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1 I <;((vcnur Alf Lahdon, R
i I)omot'i?tio, i* seconrf;
r.Cri-vsnuia William Umkr,
psrtv i, a distinct third. The
Tl.ui.uw, Socialist:
, pruiiiliiiit'iii.-U' wul (Hrowder,
' mil l' ?r in the; roar i'i
^sofi-lu-tfMwroolf voters.
%,< iron! :!'? tites have now
ilatal ?t national straw-vote
atfrrs heie. an increase of 3
over !:-t we<ks tabulation,
?f s^atc-: are Ark msa^ George
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k.jffsi;.ies (iovoruur Landoti
l?Vi!af vou- lead i? 28 state3
j??ta? t?r President Koosevei .
pjal gai.is wen recorded tor
Tailoring the sixth week, bot/
ttbv-r of st:*.:es ami in percentage
Hi-^. increase in stu-v*
Anvurh gauging 'naj<mt ?.s over
u M.mhina a id in annexing
jturalH." Georgia and Arkan
:atta ^li-l *o\ith. Wh:le the
in these two latter stites
igfr. liken-U* is the vote ia
a[ IL'ht. whi' h state goes into
J^iinu I'olllllll!.
ij tlio eleven states ia which
?!: leads Alabama, Arkansas
Georgia, Idaho, M mtrna,
flroli >.i North Dakota, Ok'j
iltus Mini I'tah. Ljndon con tun
s?!w su pi is jtar '?t flwtth it
Mk-ra states of Tennessee.
sin, and W<-M Virginia
tweutstates ia which
klc-.nL ait California, Colorado
sttticut. Iliiuwii, Indiana, Iowii,
j?, Kemuky, Maine, Maryland,
at!i.eJi;. Michigan, Minnesot
swri, NVbi:.-ka, New Hampshire,
Jerfcy X. v; York OJiio Ore?;o:?
?;:'.uui, 'Ji-jiiio.-see, Virginia
?>-.siu nii-1 South Dakota,
!?i? i.iir !?(vji closest i between
?t!i Lindon in Connjctiqit.
\ Kt-ntccky. Minnesota Nor*.)
[? a I'klulioiiM and Washington.
^ v'.;iii<r lu ;111- dosing "\ivs od
P"!1, fiti'-ially sjt for Oc
!* '"tli. miirb'. easily swing ly of"
testate to one or the either can
?* iMili.-lm1.-, Autocasiter! Service
.uv \oik, |?rixtuev.rs of ja. aews
cr vi-,i(,vj ,or weekly newspapers,
^iatihif iu the capacity l' 4,na
^ sliaw-w.t! ht-ad-?quarters".
i.Uiiii newspapers wi:ch arv
^'i-'n iu conduct jig tha poll.
^ w charge of 'lie tabulations
N<iuartcis litre report j lat. th:
^tuumU r of bdlots ha" j beer.
l0(l ilio iatercst of tiu voters
^than ui aUy of ,,ie formei polls
'>} eoopei>j,'. ag weekly new ,>
is the fourtli nati'jrj-wid,
; t*n aiul rural Anierie* poll
?^Having boo a eondncteJ dur
1&24 impugn.
BETA
'By Mrs. W. B. Dittard)
,tv- R. C. SUe.irin tilled his rega
['ppointmcat :it our church, Suu
P The subject of bis sermon Wd*
** Ws md girls 4-H Clkbs met
"to?. Mr.Uckcy tvwk the iboys 011
N --q?, and Mrs. Eva^a give in
T?Uag demonstrations on table ^er
r fcd sewing.
PW attending CuUowheei sehoo.
TjJ Ma are. lie v. R. C. ShJwin?W.
(Ward, Lao ile Dills, WeiveV A)i?n.
p Van Carter.
and Mrs. Ed P litis and small
^?r of A.sho^illv arie visiting
Blv<S here for a fev liys.
^? Margaret and ehildrer
Miss Fannie .1. Moor a w^nt to
Sunday afternoon lo at
P* Htewardship Contest spoil
r-V the \Y.M. U.
' ? and Mj?. P. V. Stittwe'l ond
Macon, Gs., and Mrj. W
[ > ^ Webster, visitor pl W
I Monday.
l' *? Gladys Ensiey of LyucVburg
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TODAY and f |
TOMORROW j
(By Frank Parker CiockbriJge)
fOUTH approach
Whenever I. encounter a young man
?or a vouug woman who shows some
signs of understanding that inexperi
ence is not the best qualification foi
starting at tlw top, l tiry to give hiai
or her a helping band.
