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nuu i ? . ? ?^?rnm&*3KKm\ 'i '? * SSSMto??Ifc* *?fc*^J?^S55S3^Mil?? t IN THE COUNTY 8YLVA, NORTH CAROLINA# THUE8DAY, MARCH 4, 1987 ? ? =CS= v YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Slates Enters Uient Race, U -W??h 3-TLe Senate " Ration* toiun'iUec has , a peruianc'it Neutrality bill, . Hkefy to be u serial i-uauge. The objee recourse, ?o keep the United 0f th.' European War which |W (h- imminent. a?-'or jliwisi' of the bill arcl mhT embargo on arn:& and on (jovenuueut money to powers f ?,ib broHii power granted toi teidi'Bt tv> forbid Americans to -jBVrtM'ls m bellmen fits or toj Lrgoo<y o^?'r "'h^n arms, upoti vLfjca* declare u" ejubai^RO, oni Imielin vessel. * jn time oi p* ace the Presi r^lj divlare cenain connnodi Yiplwnciits of war" and iorbid ' Liporl Hltliou! a .Federal license. L ?liis or a:iy or W possible Act Lgn-aS would effectively keepj outiv out ot u war involving nations of if'c world is ner pnitionej by >en.e of the Sena lor whom Senu?/:r Johnson of I is the sp-Ki-Mii.in. He de-i ljj?t it cannot po>sibly work. srtituiie of (.????.jjress, however, of politicsl isolation for the J,Wi, a" aft i Hide which those [j^ it do not repnrd as contra il to the Secretary of State's' j of economic internationalism, fironswttlit with our participa-' j tie i'it>'i national armament [awhich ail the great powers are I j i pointed out by sotr.e shrewd m th# tho frantic efforts of nd, Germany Japan, Italy, Iius-f <i France to prennre for anofhe)*! tur before thev have finished j ?%'ortbr last one, have been sti "?-J ntt-r than ?becked by the t t':e A;.ie-i<\-ui jiolicv of lv. L,m wsr thv- ulligerent na .ijNrti the United Spates a for vsr m?'? rkitfr but for ft r. Hon tr.4 .,th<*r COlCtftfXi V di-! 'ii.i produce then: I.Vjv tli.y .'if ; Tiaid that they ,;?. ;Y. ??. ;vi eh supplies I :i\ ?ir,o o' tVe ocean so ,they ) vr'M.ire themselves ?j" oi. tlu'ir < w-i l-csources. l i ib o h -r !*:r:r. novers eitlarg i?*r:.a\'?:, it s r-r.s cssen* al for Jc ( u simio as \ ;n:?tter of na^ J- tens". Now wo are comrr.it hai'dii. tvo new frreat war < ?",0r? Inns, t? mBlch the two si tor which England has laid the keels. ^ iim. disitc stimulus to Bri 5 .i iv .1 enlargement was Ger if's action in building a fleet of 'V battleships niul in other ??.vinr; i vidence oi belligerent. in hrit.'iaV ?it-Mvily ftirred Japan O'L i?s o\< ?? lii^ iuvv program. c (rave i i u filier tilip to Aincr 'ii; navy pi jmganda. Itah's growing ambition for r>t the Mediterranean is be 'tat nation's naval expansion tod that, in turn,has intensified il'* rt.olve to he j>repared to *'-f iN route to the Orient by way *-Suez ranal. ^ wMi i,*s perpetual fear of ;u.v. f "!t obliged to meet tho "w 'rf.m Herlin. K{ ^tbhinpon >?es the major of tlie world concentrating ?wis on prq arations. for war l'1,111" u!> ti.eir bonded indebted 1 & pcir.t where the burden of is likely to become intoler t'-f- lnv'-58? ft" <?f the nations , '^nK iK'titivc military air |4.l ^ a* th?.v f?n, and in that ? , ^ n't(,(l States is following a^r!ship?and at the siume, neutrality laws as evi-1 w? <!o not intend to get war. ^ n,<<kc tho paradox moro eompli ?J*** ^?PHrtnien.t is hard 'UrT*0 'a*'nS tln?? agreements tj,-' V' Wor'rf designed to make rb-v n nr ?^l?r Iiat'otls. not only K' anJ' ,,rodncts ')Ut to sell us frith J *? ra'S(! fror" money with T It > So towar. r? mLl!tUatllMl wW(h itl PvinC of Qj r* 01 Administration r it* ?mv ,S ^'ta-''r concern than ?Cfc?,wMW-v 10 'dmit 'Nv(8 , 1 the other nations for >:t^d States which t ?litrV\l'l"ir Wflr l)r0PAra KftW but undw t^nd M<\t much of . " (fro* ?? ?n<l one which N .le r^*r ? ? 