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SYLVA, NOETH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT, 4, 1M6.
$2.M A YEAR IN; ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By bVank Parker Stoekbndge)
LIBERTY has laws
1 think of no word that is so often
misused and misunderstood as the
word "liberty.*' To mauiy people i!
seems to mean th.nl they have a right
U> do as llioy please, landless of the
rights of others. I do a great deal jf
motoring much of it over wide, smooth
concrete highways, and I see many cxi
amples of drivers who have no regard
whatever Lor I he safety of others.
Liberty, it seems to me is not the
right to violate law or to infringe
upon other peoples' liberty. Unfor
tunately, we have here in America n
very kirg* number of people, not all
l tJiem oi! recent) foieign
iiiilli or descent, whose idea is cxacth
lie oppi.dte. It is, an extremely
, revalent ulea among oni\ foreig.?<born
, opula I i.r.i that they don't have t -
? bey any laws at all "in this land ol
!ibe<ty lo which they have come, ia
n.any cases, from the rigorous rcgu
'at ions of iheir n:tfive countries.
REGISTRATION . . .of alien-.
'Ihere is no nation except- ours is
.he w'virld tlmt permits foreigners to
?iter and move about freely withou'
dent ith-.it inn eaids .and rigis! ialio>
v lb the police or municipal aullioii
ii-'-.
'I he<e nt her > ivat imis protect the
ibeitie* ?i their own people agaim*'
nfriiiu>iie;it by fo:ei?;tiers who don'
. ,:derst.-rid or are not inclined to con
forj'i to their laws and eii-toins, i?y
keep in; ilv rlo.-est tab tin evervb idy
wU.o,vs i?i; a citizen. In iuo?.t
i tries- a latidli'id i- subjet'i to severe
penalty i ?' lie i en!*; an apartment ???r
i hotel .'ii'im !o an alien without Jlrst
inspecting the foreigner's passport
iiid other papers a. id immediately re
tell ng the visitor to the police.
I have .i strong feyling that the
I oiled S'.;>tes would have nilteh U?s
d' a crime problem if we kept the
>iime kind ??l i>'b on every >' ranker
within on.- irate s.
FINGERPRINTS . . v . of all
The suggestion has oft?'n lieen made,
md I t hint, the idea is ".tilling ground
hat evrv child ought to he linger- j
printed at birth and a reeord of those]
iiiiverprin . s Hied w th the proper a.u
hori ties for possible future identitl
j -at ion:. I .-annol see wliene it would
lie an infringement upon ind;vidu.il
libcrtv .o reijuir'- every citizen to ciir
I "y with him at all limes some identi
licafioii, either a card with his lluger
?oints Mid naa-c, or an ideutiliention
a'4- such as are issued to soldiers dur
I ; V. c ,
A li .iiilc howl cjpes up from soni' I
i ir.-iiln i whenever such a suvuestioi;
I'". My observation is tli;it the
'inwls mt* I v ari-v from prisons o j
?ivups who hit inl? ri'sl(w| it 1 evading)
slii- lit >\* , ii" hi I?ii?iv violators '-of t ls?* !
!;i\v to ;r> free., loan fmm law ahidi:r?'
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::PLTEP . . . sfcor, rtray
I li.i'if ;"tu n*:i ?? y sia . t latelv
'I' llic >inmhcr of .'!:it i;s in I lie 1'nileil
?\iate.-. who urc de:\viiu;'.ieljcf lnHiey
from lit it iieipal, >ita!e or Fed'Tal
?f.ltif^. .-Nome of them, to lie : lire
i.ave l:i!<t'il oi.'l llfir fil l | >? jmt.:. Oi:<
I li'Mitl df recently is that of r
Man and wife who have never earned
?i cent -.i tto Mn-y tame to. America ..
She wits n widow wis h live children.
Jje is a widower w'.lh six children. jind
! heir'joint progeny lias added anofthev
half.-dozen Or si j to tlie populate n of
\inerioa.. Tfjp man has heen supported
hv idiariiy almost frrtu I lit* time of
'?is cut i,i:r-c into this country.
My any - < ? 1 1 v i I ? 1 1- test of (pia'ilioatioo
for citizenship, llii? family ' nevt :?
would iw,t hern allowed to' ?rcm.ain
!u re.
