North Carolina Newspapers

3 I ky SHOPS FIRST trA year in advance in the oouhty SYLVA, NOETH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OMHM.'I 5E 12, 19S5 12.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY rJ WITH CANADA; HIKES PEEK RESIGN fa>himjion, Pec. 11? The rcsigna m 01 George N. Peek, became of dissatisfaction with the new Ca liaa tariff agreement, is more isen I than appears on the surface. Mr. who was shifted from the AAA be State Depart incut, because of lion between him and Secretary has been one of the storm of the Administration since pring of J 933. . Peek is recognzized as an uu jtv on agricultural questions, and his poin t of view on many ot the Administration's ? "ri al polirV is quite different from (ftieial attitude, lie is regarded as a large following among the frs of the Middle West, with he has long been influential. jhis efforts in the State Depart to promote the export market American agricultural products, Peek frequently found himself a! |with Secretary Hull's point of lO'ily President Roose vet's per Ift] ]>? als kept him from resigning time ago. r. ril r.;i ?'<>!! why the President': |l and supporters regret Mr. re.-ignaiion is that they feni Kit "do a C'en'ral Johnson'' iv. (ho ire Peek and Hugh Jobn'on. ir head ol the XI? \, are buddies ^ -taiu'liag. Both were ns-o i ited agricultural implement bus i .ess Inoi-, and both en me into the Ad trutiou with very definite ideas i?t ' nit?*hf to be done and that We:v the ones to do it. D. Johnson is out, and i-? travel ?ound the country making speech iking Mie New Deal, nlrt.onsh ro testes* great personal loyally President himself. Mr, Peek lot intimated that he intend-- to grilling of the same sort, but th:' that he will use his influence Mid-Western farmers against (Administration is widespread the President loyal support - tictary of the Trea-ury Mor nn & announcement the other day the, national' debt the United is will rise above 30 billion rs by the middle of this month i> Iregarded here as so alarming ns )ppo-ition pokesmen profess to | Ivc. Wlrl" iliere seems to be ar cry as to the "eminent hank- J who. t lie President?; said a few H"i? ?, told him ihae t lit* i nit en cs ryidd easily ctvViy a froyern debt of billion dollars, there (definite feeling among the fiian rikI economic advisers of the Ad strati on that a 30 billion dollar or even one considerably higher, tiinj to worry about. oner or later most of the Govern - it debt will be refunded at 2 or percent, so that the tax burden of mt would amount to lew than quarters of a billion a year, and is no* ?n alarming expense. !'iU' of the big fighting issues that xcpected to occupy a gool deal ot' e in Congress when it meets next nth is the Townsend plan of old pensions for everybody over 60. .fdvoeated by the Townswnditcs, it. f>,,f)hly has no chance, but it will rP such a show of voting strength jjhid it that there is an excellent F!1,,e that Congress will be influene [to increa.se materially the old age ft^iuir'N niifit r the Social Securities j T' ,:"i ''jV'ii-ke them applicable im instead of in the miore or "Nam future. 1,1 the ft 1,1 (,r Presidential politico t uiteii",. j,. |)Pjn^ s}lown here | I * ri e ,.f (loverrJov Alf Ijandon m n ^ nmong Repub- 1 rrs'deiitia| ehoJws. The belief ^^:;'?d tb? SeratoP Borah, this "> ?1" i ! mrnest alx>ut want- 1 It) !|fV j 1' | ? I "b "1 ? h- ' 1 " 5'deiitial nominee I I' J.N 1 ') | } y 'PI ! W|!! le-x ' st oppo. ition . . .iv< r?'e.me will he thai I1 fx-ViTsitVen* Hoover, who i^ucut r f;>r, or. ?11 tlv other candidates, It vpvy mnfh ?>, gainst Mr. Borah. |^v-hr.iynn is -lowlv Vooming con ** t'hnt Vr. Hoover has no inten I11 '?! "itf'TUi; Miv'-ii' :!-?> a CWnd\ - ,6 but uitCluU to bed to it 1 40 YEARS AGO (Tuckaseife Democrat, Dec. 12, 1896) Mr M. D. Cowan went to Atlanta ?and other Southern points, Saturday. Mrs. M. A. Tompkins, of Webster, spest a short while visiting here Sat urday evening. Mr. J. H. MoConnell, of Asheville, was here part of last week, buying produce. