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SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA THUjlR&AY, AUGUST 13, 1996. f|n 4 YBAB 9 ASYAVOB
^ Prices Go Skyward
f?r**in Surpluses Vanish
? AUffUJ* 12?How im-|
"??e r>ab?m*a'\
Ktm **?*? ,of
*%??**>& t<K>d
*1bUt q??W"> ? lvb.ich
>*tn fere w
_ " ij.rtv much oi the
i'&HrT*.
??>* "iuch?to
ff; U t?| nKK of the
jrjcal tuesJ^ .
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Jl Itf bo^ dcpr.^a,^- lih- wori?l
r. fcr KVOTl 148 ???
Ui?* k""?"1 ""iul,1Jls H
topriw. TLe ??ta 'n noxm.,1
over of ^,u' lV?l,'at 13 about
TLjM busfok All the reports
' [ |if Depjrtiiioin ti Agriculture
j. n4ibJt' uiJw.itc /that the
is for the rear to ootae will be
iibout iliii n<>rw'd carryover. Of
* jj, I'fljted States ('lop of 1936,
to dvO.OW t>u.ihels, and
u heat? carded over,
gd DvblieJ.s, will leave *iii
jdiUxJplu-i III :lboilt 100,000,
jlfeit?
Ute' ixjiL>ti?iption is iner<v.u>iug
Kiicrtce world uiui i ;i ls fact, coup
Jnti :l:c *o:M-wul? shortage, will
L;Hv<'|i i tie up. Of ooui-si1
Lisjcli loo early iq>: forecast Ar
\pa iiirt Aii*irjli:!ii Jenops, where
t, m niir rMt'r ov early spring.
11[ tin wfjiitiim-. Ai fcriean wheat
poit?sro np this wjur over Uui
.?i:. Iirv iiiijK>rt?> m> for special
pt?jOnrhisL in ut iuitnd hy millers
(in ire noimaily grown in tli?
[mwd and ot which Ihe crop han
JttMt for the p-wi nix, years. In
l&fc-aimoiuib, ot' (his year of
Iinlaw sliow 11,at 19,805,5W
IsuU: wheat ui-ro iiuported from
IK tuwpared with 12,839,047
liiam ibe convsponling period oi
| wkiil Wellington ,-is more con
ctil *ith j;uc cur:i t rup than witb
?sitii crop. Ii' i-he' drought eon
tk- imadle vi tliis wouith,
Ifrbqurtment oi Agriculture 's esrii
|Bkaii';hat the corn crop 'will be less
liu hilt of the floruvi] 2,500,000,000
IfeWj, iiid even with good wetathex
Ittdpteoty oi rain, the corn crop will
U m. SOO^(KX),(iOO bushels short of
piwnal 2,?OO,UOO,OOti.
I S? iir this year import# of cowu
I*** ^ lws thaa one-third oi what
|4evwet* in the. first:bali: of 1935;
fcj buihels agai^t 17,620,195
ike same period k-t year. There
|*!wn a sharp decline in the iui
l^oa ot oats .'Hid bugler.
I?^<r sidf- oi the scale, ex
P wheat have dropped to
locally rKi.hinir, thungh cotton ex
l it*1*' ^'n ?11 the avecM^t
I-1S36 than in pjf?.
I all$ 1t^S 01 agricultural
I lad the rise in .igrioultwril
IS Which the politksw*
L forties concedL The oppo*l
^ Admiuiitration. assert
lj* ^HVc tillen because the
J*tdi nt CPfcatcd an artificial
ffy to<* art artificial price level,
Of*? *** '"isiug not; only
I of ^ scarcity but becanue
re<''Twca^
.^PP01"1*51* say
Wiey 0, {34 llar^ inlluence goes the
it j #! prcv^0Ua adntoustnslSons
to r.K\ ^0r ^?reign custom
Vict," ? s which to buy
^ l)r<xluet.s, ynl that the in
^Jftijv^^ ^ ^Ue
^ Govern' y <^roUt^lt ?f crops which
,aiksitJr ^ ha<^ -S?^t adjust
SCket^ byrtJle lofls of
^ of '* ^ the ^
T ^T[a i*? that
rsa^no? ?thCr Amwican pro
^of bavins ,ihk fortunate posi
*V' ??rJ vlat Call6d * "Ml1
'^pKasee Ku/ on'y agricultural
, l,avr^ly surPluses of
6 tl* demand? *?M]y
if con8um<* Roods
Vablel* ^81S Particularly
*5'trios. and ^ ,?- md furniture
!^or in tM f.There lft w
i 'll* slack I a* ,n,hufc?l mar
(PI s vv pA <and -CCO
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
HABITS . hard to break
Man is a creature of habit. Most
of our actions and moat so-called
chinking are what they are because
we have acquired the habit of going
through a fixed routine and don't
have initiative enough to change our
habits of -work and thinking.
