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T, APRIL 1, 193? I2L00 A YBAE IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THF roFNTT
K^inistration Woiried
f Over High Living Costs
I itf*n AI)ril 1-Risinff pric<M
\ ae the roain worr'C9 0t
ftlLn, *"d Arc rePHr<kd hy
^istitming Hu" ''crisis"
^PreiMint Kwsevelt spoke of
l. Hiked Congress to authorize
LuifccJW* i? the Supreme
a fhat emergency legislation
^ Ijeia to bf Constitutional.
Ifef f*icf3 aK nsUl? fa8ter thfln
l^oni?on"0.4 Americana are ris
iditfWd statistics
R,',(iovonitn.-nt, ami that this, pro
,ifill fontinuo so loug as the Go^
, ^ntimios to operate on lor
jaoney, ??< the g^t of the warn
^?jfd by Oovernor Marrinei
ol th<? Federal Reserve
j Mr. EocK's' proposed remedy
rffilt f?o-.<-n Federal expenditure*
Iijupj-e rew taxes, in order to
the budget ia soon .is possible,
-isn?' in accord with the ideas
L*other member* of the Cabinet,
0Joro: wr.:it '.o hpve tl.o expendi
(ii their departments curtailed.
j tlw orhei hand, Secretary Wal
Agriculture lias indorsed Mr.
jfc'wws, m.d Secretary Koper of
, ~jpr uprces, while Treasury Sec
xj Morprenthan is resisting as
b'I, .)<? he cnu the demands of
PJV
c:r* 'o be allowed to keep on
vif?
[fc ione ot .Mr. Eccles' warning
fcOK Vm lost on the leiders in
?r3a, who have been warned many
a from other sources that unless
ciiB -irm che.-k upon the present
v'iotury trer.d t!:fre i,* great dan
'.mother colic pse which might
|m?ri>UL a.s that of 1929 and
i'i, i: it should occur before th<
'.i y' 1?40, wotdd seriously af
t th? riiitiecs of the Democratic
? nn'initiiig in )? wer. But off
!!:af in the of many
bar1 coji-.id latinns of immedi
:f:cal rmcera. Spending money,
?rly* for rcli- f, makes votes;
?[vndiic it might loae enough
Bin mmy districts to un-seat Con
who will come up for re
"iosr?'Xt jvar. Also, taxes are un
ffJar, nnle^ th.*y can be imposed
foo P"al'}>y individual and cor
itioiu. That thoi? who are now pay
rUxt*3 iq tlu ?'tipper brackets''
' P:y -nonrti more to bring t ht
|wnl outgo and incomc into balance
ozpid'mM? doubtful.
lut rac-ans that any new income
to; ma t be spread downward, to
iMnth; lower incomes, wliich would
* politic t'.ly risky, or must be in the
J.i of exci -e tax^s on commodities
lich might be equally unpopular
"ver, Congressional economists
cdtax advi.soi's are diligently study
|*K Ike possibilities in both o? those
i'5. Tit-re is talk of uew excise
?"'i on tea, sugar?wh.ch
**?> quite certain? salt, ateel and
^ noil reliances. Jus*' at present
^ S.nnte md Hou.-e spokesmen arc
"- ae thjtt no new tax< s will be neces
That can bp dismissed JVo the
Imc of political talk heard every
^ *t ihi; period in tbe congres
r?l ses>io i. The practice Las been
^ doubttas will be this year, to
on taxation until along
^ Hv < r August, and then ru.-.l
??Rb a new tax hill.
s' nf {V- fohor rititjt'-on preempt
1 by '1 ? "rlt-doWfl" strikes i''!
'* ^''tor^Vu industry has anson i
; tor the clarifica'ioai o
Gover-uncnt *s labor policy. Tbor?
no (lefi.iite labor policy oi
.^?llc-kments in tbe Ad minis.'ra
>'=. ?re itrrerd. The major item of
^ Legislation, the Wagner l>abo
Nations \V, is still before tbe Su
j* "*? Cc \rt awa'ting deeinon as t?.
