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? i rutins ij>\.\s( /?: lv the couxty
ongress Back In Session,
(|as Difficult Task Ahead
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:I' : |... \ nt real VflSTi
% Lik.' i!- tWi> P*edoci*
i '"Si ,-tJ ^uul:ru-e from the
l!'w v will he much ^
'^liCr.?ioiul ^dependence".
' Viif unMimption that :io
rt- viiai iinpi?rSainx> will bo
t^'or on-""'1'^y fonfrrivswitli
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T'l .'iVitivt Ol .he l'nMident.
1? -uiintat. >intv the only
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nl:i,: i ' I"' '^"re ls *'?
f ? ko. !?:?'}?. Ami w!ii>
J . . V) ? ;jii!v tiist '.osi'il, tlu
r .li.isr'lieve is that i.
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r ritially th?' sanu
IIJOVV ? 1.
:i i- past lour war.-.
J,'????.?? idi%?? will be jm
Apr.nil mi 10 doubt will hi
..ii;r? ;l - ?' ns?!i?latL:iK th<
; Hp.i,. ul revising1 th
CorffiOSSO..
[it|i||?. b<v> workahlc.
,iftli"'i">P J t0 'M>
r>;?^i,:.:i -ii "t' tin* Kxeeu; iv
iiiiil m i ' ni. uis. Aimb.4 cv
si ??!.;!> i fi fil t<? <1 ?> th: . ha
t -. |);iu In i-ii c'?'tt?'r.:ily hl.yjk
T.;?r? piv;i.!i'iit Uo.iVOf WOM'
. hr -aid tlia1. either "Con
niV!,! :-]? :! hands < ft" now, o
mirt t'ivt :?> 'i!.v Mtceessor much
r . 'i .i!c;v i!?-nt :""ti? ?*
!-v, '".".i u'M'n tv> any Presi
Tin .i ?, of Conyivsri was
?j.? . ' -Mr. HoDfjl'VOlt's
?arjii'^i \ in tL*' '* 4 *i?t n
>1 mi/- ? i? !??1 - ni ! itv 1o (Vn
!'? - ?. 11U ? * I'X.M'llt i\'?? l?l?
L<; Minis' I'ro-iilrnt unni<?'
ri;tiv 'i> -1ii ly and rej>>rt t
|dw?f t? '? .>?>?:. rios ihonl !
?;iijk-J o!' and how tli?*
all! !.y ? -t:.i .'li<Uitod. Coni
!. dli. i- i* .md Sonato n!s ??
L.My t'.?? subject The out
Icwi- for a pivtty general rf?
V1"''' "i ^?verrum?ntnl do
wn, vviMi '.'iitKT efficiency anil
Ifiteftoa ;i> tin' main abjoclive.
f n^iii nb.il*' 1(- to a lo{>i''nl ro
wing of D(lniiiii>tmtivo functions
fbf l'uiuii in I'uiipross itself, fov
miifHi ol |-i?T p. ical patronage C.U1
|!>- uv.' luokixl. Moroovor, ir.osi of
Iftwmui-nt Jcpiirtinont.-i and hn
ilcHf wcil-optaiiixod mothixls < f
f"? 11 res.-aiv" on Congres* fo
W1'. rithf-r tlian cut down, tho!r
?j mid [M K|uisitos. ?
Roosevelt stands ^ littler cban?e
Sing Omgrcssionai support in
in of the.ve iHwriul pressure
Lm .my |(icviuus PresiiU'lit e\e,
lirai (rtis ltd-111* ojX'uiup of Con
Who ioiiipli !. t| hy the filling of
W :?rri|T tni<c.> w I lich it ami on
'>i'li of tin* ?loor'to 1 he Seiiiile
ita. TLis is .ni u r'Mit cilatoir,
J ii? ti (it nrj(f Wnshinjftoir.-i
Till- ( '\V I? ;u;- t?r li\e
arc regular .-"lufT-t^ktT-*.
utiy .in u wini i iUf an occ. siou
fh iron: 1 lit' Senatorial snnit
?> ?n ilu tl;fi?ry trnt a
h.-lps t,i wjinl oft an inijHVul
^1 'ml .-li r; \^cJ Senatorial
tor u
" ni il,,-. s\atc, 30-yc:ir
tali!?. ll.lt, in" WoSt Virjn"lin
tli<rl|iliii. ,| liv lii* ntlcr ool
'? !?:? i tu- i.i-uj^-nwrwhich h?'
M Holt nv.