The son of an old friend oime in,
U> ask me to Itejlp him get a a news
paper job. I gave Uh0 boy's father hi?
first job, 35 years ago. I asked the
son wliatj his ideas about pay were.
"I don't oare what the piy is", h?
?aid. ''I know I don't know any
thing. I want to start at the bot
tom and learn." I sent, him to three
lewspaper editors who are always
iooking for young people who know
that they don't know anything yet*..
Another young man came iii. He
had ben offered $10 i week on :
.-?mail paper,, but that wasn't good
enough. He, too, bad n0 experiense,
but wanted to get in through a second
ary window. I toM him to come
back after he had revised his ideas
of his own value.
ART work first
One oi the annual events in Naw
Yodk is the outdoor exhibition in,
Washington Square of the works of
struggling yoiuig artist. I strolitil
arousd the Squaw i he otjher *iiay.
looking over the pictures and s'.atuary
Most of the elfortis w??re so terrible
thai., they were pitiful.
What's wrong with these folks."
I asked a sculptor friend who wa*
w i; linie. <v
"They think they know it .ill"he
replied. They won't take the
and do tie bard, slow work of learjt
Lng how ta draw before th^,
.start wit,H color and figuAjs. Of
course, they won't get anywhere."
It struck me that was sound criti
cism of fehc approach toward life of
many young people. They've ne>or
learned how to work or what rc?l
rurk means.
EDUCATION . . n?*er uid?
Wmdy real'y .omits for much m
iruman iiltuus unless he '.earns some
thing new every day, a,s 'oug as l1
C^ne oi the best-educated nu'?
l know never went to .school alter he
was He went to sea as a boj,
learned everything there was to learn
about, ships and navigation until 1 *
became captain of a great trans-AJ
Lantic liner. He found time, also, o
master three languages.
Now, in liii* retirement, he is Mi'
learning. He was at my house a fe-v
nigh# ago, -fDed with enthusiasm
over a radio set. he had built himaeli
A young radio engineer who was pres
ent said the old captain knew as much
about radio as he did. _
I knjow scares of men who keep
themselves young and abreas, of the
times bv trying all the time tQ learn
more about things cf which tfcey
admitl their ignorance.
SATISFACTION . , . ? mMter
Nobody, I believe, L veally satisfi.v
with life as ho faces U until and Uu
I ^eas he han made himself master of
nis owa part in the general scheme ol
things. The unhappy peopb I have
i ii;|>wn are chiefly these who have
: never taken the pains to master their
iwn jobs.
"Art is long and Ufo is abort", is
i true old proverb.1 It takes a Hte
ime to master any art or craft. The
Wto Daniel Chester French, one of
Jie world's greatest scupltors, began
work at 80 oil a star .t of which ho
ia*l dreames for years. "I have
never felt until now ibnt I had learn
ed enough about sculpture to expr&>*
my dream in stone just as I dwwnfc?
he said to me one day W- bi?
studio. "Perhaps this attatue will
make my reputation".
The sculptor of the grea? Lincoln
Memorial in Washington lad the
modesty which all great craftfemen
have. He knew there was ao macji yet
.to learn,even at 80.
PLAY ...... *****
j There is such a /thing as too mlieh
devotion to .learning. An extremely
ambitions young man of eeriou* mind
told mo not long ago tbafc he sj*nfc
all of, his spare time m stodyw*
life *aa too short, he said, "***
any of it in play.
CLUBS OF DISTRICT
TO MEET SATURDAY
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The club women of ; !ie First North
Carolina District of Federal^] Wo
men's CI uibs wild gather in Sylva on
Saturday far their annual district
meeting., Mrs. H. T. Jinn ter, District
President will preside '.at the meeting.
Speakers will lie Mrs John D Kob
iimm, of Wailaee, 5Irs. Htrrlcv Ren0
of Canton, ?md Mrs. C. W. Sav.ge of
MAnphy.
rlhe buaiiiesj meetivi? will In. held
in the auditorium of the Sylva Muth
odist church at 10:0'J o'olodk Sat in
lay morning. Luneh '.viii be served by
tho Twentieth Century Club aul the
Junior Club of Sylva, in tlu new
community house.
Invited gucsus are, Mrs. R. H. Li
11 lam of Ashoville, general federation
director and past president of the
?S^ate Federation, Mrs. E. L. NieKee.
past president of I ho Suite J.redera
.ion, Aire. Elizabeth Moiria^, and Mrs
J. M. Day.
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QUALLA .