'V ig i Western Carolina To Broadcast Over WWNC Sunday Western Carolina feaehers College will repeat the radio broadcast entit led "The Great Sm<?ky Mountains National Park as a Summer Labora tory," over WWNC, Ameville, next Sunday afternoon, from 3:00 to 3:30 o'clock. The program was firat presented over WSM, Nashville, 'i Mineasee, Jan uary 22, sponsored join'Jy by the Nat tional Life and Accident Insurance Company and George Peabodv College for Teachers. Twenty faculty metabers, students and others will take part in the pro gram. The script was written by President II. T. Hunter. It is an r.itejr.pt to give the radio listener a i 'w high spots of the summer school :tctivities ot last year. The first scene is a f.u-ulty meeting prior to the sunnier schcol, in which the curriculum for the rummoh term is discussed, followed by a banquet, at which two of the t,uest summer school professors express their views on "The Groat Smoky Mountains National Park a Lah-.iatorv." There follows a tnn 3?tto the park, where the students ica-n of nature, first hand. Violin and vocal music will be used to give atrnosp wte and spirit, ?s well a-, an artistic touch to the < i Q/ program. W. H. Hawkins Died Sunday William H. Hawkins diod al the home of his neice, Mrs. W. E. 'iced on Sun day night, and a iuneral service was held, at the Reed home, o.i Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, by Rev. M Q Tuttle, pas tor of the Methodist church, assisted by Rev. H. M. Hocutt pastor of the Baptist church. Folhmmf? the nenrico^ here, the body was taken to the Bal sam- Grove Baptist church, at Cowarts, where a service was cot-duefed by the pastor of the cliurch, Rev. Ben Cook. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Hawkins was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He had lived in the West for some years, hut re turned to Jackson county about 18 months ago. Surviving are n brother ?md sister, E. M. Hawk.us and Mrs. R. H. Stewart, two nines, Mrs. Reed and Mrs. P. E. Moody, a id a nephew, T* C. Moore, all of Sylva. CROP AND FEED LOANS NOW AVAILABLE TO FARMERS Applications for ?u ? rgeney crop and feed loans for 193< are now being received at the Court !!<use here, by S. S. Williams, field Supervisor of ^ the Emergency Crop an : Feed Lo?n Section, of the Farm Credit Adminis tration. I These k?ans> will bj made only to farmers who cunnot ob a in credit from any other s ource, as pro' ided by regu lations issued by the Governor of the Farm Ciedit Administration. The money lo.uied will be l>.nitcd to the farmer^ immediate a;?d actual cash needs for growiug his li?37 crops or for the purchase of fe 'd for livestock and in no instance ituy Exceed $400. Farmers are not eligible for theso loans if they Can bor-ow from an in I dividual, production credit associa I tion, bank or other concern. Emer gency crop and feed loans will not be made by the Farm cedit Adminis tration to standard rehabilitation , clients* of the Resettlrment Adminis tration whose current ?*cds are pro vided for bv Resettles ent. As in the past, the security for , these loans* will conais' of a first ben Ion the Irop financed :f the loan i? I for the production of crops, and if ? for the purchase of feed for livestock, ? then a firal lien on the livestock to | be fed. Lniullortk, or uthcrs having an interest in the cro^s ?r the live stock to be fed, will be required to waive their claims in favor of the lien to tbe Governor of tho Farm Credit Administration nntil the loan is repaid. Checks in payment of the approved loans will be issued b> the Regional Emergency Crop aud F?*cd Loan Office at Columbia, South Cuolina. We need it?!, also, for our new battleships, but so fnr "he Navy De partment ha? been uuable to get bids from the steel maker*, who claim they 'cannoit, supply tho requirements be ?' cause of the Walsh-Hooley Act, whic.' A (Pleaae Tam To Wr t) County Will Probably Have To Pay One-Fourth Of Old Agcr Pensions <?. (By Dan Tompkins) Raleigh, Mnrch 3.?With the Reve nue, Appropriations and Liquor Bills out of the way. th? chief bones of contention in the General Assembly now revolves itself about the Old Ag^ Security, Free Text Books, and High way Reorganization legislation, all of which have been denominated "must" bills by 0-ove rr or Hoev. Nev ertheless, there is considerable discus sion and discord over