^'Ui i|( ],. I'.' itii'imii of Kari >
^ Mcral IM? f AdmiuUtrn
M ikriii:.',?b.- political e.iin
y J '
:n ??' aUi o|?]niM ,l t lic ivelceti'
M. M. N,.,.l. y, hi* Demo
^pn|l"acru, fmr \\Y.t Virgin*
7* w ?'u cx|?|i),i.,ii in prosper I
'? V. \? which niay lu\e
\ 'I ?
1 Tl t*M:M*i|Ui'nros. It is n<?
r .?l:ia Art Im,- W. T. V
?'Unutrator. !U?| |,|H a.-si-t-vit
^ W'"ntUl, ire at swore '
Wr nr<' nu fold ?
^ Of ,K,Ucy. 1),, M(>r?en;
\\\y * farr> ??t tli?' TclUlOS.Cf
,iw!i^mnu]
as ;,n ^l'10 i*,vu'1,
^ I'owcr iMimj?anil?.t for
"1 iii.|t||^U,'l;'1 encouraKO
f ?*nc?l a- ' uf public
^lr r'h'1,111 ?vm,.|).s. to put
Cirs""-; ?
^'^n tt T ,rr? >u?d a
f 14 W hit wo I^nts of biew
KWi, . *'?f?'rwi,w 1'ist
lv t... . '"w s.i'i'i? ?1 ? ?
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^dnuiustratioa'i
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank P.atker Stockbridge)
SEUBT ... . an idea
One of my neigkl>ors nude a sugges
tion the other 4ay of u way to
down the number of persons on relief.
'' Pultl.oh the names of all v.*ho are be
ing supi>orted by the tax-payers," Ik?
ottid. l'ost then: on the bulletin bo mi
in every t'oAt <>Tiee and Town Hali.
?*;nd the amount tley are gefiiii;; .?
the public iuuds.''
I think that is an idea worth con
sidering. Once everybody in the com
munity know who was being pud for
not working, and how mucu, u good
many would bo shamed into taking
work when it w.?i oilered.
me coat oi ivi ei can never be eu?
au long 'la loik K'-a it etasier a:ul more
?-tinilo. luiOlu lo live w u lie Ui working,
i have no sympathy w it a the juuj
etpics oL Cumn.uMim, but 1 was im
pressed lbe other uay whoa t ivau
that Si-ui.i, tno liietaior oi Uussaa.
,o.?<l i?j?u'!'i an <tncL tu.it *'he wn>
.lotu not work sliui; not eat. ' Thai
>iU) the ru-'e ot the i'lymouin Coon}
it is the only sound basis on wmci.
any social order can long ^i-dme.
v6ixi? aliens
Ano-her neighbor made auo.niT
^csiiua, u hu ll mu routed me a:nl Ux
list oi' i'iie i;'.cu[i Wt?v wo..- ill eu-vui:;,
the relief alituuiou. 'I n. I lot 'e...
,ote," he saitl. "i'rok:bly it eau'l U
uone. but suppose tiie suite shuui*.
p^ah a law disfranchising everybody
who is being supported ac pao.ie e.\
,/I'ILm'. ' 1 ??
Aooo.ly knows e.v.u.ly how man\
(Xople a iv drawing relief motley with
.?? wili.nu, wo k?:ig lor n. ime oi
the reasons. 1 .uu told, why lhe taki-ig
of an unemployment census has been
delayed, is the belief thai it woum
t'uicitv>o the f-tiet that A auiiioii or tw#
in ens, illegally in t l;i, count ry, a?
living at tlwr Expense of American tax
papers.
That would put it up to u.-> to sei.d
them bauk where they came from,
which cau t be dene for two reasons.
We have i"t ships enough, and the
? ? ? ? 1 . i ? I
eounUies ot tiieir origin woman t
'eat land.
MINLilALS ownership
Who owns the mineral resources ol
the nation! lu Pcinisylvania und in
California that u nest ion Ls up again.
The big anthracite coil companies o.
i'cuu.sylva iia o'hut du?vn many miiuis.
(.'employed miners and others huve
been working mint*-) m*l makingu liv
ing seliiug *' bootleg" cual. i'ublic sen
timent has k?'|>t the iiuUioritioa i'rom
inUrfeiing with them. (.ioveruur JS.irle
sit.Vo he wants 10 hu\e iho e^ul declvied
j ubiir property, r.o iiiat ? myotic can
mine ii un L1* license irom the s.'vile.
