rAX0B OUTUM TD OOVHTY
bjJon County Veterans
Vi^ Receive $193,000
vi,lin" i?r thc imnl'"
I The b'11 1>r4'f t|K. vet emus' adjust
,,n. eontifi^
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^ *?,, ..,a>.ri<i'S 14 ,,ow yr
' l' i-fto or to become Iw
Mo.il close cb
te rct0 ,t'
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"* to veto of ? >'? ?S?- Il
L**L eMliir.-r.-nce "hrttar>
Jy . ji.e bill will be enact*:
?or " r;lV as Ihcsv is
^MnWh'houstsropasHitonr
Luiial vcU?.
<Viiut\ veterans, it is <?a
**Tj, receive almost ??M*
f'"j vbicli is Ml"'"'''1 10 lr,i'
Z-vmiiU' ci.eulat.0"- i
?v M,,.'fcW for the payment ot
Ll '0 "'l
?t, ? i-ml. II ??- thl?^
titrations of Having, CooV
L |*? ."??! R"O?0lt, ?ch o,u>
J 1,S lK,.m0Ut
UfEHAET
gets new trial
j'.Wv T. Ifiiiii'hart. convicted ol
Lrv in .farkson Connty Superior
fc' in tonreitio.i with his tcir
,.'ju rt p:v!i:ii;?ary hearing he'd
ft, hhi. 1? h?? al'c^d that he w.->
^sppf'l fn,l mistreated hv Alky,
({lnd War!1 eld Turpin, was grahi
luv tria! by the Supreme Cods\,
?vt'tertlay.. \ |
^,0|>y ?>! 'lie opinion has reached
but ^t i?, undtrstocd that the
^ for a no v.* trial by *he court at
frl.? i-> 'vi-i*il upon points of error
iifilnr?. ot Jiulm- Hossoau to the
an* in the to; mer trial.
g'jiiifliar! w.i> eon vie ted at the Ma\
m term ot .vr.rt here and was sen
|?k?i1 tu ?erw not less than 18 nor
&>re ill in months in the Stiti
Pii-on. Tin* i*i*e now coiner. unde*
tif rul.iij of i he Supreme Court, bae'
b:k:> county to he tried again, t
Xa liml disposition has been nihdt
of the e;>4* >" 'vh?;?-h Khinehart pleat
t?i!ty of will'til injury to Chief .of
Mice Janus A. Turpin's automobil
BALSAM
G ' Vl'"? , i
ilisAnna ! ai Coward and Mr. Jaf"
Irfiitham uere married in Tennessee
(VtoUr 1.193", hut the marriage has
jss ber u announced. Mr;*. Tranthan
i>the i!ntighter or Mr. and Mrs. Join;
(Ward, af Bib am. Mr. Trantham is
i .-on of Mr. and Mr-?. Merrit Tftti'.
taiOi( of O.vdt
Mrs George I>:y,on ai d Mr. N. R
I'kristv received the following an
annceruont: Born, to Mr. and Mrs.
Btttry Christy. of near Franklin, Wed
today, Jan tip ry 15, a n!ne pound
i"-ughtrr. Jiinict Brandon.
Mr* W. J. (ozriill, w ho has rrtade
tjT boiuc in Asl.eville, with her daugh
Iff and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, H.
kiope, for j-ecera! years, has ivtftrn
^ to Balsam, jmd will sj)end .wm"
,|Lt 'lit^hter hii J son-in-law
Mrs. Walter Uaines,
"e a/heavy rain and electrical
prae/iciiily h:1 day Satutdav.
' eoiitnutcl until Sundlay morning
V'l#n it bff'Hii to sno.v very fine hall ^
''f 5nov; Thm ^-t, |iad strong wind.
R'lnsihine and more snow. Monday
^mine1 mercury, was at 13, ago
tjirf v.^s a quantity of ice and sno'v
tin- "fiotmd.
P N. PRICE ILL
,, ''J'^ll,;c' been ill, at his home
-? t 7 a'^'('(> for several days, his
U'ru> uill reprot to learn. Mr.
t l is i nr- f.v.lu-r of postmaster C
V of Sylva.
TiLLEY WINS MEDAL
Fl?rillr Speed
tlu- I Wnn('F of the medal i'.