them. The week end Was devoted to attempts to iron out the difficulties. Nobody is opposed io enacting them; but it is certain provisions of the bills at- introduced, and af< passed by one house or the other that arc causing tlic discord. The Old Age Security bill, which has the endorsement o l' practically ?very Democrat, from President Roose velt down, and which was introduced by Senator McKee of Jackson, has struck a real snag, ( because of the provision that the countie? shall fi nance ona fourth of the cost of the Old Age Pensions. Those who are op posed to this provision base their op position upon the fnci that North Carolina hiw boasted for several years that it levies no ad valorem tax for State purposes. They insist that Old Age Security is a State and National rr.ajtter, and that the provis-j ion for the comities o pay a fourth of the bill is b*t an indirect way of levying a tax on land for State pur poses, leaving the Sales Tax oil the statute books at the same time. There are inanv angles to the matter, and, the probability is that i', will wind up by the bill being paaaen as- is, though there is strong opposition in the House, which has been manifested in the Committee deliberations. There is the wet. and dry fight as a factor. It is Safe to assert that the wet ele ment ia largely In favor of leaviife bill, in an attempt to fc>rec dry. CWin fies to adopt liquor store* as a means of securing the money to meet the requirements of the act. without, levy ing -a tax on land The larger and wealthier counties have low lax rates, and they favor the county particip ation plan, knowing full well that if the State pays the entire bill, they will have to pay a ?>trt of the Old Age Pensions, iu the poorer counties. Then there is the element, said to lx headed by Governor Hoty, that favor? this plan, because of the belief tha/ if the counties are paying pari of the bill, county commissioners will be more careful who they recommend for participation in the fnnd, and that thus the. likelihood of people not real ly entitled ,to Old Age Benefits being placed on the pension list. will be re duced. The opposition is here; but so far the onlv plan advanced to get nwav from the present provisions oi the bill is that of Craven s Libhj Ward, who offered amending provis ions striking oat. county participation, by reducing the total appropriation for the purpose by one-fourth, leav ing onlv the three fourths financed by the State and Federal governments The effect of thi*, of course, would be to keep a raise In property taxation off, but also to reduce by one fourth the old age benefits that would be paid in North Carolina. The chances ate that the wealthier counties, the people who believe that there should be county participation, and the li quor stows advocates, will have suf ficient strength to piss the bill through the House as it was passed bv the Senate, and that the counties will be faced with a t.xx rate laise or with the alternative ol **tabll?h* * liquor stores, to care for the old ge insurance. . The Free Text Booo bill, which passed the House by a unanimous vote, was held up teveiu days in the Senate, as Senators pondered tho ques tion of where tho money is to come from to buy the book .vud destnbute them to the primary and elementary school childrcu of the State. I Highway reorganization along the lines, proposed by Go ernor Hoey in his inaugural address, will be enacted, but there has been a great deal ot rcanouvering for advantage, as the committee has been studying the bill. Advantages sought by Interested peo ple in all pants of the State are two fold. There are those who seek to hnve the district map made so M ? give them better chances of contiOl of the Commission in "rder to assure the distribution of funds in such fl M-iy as to give the amount ol construction and maintenance money in their particolar tooslitfsa. The0 there are those who ric maneuvering fir political preference. Friends of tfee present Highway and Public Works Commissioners would like to sie the State so districted a& to ren (fer Jess vulnerable their chances tor reappointment. Others would like to the whole old commission fail of reappointment. In t.hi3 group there is npich division, for th;:re are almost 80 many candidates to.