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
There was an old ; ime spelling bee j
at Quol'ii school building on Sa.urday |
evening. Aboula "20 pt i.sons spelled.;
Several visitors, who did s: 'endid.
spellbig, were ]?resent. Prizes went to;
Mrs. Bei|t Coaiey a'<d Rev. F. E. j
H.m tsfteld. The words were givn out |
by Prof. R. L. Mad i an, of Western j
.'iK-olim Teachers College, frcm Web.
-jjc-r's Blue Back Spiellcr. Several box-:
...j were sold. Hawaian guitar music
by Prof R. L. Madison and Supt. M.
B. Madison and singing by Lenore En
'joe and his sister, Norma, was enjoy
: d by the audience.
Sunday, Hev. J. L. Roger? w .s <ac
.?mip^.iied to his appointniesit' by Re.
Xii*. Peak, of Bethel, who preached u',
ihe uiortuug service. Tliey stoprvd as
luuisr guo/.s with Mr. C,arl Uoyle^
l* L i ?j|.'
"tua ' .r??
?it Lovedale.
Mr. Dewizy fiHsley of Beta, Mr. Ru
fiw Johnson and family of Ela jud
Messrs II.G. and Hugh Ferguson
called at Mr. D. M. Slndcr's.
Mr Tlionias Owo i of Cmtoe: is vis
iting his sister, Miss Hester Owen.
"Mr. and Mrs Rang Matftjhcws visit
ed relatives ,it Bushniv, Sunday.
Miss Marv Battle visited Mrs>. D
C. Hughes.
Mr. D. K. Bait/tie spent Sunday at
Mr. Pen n Keener's.
Plrof. W. E. Bird stapled at his
Qualla farm awhile, Saturday.
Mr. T. W. MeLaugli'in ninde .*> trij>
to BushnoO. *( I ?
Mir. M. W. Klc/.z, ol New Y' rk, is
?spending a few days at his '^ualh
farm.
Mrs. J. E. Hoylc and Mr. an.l Mrs.
Clarenre Fn'ler left, Monday, for
their home at Thomasville, sfter i
visit among reUliwuL
LOOT STOLEN FROM
WEAVER IS FOUND
The finding of Uhc slot machines,
toaWu from Weavers' Filling Station
Eft BilL-boro, Sundjy night, by Jaek
son*eounty oi'fioers, 01 ;;lhc h- ad of
Tatuia'ai Creek, hsart-s to the belief
thaf u:. loa&c on j kxul peiycn v\ us iin
pticpted in the ho'jrl hold-up. for it. i*
?earned :ibat no one-unfamiliar with
the t' Savannah section find his
way iuio the counitjry < n liihe head ar
T^Aham s Creek.
At -ih:*!it eleven o'clock, Sunday
ni^.i three men, two armed with =?aw
ed-off fehoft gu is, entered (he station
presented "their arms t0 the o\yno.
and'^operjtor, Copt. A H. Weaver,
and escaped with sonu^hing like $10'l
in cahb. tliroe slot, machines and other
iiliojkv.
AM th? bandits fle<', Capt. VYeavjr
.?pai ^d.firo with in high-powered rid
of hi..: three I audits had j
'kerchief tiec eve - his face.
Oi
ham
BALSAM
\Vjp wish to thank ijt. John II. Wn
aOn^Lr. L. L. Coop---, and all of th?
road crew for The splendid work they
have done on our mads. The main
road through Balsun extends from
highiray^Jo. 10 at Cross Roads filling
skvfcjuxi tJU?ugh lialleugh Hit'e (a
Fh^'da containing about
f? ty e?&ages) to Fee Tree fiMp
C ?fn Pfct-S Dark Ri-lge and evora.'
iuil?d beyond ."tjhe honv ot T. 'i. C.
i)uMf^t'/t^.the U?;if18 of W. ?* Lee,
Sr./pf Waynes ville. The Aflml;?chiin.