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cooper, of Ross ton, Texas reached here Monday to visit relatives and friends. Judge and Mrs. Da vies, Miss Daisy Davies and Miss Bessie Buchanan left Saturday for the Expositon. Mrs. Hannah Hail aud Miss Gracie, accompanied by Miss Annie Leather wood spent the day .here yesterday. \ - ?? - .. Little Marcellus Buchanan celebrat ed his first birthday Tuesday by giv ing a dinner to a few relatives and friends. . ? ?. Mrs. M. K. Bulla left for her home in Thomasrville Tuesday, after a visit of several months to her sister, Mrs. C. Buchanan. ? < Mr. R. L. Watson, one of the stanch est democrats of our county, was in town Tuesday. He predicts that the present republican Congress will ac complish nothing and that next year will witness another overwhelming vie tory for the dmeocrats. Editor Democrat ? We kindly ask a small allowance of yoor valuable .space, owing to the fact that we have no regular print at this time, in which 5,0 briefly detail the merits of oiu' lit erary school at this place ? at least to let the people in neighboring sections know that we have a school. The school opened here, for the free, public term, on 5th of August last, with Prol'. W. II. II. Hughes as px*in cipal and Miss Pink Rogers as assist ant, each formerly of Jackson county. No words of ours could give the pet pie of Jackson county a better idea than they already have of the person al qualiftaction of .either, however, wo deem It in point to .express our pridj in securing such an acquisition to the educational force of our county and to express our complete satisfaction it the result of their four months' service in which they have labored most diligently and effectively to tea h Bryson City and surrounding coun try 's "young arrows how to shoot ' Jas. H. Cat hey, Patron. i < " Western North Carolina Conference Appointments? Franklin District: T.| E. Wagg, P. E.; Franklin Station, D.I F. Carver ;Frankl in circuit, J. II. Brail ely; Macon circuit, R. B. Shelton; Waynesville station, R. D. Sherrill ; Wayne.-tville and Bethel cincuit, W. M. Boring and J. R. Long supernumer ary; Canton circuit, W. G. M'allonee; ? ?? * ' \ Haywood circuit, A. W. Jacobs ; West Haywood circuit, J. C. Mock ; Webster and Dillshoro stations, J. J. Gray; Glenville circuit Highlands cirouit, T. B. Johnson ; Cullowhee cir cuit, R. L. Sprinkle; Whittier circuit, J. W. Bowmian; Bryson City, J. E. Abernethy; Hayesville circuit, J. D. Buie; Murphy, J. H. Brindle; An drews circuit, jr. F. Gibson; Hiawas see circuit, to be srupplied; Bethel Academy, H. P. Bailey that nobody who does not cojifrorm to his ideas gets the nomination, if ne can possibly control the situation. The Republican National Committee is to meet here on Decemfher 10. R. B. Cregar, National Committeeman from Texaia, has proposed that the Commit fe.e attempt to write a platform that wiil satisfy everybody, including the beneficiaries of the AAA. There is not much (jhance that the Committ^ will do anything of that kind, but tha fact that the suggestion has been put for ward indicates the tendency ^mOng the Opposition leadership to gmsp at iitrtaws, and demonstrates that tihere k yet no clean agreement 011 F< publi can Party pqlifliM> Foikw Sffnta Orius 5 To Sylva Shops Sylva Merchants Pleased With ioliday Trade Prospects Sylva merchants, anticipating an I unusually heavy Christmas trade, have stocked their shops with an ex ceptionally good assortment of mer chandise especially suited to the needs and requirements of holiday shopper?, j Tho variety that may be found in the shops of Sylva is great. There are the whole range of toys, dolts, wagons, trains, everything for the children. Gifts in innumerable variety for mother, wife, sweetheart, sister, fath er, hushand, lover, everybody. There are the substantial, lasting gifts, of utilitarian nature, for home, kitehen, library, shop, office, garden, automo bile or farm ? gifts to lighten work, or add to comfort, Then thore are gifts of a more per sonal nature ? perfumes, candies, lin girie, hosiery, gloves, and other arti oles of wearing apparel. In fact any thing that you may have on your shop ping list, from a Christmas card to ? an automobile may be found in Sylva 1 I COUNTY TEACHERS TO MEET / The teachers of the schools of Jack son county will meet art; the graded school building in Sylva, on Saturday of this week, December 14th. DID YOU EVER SEE? And, by the way, did you ever see a man carrying a billboard under his am? No. Did vou ever see a billboard \ I on a reading tablet No. Did you ever see a picture of the new hat come into the home via radio? Nd Did you ever see a live newspaper thrown in j to the wastebasket without being .read? No. That's why advertising in the paper brings results, ^Miss issippi Son, BURLEY BRINGS GOOD PRICES Barley tobacco has been bringing hiffh prices on the Asjhflviile