* appointment op there are counties 111 the S*ato, ajnd in some counties there arc fac tions and groups t-hsii are seeking different caiulidateg ev?n within the ti&ijDe county. ATI the divergent opin ion and conflicting interests, finan cial and political, has caused the map fr/be redrawn three #imes already, ?nd counties shifted about. Everybody jnint& a road, aud nearly everybody ervsry county wants a comraission W> The roads can't, all bn constructed, either can all counties and factions ive representation on the commis , for there will bo but one com missioner to each?di.;ti ict. Seme dis tricts will have few .ountios, others may have as many ajt fourteen. Any /way you look at it. the committee has had a job on its bauds, trying to carry out the recommendation of tho Governor that the Stiite be divided inio Highway District.-, as was the original plan upon wh:cL North Car olina started building highways, 17 years ago. t The Revenue Bill, as it was finally enacted by both house?, carried out the pledge of the Democratic plat form, and took the sales tax from many of the necessities of life. It did, however, despite the strenuous ob jections of Senator Johnston of Bun combe, Repres.entat:\e Kiir.sey, of Transylvania, and oth-vs, leave the 3 per cent levy on meals served in bo tek and restaurants. The ehicf opposi tion to the taje ?ame, as it did two years ago, when it euaetetf, from the counties ot' *'ie west, where the summer (tourist trade is consider ed big bnsiness. Bunco \be and Tran sylvania raised most of the objection to the tax; but it remained in the bill, where it was put by amendment in the Senate. The gasoline itations were able to effect a compromise of $4 a year per pump, in lion of the pro posed sliding scale of ehaiu-fllling station tax, to which iliey objected so strenuously, and which they con tended would result in putting half the filling stations in tl.c State oat of business. A bill, which will interest the teaeh ers, was introduced 'n Messrs Bar ker, Bryant, and Urn 11. It provides that ?ny suiplus that may be left in the general fund at the md of the ne*f fiscal year be appropriated for the porpore of raising the salaries of class-room teachers. Messrs Berry, Cahe, Aycock , and others sent in a bill I o miso /the sal aries of State employes. Those re ceiving $48 a month or loss wonld gef a 30% raise. Those u ho draw from $48 to $68 a month wa.ild get a 20% increase. Those drawing from $08 to $78 would be raised 10.V, and those whose salaricL are fiv.-n $78 to $100 j would be increased 1 Mr. Finch of Bunocmbe proposed, in a bill that when the State school folks allot teachers f >r another year,! they must take into consideration, in figuring average a! tendances of schools, such unusual occurences dur the previous term as epidemics, and the like. Showing the presiding officers feel that the end of the General Assembly of 1937 is drawing near, Speaker Cher ry has appointed a calendar commit tee, consisting of Mcsr.rs Pavlor, Pease Bryant, Thornton, an?l Blount. The prediction is the Ides oi March will about see the end of the 1937 session. After that, Governor lloey will be gin making his appoint ments, and the eyes, of the State will b?> turned from the House and Senate climbers to tho Governor's office. Thoio are many important appointments to be made, and more that aro no4 r'o important. Two justices of the Supreme Court, and a complete Highway and Public Works Commission, including a chair man, are among tho move important posts to be filled. And, speaking of the Governor's office, North Caroluu is the only ! State of the entire I* 'n which it is not necessary for the Governor to ! sign an act of the General Assembly before it becomes law, ntid in which the Kxoveruor has no veto power. It is understood that Governor Hoey would , (Pleaae Tarn To Pig* ?) County Tournament To Be Held Here (By Barch Allison) Local basketball f*-is will have a chance to see some real fast playing this week when the .lacfrson County tournament gets undo-.