* fHatitu'.oiiality. Tha! it is an in
lW*atc tool iu anv serious labor
is mdijoatod by the fact thrt
:*.i nnt Veeu invoked in the auto
>,,xle .triV. s. 1-t placei' no power in
v-overamont to interveno unle*sj
** workers in ail industry
?'?n'1 the National Ijabor Relations |
f.?r: id Employers cannot, un
tfo VTp.^nor Act, take the initia
^ ^ calling for a decision as to the
?^U or wrongs of a dispute wi4b
^ employees, and uo power i<?
' iu inv Government agency to
Wl>rkers to accept the Labor
jTp1 Visions if they should be
r?7 to tbe workers demand?.
?\^e s of tbe constitutionality of
x" Act, there is a general
an entirely different
Tkll \^r kp^t'/tofts trtpedM.
y.Ubor^
ai'(UPaViy in uamtaiuiEg ?*
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TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Siookfeidge)
FXOPE?T ? . of surphu people
In the v^ar 1798 a young man of JJ2;
named Robert Thomas Malthus wrote!
a little book which baa influenced
political economy tor nearly 140 yelarts.:
His '4 Essay on Population" pointed
out that tho human race was increas- j
ing taster than tho moans of subsis
tence.
What Maltnus tried to tell the <
world was that its economic salvation'
depended upon a more rational and in-1
telligent organization of society, to
increase the production of the neces
saries of life and work out a better;
system of distribution, to make more
available to everybody.
In Malthus' day lamine and disease
killed off more people than war.,They ]
still do in many countries, but the)
civilized world of today has abolished
famine and mado great headway tor
ward abolishing disease. Population
is still increasing faster than the
means of subsistence in many coun
tries, and nations still go to war in the
hope of getting more food for their
surplus people. It' war kills off enough
to reduce the surplus, the result may
be the same as if new territories had
been conquered.
FACTS ? . sentimentalists believe
Most people do not like to face un
comfortable facts. They prefer to be
lieve in pleasant tilings. Most of m
live in a dream world, regarding what
we wish were true as being the truth.
Malthus brougly* down upon himself
a storm of criticism from sentimental
ists who refused to believe that human
ity must ;Vlever face a struggle for
existence.
Folk who preach that there is some
easy way of life for everybody can
alway? get ft hearing, for people want
to believe that. Jean Jacques Hosseau
preached that doctrine to the French
people 150 years ago. The Revolution
was going to end poverty and distress.
Instead, ;t plunged France and most
of the rest of the world *.nto chaos and
despair.
Only sentimentalists believe that
mankind can lift itself by its boot
straps' into a life of universal com
fort and e?>e. All tliat society can do,
in the long run, is to see that nobody
i 'i deprived by fliers of his oppor
tunity for hard work, or of the just
rewaxd of his individual efforts.
I PROOFS . . Malthus, real prophet
Proof lhat Malthas was a real
prophet is visible all over the world
today. Japan occupies Manchuria,
Italy seizes Ethiopia, both ovcrpopu
lated nations seeking more room and
more food for their surplus people.
Germany threatens another war to ii?
aure tha,t its increasing people shall
not starve. Malthas' own little Eng
land was voresighted enough t? grub
off and haug on to great colonial areas
which will feed its increasing popu
lation for * long time to come. Prance
has kept i'self out of the race foi
more land by keeping its, population
at a stationary level for generations.
Our own America can s'ill feed al?
our present inhabitants and to spare,
i We bought from Frauee and took
form Mexico everything from tht
Mississippi to the Pacific, and invite<i
the world to make itself at Home.
They came, and our food resources ar<
still ample, but we've had to withdraw
our standing invitation to immigrants
and arc beginning to wonder how long
we can continue to feed ourselves..
For our birthrate is still higher than
cur death i?'tc.
As I re id hi? tory, it has been main
ly a ceaseless migration of people in
6earch of food, with the stronger kill
ing the. ?ve.ik w'-o s'<and between them
and a better food supply.
SCIENCE . . . makes life easier
Science 'w? done mhch to make the
struggle for life easier, since Mal
thus wrote. We have learned how to
produce more food with less labored
how to create other forms of wealth
which ire readily exchangeable for
food. At the jamc time medical science
has Etiraul.iied the growths of popula
tion and the demand for food, by keep
ing more babies alive and eliminating
epidemic difenses. Offsetting that to
some extei.* ara the achievements of
engineering and chemical science
which insure that modern wars ovei
will kill jaxjaa^ times more poo
pie, and 60 reduce the surplus popula
fPlawe Turn To 2)
Cathey Waived
Hearing In Auto
Death Saturday
Charles R. Cathcv, of Sylva and
Asheville, held by county officers and
highway patrolmen in connection with
the death of Annie Belle Wilson, 15
year old Negro girl, Sunday .night
March 14, waived preliminary hearing
before Justice of the Peace John H.