market. Day after day tfie average of around U Mats b MB Already there has beci a brisk holi day trade, indicating tlut as Christ mas draws nearer, it wi I increase in i volume, and that Sylva, ackson coun ty's town, and South*, stem Norrh Carolina's Shopping Co ter, will en- 1 joy ifche greatest volume < holiday bu s inesa in recent years, a d that mar and more people are f -aciicing tin; principle of buying at 1 ane, and %rc finding it pleasant and profitable to ahop In Sylva, 1 i A good plan to adop' is to buy in Sylva and buy North Carolina mad'^ products, as nearly as po slbk. In sto doing you will be e ltrbuting to the prosperity of your ei^hbora and friends^ to that of the:r clerks, em ployees and families to that of your town and county, and <>f your own You will be helping te> make more prosperous tihe mills v? your State, and to keep North Cair''na labor em ployed. 1 BIRD HEADS TOTATA LODGE i Henry G. Bird has been elected Worshipful Master of *Jnaka Lodge, Aneient, Free and Accepted Maetons. W. W. Bryson was elected Senior Warden; Roy C. Alliso , Junior War den; John H. Morris, ?cretary; and M D. Cowan, trea^m These officers will a i^i.e 4heiy of fices at an installation meeting to be held on the second Monday night in January, and will ser. for one yern AUTO TAGS ON SAI E MONDAY }936 license tags for automofiyie* { will go on sale in Sylva next Monday, Dceember 16, and it will be lawful to use the new tags on and after that date. The rate on trucks re iaHs the same as last year. The 3936 a<r? on passen ger cars will have .? eduction o'^r last year of from 55 e it.= on the TOO pounds to 46 eenfs. or a r*ductk>n of .tf ?M|i g* todnd fous4v . \ ? ? J TODAY and TOMORROW ! (B?r Frank Parker Stockbridge) ? FLORIDA . . . the last frontier ! I went the other day to a lunoheoi: in New York at whicfi fchoGovernor ol Florida was the host, Florida has sei up a thi,ee months ' exhibition at Rockefeller Center, New York, to tfiv" northern people some idea of the beauties and attractions of that real ly marvelous starte. | I have been all over Florida, written books and magazine articles about it, lived there for long periods of time, bat what impresses me most whenever I get to thinking about it i.s il-i tre mendous area still unoccupied. Fk>rida is truly the last frontier. There is room for ten million p-jtm'.' to live and make a living in Florid*, under the most delightful conditions of climate and comfort that 1 k'tom anywhere. TAXES few in Fbrlda I did not roalizo until I talked with Gorrmor Dave Sholtz how far Florida has gone in the last few years in lii't :ng the tax burden fron its people. The state has no bonded debt and so iors not Jave io levy tw for in>!er *.-t on debts. Ii. ha" no i u* ?- v or in heritaucc te^es and has 'rrMv elimi nated all dirent taxos on hrmrs asi-wss ed ati 15,000 or less. A great many people think of Flor ida aa a millionaires' playground. Palm Beach, Miami and other coast resorts are crowded each winter, with free-spenders. But along tin Gulf Coast, in the charming ridge country of the interior with its 10.000 fresh-water lakes, and in the bemti |nl rolling hills of West Florida, there is no premium on wealth. know of no part of the xxmntry ? and I am pretty fajnitiar-with the whol" United States ? where ordinary citi zens of small moans can live so well for so little money. M kAI.TH fine foods Everybody lives out of doors in Florida. Houses arc places to sleep in. That is one reason why Florida is pretty nearly the healthiest state ir. the Union. Few days, even in the se verest winters, oall for even a light topcoat. And it is Florida's boast tihat nobody ever died of sunstroke Jh th< heat of summer. Old Florida residents have a saying that "There's always a breeze blowing in tihe shade''. I haw found that true. If tlic wind i.