'W (I?' roa'^n^s and deelaima
^ ^TnmC4' sP?nsorod by t he I
MhL , r",r,ftry Pieties of the)
% [y ' f u,('"- the winner of
Miss Ti,tey wi<i
lad a District one:
: OintVr,lniUr ^( n w'^ compete in
^tvityr .?1,'l',r'i<-i|?iteil 'a^t night,
" 'G('^ fil>nitests, were
^ Wr* r;l'",,0wbee, Ray Cot
- ?':<! CaroK-,, Gibson,'^y,
T'^ctuott il ? ''J !',e ??atc4ts is b
^ i'?uo| p4jJey "f temP?r?iujc by
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Prank Parker Stoekbridge)
PENSIONS . ... . all hands
The people of the United States
seem to me to have been infected iwith
the pension-craze as I have not seen
them since the 1890 's. Even then no
body thought of pensions for anyboiy
but veterans of the Civil War. Nov/
the American Legion comes out fot
pensions for soldiers' widows, and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars is advocat
ing pensions fci <all veterans, and
top of that, Dr. Toiwnsend and his
followers would pension everybody
over 60 years Old, whil^jdmost every
clas9 of public servant, from school
teachers and polieemeu to governors,
are nowadays being pensioned at pub
lic expense.
It is an understandable human d \~
sire to live comfortably in old agi
without working. But I have never
Leen able to convince myself that it is
society's duty lo provide anything be
yond decent subsistence for t.e indi
gent aged.
THRIFT .r best pensions
I haw not seen in any of the pro
jects for supporting Old people at
jmblic expense anything that doe* as
>nuch for them as every man can do
for himself, if he wit's. Even the con
tributory old age benefit pVui of t.e
Social Security Act does not provkh
for as large old annuities as the r.r
dinary mait could buy for himst'tf
from any insurance .company, if he
would pay out of his wages the sanv
percentage tmt the Government now
proposes to take from liiui in old age
taxes.
I am reminded of Bob Davidson, an
Albany newspaper man, who died onlj
a few years ago. Bob nfcver earned
more than $28 a wetfk wn His
when he died, after 40 years of worK,
he left an estate of $1000,000. He had
the qualities of thrift and self.denial,
which ;tre so repugnant to the foJk
who are now loudly demanding old age
pensions which they have done noth
ing to earn.
CONSTITUTION - dw&l3
Tbe 'atest decision of the Supreme
Court holding that Congress had ex
ceeded its delegated powers in under
taking to Adulate business and a?
rieulture have revived talk of amend
ing the Constitution. Half a doz'vi
Amendments have been proposed, to
give the Federal Government broader
powers than it has ydt been granted
by the states. ) j "
No good American ean quarrel with
the idea of amending the Constitution.
We have done it a good many tinv s
and doubtless will do it a g??d many
times in the future. The Constitution
itself provides three ways for its own
amerjdment. The only thing it doesn't
provide for is amendment in a hurry
And that, it seems to me, is very wnc.
Wliatever panty is in control .it
Washington would always like ?o
have more power. But it can t get
without giving all the people and if I
the sitwtes plenty of time to think i<
over. \
I am not woiTied a bit about th?
Constitution. '
HAMILTON . . . ? influence
Every time I pass Trinity Cliureh
yard, iu New York, I pause to look ;i:
the tomb of Alexander Hamilton, who
dded when lie ws tonly 47 ydars. -,!?!
I believe no m:*n in our history hai
exerted sueh n strong and enduring
influence. I was impressed anew with
fchat belief when I mid the two op
posing opinions of the Supreme Co.ir:
in the AAA caso.
It was Alexander Hamilton who
first put forwaid and maintained rbe
viow that the taxing power ?>f-Con_
grass under the "General Welfare"
clause of the Constitution was unlim
ited, That view was biftterly oontes -
ed by Jefferson and Madison, b'V
every one of the nine justices V?f th?'
Supreme Count uphold Hamilton, ai
though fchey ciid not agree on jbe
AAA ease on other points (at i?ue.
There is hardly a phase cf oni
national development th/it has not
foJlowed along the lines and prmc
pies first laid down by Alexand-:
Hamilton?who died at 47.
MONEY .. . i.. - . .. evil
?T. P. Morgan proved hiamcff Mi'i
^her day a better student of the Bibi i
tihan hi9 partner, Thomas W. Lamoi.!,
who is a minister's son. Mr. Lamoui
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SAX FRANCISCO ... Miss Ann
Cooper Hewitt (above), has brought
a 1500,000 damage suit against her
mother, two doctors and a woman
jHiVtrhintmt, charging a steriliza
tion operation wasi performed on
her without her knowledge/ being
told it was simply to be an appen
dectomy. A $IO,JOG,Q0O trust tuun
is inroived.
HASTINGS BUYS
JACKSON HOTEL
One of Uit' most important realty
transfers in rcctm mouths was <ro:i
summated the first of the week, in the
purchase by .lc?hn J.^llaMings of tho
New JeeUson Hotel property. Include
ed in t he tiansier r.re the huU-1, u'iiich
haA 40 rooms, t!?e tv.r?> 5?ore ouildings,
now ocei:pied by Massie FurnitMr?