Morris, last Saturday, and his ap
pearance bond wat. continued to the
May term of Superior Court.
The girl and her mother were .struck
down as they were walki ug along the
highway, and officers allege that Mr.
Cathey was the driver of tl c car by
which they were struck. Cathey is a
verteran o<* the World War and a mem
ber of a prominent Jackson county
family.
TANNERY RAISES WAGES
Employees of the Armour Tanning
Company's plant ,ut Sylva, have been
given a voluntary raise in wages of 10
per cent of their present salaries,
The Journal learned yesterday, from
an authoritative source.
The wage increase affects all em
ployees of the company, find is effec
tive immediately. This is the second
increase in their pny envelopes that
tannery employees at Sylva have been
granted within the past six month?.
The company raised their wages last
December.
NEW FISHING LAW
The recent General Assembly put
Mountain, River and Canada town
ships under the provisions of the 1035 j
statute for Cashier's Valley and Ham
burg townships, placing a minimum
fine of $10.00 for fishijig upon the
lands of another person, without first
obtaining a written permit, from the
owner, asd offering a reward of $10.00,1
to be charged against the defendant'j
in the bill of costs, for information
sufficient to eonvict any person of |
the Violations of tlie act.
In other words, the law now levies
a minimum fine of $10.00 upon any
person convicted of fishing upon the
lands of another in Cashier's Valley,
Hamburg, River, Mountain and Can
ada townships, without written per-]
mission of the owner, and offers a
reward of $10.00 to anyone furnish
ing information upon which a convic
tion can be had.
QUALLA ?
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell)
Rev. H. M. Hocntt, of Sylva, deliv
ered the commencement i-ddres? at
Qualla school on Thursday evening.
Also, other interesting exercises were
given by the school, after the address.
'Rev. ,F. L. Rogers, of Sunburst, was
accompanied to his appointment at
the Baptist church Sunday morniug, j
Rev. Lindon Stevens and Rev Osc.ar
Beck, of Bafeam.
Ml. S. P Hyatt and family left,
Monday morning, for Forsyth county,
where he will teach the remaining
two months of a school, near Winston.
Mr. J. E. Battle, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. i
Hughes, Mrs. D. J. Worley and Mrs.
Luther Hoyle called at Mr. I). C. j
Hughes'.
'Mrs. Martha Rhinehart, of Swanna
noa, spent Sunday at Mr. D. It. Ox-1
ner's. ' ' \
I Mrs. P. H. Ferguson visited Mns.
J. E. Battle.
Mrs. Emma Sweed, of New York,:
spent Monday at Mr. Jim Keener's. j
Mii ?!? E. Freeman made an interest-!
ing talk at the Methodist church, Sun
day morning, on "God Is."
Mrs. D. C. Hughes Patsy Hughes,
and Mrs. Ted Kins land called on Mrs.
Golman Kinsland.
Miss Ruth Turrin, of Rylva, and
Miss Pearl Hayes were Qualla visitors
Sunday.
TO CONDUCT CLASS IN
POOD PRESERVATION
Mrs. Helen B. Zoller, Home Econ
omist, will conduct a clacss in food pres
ervation a! the court house in Sylva,
Friday afternoon, April ninth, at two
o'clock. Her demonstration will in
clude the latest tested practices, labor
saving methods, and timely rceipes.
All those interested in food preserva
tion are i ivitel to attend this meW
bg. ^ ,
1 Mrs. Zolfaer represents the B&H
Canning Couptny, tnd hep: prtypam ?
eponsoi^d by the , (Rate Etfwafon
tonk* '
Rotarians Plant
I 15,000 Trees
An eyesore along Highway No. 10,
soon after via i tore enter Jaokson
county from the east, will within a
few years become a beauty spot, by
planting 15,000 pine and Norway
spruce seedlings on an area of badly
eroded laud near the mout h of Wood
fin Creek.
The reforestation project, carried
into effect on Tuesday, was sponsored
by the Rotary Club of Sylva.
