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Sisters Association Ask
Chap!*11 Be Appointed
p0r General Assembly
January 20.?The ouc thing.
; tJitti iws emited tlio woal
*u?mt 'a the I'"'*'"1 th'Heral -As
%? mm em thsu the address ol
tavrwr StlrN'jrt, former Governor of
jsJiinn, i'??l t'oiumandcr of the
Mum Upon, and perhaps to b?
0pAiiiuip for i'itsideut of the Unit*
A &.*'?&! (uor<> tL"u inaugural
oi Otivcrw i llot-y, his messagi
l^aitting the Budget Appropria
li/U pil, or e? en the introduction
the bone drj biN by Mrs. Jlutchins,
olbon. the ?unouncement.
ud Sfciardaf ir.oruing, by Speaker
jiqg Cherry tlmt the ministerial as
(tjauoo vi Matoigh had passed a
aoJutioi requesting., the House o t'
jeprewntativr8 to employ a full
utt ebtphin a;.d pay him for hi*
ttriwi. Such service would be the
iroeatiou aen Morning, whioh would
qoiw ?i -in** ih?cc minutes of the
ja, oi aa ordained minister once
rery twe'ity-four hour*. Krom the j
be time ?l? rvol the memory of niau I
ifloetb mt to the contrary, it has !
eta the us'em :'or a minister, usual- I
j trorn KV.'i;'Ii beenmo of the pro
nquity, !o offer u prayer even
miaf, apc*j iaritation of the Houa?. j
liretot'ort it bus been considered an
cuer for n *nil.iet? r to receive such
i invitation and il' any of them ob
4ti to fOii.iiijj u;> to the House and
njing t'.r 'he wtety and security of
be State, ?;n?i for Divine wisdom to
tide tlu ewvtitive, legislative and
linal br: ncJiea of the State Govern
,wit, nobody has ever heard of ?"*b
bjwtion.
iKiturn'Iy the reading of tba ??;Ut
i Dr. J'dwia McNeill Vote at, pro#
t of the Ministerial Association u i
leijb, ?r< iited a deal of comment,
at of'it jn/nvorablc. Those who
Dt to hoar criticUm of ministers
tiie '-'i of tbc organirtxi
,?xpressec' keen regret that tho
preachers had initiated what
F/i<*uoi-!v called here "the preach
|l'?tnke." Therv u a feeling tin.
ruiautera ha vi to tome extent cu
tlvrs officially loose iroiu th?>
kerol \nembly, and have u a
|ottqucuC'.', lessened tho influenco for
that I toy u-ay hate some timea
?i-', which they may have oc
tu fry to exert again. The
*cdi of me ehureh aad of the
|iaiiteu 'fi; bnt feel regret that th?
iteru of Raleigh have taken whni
itjrbeiifcV" to h> an ill-adviacd atep.
|r Pot >???., m explaining the minis
poaitiun stated that the
ntum of fall time chaplain ia one
t exists ia most or the Statfa, that
I ?ouM lend more dignity to the pro
Si and that the miniatera often
their plans for a whole morning
out of joint by having to go
1 to the Capitol and offer a prayer,
[tlier people assert that nnder the
(?honored pl&u no Raleigh minia
?wid be cabcd upon to donate
free praying more than two or
timr* during a session of the
Asaemblj. There ia liquor
?tion and other social nnd hu
ntaruin legislation to be cosidere*!
the pri sent General Assembly,
i mimat?ra, especially Raleigh mia
usually want to bo heard on
i natters, and there ia a feeling
; they will not be welcomed in bo
*1 ft spirit ns they have been
?tofore, which is, of course, a sit
ton to be regretted.
P* General Assembly has gottei
r ahng with lis work ihun i \
Wer known it to be at this timi
liquor Ulls, wet and dry
? ?wn introduced and referred tv
^ttees, where they will be giver
within a short time. I hnv
u"ith many members of tl(
of tho Senate, and I havi
? talked wi.'h one who will not
' m private conversation
"Il ? frank;y not
1 nind as to what ia the bes'
. ^^i&g the liquor situation.