In Oalil'ornia jiuiny oil wells are
away out under iho Pacific Ocean,
1'h.t .state claim-; ownership; nul some,
oil operators pay tho state ror the
right to tako out the oil. Now tho
Federal government says California
cioosn't ow i tho wean or the oil under
it. but thit it u the property of the
nation.
The New Yoik law is that n^l min- i
oral deposits belong to the state. He
gaivUeos ci' who owns the surface land.
I'tjyouo can Hie ? mining claim by
agreeing to pay I bo .state one-quarter
at the l'o.vcnut! from it. That seoius
like good sense to mo.
FLOWERS . c . grower*
I've Ik night (or wife has, which
omes to the samo thing) a good many
.uiidicd; oi packa ;e l of flower so^tiIh
::i a lifetime. Some of them "calno
i|>" and bore flowcfns which more Or
><'.?*> reuwngied the picture on the pack
iyo o'' iu the, catalogue?ami lols of
'cm didn't I
Ever have that hnppea to youf
The State of New York lias a new
law which puts n penalty on anyone
-telling flower wedu whose bloapoma
ittitude toward public utilities. 1
For a hundred years or so there
tins been much foilk of limiting Pres
ents to a single tcirm, but making
il longer. T>alk of tn.it HO'i Jia* been
iwived, and Hejuvsenhitive Tinkham
tho be-whi dccred Congressman from
Boston, hn.i a joint resolution raady
to submit iVr a Constitutional amend
inent the Presidential teim at
?ix years and no re-election.
While tho general idea is favored
by ninny members of both Houses,
it would stn'nd a bettor "hftneo of
remits comideitation, no doubt, if it
came fnom y, Democratic member, in
ctead of a Rejpeblioao.
PAT STOCKHOLDERS DIVIDENDS
Suwklu litar dividend paymcnta arc
ready, at tl.e warehouse her^ of the
Farmers Federation, slate: Jacal man
ager td Hooper. ...
The dividend i* 3 p#- ceut lor th?
halt' year on both preferred and com
n*r,n stock. This lXiite of 6 per cjnt
per year his been paid for th? past
three years by the cooperative organi
zation.
Tbare are about 300 Formers Fed
t'ration stockholders ja Jackson county
m<fitly 1a~n:ers who put, up the work
ing capital for starting the warthou-X'.
tj
K<?eh county si'i v?l by tlu* Fede.ation
eration is represented by two or more
membcrs on the board of directors.
Jackson I'uiuUy members ate Thomas
A. Cox, CuLlowhee, and Carl Jamison
Glen vi He.
MRS. THERESA PRTJETT PASSES
Mrs. Theresa Clementina Diilard
Pruett died at her home at Big Ridge,
last Sunday, after an illness of five
months' duration. The i'uiieioi wrvice
was eond'ict'xl at the Big Ridge Bap
tist church, b.v the pastor, Rev. J. E.
Brown, ai <ne o'clock Tuesday nflor
uoon. lnteni:?ut was in the c-hu.<ih
cemetery.
Mrs. Pruett was bom Au^uat 8th,
I860, the d::.lighter of David .jnd Edith
Oil lard. She wv.s n tarried to James
Prurtt on A pril 6, 1879, Mrs l'mett
iVa.s the Mothd' ct' twelve ehi'dre.i.
.line ol' whom, with her husbanA *;w
.ivy her. They are Mrs. Floion<>c
Mocre, J.mow, lien and Will Pju?.:u
Mrs. Mary Fishtt' and Mr. Ida Fwher,
ol Big Hid<e Mj?. Minnie Parker,'i
Tuckaaeiiyp-j and Mf?. Edith Fia.-.er,
ot' CileuviMe. One b;other, Janea
Dillard, of Sylm, also survive*.
/
? ?
iloa't iiitfeh tiie piet uhm. I don't
.jhvw ivaH-U.tr tht? wil! result in ton
ing down the pic'uiefc t.r improving t)l?
.ci'ils, Luc a> me 'n sterns w naparat
to protect :te1km*r pftitto as aayotfT
elwe. The more llower gardens th*
better. ?
GRASSHOPPERS . this year
Jiwt as the farmers of - America
have begun to look forward to the
largest wn-ut tix?p ou record for 1937
the Bureau of Entomology comes along
.uid take.* .lie joy out of -lite by pre
dicting th>* world'a hirjjcul crop 01
grassliopjH.Ts for thU year, in most of
tlw whva' growing -
They've iK'e.n counting grasshopper
eggs?ih>| .ill of thriu. or course, but
< uougli in elect ?hI aunples of earth to
givo an i<h'a of the total?and t.he re
sult id jwsaimistic for all t.he wl e.it
?itatos except Miuneso^ui, Wisconsin
and Michigan.