-r.vt blowing from the Atlantic, it's blow ing from the Gulf. Away down in South Florida I hiave had to pull a blanket over me on an August night. Another reason why Florida people are so uniformly healthy is that on--* quickly gets the habit of making fruits a large part of one's diet. Grapefruit, oranges, papayas, pine apples, strawberries, such foods as those and the year-round crops of green vegetables, provide Floridians with unlimited supplies of the mo<t health-giving foods. SPORTS all kinds I I don't know of any other part of' the country where so many of the people get so much out -door sport to mix with their work. Water sport? swimming, yachting, motor-boating, .canoeing, aro with'n the roach of ev erybody. So is fi--hirs*r, in fesh wakr or salt. The biggest black bass I ever saw or hearl of ciame from one of the inland lakes. There is a golf course or a tennis court within a few minutes of tanywhere, and few states have r? better or more complete system of highways. And for those whose taste - in sport are simple, there is alwav ?. horse-shoe pitohlng. St. Petersburg is the 4<horso-shoe-pitchiest" town 1 have evpr seen, anl .championship cro qruet is plaved on its many courts, i Talk "bout the "nr.o'-e abundant life"? there is no need to reorganize the whole social order to provide it. Florida offers it now. ?BUSINESS . . - . chances galore I have never been able to see #iy limit to the business opportunities in Florida One of the latent and raosf nro^perou* business development* is the manufacture of paper in P-knanw C^v from the prolific Florida pine timber. The ship nana', whieh tF?- Fed eral Government ha^ begun to dur i (Continued on page two) 34 TEACHERS GO TO WORK HERE Thirty-four unemployed teachers were divert work this week by the W. P. A. a> teachers of adult education in Jackson county. Instruction will be given in the three R's and the basic subjects. The arts and crafts classes will in clude wood -caning, basket-making, and things of that nature. The home management classes wiH stress sew ing, the planning and preparation of balanced meals, working out a budget, and other iliings-. The sludeni will bo taught to utilize what they have, iloaltb and citizenship wi^j also bo emphasized, A feature of the work this year will be community gatherings held once a week for the purpose of sing ing old hymns, mountain ballads and folk songs, and for the discussion of current events. I The work in adult education will be under direction of Mrs. Edith J. Morgan, as County Supervisor. WILL OPEN BASKETBALL SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT The Western Carolina Catamounts will open their home basketball sched ule, Friday night with faculty quin tet of the college. The proceeds of the game will be used to give the football team a banquet. The game is creating a lot of interest on the oampus and in the community. Facul ty members who will play are Buch anan, Wood, Dodson, Sutton, l'oindex ter, Morgan, and Rev. Mr. Hefner pastor of the Cullowhee Methodist church. The varsity team will probab ly line up with Woodard and Thomas at forwards, H. Chapman at center, Ai White and 0. Love at guards. Monday night, December 1G, the Cat amounts will meet an alumni team on the Cullowhee court. Paul Buchanan is in charge of the alumni team. Other players will be Bean Cowan, Sol Full bright, Slick Allisou and Pearl Kitch en. There will be a preliminary t^amo between Cullowhee and Elf High boys. During the first week of the holi days the Catamounts will take a train ing trip playing five or six nub-pen-1 dent Y teams. .January ], Clayton Ath lctic Club will furnish the opi*wtion in a game at Culllowee. The team play ed in Clayton, Last night. January 7 and 8, King College of Bristol, Tenn., will come to Cullowhee to officially open the conference -ched ule with a pair of games. The com plete schedule will be announced in a few days. STATE FARMER SECTION WILL BE IN ROTOGRAVURE STYLE In January, our State Farmer Sec tion, monthly agricultural feature of J The Journal, will appear oonut! ly in rotogravure? eomparal.le to the ro togTavure sections of the largest met ropolitan newspapers. This will permit the addition of a great many illustrations and pictures of Carolina farm life and indivi lu&ls prominently identified with the i arm ing interests of our state. In addition to chartering to rotogra vure, we havo adopted for this seetion a larger size type which ^vil! greatly improve the readability of the section The homenialcers section has been expanded to include several new feat ures to further serve the interests of our women readers. In a like manner, the news coverage of 4-If Club and Future Farmer a/*tivitic= has been ex panded. In each issue of The State Farmer Section throughout 1P36, it i- planned | to provide a eomprehensive review of fiarm news and information. Of general interest to a'l of <wr readers is the addition of several pic ture page.*. HAM BRYSON HAS OPERATION Ham Bryson, of Savannah t o xnattp underwent an operation for appandW tis, the first of the week, and Kni been vary HI.