NATIONALISM . . for us too
I have lit t '?* sym]Kithy wit.li the in
tensely lu^onn.'islio spirit which ha
*e>zcd tlr> people of almost all the j
world in I lie past few years. T fldiik i
's (il- att iimo wo io the I'nitcdSiaii
* .'re tijrhvii'insr the lines. It is Ik\o"'
? ;i ma# !? r of self-dofeJwe. We l'a\
^!">at"i >pj>ortnnity to;jro on "lull*:'
i nil **F a^ si !f-conta:ned natiiw.' th;v
ahaosi a iiv other country. V."c are d?
H'iident ii|H>'i the re.'t of t:,e world fe
i only a few luxuries.
I I have never seen vuiy IntfvSiU ph1
| that was jjcrfoot, twit it does seer
{ possible for Amorioa to develop :v
j economic system under whwh our ?w o
HIGHWAY TROOP
HEADQUARTERS
ARE AT SYLVA
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Sylva has been selected as head- ,
quarter Vor District No. 1, which wifi
lie patrolled by Troop C. of the North
Carolina Highway Patrol The district
comprises the counties id' Buncombe. :
.Madison,, 1 Henderson, Transylvania
Jncksion. Swain, Macon, Ofay, Chero
kee, Graham and Haywood.
. Stationed at Sylva are Sergeant W.
\V. Stone, Troop Commander, ami
Patrolmen B. B. Qniuii, Jr., and K.
W. Jones.
Other members of the Troop are.
Corporal Nail ami Patrolman McNeifl.
at Ashevide, Patrofman Piercy at P?n
vard; Handier, a,t llendersoiiviile;
Philfips , <d Can fo"i':> ; and Penn, a*.
Marshall.
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P T. A. HOLDS MEETING
The Sylva i 'a r?r.t -Teacher Associ
ation held its first meeting of the
school year, 'luesdi/V afternoon, a!
school budding with the new presi
dent, Mr. If. Gibs'ii., presiding.
The following sli.ndiug committee.'
for the vear were appointed:
Program: Mrs. D.tn Tompkins, F.
I Watsoi, Mis II 1'. Croivell Miss
Mavme Ivoiir*. Mrs Ruth (iillev Wil- !
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son.
Member diip, .Mr J. I) Cowan, i
Leonard Hull, M' s lui.-e (iarn.t,
Mrs. Joe Deity. J. Y ilall >!!arlan.i
Uillarcl Mrs. Ollie 't;nes Moore
I lospMaiity, Mis-: Sue All'son, Mrs!
J?din Wil.M'ii, Mrs. 1- rank Freeze, Mrs?
t
Jess Diliard Mis. J. G Murray Miss
I'entha Canni itdiam. ^
Pulm-ify, M><s I .cab Nichols, Miss
Kuth Moigan Dan Tompkins Mrs E.
K Brown Mis J V. Ilall Mrs Lor.
Li. 'Is Whiiley.
Finance, Mrs I) M. Ilall, Mrs 'T*
R. Wolfe Mrs II Gibson Mrs. Chester
Scott, Mrs. Kit-hard Patrick G F M c
Gowati, Mrs. Scima Broome Middleton
Welfare, Airs. T. K. liced Mr<
Frank B Jone* I)i. \V P. McGuire,
Mis.F.N.M^Lain, Miss Mynle Henson
Study Leader, M ?s. K L McKee.
The -K'St meeling will lie held in the
C > *
evening, with the hope of affording
opportunity for mure of the father-,
id the school children to attend.
v - ? ? r ' )
people will lie able to consume every
thing tint oui mines, waters, foiests,
farms and fat lories can produce and
provide a market which would' Still
keep us in the posit ioni of the most
prospermia nation in the world.
I'ntil U.e rest ol the world recov
ers its economic sanity and ceases to
set ii) ? stupid artificial Iwrriers to the ,
frcc-llmv if international trade, it 1
seems to me that America might show i
how much better she can do tJie Job (
of being a completely self-contained
i ration.
VETERAN BAPTIST
MINISTER PASSES
Rev. A. C. Queen, for uiore thau
half a century prominent in this
county as ?; Baptist minister and citi
zen, died early this mornin? at his
home in Webs tel. following an illness
of two weeks. The dean of the .lack
son county '-'ministry, Mr. Queen had
strved tli? Tuckaseigee Baptist Asso
ciation as its moderator, as mission
ary of Jackson cuuntv, and ui other
capacities, and had served a number
of the okurchcs as pastor.
Ho was a son of Rev. Bonnie Quoeu, |
pioneer Bapiist minister, and was I
hi) rn at T uc!c'ase:?fM 75 years ago, the
15th of t iiis month. He made his home
i:: 11 j por Jackson county until a few
years ajjo. when he moved to Webster.