The seedlings were donated by the
Log Cabin Association, an Organiza
tion sturted a few ;cars ago by K.
II. Kress. It is located in Shuler Cove,
in Barker'a Creek township.
A. O. Weidlich, superintendent of
the association and a member of the
Rotary club, assisted State Forester
R. W. Graeber, of Raleigh, in overeee
ing the work. & I
Mr. ClTw ber pointed out the advan
tages of reforestation, and urged his
hearers, to Jet the Rotary club project
be only a beginning of the work in j
the county.
Members of the club were assisted,
in setting out the trees by studenta j
from Western Carolina Teachers col
lege, and the Cherokee Indian school, j
County Agent G. R Lackey, Assist
ant Agent H. R. Clnpp, and J. D.
Cowan, chairman of the county board
of commissioners.
The Log Cabin Association, which ]
has reforestation as an objective, will (
furnish seedlings to any person in,
Jackson or adjoining counties desiring |
them for planting.
OL 0. 0. CAMP WILL CELEBRATE
Lt. Joseph T. Clark, commanding
officer of Civilian Conservation Camp
3453, at Smokemont, invitee the public
tft ft celebration of the fourth anni- j
versary of the founding of the Corps,
Monday afternoon, April 3.
Tfcov will be public speaking, music (
and refreshments, . *
HOME AGENTS OF 6 COUNTIES]
HAD MEETING HERE LAST WEEK
Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris, Extension
Iconomist in Food Conservation and'
Marketing, was in Sylva, Monday, j
March twenty-third. Mrs. Morris con
ducted a demonstration for the agents j
of this section. The meeting was at
tended by Miss Mary Margaret Smith, J
of Waynesville, Mrs. Moody Hyatt, of
Rmon Cit> . Mik 3 Paulini Lint2, of
Franklin, and Mrs<. Mamie Sue Evans, i
of Svlva. j
EAPTI8T BROTHERHOOD AMD 1
W. M. U. TO HAVE MEETING,
The men and women of the flyfra
Baptist church will have a social meet
ing on Tuesday night, April 6, at 7,30,
if the dining hal) of the Sylva Col
li giate Ins'itnte buildings. It will be
a combined meeting of the Brother
hood anl the Woman's Missionary
I nion organisations and all men and
women of the entire church are invit
ed to attead A pot-luck supper will he
soived, each woman bringing only on*
dish.
After supper a program of fnn and
inspiration will be presented.
CAMP KEPHART PRONG TO
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Sunday, April 4th marks the fourth
anniversary of the founding of the
Civilian Conservation Corps. In com
memoration of this day, Company 411
at Camp Kcphart Prong, Smokcmont,
has invited the public to the camp, in
the afternoon, for an "open-houoe"
visit. All camp activities nnd buildings
will be op^n for inspection and gtiid^
will be furnished to escort visitors
about the camp and the Smoky Moun
tains National Park.
? fMuch interest ha* been displayed
i in the TJ S. Bureau of Fisheries Hatch
jery, which is operated in conneetion
] with the camp. This hatchery will be
j open for inspection daring the after
I rocn.
t afternoon to all visitors and a short
program will be presented in the early
evening. The program will consist of
songs and music, by members of
the camp, short talks by the camp of
ficial* an' local citizens, and the an
nomncemejit and award of prises to
the two outstanding members of this
company for the past three months.
I JLieot. Joseph M.. Johnson is the
Commanding Off cer of the eanp^ Mr
Edwin j. Roeser, Project Sapenaftfod*
? ept, anl Mr. J. Look4gair the
tiooal Advisor.
MB& QBBBN PA88B&
Mrs. Snltina Green, relict of the
late Geo. M Green, died at her home
on Green's Creek, Tuesday, after an
illness of eight monthf, at the age 01
69.
Funeral and interment were at Old
Savannah Baptist church, of which
Mrs. Green had long been a member.
The service was conducted by Rev. R.