ILif^w&^d Lumber Company, of Bilt
moitf, ?Bi*h;ised the timber on part
>f Logging cr:;ws au> cut
ting a^^Laulirig lo-:' to twsav
gl.that at*- miming daily,
jjjes bring the lninb? - land
raje site of the old Boiee
ftn lumber ytrd and aid
ing' 'Q&84&? Jwclr^o i HAiawopdj
5^r? v, ^
?lifrhnca of about ten miles.,
Also, all of thymic i from th-: Gras
sy Ridge mica mine is hauled ever
this rofcid. In fact, this roid is ir
-v.iE-.t-arJti use. Touusts also enjoy
driving over itj,- to view the b-aotiful
?oeuery, ? ... *
Chher vo wis here tih-,1 were aimost
:mpas?aMo are now bring pnt in goo.l
'v-.ndition. Again, we thank etch and
every man on the job for the poo I
work.
Several families w he rdturoed to
thrnr homes in Fir-rid), jwveral weeks
,have rejhuined 'o' Balsam, to
:ijoy the? rrol we.ith.-r mid <<* watch
h? Irres don their beautif'l fill
oloY-\ Some faaiili<>< will pr-Oablr
.-?naiii tiriil Xov<ii?ih-r.
' Hi ;. T. M. Ri 'kar f- and daughter,
Miss Iviti-, of Cinfos, "nave 'ens.-d
ono of the J. K. Kenn ;> cottag.-s and
will he here several v?:K8.
Every evenin.r for i,r*? pasr w?.t-k
MRS. J. 0. COWARE
HAS PASSED AWAY
Funeral sarvices for Mrs. J. D. Cow
aid, relict of the late J. D.'Cow ud, of
Cullowhee, were conducted nt the
Cullowhee Methodist (hurch, Wednes
day by the pastor, Rey. C. G. Hefner,
.issistcd bv Rev. Fr.d Forester, pes
kr of the Cull-owl let- Baptist '! lurch.
f;ite?im'!.'; wa.s litsado her hual uidin
i lit; Brown fciitetery.
Aoiive pall bearer? were 'iogerr
v'owud, m, Oscar, Willie, and Jim
/d Xorion, and Lewis .Smith. Flower
I '
*irls, who are graud daughters ci'
Lra. Coward, were, M irtha and (Lm
iude Hampton, Elaine Bird, Geneva
iJuchan ia, Rachel Cowaid, BoUy Cot
..?r, and Carolyn Stills oil
Mrs. Cowaid, who was ueiHy 83
..oars of lffcv diod shoiTiy yi ier noon,
,>:i Tuensday. She v. as l>orn i., tliis
. xmty, :uul a member of fnc ol
pim. cr families. Surviving arc
oven daughters, Mrs, Fannie Bi.ehan
:i, Mrs. l)avic Subton, and Mrs. E.
If. Stillwell, of Cullowlnee, Mtt. W.
). Hampton, Americas On., Mrs. R
? Bud, Guilford College, Mrs. A. A.
Utow.Ij Checne, Okla. 'and Mrs. G
M. Davis, Buckhend, Ga., bv it wo
brothers, W. C. Morten, Cnilowh<v,
and J. E. Norton, Eist LaPorte, by
25 grand children, and 10 great /rand
children.
SYLVA BAPTISTS
ELECT OFFICIALS
The el. el ion of officers and leath
ers for Sylva Baptist Sunday School
for the coming year was held, Sunday
morning and the following persons
are 'to serve: General Superintendent.
T. V. Hull; Associate General Super
intendent, H. E. Monteilh; General
Secretary, A. J. Dills; Associate Gen
eral Secretary, Miss Stdio Luck; Pi
anist, Misa Sue Allison:, ...Aa
G. H. Cope; Young Pempli, Reed
Queen; Intermediate, Miss Sn?j Alii
j-on| Junior. Mrs. H. 1!. Hoen'i; Pri
?tury, Mrs. B. 0. Painter; Beginners
Mrs. John R. Jones; Cradle Roll, Mi's
FT. E. Monteith; Home, Mrs. C. L.
Smith.
ROLLINS WILL PREACH HEBE
F??v. W. A. Rollins, Presuli .ff El
der of <Mio Wiynesville District, will
preach al fhe Sylva Methodist church
Sunday morning, land will con lnct tin
frw^ih Quarterly Conference.
Titers will be special mus'e by
Minn Virginia Gnstafson, vio.in in
sfovetor at Western rarolin.\ Teach
ers College. Miss Gu-.taf-on viH be
accompanied By Mrs. Orovcr \Yillce.a
Rev Mr. Je^np. ill. pistor. h>b!
sp.rial s^mee in ile Metinci*
cfarefc.