I think this inherent fcrait of hu
man natiure lies at the bof?om of most
of the failures to change the world
overnight Reformers of all types are
prone to overlook the hold which hab
it has on the haman animal. It would
not be dififcult too make the world a
much better placet to live in for every
body, if only enough people could be
jarred out of their habilts of living
md made to see that there iare better
nvays of doing things ithan Idhose to
which they are accustomed.
4UTS . . ? . . . .go dee?
Most of the world runs in ruts. We
y in ruto became dt is easier than
m try to get out ol' them, or because
.;ur lathers before us traveled in the
unie ruts. The deeper the rut, the
uirder is to goD out of it.
Tha ouly really free individuals oro
nose who succeed in getting out ot'
iit'.s iu which (heir leJiuws are inov
ug. Once in tihe rut, the individual -s
.lerely one ol the crowd, lie is uot
irce to move in any direction execp.
ami iii which tlu- crowd is moving,
ile nas to lollaw'a pattern or a trail
narked out lor him by ouhers.
No man is entirely tree from some
.on ol restraiuiis. iho worn slaves,
.lowever, are ,tlhe ones who oould be
.ree bul w no preier to stay in -lie
.tic and revile th* mure
mes who have succeeded in climbing
>ut of it. It is huinau nature never 'U>
.houlder uhe blame for one 's own con
iition, but to try *to li"d a scapegoat
.vho is responsible for all of one'j
udividual (troubles
JTUPIDITY . . . au obstacle
Nobody can watch the world go by
Joe as many years as I have beta per
iii-ted to do so without coming ,u> the
-onclusiou that, the chief obstacle in
ne way ox human progress is n-it
;recd or tyranny but st-upidutty. Show
?te a man who prides iuiu*eil' on Lo
ng conservative, aj.u, nine time out
d' ten, 1 will show, you that his so
tailed conservatism is merely stup*ditJ
.le has been to ugh t, or has taught
.liinsclf, certain tixed rules which, to
.lis Mi'upid mmd, chain the only por
ted worse oi lite. lie refuses to
listen to any suggestion tiiuut a new
.ray 01 a duierent -way ot' doing
-hings might be beiiei lor everybody,
.neluding himself.
1 do not meon to suggodt th^U ihc
aew way or the diifereut way i* ai
.vita's (the better way. What I am try
| ng to say that the true conservative,
i' t' he is intelligent, will look at! any
<ew ideas with an open mind and an
mpartiial eye, instead of dismissing
.hem from all con&deraition nimedf
jecause they do noli conform to his
preconceived ideas.
LEADERSHIP . . . . sqarce
The only way the mass of man
Kind gets out of the old ruts and the
habits which handicap it is when
tome forceful character who has set
l^irnseli" free from the inhibition*
which bind most of us to the old ways
points out a new way so persuasively
ihat Jirst a few and then the many
aro induaed 'to try, it.
Such leaders ore rare. Not very
.nany of them are born in any geniera
lion. When they do arise they change
t/he world.
I have in mind particularly one
.voung man who has inchieved the
presidency of a great business enter
prise because ho was not afraid to
?ry new ways of doing thing^, (and
iiAs been sucoessful in persuading
huge numbers of people to accept
lew ideas, white bis competitors in
the same line of business have been
content to stay in 'ihe rut and follow
the patterns which thdir predecessors
laid down for them. While ithey were
losing money he started new ventures
?at the bottom <rf the depression and
made them pay.
AIE .... . Oemwny
Col. Lindbergh, who h?s judi l>*en
looking over Oerpiaay 's aiwraffl de
velopment, was iwufprised at what he
.found there. Germany i? a^s
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L V. SUMNER DIED Holland Is Held In
SUDDENLY TUESDAY Middteton Shooting
Funeral services for Zebukm V.
Sumner, 73 who died suddenly of a
tearl ntiack, ;ur il o 'clock Tuesday
iiornin,;, at nhe home of Ben Crisp,
near Sylva, were conducted at 10.
>'clock, t'.Cs morning in Andrews.