* way at the high school gym. This tournament i?:?s been held at Cullowhee during the past few years, but this year the Schoolmaster's Club took up the sponsor.:ip of the meet and it wab decided to move the an nual meet to Sylva. Otficials of the club hope to make it ir> annual e\*ent in Sylva provided fans g! ,e their sup port. Four schools will con.petc in the event. They are Sylva. Webster, f'ul lowhee, ^d (lien vi lie. Eael. sehooi will enter four teams >:? the meet. A boys team in the 14A" division, a girls team in the sar.t? division and ako teams in the "B' division. Play will get nrder way FY ?'.ay afternoon and will continue though Saturday night, with the Una's mg played on Saturday night. Play oa Friday after noon will be taken up vith play be tween teams in the "B'' division. Fast er play will start Fru'.iy night when aome of the "A" teams will see ac tion. Prej-tournament indications thow that the Sylva teams :.re considered favorites, but they wil' have a tough time hurdling such teams as CuUo whee and Webster. Fa.-s will remem ber that the Webster Soys threw a eenre into the Sylva lr.?vs earlier in the season by holding them to a one point win in an over- i i ne battle. Web ster boys and Cullowhe.; girls are con sidered "dark horses" i.i the meet. Merchants in Sylva should support M?i? tournament because it brings many poople Into Sy?'*. during the two dajys of the meet arid these peo ple will bo spending th-11 money with loeal Arms. All you far?s -.urn out and mulrw this a big even* for Jackson wmnty schools. Native Of Jackson Dies in Asheville niiicr.il services fov Mrs. Ethel S. Holeombe, who died in an A she vi lie hospital Tuesday night,?>i" a brief ill ness of pneumonia, were held at the Haywood Slreet Methodist church, in Aslieville, this afternoon. The pastor, Eev. E. E. Snow, officii-I'd. Mrs. Holeombe, the youngest daugh ter of the late Sheriff and Mrs. John E MeLaiu, was horn in this county ?lid spent her childhood and young girlhood here, going, with her parents, to Hve in AsheviUe ibout thirty years | ago. A few years aft'r moving to AsheviUe she was marr'xd to Eugene & Holeombe, 'a conductor 011 the Southern Railway, who, with a son, Clement Holeombe, of San Francisco, CsHforoii, and a danghtci, Mrs. James Tondin, of Ashevdie, survives. Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. iRobena Williams, af C'uiton, Tennes 8661 Mrs. W. T. Fisher, of Andrews; Mrs. Mattic McKee, of Webster; Mrs. L. P. Boele, of Winston-.Salem; and Mrs. Sadie McHarge, of AsheviUe; and one brother, Fred N. McLain, of 8ylva, and a gnand duagnter, Miss Joan Etheridge, of AsheviUe. I Ml bearers were R. J. Simpson, J. EL Payne, R. R. CMne, D. M. Tate, J. Q, Porter and W. B. Nelson. Honoi ary pall bearers were officers and mem beis of various railway organizations. Mrs. Holeombe was a member of the Methodist ehnrch, and at the time oi her death was present of the women's auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors QUALLA (By Mis. J. Iv. Terrell) While wo are having a "reasonable portion" of rain and snow, when we read of the extreme cold, floods and dust storms in other parts of oui country, we feel most Hglilv favored well, anyway, we are content to re main in the valley bel.we? .1 the Bslsan. and Smoky Mountain* I Misses Jennie Cath-*?' Irene Rdbv, J Mrs. Clef Cogdill and Messrs. iG. C j Cooper and C. B. Terrei! aftended the teachers' meeting, at Sy!"a, Saturday. I Mrs. Lucy Hall spent *Iic week end at Canton. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Sewell H;pps returned to Canton, after a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wi .;gin? ,of Bry son City, and Mrs. D. C. Hughes call ed at Mr J. E. BattbV 1 Mr. W. C. Marti1. ?f Cherokee stopped in Quails, Monday. i (Please Turn Tb Pigs 8) tW.C.T.C. To Hold Tournament Next Week, 11-12-13 (By Buwh AlJikon) Cullowh?.e, March 'l.?High school basketball players rill begin their annual trek to Cullowlio.