WEEKLY LETTER
FROM WASHINGTON
Wtaabikiglpn, September 30?As
one refAil't of the > resident'j trio
through the drought area 'n. the
Northwest and his conferences wifb
the Governors of the state* affeoted,
iuore con>id< nation th*,ii ever is beinr
given >(0 long-term planning looking
toward a |?ern*.uicjitt solution >t th *
Western farm problem. The Preiii
?h'li'ii has ap]M>iiited two committees of
government experts, 0!u- of which
is to study the ((uvsillon of er*?p in
ljui'uu'1' for funnel's end the oitfn r
fhe possible programs for impi-m
meii!t' of laud ust- in th'' dry an: j.They
are to report to the President by ?! n
?uay l.
The reeouuueudutio! ? ot die 'ke-at
Plains Drought Committee form tin;
ijusis ior the stiudies which the Presi
dent h:?s requested. Included lire tJm
iccoinmendatiuus for ?? system < f wa
Jar conservation going back to the
headwaters of the smallest tributiin -s
of every branch of 11gro ut, rivers,
which was outlined by Governor Lan
Ioii of Kansas, and which President
Itoosevelt found at Des Moines, tal
ied wi'ili the Drought Committee
i?U"as.
1 l*v indications, then lore, a > \Va: 'i
Kigton sees them, ;ire that whoever is
idecl.od President on November 3 will
make every possible effort toward the
development ot' water Mor.ige systems
i.i the dry country. That rthie would
?je a complete solution of the farm
problem nobody professes to bilieve;
but it would go a loig way toward
preventing u repetitio i of the distovM
which recent droughts have caused.
Another topic which has aroused -.
gn-at d<saJ of discuss on here is the
question of the j>osition of the big in
surance companies. It is regarded as
some* halt unfortunate ..that this M
should Wivi bceli inje*ed into;
W
Fr.ink Knox, lo the effect thrtt if the
present tendency toward inflation ron
tinued everybody's life insurance pol
icies or savings hank recounts would
be reduced in v.due. T ie unfortunate
?pant is that i!t has been taken ,in ttn
i tf.-rm.'d quarters,, to me.in tlhat Mr.
Knox believes thai the insurance
companies and the savings baots iiif:
?lot in a sotnd po^Wiio.i.
President Roosevelt's summoning
of seven life insurance presidents to
the White House was not a result of
Co1. Knox's statement. The invitation
for them t<? .1 i sense the whole insur
ance situation h.id g ?ne out befoi *
the Yiec-Presidcntial candidate <
?speech.
\Vh:it Mr. Jioosevel! disrusse.l wr ?i
the insurance mm was mainly f ?
r!iibjV?ri of meilgage. , i inns, espial lv
on farm propeittictt, >:i which i hifiit
iwrccntage of iiisuraii'e company in
vestiiwnf si wore made. It was ex
ploratory tinlk for the purpose of >**<?
ing whether the way might he open
some sort of an agreement u por keel
ing loan levels a<tt reason ib.e re
NatioTi to file earning power of farm
properties, ra/tJier than on the basi*
of their sale value.
It is generally recognized that a
_;?< ;Jj dual nt tin; farm mortgage diffi
culties iii tlKi West have their roou
i.i mortgage loans made on the highly
s|>ecul<ativ<; values that prevailed dur
ing the early and middle 1920S.
It is known (that the subject of in
flation was diseussed by the Preiidevt
und 'the insurance heads. It is beii.g
discussed, though^ by those eon ?
oerned with .the economic ftfture. An l
it is known that/ the system onder
which the Government has been mak
ing loans from the banks has i? salted
in increasing of hank credits beyond
the present ability of business '(? uti
lize such credits profiiably.
Whcs .a bank takes $J 00/HX) of Gov
ernment bonds and ?*? effect opens a
checking account for the Government
to the dollar value of the bond pur
chase, thaK. means tha1 new mo.iey in
the forf of bank credit ha a been
fronted. This new rroney is cheap
money in Me semse thrit there i \ mor
of i i t'nn there Ls a current demand
for. and cheap money always mean a
high prices.
There is noltihing in the preserf sit
uation to indicate, that this form of
rnvdill inflation will continue with
out limit, and there are grounds for
expectation that saf^ and profitable
uses for mo^t of this new cre.lit will
bo found before long by badness .and
itidnsfcry, thus warranting the banka
in broadening their loan poReLs.
(Pleas* Tom Ho l*g? f) y
c'A efflodem Joshua by a. b. chapin
HALT ? /
STAND STILL .FOIL
ABOUT A WEEK ??
WHILE- I DO MY STUFF/