Gen??VHn ta^e ^ M a that
i (J*?* Assembly ia approaching
nn ?Pen wind, sin
'*7 * wlution that will
i *?tuation as it now
will,promot? temPer
T** he People of North Caro
1 that ??. i l>y f?o?t peo
! W* tn .u ^on letling down
Buj. fv a'ic of wine and beer
Uer J** Slt?ation worn in the
J th?t am! out in the country'
r titles. <Jlffercnce is noticed in
' ln eiLwf0?**1 ^)?6n
OYCtlr? th? task before
ZEJr*** u not^?w?.
ran Errors predict that
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge)
STEAM ???#,, fjHd
?ho other day I taw men working
on the first of loa new streauuiueu
locomotive* being built to haul passen
gers between New. York and Boston at
100 miles an hour. These new giante
of the pails are neither oieotrio nor
Diesels-^-they are ateau engines.
Chocking over some figures of rail
road speed*, I found that none of the
modern * high-speed trains wh**? as
fast tine as used to be made from
1697 on for several years between
Camden and Atlantio City. The regu
lar daily ?thedule called for tiO miles
an hour. .
Railway speeds slowed down when
steel ears replaoed the old wooden
ones whici weighed only half as mueh
But now the steam locomotive build
crs have put more power and speet
into the ''iron horse," and I look ti
see now leng-distanoo speed record:,
u.ado for heavy trains.
CHIMNEYS exit
Two uowspaper items about ehim
neys caught my eyo the other day
The Duk-i of Windsor, who was King
of England for a while, eiftertaineci
the ehimnoy sweeps of Kb res f eld
Austria, the boys who climb up (oi
down) ebimneys to clesn them. Am!
chemical ' ngineers meeting in New
Voile discussed a new way of ''scrub
bing" chimney smoke, to recover sul
phur and remove poisonous gasses.
All of which reminded lao that
chimneys nre quite a uew invention in
the long history of the human race
It was not until about the time that
Gutenberg invented printing, not long
before Columbus discovered America,
that peopte began to build floes to
oarry olf the smoke frfti* their,fires.
Before then, a hole in the rochf answer
ed the purpose, ad it does still witi
the Eskuuoa and the Siborian peas
ants.
Maybe chimneys will become ubso
lete again, when we do ull our cook
ing aud boating by electricity.
WI1CDOW3 .ri .... taxed
Thinking of chimneys made io?
think of windows. People put wiu
dows in their houses long before
they had ehimnoys, but it is only very
recently that ordinary folks have had
glass in their windows. Gloss was
for the rich. Poor folk used skins
scraped down thin enough to let some
light through, or oiled paper, after
paper begnft to be made.
Windows, with or without glass,
were long regarded as luxuries and
taxed as such. They still are in
France. A large part of the revenue
of the French government comes from
the tax on doors and windows. That
is one reason why the cottages oi
French peasants are so badly veatilat
od.
England abolished the window tax
in 1851, but some American state?
still levied it up to a very few years
ago, as the windowless barns I havt
often seen in Connecticut testify.
DISTRIBUTION
If you want to make a fortune, re
vise some sare-fire way of distributing
merchandise to consumers more econ
omically titan anyone is doing it now.
I am not joking when I, say there arc
millions to be mado by anyono who
;an do that, for millions upon mil
lions havo been made by those who
(cvised tne most efficient distribution
'ystems now in nse.
Chain stores, mail order houses,
advertising of every kind, are all
arts of tho most efficient distribution
iystm system now in use.in the cmw
/ystem yet evolved. Nowhere else in
the world are all kiftds of goods so
readily and so cheaply obained by
everybody as in America.
Prom 40 to 80 percent of what the
retail customer pays for most low
priced goods represents the cost of
retting the article into the consumer's
hands. Nobody .makes much
roflt anywhere along the line, but
everybody who helpB to pass any
article on toward the buyer has to
be paid out of the fital price. Find
way to cut i' that coet, young man,
i?nd the world will reward you with
ulliona.
FLYING 1937 service
It won't be long now before regular
irplano passenger service will be
available across the Atlantic. The lar
ost planes ever built are under con
struction in England-American avia
tion interests are cooperating with
(Please Two To 2)
On The Jfb?For Four Jfore Years
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WASHINGTON ... An inform*), bal a new portrait study, of Presi
Int Franklin Delano Roosevelt at hi* desk in the White House, shortly
before the inaugural ceremonie* on January 20th. which officially
itarted hla eecond term at the head of oar federal government.
BALSAM
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
oJm A. hcnney ?as buried in Oak
mont ocmeteiy Jaaaaiy 8th. Service
mtos conducted in <he home by Mr.
Henderson Jones.
