it;AK IN
nVAECB IN THE COUXTY
io3'> BriuzS Us Exciting
political Campaign Year
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jn;/,; frtjrr^ r- 'i rwnptign, and one
rhieh fr(fn\ i;nliralio& 1viJI be a
iorttVi ? - >'rc ich;it of tli,?
rniro/ SI^ '
nieni'"
i- ;?? Im; clrclol. The
fouwiiiii'-h ,v,? "1'ijor plisie*
trelom i-i/: ^ A '-rovernor,
9 liculctW ?' l.'uitid States
Iii '.r 'H' 'O' :J"' /'of Xort|,
lali' officials aro
0. ?"4?U!II,? 1
fil' ?'L 'li'?i"
j' A l<'?nJ)iy >s 'O 1)1*
.,i?,>? .tiul represent
comity's
, V' ;i lor this
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.. ? . \*r v-ti i.i'.it-.Ms e.wpt a
.duiu.-t. -V ? 1
. i cj>nrt, aro to In
?u :
. . i ; ' i ,. v, which fncans
flp.tiii. "?
tliai v?v :srv !?'1 ;1 sheriff, a board
: .i >??#u.and a ,tcgi.?~
; i.'t I i a member of I
'K Hr-u-< ? ? u.pr.>o?lati\vs and a|
Mii.'!! "i'- K
-1:,,|| ;ii|ivi>I'litfitlentjHoodo
v.ill 'j- ;? v.?:r.iii:i;?-d ??.v the cor.
?v!j:i".u ?'?th little op
pwiicii. i * 1
.? !'?;? ? . (ifveriior Landon,
sol i :* ? \ ;|il hiddinj* for thi>
Kip: L! 'i.:u:' it-n, and fomie;
iVi- i.i.:.r!, '...v. ? Uvir sp?*h-?uaK
ii:c in ;; ? ? y ;?lit I indicate thar
kf .;:i.cr -he tiominatiou him
.? io !t;:w a largi*
iiliiidiioc is to In
i 1 i; .ippaivnth
lOu-.lii:^ :.i. ;i<l.i 'i'or nomination, a
!.'i. y,t: i. , i; i- t'> l'iaiu lliat Mi
tl il': ? .:?! ? iij-; nomination
'?i ! ;*ii . >? ; >??>' i.v -..iii iniMter, i'o?
il ? ? ? ?' i' t !'at, vJiih* n
ilvj/.i.ini ?? i. 1 i'.rah campaigned
V .'i'i' . 'li-. ]|?H>VIT, 111'-'
1'ivsidfii'
li !i'* l.i-.i procidentia!
?ii: t'!
:-3.v* il.
IVI i.
X,V 1"?,i.v.r to
\;L i!:" in".n ivlzcit ?'opymfi
>? i; ?:!. / ll(*vell>j*'t!,|
v i i: i ? wfu* party, thougfcj
. , . <>t' l?L"k Koliutaii . j
:;i-:h.:ns, ami others con
iHiiiV 'i'- 1 i'Mi with hilll. H?'
wi'i pi. . :?iv * : .< ? jijW'liio!i.
i . ??? : i.- I. : .*?! i ui.sbliti'Xs njainf!
s':.i . , ; V\\; i'.t* (.'i?S!?flOSSmn -1
ftVjtVi :i ir; ; ii ? o t' thr ?list riot
&;?. i.i ?. ?? iii'" r.|*|s >ition theft
I- i- 'i-i' i_.4; : ? !. ;>.sit no jfslily stroll-:!
i 'i;ii ' - Vi' -Ij'.'S ll |'ot*tllCUDi1
=: .. !i !, iu'li.'iafe shjoihl 1?.
(??i ll!'M i i ? pi <?h;ihlc jluit hi
i"*. ? i' ; i-r threat t"
Vy \\ . i#*iiiire than ha'|
!|<'C!i r "I ? ?? ;i primarfi* ii years.
11k- i* >-C N'ni'lii Carolina i
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'l'-'.1.11 nti.-ililllt Oov
:? ::r, r iy.lt- H. Iloev
' Mi i- ih-V.v:-, an(l|rf>i
? rh."; ? i h-Minr of h'-iiu"
:!u su?vi' CuVcrnor Eh?'inghans.I
|prrcwlt'ii!