Which indicates ajjaiu that If MoiJi
er Xati|"c I < left alone .die will ftnd lor
own way *?> sol to the problem of crop
control.
B - OT JACKSON
If FASEOrOTON OS G^STMAB
u'-tioa has ). ta received' hy
irt this t- >? <v rf tin d^tf
W* Terrell in Belliiighinij Wc?h
iM
V Terrell was stmek by a ear aiid
instantly killed, no.y fcih boaie
on Chriitmas Day.
i ^kytiativc of Jaekson, Mr. Tarrrdi
Qoalla unicJ his young man?
hofcfL when he went to Watdiingtoa
a daughter, Mrs. Ermiiui
rf BcHingjbam, W;;.U?ington,
'earell 'u sumvod by a sister, i
C. A. Bird, of Caliowhco, a'
i', Mr. J. K. Tttxell, of QualLa,
aid father relative,* juid friends in
acloMn aad Swain comities.
1 _?
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; i- BALAAM
.' ?
'?j'
(By Mrs D. T. Kniglif
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Crawfrrd an
itazuee the birth of a tine girl Eliz
beth, bori Deecntber 30,
1'
From wh.tt vo cau a i?.<-iatand,
>vwybody bene had a good Ohiijlt
iOd, with poaoe and plenty. Al
hough many bad fireworks, their
/ore no casualties. The we it hor wt*
deal; snow oa the ground and clear
verheod,
Tie young people mjoyed attend
ing the i&riife? in Sylva ar.d \f<>yzu3Kr
/ille.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baines spent!
>hiistmas Day with Mrs Bainos'
other, Mrs W. J. Oogdiil, in Asl;e
ilia
Several C C. O bor, spent the
Ailidiys here, with their parents.
? Robert ?*nd Elizabeth Cojie, of
laheville, spent part of tlui holi
Liye with their aunt, Mrs. Waiter
Raines. '
Our Whooi reojteiKjd Monday, with
t&xi, attendance.
JUNIOR ORDER EAB BAXWBT
The .kw?l eouncil Junior Order.
A and theiy fagr.
Ike are Holding their annual banquet
onight.
BAPTISTS AT WOSK
(By H. M. Hocutt)
The attendance in all th<? services
and tie prevailing spirit airoag those
pcaent at (he Baptise chuioh last Sun
day, indicated a pood send off iur the
New Year It is encou?uging to se?
wore people on Sunday at the Lord'i
House. Kext Sunday should bo better.
Let every pupil ii> the Sunday School
[and every member of the church be
there promptly on time. Rera?inber
the hour o'' services:
Sunday School 9:45
| Preaching at 11:00
B. T. U. at 6:30
Preaching ait 7:30
AH visitors arc cordially invited
fcnd will bo given a warm welcome
p*>:
(By lin J. K. Terrell)
| Sunday morning liev. McR&e Caw I
lord preavbed at the Methodist
eliurch oa the ?ub jet: ' (jtacious
Words"?That the gospel is to be
'preached U> the poor, hroken
jkeurud, caotives, brui.itfd.and blind.
?He waa a ilinner guest u.'- Mr. H. (j.
Ferguson '3, who wecoiupanied him to
|his appointment at Ecfaota, in the
Coming h-4 <i surprise to her fiioads
iu thia section, wa^ the marriage <?f|
~lka Btcth Ferge^jon to Mr. Eliu
[Stockton, of Canton. The marriage
took plaee a W!ayriesvil]?, on Deeini
'?er 29th. Mrs 6tockton, the iLiugh
ef of Mr. and SI'75. Paul Ferguson,
s one oi' our popular girls. She has
?cen employed in Caaton for the paat
fear. They visited Qujlla relatives
?last week. They have returned toj
Janton, P' here they will make their
home.
Mr. Candler Childers and family,
?f Waynasville, visited Mr. and Mrs. j
tolman Kinaland. _
Mr. Lawreucc Crisp and family,
'i Uryjou City, were ?guests'at Mv.
"arl Hoylo's, Friday.
Mrs. (}. A. Kinsland and Miss
Kins I? nd visited Mrs. JItabert
lloifcqn.
Mt.i. A. C. lloyle is visiting' rola-1
.??? at Cherokee.
Miss Mary Battle ?nd Mr. aa?|
fin. J. M. Hughes called at Mr. D.
J. Hughes'
Mr. and Mr*. Ted Kinsland" called
?xi Mr. and ifrs. Glenn CondeU, at'
Jhvrokce.
