in superior court here, beginning Monday, most ui' which were cases involving liquor, drunkenness, drunken driving, man ufacturing, transporting, or retailing. Cecil Queen drew a sentence of 3 months on the roads on a charge of operating an automobile while intox icated. He had a suspended sentence of two years on a charge of disturb ing religious services hanging over him from a former term, and lh<j Solicitor moved that the sentence I).' put into effect, but Judge Rousseau continued the motion until the next terra. Hyman Sutton, well-known Sylv.i youlth, drew a term of nine months .m the roads, and a suspended sentence of an additional two years, not to In effective if he does not break the pro hibition laws for four years, after ii-' had given up the fight, while his trial was in progress, and entered a plea of guilty of ti"ansj)orting and possess ing liquor. L. L. Cope drew a sentence of days for operating an automobile while intoxicated, and a fine of and the cost for carrying concealed weapons. Ed Cop#, transporting, four m-mti.s on the roads, and an alditional i I months s-uspended sentence up m good behavior for two years. Roy Buchanan, operating an an'o mobile while intoxicated, $50 and tie costs. He proved a good character and that he had never been in conrr before. | Tom Amnions, manufacturing, :w.? years, suspended upon eood behaviot. Tom Clark, Willie Clark, E. L. K<?;? inson and Port Jones, transporting. Tom and Will drew 90 days each, with an additional suspended sentence ' of 12 months. Robinson was fined . of 6 morjftfe) ? iiiHr 12. Tom Clark drew an additional 30 days on a drunkenness charge. Demos Wood, carrying conceak-:! weapons, prayer for judgment co; tinued. ' Fred I'ruitt, carrying concealed wea]>on.s, $50 and the costs. Claude Wike, violating the prohi bition laws, judgment suspended up on payment of the costs. He prove*: an excellent character through his previous life. Thad Bradley, violating the pro hibition laws, 6 ^pontlis, and 18 a months suspended, J|br two years on js good behavior. W. S. Collins, Wayne Jarreit, IL F. Boone and Mack Boone, violating the prohibition laws. 30 days each, & suspended for 12 months on gorxl he- |jj havior and payment of the costs. They only had a little for drinking pur- ^ poses. Don Stevens, operating an automo bile while intoxicated, fi month ^,:s pended upon payment of $75 and ;?] the corfts, and on condition that ho do not drive an automobile for t wo , years. Jake Arrowood, Tom Arrowood, | and W. B. Dillard, playing; stud poker. Tom and Dillard $10 and the costs each. Jake was also tried for an assault, und had a previous sus pended sentence hanging over I 'm. He drew 12 months on t r- .i<ls, . 'id four months suspended sentence i. ft hanging over him when he conies back home. G. C. Fox, operating an au;omo!?i!? while intoxicated, prayer for judg ment continued. His wife is sick and has a young baby. Jack Snyder and Fred Wilde, trans porting. Wild was found not guilty, and Snyder drew a sentence of 12 months, suspended upon payment of the costs and good behavior. The Judge stated he thought Wild the guiltier of the two, but that there !| was no evidence to support his belief, fa and that Snyder had just started in !|| the business, and he would give him ,'* a chance. Snyder was caught with IS ;j gallons of liquor in Wild's car. Nelson Beck, assault on his sister- f in-Iajw with an axe, 6 moiths. Bo Cox, John Henry McDowell and Jess McDowell, three negroer charged with an affray. John Henry was found noit guilty, and the other two drew 30 days each, suspended t upon payment of the costs. Jim Woodrinq:, violating the pror U hibition laws. He had but 1 piati which he said he was taking to fl jl sick man. He drew a suspended teoM at 12 months. ? II ; A

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