^ ? -.?r to tl'f* \\?st ihw
1" V.. vi r.s an- ospPfWly
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r n r.-.i !l!t' e?nnty of
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'???>??> rjr?r.' a-.;4 has nuwy
: i.f Stiiift, Mr.
n^y. r-'-\ ??::?-vv< is. from
i; . ? ii ? i f; r-.i of
! '? >-oilier, ?? ll:?*
'Y' ' i M ? enjajvjiyi
'*? S!'-- ? A!. S, iiVawl the mi
?a* 1 ' j, jt ai,(] wiav thf
' !v,'n" ' i';" II mv r ftoliunn.
,l" - v ?' ??;?!?ho spoke
' 111 N<-:':= ... 5?;.*t?:n-<t th<;
'^t',: Aftt'inhlll'nt, 0O?i|
M"! ' hoih tfu*
h,X:' v ]H MfJ
? anil
! Tnv. That wa?
? ii r?i' his manonv
Asscriibly, and
' 1: ' i- hhanor in his crii
i:t ??i-"-!
1 ? ?'?>:* ,'f r?
A'.>". ;
'? nifv frnm flown
' *? ' ill, V| J < , 'l* .?"> > ? ,
r!) "]>ioi3<li(l ^entle
no! well known as
*"'? " ' ? 'r aspirants. As the
? , ** ? tyj-. 11 ?
r?i( / " v.p .hall lioar m'oro
? "! ' "'a, and of tha
?* v. ! . .. ? . M
' -' l iiij'- posts, from
?f,-,,.. ^ , r <'0!ist.ahlo. Tho
? i. '' ' ,rfwi 1." hoa1 inc*
, ' P'-oriisps to W an
i,. ihn Pr?l'tifal
people f, ' v " l'"* 'Hi'tils of t.hn
^^Min ^:ro?^h primwn
f, an' the general olwtion
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TOMORROW
(By.Frank Parker Stock bridge)
SALARIES ; .. . . ability
A great deal of publicity is being
given these days to tbe salaries re
curved by the heads of big business
enterprise^ To superficial thinkers it
seems unfair that one man- should ge;
for his services so much more than
most men do.
Il depends, of course, on the value
of the services rendered. If one man
has the ability to manage the affairs
of a great corporation so ?well that it
is able to keep thousands of workers
employed, and at the same (time earn
profits fop the capital invested in the
business, it would seem fair to me if
lie were paid, say alt the ra'te of $1 a
year for each employee. I kyiow'
dozens of cases, though, where the ex
ecutive head of a big organization gets
nothing like tllat. One of my friends
draws a salary of $100,000 a y<^r?I
ygw- j
but his company employs 3(n>|000
persons all the year 'round.
The scarcest commodity in the
world is administrative ability. With
out it, no great enterprise could flour
ish, and the man who Has it is worth
whatever lie costs4>
WORKERS . who rixivs
Few wage-earners work as hard a*
i heir bosses doi- That is my considered |
Ix-liei, based on years of experience
and observation. 1 Jtavv pe<?n so many
wage-earners ri.-e through the ranki
to high executice jkv?<s that I began
years ago to a-k*how gaine<l ad
, vnneeinent.
In every case the answer wa* to thr
sreneral effect that they always did .?
little move than they were paid for
liked /their jobs and recrarded tlv
company 's\anterc.*ts as th*-ir own.
While.most o^them did not fity 'PO, il
was always clear that these men wh??
.started K'fe as manual workers %d
ihigher intelligence and better conifro!
[Of their appetites than their fellow
Workers.
j Aiwl they hud ambition.
j There isn't any ot-her rente ov
j which men rise to t,he hisrli placos in
I our industrial system, Lut tlie roulre of
hard work plus intellit^wice, pl'ur? am
hit ion. And tliej* don't siay long in the
high Slaw- unless they also have the
priceless element of character
WAGES . . the gruiee
I -talked, not long- ago wit It a
friend, who heads a ^reai" nation
wide corporation, about wages.
"What wo try to do is to put every
dollar Uiat is possible to piit into
every employee's' pay-envelope/' hi;
sa.'lrl I know, that is true of
Treat business concernR, in spite of the
'?elief wliiich many v.ortkers have that
!he effort is always to pay them a*
little as passihle.
The man who is .*??.ntmt to do lis lit
'!<* a.s ho has to, to pvt. by, i'; usually
he one who <rrumble.s rbout his wages.
Rut the National Industrial Confer
once Board ivportkvJ tin*, other day ou
2,400 business establishment?, employ
iui' 4Y* million workers, all of which
offer their employees opportunities to
earn higiier wages. More than bfdf/W
i bom pay on a basis of work don/?
so much for emch item tnrjnod pnl.