Mr. Queen is survived hv his widow,
Mrs. Dorcas Inuabo Queen, 1hroo|
daughters, Mrs. Ma 17 .lane FToojkt, j
Tuckasoigpe, Mrs. E'berl Coward, Sy!- 1
va, Mrs. J. A. Hawkins, Biltmore, j
three son*, L. T. Queen and J. E.J
Queen, Webster, A. B. Quaen, Svlva;
two brothers, H. R. Queen, Svlva, O.
B. Queen, Acme, Wyo., a number of
urnitd-ehiidreii, great -grand children,
and many other relatives and friends.
Fuujv>*1 services will be conducl
(d at Tuckaseigec at two o'clock to
morrow, Friday afternoon, hy Rev
'i had F. Deitz and Rev. W. X. Cool?..
His brethren in fhe ministry will
serve as pall bearers. Interm?i:?t will
be in the church yard at Tuckascigev,
witih Masonic honors. Masons from
Sylva, East. LaPorte and Glenville
willl participate in the servicc.
BETA.
(By William Dillard.)
(V i
Mrs. Dora Monteith Saimdcrs l*s
returned to. her home in Missouri, af
ter sjiending some time with Mi's.
Thomas Monteith and other relatives,
Mrs. Halt ie Bryson spent Thursday
aiternooii with Mrs. R. R. Fisher, i*t
Addie.
Mrs. Theresa McGollum, of Frank
lin, is spendii)? a few days with Rev.
and and Mrs. T. F. Deitz.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kirkpatrick,
Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Hooper und fami
f\* spent Sunday with Mr. Kirkpat
rick 's parents, at Clyde.
Mrs. Ed Fisher, Mrs. Sadie OKvor, |
Mrs. Dora Sailndei's, Mr. Bud Fishe> , |
M?b. D. fr. Brvson and Mrs. Joe Davis :
were dinner guests of Mr. #ud Mrs.,
Bill Davis, Tuesday
Miss Helen Clayton, of Thoirtaavflle, j
spending some time with to! stives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Secrest and children
and Miss Bessie Snyder, of Washing- !
ton, are visiting relatives and friends
Jackson's Organizations
Put On Excellent Show
40 YEARS AGO
(Tuckwiege Democrat, Sept. 5, 1895)
! Ilich paying dirt has been diseover
| eil in the Reed mine, Cabarrus county,
1 panning oat $135 a ton. This is the
l.imous mine out of which the latest
,uSg?t of gold ever found was takei.
just- after the war.
The police census of Charlotte ha*
just been finished and the city ha*
j iw,853 people.
Al the ivi'vpt i onl mine, in Chatham
*
! ? ounty, three hundred tons a. day aiv
' being taken out.
Another star, the forty-fifth, is t i
[ .? :mI I d to the llatr. The new star will
j represent Utah and the order for ts
j Midi t ion to the national colors was i
!*i;cd by Secretary o. 'I !?
The star will be palced to the rigiii"
the fourth row fruni the top. Tht
! ilt:- In' tlv add-hou of the star is
accompanied by one change in th?'
bize of the colors. Heretofore the stan
dard has been six feet by five. The
new ord<*r makes the regulation siz"
live feet- six inches by four feot fiv
inches. Utah will not attain .statehood
until tho 4'h day of next July, but all
llags hereafter e^i.) meted for and rs
-;u>d will ??oiitahi the star heralding
the adm.sjion of the Territory into
the United States
Gov. Carr has appointed Hon. ('has.
Jl. Cooke of Franklin county to fill
the vacancy caused by the death, after
.several weeks of ilhie-s. of Secretary
if State (.ietaviiv. (Joke. The appoint -
ment is said to be an .admirable an';
in every respect.
Hon. W. K. M<'Ore was over from
Webster i<uj;?y.
Mr. W. A. H. Selmher, of Webster.
was here S:kturd;n
_ '
Mr. H.M.Hoopir was in town from
Olewville, Tuesday.
Mrs. M. K. Balk. came today to vis
!'it her siste.\ M^s. Neil Buchanan.
j .
Mr. J. vV. Cowan ami daughter, of
Webster were shopping here Monday.
Mr. .T F. Forster and little daughter
left this Morning for their home in
Ashoville.
Mrs. Melvoe, of Webster, and Mrs.
Conroy, of Pittsburg. Pa., spent a
Khort while here Monday morning.