Mr. and lira, fima findj an
nouce the Lirth oi an eleven and a
All* jioand <rirl, January 13th.
Messrs. John T. Jones, Vernon
Jones, Jack Arriagtoa Bay
Brooks motored to Charlotte and Con
cord Friday and apent tke day. ~
Mrs. Km.'line Rcod, MibS Alb?
Barnes, Messrs. Elbert Itcece and Diek
Hartman went to Clinton, S. C., Fri
iy nnd r??iurned Saturday.
Mr. Hf'iU ri Bryaon and two child
ren, and Mrs. Shirley Watson and two
children arrived Wednesday, from
)etroit. ' \
Mr. Bryson and ehildren, accom
panied by Miss Essie Dean, returned
to Detroit Saturday. Mrs. Watson
and children w'l remain for somo
time with Vr parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Rnfe Jones.
We were pleaded to see the names
of two of oar Balaam boys, Charles
Beck and Louia Oreen, on the list of
roperlatives in the senior class of
Sylva Central High School. Appre
ciate the compliment, boys, and win
?tin higher honors in the future.
COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
WAS FORMED LAST
Members of different organic
of the community met last week aid
formed a Community Committee. Tha
meeting was held at the homo of Mrs.
W. K. Chapman, with Miss Leah Nksh
ola, representing 'he Junior Club, J.
C. Allison, the Board of Aldermen,
W. T. Wise* theLions' Club, R. C. Al
lison, Chamber of Commerce, Bd
Sloan. Rotary Cluh, Mrs. Harry Br
ana, Harae Demonstration Clubs, Mrs.
D. M. Hall, Mrs. Orover Wilkes, Ma,
S. M. Rasmnson, Mrs. W. K. Chap
man, Twentieth Century Club, and
M. B. Madison, County T^oard of
Educate.
The following rules, governing tha
use of the Community House wan
adopted:
The House is to be used i'or recre
ational purposes, such as story hoar,
handicrafts and things of the sort.
The Homo Demonstration Clubs to
continue their Saturday curb market
A library aud reading room to be
started as soon as possible. The
profit from all dances, banquets and
ard parties, held for gain, to be ap
plied the House indebtedness.
Private parties not charging ad
mission to pay small fee to take core
?f operating expenses, all affairs to
baptist brotherrood has
ELECTION _OF .OFFICERS
The Brotherhood of the Sylva Bap
tist church held a banquet ou Tuesday
night of last week, at which tira* a
program was presented and officftrt.
for the year wer? elected. The sup
per waa prepared by the men, with
some ef the UmUhs of the missionary
society assisting and having charge of
the serving.
The program was featured by two
t a 1 ka . ft e v. Murk Q. Tuitk,
pastor of the Methodist church spoko
on "The Place of Men in the Church'?
and Mr. Leonard Allen spoke on ''The
Place of Men in the Sunday SchooL"
The Royal Ambassador boys, W
by Mr. Garland Jones, were present
and shared in tin meeting.
At the close of tb3 program the
following officers were cl.osou lor
the year: Ppresident, Mr. H. K. Mon
teith; first vice president, Ml Cheater
Scott; second vice president, Mr. C. C.
Buchanan; sercetaxp-treasurer, Mr
John R. Jones. /
Twenty-six mea and boys were
present for the meeting, although the
night waa very inclement.
PRODUCTION CREDIT BODY
? WILL MEET TUESDAY
The stockholders of the Ashevilk
Production Cred't Association will
hold their annual meeting on next
Tuesday, at 10 o'clock, in the court
house, in Ashevilie, according to in
formation received from J. A. Hudg
ens, president of me association.
The association serves sixteen
western counties, among thme being
Jackson. Mr. iludgens says that
every of the association is oxpeoted
to attend the meeting, at which a
report of last year's operations will
be made, directors will he elected and
made for next year's operations.;
The officers and directors of the
??station are: J. A. Hudgens, presi
dent; A. J. Dills, vice president; W.
H. Overall, secretary-treasurer; Mrs.i
BUBe Benefleld, assistant aecretary
; Harry L. Nettles, R. B.
aitl S. C. Bennett, directors.
ehaperoncd.
The Committee appointed an Exeec
utive Board, consisting of the follow
tag BMkn: Mrs. David Hall, J. C.