Mm. J. H. Hugh**? visited Mrs.
iolmau Kiiioinnd. 0
Mrs. Mary Kinsland and mn, Ray
Mrs. Eunice Jynslartd and Mrs.
Viola Terrell ffmed on Mrw. Mary
Hughes ind Mrs. Franiws -Hughes
Monday.
Dqring :i time like tho present,
<rh?i the " main idea" seems to be to |
yet a job or help some one else to get
one, why .not let the assistant mail
carrier deliver the mail on rural nwtgi
that 110 one would object to this plan.
Hundreds .-aid thousands of folks can
}et no mail, not even their papers to
read, on these holidays, of which these
ire six or more, during the year, often
omiiig on Saturday or Monday, when
they have no mail for two days togeth
ar. I
How about getting some party or
:oarti?s interested who will use tlieir
nfluewo 1 o get a law passed to tyris
effect? Whom oould We servdf Or
who would go?
A^id, by Hie way, as to the "Forgot
ten Bond" we arc nVvut, to decide,
judging by the past, thit there's only
Dne chan.*? for this road to be re
membered, and that would be to re
quire the "road men" to nmke. oue I
trip over *%ia roed at the present time,
or at ?any other time, then we are
;ure that our roe?d wHl at l?ist be
nemembered.
| c&(k's On Vfis TiOay by a. b. chapin
ALLEN RETURNS TO W. 0. T. Q.
Cullowhee?Professor C. H. Alia?
hida jeturwd to Western Carolina
Teachers College, where he will serve
us direotor ol' the training school, iu
the 'absence of Miss Cumdclia L'anip,
Who will be studying at Columb a
University during the winter.
Professor Allnu, former head of
the depart lent of education at Cullo
whee, has geen attending Cieoige Pea
body College i or Teaohers, at Xa&tt
ville, Tennessee, since Sepu-mgcr 1935
While there he completed U. require
ments on his Doctor oi Philosophy
degree, which will be awarded him ?t
the Con volition in June. llo linjorcd
in school admisistration and minored
in education psychology.
lie is a member ot the Plii Dc'ta
Kappa and while at Peabody and
way treasurer of tliis 1 rat emit y,
OLD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Henry Moore, oae of the Oldest oit
i*en? of this community, died at the
j-hoW o;' a son here, Wednesday, after
a thirteen weeks' illness. He was 79
ycara old. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. R. F, May berry. Burial wja
in Old Field cemetery, at Beta.
Surviving -.ire live sons, Claud, Elso
F>J and ?lcs;C Moor*, of Syka, Crarlt*,
oi Gaston?::, and two daughters, Mrs.
j,T<?n Ceward, of (.'aney Fork and Miss -
Sfdic Moore, of Sylva.
SYLVA ATHLETICS TROUNCED
BY CULLOWEE'S CATAMOUNTS
Weston Carolina Teachers tamed
hack fhe Sylva Atliletic Ave in one of
the hardest, fought basket bill games
of the season, Tuesday night, on the
Sylva Higi Sohool court.
The Athletic Club took an early;,
load and held it through the first
quarter, but, just as the half whistla,
brew, th* 'l eachers tied the score at 13
13-all.
White, with 18 points, topped the,
geerers, but tallied only one moro
point than Sellers, Sylva's star center
ir The -8y>r** Athletio Club came
from behind in the second game to
register a 49 to 45 victory over the
Junior Varsity Catamounts.
All of the Sylva Club saw action in
l*Xh games. Sellers won high scoring
honors in the second game, registering
19 points.
BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD
TO MEET TUESAY NIGHT
Next Tuurtday night, January 12th,'
the Men's Brotherhood of the Sylva
Baptist dh'ircli will meet at .7:30, at.
thf ehurch. A goo<l program will be
put on by the men, and new officers
will l>e chose? l?r the year. This
meeting will be in a Sunday School
room, with the men sitting around a
banquet tvible together. Fifty men
men are expected to be present at
9iis meeting .
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
ST. J#HN'S CHURCH
Rev. George Lemuel Granger, Rector
V) A. M. Holy Communion and Seneko
All most cordially Invited fo thia
service.
"Hi-Ho Every bod/' J
NEW Y.ORK . ./This perky tuf^
ban of black antelope with row*
of stitching to emphasize the slant
ing lines tops the season's smart
hats to be awarded, the moniker
erf "Chimney Top."* .It is.new; it
it correct and it has already caught
Dm tancjr of derer stylista.
?a