Mr. 0. A. Hughes, of Fern hurst,
name down Monday and spent the
night her*, leaving for Abbeville next
The flower show, sponsored by the
Twentieth Century Club, the parade,
under direction of I he Girl Scouts,
various a?lil<%,ic events, under direc
tion of C . Poindexler, the agricultu
rsl exhibit, under direction of G. K.
L&ekey, the home clubs exhibit, direct
ed by Mrs. II L. Evans, the old-tini
?n^sicians contest, and the hand-craft
exhibit by the Negroes, were the ehiel
attractions of tin* Labor Day Cefebra
lioj? ami Progiesr. Exhibition, spon
ored by ihe Sylva Rotary Clif>
In the agricultural exhibition wen*
.xeellent general garden displays bv
?h\ F A". McLaiu Dean Bird, Tyiv
!;avis, ami \\ . G. i 'illard ; truck eroj?^
i\ Lyman Stewart and Clifton Mood ' ,
ixgumcs by Geo. Evans; tobacco, li\
Walter Jackson; a:'d a canning ex
hibit by the T. V. A.
'1 lie rlouie Demonstration Clubs of
he county, Mrs. Lewis Cannon presi
len't of the county council, Mr.-.
Frank Jones, secretary; Mrs. Jo.*
Suiton president of the Beta Club,
slid Mrs. H. L. Evans Home Demon -
?'rialion Agent, put on a most cxcel
i( nt canned goods and pantry ?lisp':; .
There were, among others 11 ? I ?
L'ereut g*ape products, 17 tomato pi
duets; and a display of different
products, including jellies and jam
?reserves ami canned berries from 1-!
species o l wild buries. This exhibit
will be earned to the State Fair, ami
will doubutess attract a great deal of
attention lie^ao-ie of its excellence ami
?h? wide range of variety. The 'thir
teen varieties include strawberries,
dewberries, blackberries and blue
berries, buckberrioF, doe berries, goose
berries, raspberries, huckleberries,
winobemes, efderbei ries and currents,
all of which grow wild in this county.
COUNTY SINGING CONVENTION
The Jackson county singing conven
tion will be heid at East Fork Bapt-st
church on the third Sunday in this
Month, September 15..
All singer* are invited.
morning.
Mrs. J. F. Conmy left Tuesday for
her home in Pittsburg, Pa. She was
aecompamed by her sister, Miss Otelia
Da vies
Dr. Wolff makes a specialty of rais
ing tine watermelons, and in spite of
the raviiges of insects, has succeeded
well this year. Among several fine
specimens with which he has kindly
remembei i'.-l our Demjocratic house
hold was one 'his week which weighed
2S,/2 pounds.
The Long/ Long Trail
by A. B. Chapirt
Our profoundest. sympathy goes out
t*? those visitors to our moimltain sec
tion whost? visits liavo expired awl
who are now turnine their steps home
wards. YYi; know what it is to enjoy
the delightful climate of Western
North Carolina ami then go hack to
the swept ring heat of the lower al
t dudes. The lnv.it seems intolerable
f);ul would be unbearable but for t li?*
strength miiird by a few weeks' so
journ in t !?e ' la;id of the sky". Bu;
having bee.1 once and tasted the de
lights of our ciinu1!' , they are all the
mon: anxious to come again at iht
first oppor' unity.
Col. Dilhrd L. Love returned h< in'
Siuturdny after an absence of rn-aily
three mouths. He .-bowed us a Rptci -
men of zinc ore from a v?*i 11 on hi*
farm at Mossy C re.k, Teim.
A water :?el? ? p.'otv, Sunday even
ing, giv:'!i :it the hospitable home of
Mr. D. J. Allen, near town, was much
enjoyed by the following ladies and
gentleman: Misses Robinson and Sted
mau, Mr. :>nd Mrs. Pierce Allen, Mes
srs S. M. ithea, \Y. R. Sherrill, L. C
Gribble, Chas and -Judson Allen and
the writer, fhe melons were raised by
Messrs Jud and Pierce Allen who
spent souse time ir. Florida and uti
lized it !?y studying the manner of
raising th? luscious fruit there. There
were six melons cut among them one
great, forty pound fellow which
would nave dome credit to the melon
growers of Florida and Georjria.
Everybody had all the melon they
wanted, 1 )ts of futi and a nioe time
generally, for which thanks are hereby
tendered u> Mr. Judaon Allen, the
oofmstor at the party.