- next week, to participate in the annual high school basketball tou.ua1 icnt. This will be the thirteenth aim.ial ni'ct, and from ill indications, it will be tho biggest in the history of the ;ournn Wnt. Never before have thero been so sany good tenu..-; entered in the event. Play in the Cullowi'ee ir.eet will start. Tliuixtuy tuornui* i-nd will con tinue through Saturday right. Teams will play all day Thursday ami Fridry, with the fCiai-finals berg reached on Friday night. Both boys *.;nd girls will play Saturday night for top honors. Last year the EdneyuUe boys edged out the Sylva High in (he final battlo and Wayncsville Higii girls broke u four year winning 3tr<v:k of the Bethel girls, to cop the tournament. Both Wiaynesville and Bethel will be back *his year to compete in the play. | Some of the best ten.es expected to ' enter the tournament rsrt Sylva, Way nesville, Grace, Welwt^r, Cullowhee, Murphy, Valley Springs, Fines Creek, Canton, and Candler. P'.j y in the boys and girls brackets will be fast and furious and it would fce hard to favor any one team for top honors. Sylva boyfe arc conceded an ?x,vllent chance to win the meet thh yjar, but with many other strong teams in the run ; ning, it would be hard to say that they are considered the best. The best teams in the girls' divi?.i'in will prob ably be Sylva, Waynesville Elf, and Bethel, The closing date for entries was March firsts and sixteen chosen teams will be announced toou. Pairings wil? be made next week. To insure fast play the officials of ?hc tournament |limited play to sixtee-i girls' teams ijvnd sixteen boys' teams. TKa tourna ment is recognized as one of the out standing basketball meets in lhe en tire south. ' All refereeing will be d' ne by Ralph Sutton and Grayson Cope. These two men are considered to be "tops in their profession and fans will be as ssured' of fast, cle.\i play in all games-.. This tournament is sponsored bv Western Carolina Teachcrs College and all games will dc played in the college gym. If you nr* looking for some good basketball some on out to Cullowhee next week u' d sec the boys and girls compete in this important basketbal1 meet. Fireworks Banned In Jackson County Raleigh, March 3? It is unlawful to buy, sell, transpo.-i, possess, or fire off pyrotecnics i2 Jackson coun ty. In other words, li^vorks in the county arc in about ti e same posi tion liquor was under the Turling ton Act, so far as Jackson county is concerned, The bill v-is introduced in the Senate by Mrs. McKee, and pa. 0 ed the House on Friday. Similar legis lation was enacted for the couiVy i u 1927 by Representative Cyrus Nichol son. In 1933 it was repo. led by a bill introduced by Dan Tompkins, then the representative from Jackson. Xow Senator McKee and .'iepresentativo Ledbefyter have again made fireworks contraband in the county. Mrs. McKee offered a bill and it passed the Senate, id i;r.g Mountain, Canada, and River townships to Cash ier's Valley and Hambuig, as town ships coming under 4h? 1935 statute imposing a fine of nol less than $10 nor more than $50 for fishing upon the property of another person with out first securing a pen. it in Writing The bill was referred to the House Committee on Game, of which Dennis Giles, of McDowell- is the chairman. A bill, ;ntroduced by Mrs. McKee, and which has passed both houses, re news the 1931 act, a'.^wing the com missioners to levy not t) exceed ten cents on the $100 vacation of prop erty for t he purpose of. maintaining courts and jail. This v iii not increase the tax rate above *har in effect at present, but merely l?->ves it as it now is. , Miss Mayme Long ami Mrs. Harry Buchanan and Miss Suriii Belle Buch* anan spent the week end in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee spent tbr wee}; end at their home in Sylva