Mr. Sumner was u retired Asho
/ille merchant, and had been reua^
.ng at the tome of his son, Crawford
Sumner; at
he home of Mi . Crisp, at the Mime he
was taken by a sadden heart, attack.
He :is survived by his widow, four
sons, Floyd ind Crawford Sumner, jf
Sylva, Kenneth Sumner of Detroit^
and Lixion Sumner of Oteen; three
laughters, Mrs. Connie Almond, Au-'
Irews, Mrs. Margaret Chsstjadn, of
Aaheville, and Miss Nina Sunrner, of
Leicester, by several errand children
YOUNG REPUBLICANS WILL
ORGANIZE FRIDAY NIGHT
A BMtfOf far the purpose of or
ganizing; the Yooug Republicans of
.h? county has been called to be held
'n the court house tomorrow, Friday,
cvfTiinp at 8 o'clock, by Mr. E. B.
DeHart, District ohriniiin.
Clyde Jarrett, Republican candi
date for Comgrma will be the princi
pal
Fred Holland, -15, alleged assailant
/f Alvin Mfiddltrion, was taken into
custody at the home of relatives in
the Yellow Moancam section of Hain
boi? township, and placed in jail hero
jiemijiug the outcome of itlu* injuries,
which he is alleged to have inflicted
upon Midditnou with a .38 calibre re
volver, nt Tuekitseigee, last Wednea
d^k.^vening.
-: yKUM&i IttsMor torn
t-liip man, is in a serious condition,
with a gus-bhot wound through hk
right long; bul i# somewhat tianprav*
fd.
Holland fled the scene of the shoot
ing, and was r?aken hv Drnpty Sher
iff Frank Allen.
BAPTIST CHURCH
ELECTS OFFICEBS
At the annual conference, whieh
w.as held last Sunday morning, the
Baptist church here reelected Claud
M. Jones treasurer of tihe church, J.
V. Hall, superintendent of the San
day S;ehool, and Miss Margaret Wil
son, Baptist Training Union director,
for the next year. Mr. Leonard Allen,
who .1 short time ago was elected
church clerk to fil! out the unexpired
term of Mr. W. W. Brvson, who baa
moved to Speedwell, was also re-el
ected. In 'ihe election of deacons,three
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New Papers Launch Poll
CROWD ATTENDS
FARMERS' PICNIC
A crowd of farmers and
their families from various parts of
't!k
tho county gathered at the high
school grounds in Sylva, Tuesday for
rile annual picnic, sponsored by the
Farmer^' Federation.
The "iall-wtovy" conicst , held at
10:30, was won by C. C. Poindexter.
The Addie choir, the Jones quar
rr>t and tiha Hooper sisters duet "were
wiuuens in th<; singing contents. They
-?ill go Jo Swannanaa next Thursday
:o compete in the grand contest.
Address were made by R. W.
h'nuiber, il. Allen Coggia*, and J. G.
?v. AicClure.
Various athletic events ' and wu
!o?ji6 were enjoyed and prizes award
ed. Koiph W ai d was gi ven .a prize
for biMiang the largest truck loa 1
t.f pecplo. Mr. and ilrs. K. D. Cow an
of East Fork were the oldest married
couple present, having been married'
58 years. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hyatt,
who had been married b davs> -were
the youngest married c-sple. The
largest family present was that of
Walter Hooper of Cowarts.
FIREMEN RETURN FROM
STATE CONVENTION
Chief E. 0. Mashburn, D. M. Tal
lent, Theo. Maishburn, Da^id Dills,
and Felix Pickleamer of the Sylva,
Volunteer Fire Department returned
today the State Firemen's Con
vention in Raleigh.
The firemen express gratitude to'
the following people and busineMea
for making possible the attendance of
their representatives m Raleigh:
Harris Clay Co.,Dillsboro and Sylva
Electric. Light Co., Parson s Tanning
Co., Sylva Supply Co., Jackson Furn
iture Co., Cogdill Motor Co., Jackson
Covnty Rank, E. L. McKce, Jackson
Motor Co.. The Lender, Allison's Ser
vice .Station, Hotel Carolina, Sylva
Feed Co., Blue Ribhon Shoo Shop,
Sylva Plianu'icy. C. T. Moody, Ralph
Dills (Puroil Station) Volt's Cafe,
Hooper's Drug Store, V. V. Hooper;
Sol Schulman, Sylva LaundryPrint
Simp, Lyi?c Tii'.jfi'C, C:ir^d War
ren, Maksie Furniture Co., Dave% Karp
Shell Service Station, Central Ser
vice Station, MoodyFuneral Home,
Jackson Hardware Co., J. 13. Ensley,
Sam Kayo, R. U. Sutton, CulWhee
Club, Sylva Paperboard Company,
and Hooper Mo4or Company.