That makes, it worth while &? the
worker '!"> l>e industrious, A^liird of
these companies have premiums am:
minis payment systems; many aro o?.
a profit-sharing basis.
'The bigger the concern, the more
it is interested in putting as much
into even' worker's pay-envelope as
possible.
PROFITS . . siuali
I have been studying some sU+isiies
?accurate a." any *i'ati.sties can be
on 'the division of the incomes of in
dustiial concerns Intwecn Labor, Mai:
agement,and Capital. Roughly,it seenn
tliat out of ever}' dollar taken in fo.
the finished product, 65 cents goes in
to the pockets of Labor, about 20
?cents is paid out. in taxes?Federal.
State and local?and out of the re
maining l') .cento raw ntaiierials hnv.
to be paid for, interest on borrowed
capital?bonds?has to be paid, man
agement compensated, and the stock
holders got the rest, if any.
The average pwfi' to stockholder,
runs around 2 percent on the volume
of business done?fin some businesses,
'css
, Doubtless many inequities exist in
our industrial system, but the notion
that Capital gets the lion's share is.
as I see il, ? fooMi lelief te"l on
ignorance o?, the fact 4
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DR. 1. 0. NICHOLS DIES IN T1
Friends bero will learn with
of the death in ffitcwah, Tori a.,
J. Oj Nichols, following an attack]
pncu noma.
Nichols, a brother of Drs.,
A. and A. 8. Niehols of Sylva, wi
year; of a:re. A native of Oulber*
Etc, w
Dr.
ore
I'tila
Ni,.h
R. <)|
four
Nich
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"Ca
Di*. Xiclrol.s began (Hie pi art ice of i
icitie
Eionfi
Ion;
iu Clay e:)tm?ty, but removed
ah many years ago,* and foi
number of years he bas 'bee
surgeon lor the U Jit I*. FtVii'twflv,
Fi^neral and i::lcrment were
?lt.
Nichols is survived by his v.\(lo
ji-ujrhter. Air.;. 0\/ea Meredith
;ki. (*Va., fr.ie .*;?? Di*. Fra
?'s of iv jvftih, o:v sister, MrJfe
, N.a!!ey of Mine i'idge, (la., anj|
hro! hers, \Y. *A. a ul Ulysc
r>ls, of ('ulherson, V.nd D> f A. Ai-,
S. Nichols of SVlva.
CAPflTAL . J . the system
?
ieii I lrtar people huk ahobt tho<j
>i'iili-tie System" a; if it wer?]
thin:* '<} be abolished'as speedily
as possible. I wonder what tbey would j
do under -siny other system. For. n>,
i?-+lt^-emiifw?4* Worki, otttsidr
'ussia,. is (here anything but the
capi tali-nic system.
Kor instance. eveiy farmer is a cap
italist. So i' eve: y {orekeep^r, every
run til who minis a barber- shop, garbage
or any other kind of 'Venice" busi
ness. Y -u J; i e a capita'list if you June
a savings bat k d( |>o.-il or a life in - j
surance policy. Tho e two laltler class
es tjike in half tin* people in the conn- j
try.;
v When- does the ?apiial come fiwnij
to - hi.-r er.ieiprices? Mainly |
fitim yon and me. Our money, paid iu'
to the savings- banks and the life, in
surance cei-ipanio.-.. make., a big pool
of money which goes into l>orfds and
shares of all sorts of money-making
enterprises.
I shudder i?jhink wha! would hap-|
pen to all of n> if the capitalist syr'
tern were snddenli* abolished.
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:8S )m tu
ARY IS * OLD
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)Mior boundary o. limber,
taf 42,000 acres in < ashlers
uship, in Tiansylv; *iia, and
Ejpoun'ty, South Can in-a avd
"dojity, Gil., Las been ourohas
mm ggp^he Whitewater Kiv.r, LudV i
KUiy by the Mor- ;-T<iylor
Utopiny, recently ^lized i
H. Morris ami W. J ran vi He!
W 1
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fcftiripated that 15 y ars will
id to complete tin- ?><*i at?;?-!!
porty, and that *.? :vr::l J5.iv/ j
ll be located on the n ' ji'-rly,
5feo?eentration yard, dry Ki'a
afii?g mill at Wc ;t U:
^Mt?iale included the tim: Jr, luml,*
pi- and all other ii*rhl.