AIMmo and Mrs. S. M. Itasmuson. Al?
persons desiring to use the House
iknlA pi tooch with members of
the Executive Board, and any, sugges
tion, criticism or complaint should lx
with the Board. >
8L M. Rasmusou is secretary
of the Commuity Fund.
ngress To Decide Fate
Of Emergency Measures
v- r
A'ashington, January 20? The new
Congress started off under a lull bead
ol iteam by enacting a resolution plug
ging a hole in the neutrality act . of
laei year. There was nothing, in the
law to prevent any American Iron
selling war supplies to either party iat
a civil war such as is now going oa
iu bpain. The State Department had
been compelled to grant licenses for
lb* export ol several million dollars
worth of second hand airplanes and
?ginrn which were sold to the spaniah
rebels by a Brooklyn dealer Who had
nought them at u United-States army
i bene munitions bad already been
oa a ship when Congress con
The effort of the new Congress
was to r ush the new law through in t
&M t? prevent lhe ship from sailing. *
'fowever, it is now the law that here
no American may supply arms
ft* anybody taking part in a civil war
?aywhers in tne world.
TLsro is a distinct ieeUng in Was
JUg'on that ^he State Department- is
?bout the Euorpean war 'out
Jo-jk. Signs are numerous that a
laigs scale international conflict is
brewing in Spain. This- country may
not get involved though there is al- a
ways that danger, but just in case,
Jic President hna ordered work to b?
h<-jgun, immediately, on the construc
tion of the two biggest battleships
tfcat we have ever built. They will
ci>et about $100,000,000 and will tako
.iboat three yean to build.
While there is talk on every hand
shout a constitut:onal amendment giv
g Congress authority to legislate on
abor relations, there is not an immsd
. likelihood that such a resolution
'mil be adopted this year. Congress
was considerably impressed by the
? sident's reminder that the Consti
tution already has sufficient breadth
t? permit government to meet twenti
eth century social and economic prob
in a progressive way, and that
all that is needed i9 u enlightened in
t<r pretation."
That is, in effect, what some of tba
iiM-mbers of the Supreme Court have
lalso said in the the the past four years.
The latest Supreme Court decisions
have given much satisfaction to the
more liberal minded.
The Court's reaffirmation of the
n^ht of peaceaHe assembly resulted
in setting free a man who had been
arrested two years ago in Oregon.
fjirk d.'.Tonre attended a meeting of
the Communist Party. There was no
evidence th?*t anything treasonable
van said or done at that meeting, but
mi the theory that nay Communist
meeting must be crimin.nl the Oregon
police arretted CeJonge?and the Su
preme Court if the Uaitcd States in
aft unanimous opinion set him free.
In another decision the Suprena
CT?urt ruled that .when sny slate
adopts a Is w forbidding the importa
ion of orison-made goods, it becomes
a federal offense to ship such goods
4nto t-hhl state. This decision has
been held by some commentators to
Make it nnneeoessary to continue the
effort to l-atify the pending const i tu
tfawl amendment forbidding the in
terstate shipmen' of goods prodmu d
!?r the labor of children. ... -
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Nevertheless, President Roosevelt
has issued a strong appeal to the legis
Insures of all of fhe states which have
|*ut ratrffcd the child labor arm n-1
neut, urr?nt? them to act upon it
stjieodily.
Twenty forr ststes have already
ratified the amendment but twelve
i iore m ist do so before it becomes a
part of the federal constitution. Form
or Pr^sid^at Hoover has joined in
the appeal, declaring that President
Roosevelt is entirely right.
Tbe amendment w as first submitted
'o Jhe statee in President Coolidge's
administration after the Supremo
t'r art had ruled lhat Congress hsd no
power to prohib't the shipment of
products if child-labor in inter-stats
i ?ne of th.? first big-jobs whieh Con
gress is trying to get out of the way
is the continuation and extension of
come of the emergency legislation
wlijrh expires by a limitation in the
emirae of the nevt few weeks.
Three bilLs are under way, one ex
tending until .Tune 30, 1939, the lend'
>:ig authority of the R. F. C . and
voiae of the ot'ier federal lending
agencie*; a second extending to tho
Nine date the President's discretion*
ary power to devalue the dollar and
<ML-tiira*ng the two billion dollar cur
rency stabilization fund; the third
j continues for the same period tbe
J authority of the Federal Reserve Bank
? * i* * i i i ? nafM atriinit
sytUm to lasa* currency notes against
trove ram ent securities.
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