Company, tLe garage, office and sales
room, oeeupie i by Cogdil) Moio?*
Cimpauy, htuI the old Sylvan 1 heatri
Generally considered one ot the
most valuable pieces of business prop
erty in Sylvia, the lot is situated^ at
the easitern intersection of Main and
Mill Streets, tad extends from street
to streOt. ^ ^ vJ
r %kr. Hte*. iu&f hits wa3e no '{tfftte
went as to when his hotel will be
ojtened or as to i?'ho will operate, it J
but it is known that he contemjilatei
having it reopened and operated <as .a
modem commercial and tourist hotels
in [he near future.
As sue"K, it should prove to he a hi"
asset to Sylvu \
JOHN H. SMITH ILL
His friends will hmru with regret
of the serious iliiyss of the venerable
John H. Smith, widely known citizen
of this county.
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHUBOli
Rev. George L. Granger, Rector.
Sunday services: II' A. M., Morninv
prayer and seitnon. r j
All most cordially invited to this
service.
BERT'S Bi IL
XT THWISMY
The third, nation-wide, I 'rihda?
BdS for the President, in 5,C' ) cities
and towns in i be United Sta' :-s, will
be held next Tuesday evcnii: Janu
ifcfSO. (?'? J
the bali in Sylva will be '.eld w
eommodiouf gymnasium of thj
Sylva High Schoo^ and is bei > spon
sored by the Sylva Rotary Ci b, wrn
J. Claude Ailieon as cbairnm of the
t %1 - 3
committee. <
? .The purpose is to secure fn 's vriin
whfch to help victims or" .fr-jtile
patatyus and to support rest rch ef
forts to wipe out the disease i self.
President Frqpklin D. E'-oaeveh,
wl*>, after he was Assistant ? crotary
of pe Navy, was a victim of lihe dis
'y has again consented to en J his
? Jiday, for another nation /id? se
rici of binthdiy balls for th benefit
of infantile p&ralysis :rs, t'i"
inurvber of whom was^roath intreas
ed by the epidemic of last s\ nirer.
j The plan, which has the ap> .-oval o*
the, President, who is he? of tiio
[Warm Springs Found/vtion is that
'70 per cent of the proceeds jais .'d iu
I^acb lodaAity be regained th< .e to be
"disbursed to local or adjacc.t ortho-'
pedic hospital.", or for tihe t.ea'.ment
of local infantile paralysis -rnvples
The remaining 30 per cent g.js to the
Watro Springs Foundation.
? It is expectcd that the b. U to be
held heie will be lareoly att? wlcd.
BABY BITES HELD YES 2RDAY
i
* Fpneral services for lien v Kaby,
70 year old citizen were hr' at Wil
jnot Baptist churrh ye^terdr a: d in
.terment followed at Wilnw?
? Raby d'ed at his h . ne ait 4
O'clock, Tuesday morning, alter a
Wn<? illness.
is survived, bv his wir w, three
Walter Rn'?y
Wilmot, lone 'laughter, 1' s. Clark
Whither of Winslou-Seler. by one
fftep-daoghter, Mrs. Estes 1 yson of
Witmot, and by several grai -iohildren
and gxeat grandchildren.
ZOOPB* 18 92 YEA 7SS OLD
Mrs. Sarah Wike Hoo 3r, well-!
Unow a?d beloved wont?? of this'
county, celebrated the 92n< anniver-.
sary of ber birth, at her hoi e t a Big,
Ridge, where she has liv< 1 for 01
years, on Monday.
A member of the pionct Jackson
family of Dutch desccmt, t' e Wikt?,
Mrs. Hooper was born nca> Ea?t La
Porte in 1844. When she v. -s 24 she
married the late Henry M. Hooper,
and, 61 yeam ago the mo- d to tba
beautiful Big Ridge soctif < of th?3
j county, wEere -she has lived iife thai
time.
The News This Week
In The U. S. Congress
40 YEARS AGO
(TocbaesigeJk'rcocrat, Jan. 23, 180*)
Mr. R. H. Painter, of the Southern
is spending a few days at home.
s
Zachary & Davis shipped two car
loads of extra fine rattle this morning.
Miss Lizzie Nolson, of Wayncsville,
came over Tuesday to vis,t Mrs. WoiSt
returning toda>.
. Deputy U. S. Marshals Sherrill and
Tate haive captured and destroyed two
blockade stills, this week. 1
Dr. J. H. Wolff and Neil Buchanan
left Saturday for Florida, where the."j
expect to spend seveual weeks.
Capt. A. W. Bryson 's family cama
over from Asbeville Monday ?and are
domiciled hi what is known as the
Painter house. \
Rev. G. N. Cowan, who eame horn?
from W*we Forest several weeks agA
ill with typhoid fever, has recovered
and left Wednesday to resume hi*
studies at- the Cojlege.