>E BROUGHT HIS VlSST
Of MANY jTLATv I EEE
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And Ji^'kfyOU C'V'int,. h-<d the
& snow in many yea for th;
feofl<J3f>. ' '
w
[JPriday and Satnrd: y before
pas a liaht. suow fej! ana eov
as the mercury dronppd; : id ;urain
on Christmas day another ; o, iVl!,
though not a heavy one. T? I: k t'
the ground, and on Saturday sr.? w be
gan falling abont .10 oYkn . in ?hn
morning, and .continued o> through
the day and night. Siunfc.v m .niingj
ejiowed a total of 8% inches of snow,
a record for many years. Old dr n who
arc almost grown, and who have lived
here all their live>, never :i". tiint
much snow at one time before.
Snow plows kept the l ig->\ ay.. open,;
and icy pavements forced ja-dorist--!
to slow down, and t!i"; the :va.$e at*-i
cidents for the YulHide we- : reduced J
to a minimum in :i'l :e'1* of the |
countrv, where there was < He snow ;
f I
or sleet. I
Many frozen water li'ies - ai:s> ;l in-'
convenience and sli^hl* <-?)en;e to
some Sylva resident^; but ? iwer and
ELLIOTT WiLL F&5ACH HERE
Rev. P. L. Klliott, of the faculty of
Western Carolina Teachers College
will .preach at the Syiva Baptist
church, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
/p** .i.
A conference will bcylicl-d following
the sermon, regarding the call ing of
a pastor. Eveiy member of the church
is urged to altond 'the service.
There will also he a preaching ser
vice the church, Sunday night.
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?. T. A. MEETS TUESDAY
The SylvA Parent-Teachers Associ
ation, meeting next Tuesday after
noon. at the graded school building,
irill hear Mr. McGowan fpeak on the
subject: "The" Parent, "i'he fuuardiai:
of the Chiid'V
BALSAM
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(By Mrs. R T. Ki,i?W )
Tlie Cluiatraas holidays were much
enjoyed by the Balsam people, espec
ially the young people. Had a slight
snow the 20tii. Several inches of snow
the 22nd, a blizzard the evening of
t he 25th. Merc an' dropped to 4 de
grees below zero, the 20tfh; and eon
ccld^ar d snow 'ai-stfn the 28ifcv
Sunday the 2Sth the snow was 12
inches
Nearly a'! the boys from here who
are members of the CCC came liome
to spend Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Piy.*>n and
five children cf Detroit, ?Ii -h., spvnf
Chi-Hmcxs here with his parent^ Mr.
and Mr& A. Q? Biyson.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Jones anil
twin babies ?;.enfc Clm:imEs in Wav
neaville witi her motl^r, Mrs. Jam
Leathern**]. f)
MitJ.wa Mary Pearl Pfcillhw,- Ruby
Phillip:"; and Thc-lhno PkiUips of Cul
lowhce npc-nfc thd holidays with their
cousin, Jim Virginia Cowfudy
tnlephonoa^r?s were oi!&tum<pted,
due to csre ??.d teod woifc on the part
of elected ligifc S.!V? fe&Mflne em
pioyeas GSSI&& \
LEAP ylEAR ? by A. B. CKapirv
G'WAki / SOU , f
Beat it '
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0r P1IKT OilFQIl
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Washington, January 1?Wit ho
frying to predict what i'.la* liiuit 01
coiiio v.'ill !>??, tiii.-i is a g??*jti amc (?>
rak.* jio! c Oit.fJ:-" is';:?# wj :i
whieh tilt' .-Or ? ;.-i :? ; ? :i: ;lie T-JI li
Congresvy conveaip'.* oh Friday, ,1; i
iiaiy will . *4 s,;v time,
]. rnun(..:ia;c 4>t" iIn- V
erans' Eonu* Tin* i ;.lv appa;en|!y
opcti question : 's - i- whether or
not the hill as isuss -d will provide I >r
fttlj cash pay men!: or for a s| c';1
issue ol' haiid.^.
2. The Townsend ?>!d-:'ve p.n~ipi
proposal. Tliis will .i .iil.r.t' a
lot ojf oratory in lioili lmiN s, Tin* l| i
bor lobby will ispise i l'. The hi
guess is thai Il.e 'l.mu.='id plan w
not be udupud hii! .!:a,t tin- agiiati
will result in liUe'aiixatiun ol old-a i?
benefits under til.-1 ?-? i:?! Security Act
which has guj lu In- ...i .??tided in ma:<y
respects, .".ayway.
3. Lots of talk liin'1 -urno pretty l.r.i
debates on tlw Fiazicr-I.einke Fanu
greenback bill. T.ittle j-hanee, however
ol' its passat*.