The nation-wide Presidential atnw
vote being conducted by the weekly
ncw.sj?apers throughout the eountxy
give* all promise oi being the most
representative poll of small town
aud rur.il American political senti
ment ever recorded in a natiou:d
flection .year.
K.?.'|H>i*ts fieru the weekly newspa
pers ' straw vote heidquar,tiers iu New
York indicate thai/ leading newspa
pers tar *.uid w i tie are launching the
poll Ln their respective territories
with promise of returning a oonvin?>
Ji? vote to extend Ihe scojie of the
i I>oll and |'?un afford u national tubu
I ration.
| That tin- poll will lie non-jwrPisan
hi every respect is apparently assured
ov '..he lad that it Ls biting conducted
jy Democratic, Republican and lnd?
;jendent newspai>er? located in stole*
r-hruujrhout the nation.
The ua.uioji-wide straw vote I'rwd
? lejui.tl jhjH ol' small town and rmal
America j>olitioal sentinicni in a na
tional election year was lirst launclud
>11 1020 by weekly newspapers beiny
?served bv Publishers Awoeasler 1S<:i
\ice, which company produces fci
;ure service for weekly newspajiers.
Iu each >;ti-.ce'.'<lnig national elec
tion year niiuce then, 1984, 1928 aud
1932, the weekly newspaper poll has
grown in popular acceptance dun- to
the ?acC .thai a greater number
newspapers were participating in i!u
jh?H and further thial Hie .accuracy of
the poll oould uoti be doubted, the
iinal national results oi the poll
always proving to be wirtiun 5 per
cent of actual official returns in the
following November eleotuwi. ln lOJL'
?the poll was within 3.5 per cent of
beiug correct, the slight variance be
ing in the distribution of electoral
votes.
In ii -j ki u al pre-convention straw
vote poll Ust wittier, nation-wide i<i
scope, wherein voters expressed a
piYctVivuc?i| lor llnesidenkial cjandi
iiatcs, the weekly newspaper poi!
again proved its worth. It show? I
Republican choice as between Borah
uiid Landon, Hie Landon landslide
starting during the lust rthree weeks
at ballotinp. In the latrt week of vol.
'"ei Landon polled a greater vo*y
than Borah, jMissing the Idaho sena
tor. Landed was the only candidate
lo draw a iajger jiopular vote th.iu
Bor.ih during .any one week of ilio
vouing. Itoo^evelt was the undisputed ,
j choice ol Democratic votei>.
In that pre-con vent ion poll, .ho
publishers oi' the weekly newspaper*
I conducting tjie foaituro. decide*! 10
open 'fhe doors wide and iuvite pub
lishers ol weekly newspajiers cvery
| where u> join un and conduct a poll
in their respective (territories. Hun
dreds (ft' progressive publishers ac
;M?|??4'd the invitation, as they are do
ing ;in this jk)11 now under way. This
poll now gives promise of being tb?;
most. successful ever conducted.
As a result of this wide spread in
number of newspapers paracipefciug
in the jjoilj the first national returns
may not be av.a&lablo for a week or
iwo. However, they should prove .o
Im> mo?i interesting when they Si art
.coming through. All voters will then
w; a line on how the political wind
is blowing in small town and rural
America fal this year of 1936.
Have you yet voted in this nation -
.vide Presidential pollf
It' no., then reach now foe pen or
pencil, clip tIk* ballot below, vote for
vnur choice. ,rhen mail or bring your
lo The Journal office.
.Ju.st as y<?u may be interested in
knowing how fares the fate of your
presidential choice in other states
throughout the country, so do the
voters 'i here wish to know how we in
North Carolina .ire thinking, political
ly. That i. *he Teason that the voters
??f this comity should cast their bal
lots in the u^tion-wide poll and so
register the full strength for each
respective candidate.
The result of the local voting will
be published in The Journal, then the
ballots arc sent on to straw rote
headquarters in New York for nation
al tabulation.
Ycni do not have to sign yonr name
on the ballort, nor do you commit
yourself in any manner. Yoc are
asked ?o write in the name of^ town
land state from which you expect to
vote in November. This identification
of the ballot make? poefl?ble *
Accurate tabulation of the
rote. .