M*. W. L. Esterly visited Aahcville
this week, returning today.
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The twentieth Annual State-Conven
tion of the Young Men's Christian A#
sociaions of North Carolina will be
held in Charlotte March 19 to 22.
Some of our public-spirited citizens
are discussing a IXigrh School for Syl
va. Several liberal subscriptions for
enlarging the whool building and jHftr
ting the enterprise on foot are offenH
and the idea is assuming an encourag
ing shape. r /\
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' Rev. Jonathan Wood, of Bry^
City, having accepted the paistofil
charge of the Baptist church here jfoi
itiho present year, reached here
Thursday to enter upon his work. Sun
day he preached excellent sermons,
both morning aftd evening, to fftef
congregations. Hisl appointments iare
for the second Sunday and Saturday
preceding at Dillsboro and for :th<>
following Saturday and Sunday at
this place.
*
The House Committee on Territo
ries is considering bills which propose
the admission of Arizona, New Mexi
co, and Oklahoma as states ojfj
Union.
By the recent purchase of the
Bumgarner property, the North
olina Mining and Manufacturing
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y Washington, January 22?The ques
tion everybody in Washington is ask
ing everybody else ih:
"What sort of a substitute for
AAA. is the /.uministnation going to
<nm oatf"
Nobody knows the t-xaet answer as
yet, but a good many straws in tlia
wind give some indications of what 's
being planned. The first straw wm
President Roosevelt's statement thrt
?he was not in favor of an export d"
j benture plan, whfch would, as he puf
it, amount tto making a present o
Europe of the fertility of our soil. 1 i
other Words, what is being sought for
is a method of trop control based up_
on the necessity of land conservation..
The representatives of the farm or
ganizations who were putntnoned ro
meet in Washington are united on i
plan that the so-called marginal lands
should be withdrawn from commer
cial production, through rental at eu?,i
fahfle rates, of such land .us may i>>
necessary to promote eonser\'ation ??C
soil fertility snd to bring about ;i
balance of domestic production at
profitable priccis.
Instead of export bounties, it is re
gjarded as probable that tin* Admini I
i strat ion will pi ?pose a domestic al
lotment system, based bounties to
farmers on the proj>ortion of their
erope consumed at home. This h.r*
been considered by Congress many
times in the past but never as part ? 1;
a comprehensive u?t on-wide plan.
The Supreme Court's decision in Mir?
AAA case did not negative processing
taxes as such, but only the allotme-it
of proeesssang fnnds to a special class
or group. It is held that the proces , ?
ing taxes arc entirely within the pow
er of Congress, provided the money
ao collected goes into the general rev
enues, and that Congress has a rigi t
to appropriate from general revenut s
funds for the payment of bounties lo
"BSrtners for soil conservation and
other purposes.
This idea of soil conservation has
been one of President Roosevelt's peu
for a long time On Octoljer 25 he in
dicated it as tne basis of any Ipi!!*
term and permanent agricultural :>?!- '
justmemt program, and pointed out
(hat benefits could be made to en
courage individual farmers to a<l"|?t
Found farm management,crop rotation
and soil conservation methods. He wns
talking then of tl*; more or I.: s
distant future, but it would appear
that the Supreme Court's decision
may force the immediate adoption of
such a plan.
The dismissal last week by the Su
preme Court of the suit brought to de
clare the Bankhcad Cotton Control i< t
invalid had no relation to the merit4
of the case. It was dismissed on *
technicality, as not having hem
brought before the Court in a proper
?*d legal manner.
In the Case of the Louisiana riae
millers who had obtained an injunc
tion in the lower courts against tho
collection by the Government to pro
cessing taxes, the Supreme Count or
dered the return to the millers of
about $200,000,000 which they had de
posited with the Courts pending the
decision, on the ground that the t
had not actually been collected.
The agitation for Constitutional
amendments to give the Federal Gov
ernment greaUi powers is naturally
more active than it has been before.
Jlost of the union tabor groups, s< mo
of the farmers' organizations, a \ ry
ilaige proportion of the radical group
and the ^advocates of economic plan
ning by-tne Government, .arc expected
to back one of the proposals for
amendment, in the hope that the pres
ent session of Congress may submit
them to the stales. How far this move
ment will pet at this session is rathe*
doubtful. There is no desire on tb<?
part of the Administration to make
the Constitution an issue in the com
ing campaign. Certainly the President
is not likely to advocate Constitution
al change* i) -fore election, which
would tend to break down the rights
of the states.
The killing off of the processing tit
es knocked a big hoile in the Treasury
budget estimates. These had
counted on for more that $50000,
000 of revenue. It looks as though the
Government would have to pay at
least half that amount to farmers un
der existing contracts, so some new
way must be found to raise money for
tbia purpose. Also to pay the bonus.
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