4. Govemii?:*jit < \vin ?? !iip of rail
road r. Again a lot of talk, hacked l>y
a well organized fampai^n of the rail
mad unions ill favor of it. Action of
Interstate (foimneiTe ('mmiii sion |m
ordering i eduction of railroad pa>-<h
ger fares to two rials a *i;il**, where
they are now iiigH. r iii:ni thai -whirb
is all over the ftpst, u'ilJ be a deiiwln
stiai'ion of the (bsveriMuent'.s pres< kit
power over railroads and nmy liavd a
strong influence in bringing holders of
railroad bond* ir > !:;=?? fm frovean
mnnt ownership,
5. The neutrality <|ne.-!ict will coine
up early i" Ilie ;e i-.?n. 'l he pw&fiit
temper of Congress is to strengthe;t
the neutrality lav. ;. ' lt? strong bel et'
prevails tlitfit a jUfrtii. war is r.ipidlv
approaching, and C.digress will not be
inclined to trust t'n* State Dej>a|i't*
ment alone to keep us out of it. One
outcome of the wflr talk is likely lo
be liberal appropriations for a birder
navy. i
G. I*ropo!aU for icercasiii? tin* avniy
strenTt-b will lie b"*k'*d by rc|M,rts
thai^Mexno i plamiie;.* an oat md,
/out C'inamn'.H :l troveivai ?ul. This vii!
give ftlrrng.'b to'she deinand for mliii
iarv defenses along the ltio (trande.<
7. Their wiH be more debate on jm?
pes'i-? to regulate wa':cs and hoar i ol
labor. Oii|lo'nlt i-< for tne passagcj ol.
the Wat.Ti HiM, mpiiiir,ig all cance rs
selling ain 'hhig t ? i h-- (j'overninenj to
conform to labor idandards eslablidi
ed bv Xl?A.
8. AttemnJ will lie made fu si rai rh
ten out the silver t;?n?:le, proha'dy
by mandatory lei/irdation i*ttf|iiirins^j the
Trcn-my if.o i c i's i>im iiasin^
and rriatnta?n lh? world prieiv Tli-*
silver policy i-' n f- <?! ?;?rly defined o
yet.
9. Amer-lTren** *m i Ik- 7I??n-i:???> A/-t
probrvily v^I! he male, willi Hie ->!?
jodiv^ of ir.duein^ pviva'c e;ipi1a'"te
to iii'o bv^-scalo low eost < housing
7?Tp.jcs. in aernrdhh/m* with the
;nows of Sc.aivtaiT ? Morrjanthsn. Di
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ywtor of Owners L-ai
Corpcrat rr?:", md IV er f.'rimrii, Jleii
iitiT f'ypv-iUir.
JO/fi/fo! o" :i:)i ;? i'Lil, v 'l be
93 Eli! I'ro'm now mi will <? m>*
irvm tr;- committee reonv-i, w!htp T'uh
MJtj'itir.*. railrnnds lniMiit. ??
?'vun <-for.,vs arid v 'lin's ?.i!??*? phi: ??
oi bu-itvv:: will be under inves. igatioil
The program lor l!iis session will
il? comp'ir :r!ed by id her faeiors. Th t<*
".sill he Supine Court d< "i -i?m^ wHeh
will ij-jef-; i:i>w i.-^ues. The budget a;
!?''?? bv III" President will i o';
quite reasonable.
I'olii ie;i']y, the relief i-si|< has 1)0(1
hroncrht to the {Von- by 1I< ?ver's St.
Louis :]:<e<!l. The CuVe; ;i|l! .t's plan
to turn the relief prohle i bael; to the
stale-- fast as possibb i~ im' rn.ik
injr he.nd-.v.iy.
Bel tin^on Repu Mi.<;n;di<late?
is now he Jer than even money on
Landon. It seejt>s'ei'rtiiin j';;il neither
Mr. Hojvu-t i:u" Mr. Horah will l>e tfce
nominee.
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Even money is being1 het on a Re
piibtican ''-nvress in 1937. hut the
Presidential odds arc still in Mr.
Roosevelt 's favor.
Mr. John T. Jones and family sp nt
Christmas day in Canton with his sis
ter. Mrs. Mcdena Brown. MLss Freda
remained until Saturday.
Mr. Hubert Ensley and family spent
the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. ff.
Mehaffey., in Hendcrsonville.
Mrs. John Warren, Misses Ruth oni
Pixie Warren and Mr. Howard War
ren wore omests of Mr. and Mrs. Porto
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