W. Green and Rev. Erne&t Jamison.
ilre. Green, a active of Jackson
county, and a daughter of the late
Daniel H. Ashe, is survived by three
bods, F. ?, Lemon, and John jCh'een;
by three daughters, Mrs. John R. Hum
Iphrey, Albany, N. Y.f Mre. Joba E
| if JU and 1 Irs. ^ A. ftu hanai. bot?
ives and friends. /
i
NEW LAW ABOUT FIRES
The General Assembly enacted a
| law making it a misdemeanor for any
1 person to set out fire in any woodland
area under the protection of the State
Forest So vice, or within 500 feet ol
any such prea, between the first day
.if April and the fifteenth day of June,
or between the fifteenth day oi Octo
ber and the first day of December,
vithout first obtaining a permit from
the State Forester, or one of his duly
authorized agents. The permits are
issued without charge; but a violation
of the statute is punishable by fine or
imprisonment |
HOUR or EVENING SERVICE AT
BAPTIST CHURCH CHANGED
Beginning with next Sunday, the
hoar for the night service at the Sylva
Baptist church will be changed to
7:00 for the Baptist Training Union,
and LOO o'clock for preaching service.
lA cordial welcome is extended by
the church to the public to attend all
ef these services.
SIXTEEN GRADUATE
AT GLENVILLE HIGH
Sixteen young men and young wo
men graduated at Qleuville High
aAool, and, were handed their di
plomas, lost Thursday.
. Melba Fowler was valedictorian ol
the class, ind Myrtle Leopard, valuta
Clyde Bryson and Riddell Brcedlove
were presented certificates attesting
10 years of perfect attendance at the
Other members of the class were
Edwin Norton, Thomas Holdcn, Ralph
legate, Clarence Fisher, Hazel Ed
wards, Biekett Bryton, Ruth Davis,
Christine Bryson, Frances Bryson, An
na Mae Zachary, Geneva Pruett,
BALSAM
(By Mn. D. T. Knight)
Mrs. Sa'He Oxner, age 92, passed
away Tuesday the 23rd at the home oi
Mr. and Mra William Crawford. Mrs.
Oner was Mis. Crawford's itep-inoth
sr. Funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Nando Stevens, Wednesday,
and the body was laid to rest in Tur
pin cemetery near Saunook.
Balsam ?hool closed Thuitday eve:
ing with m interesting program. Th<
following w eligible for high schoo
fsD: Trie* Derrick, Bee Duncan
Helen Hyatt, Elizabeth Potts, Chnrlc.
Potts and Billic Queen.
Robert I'earfon, student in Clemsoi
College, 8. C. is spending the East* , |
vacation here with his parents.
Rev. Ben Cook id conducting a re
vival at tl.e Baptist church here thit
week.
Rev. H. D. Jessup preaclied a ver
interesting Esster sermon in the Meth
?cfist ehareh Sunday afternoon.
It snowed Friday night, and then
were "showers" of snow practical!}
all day Saturday. We had a very
cold Eastw.
Mrs. George Bryson went to Wayne,
viii? Thursday.
Mrs. J. EL Long of Addie attended
service in '-he Methodist church here
Sunday afternoon.
The Baptist Sunday school had an
egg-hut Sunday morning and the
Methodist had one Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Feroell Brown and little daogb
ter of Ctnton were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Cowaid Sunday.
Mra Hntart Enalsy and vow, Lewis
tad Winston, went to BonduaMvilk
atuowa
Comities all over North Carolina
will receive the news that House Bill
No. 778 p-iSied, whioh authorizes the
new Highway Commission to adjust
claims which certain counties have
against the State, for roads construct*
ed prior .o the State's taking over
tjhe system, with a great .deal of en
thusiasm, according to a statement
made by N. G. Bartlett, Secretary of
the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, the sponsoring organization of
thiy program. "It has been a long
drawn out proposition, bat now that
the machinery has been set up for
the settlement of these claims by the
State for the various counties, .thero
it .no need for much more delay,"
stated Mr. Bartlett to a representative
of this paper.
The 1935 General Assembly passed
an Act which directed the Governor
to appoint a Fact Finding Commission
to receive the claims of the various
counties ;?nd to make recommend a -
films to tho 1937 General Assembly as
to what nhould be done. This Commi&
sion was appointed by Governor Er
inghaus -md sat in hiring" at Ashe*
ville and Raleigh daring the last year
and heard the arguments of the vari
ous claimant counties. The Commission
made it& leport to the Governor and
General Assembly abont the middle
ot February this year. Six of the nine
members stated that they felt like
-thare was *ome merit in the claims
but that they did not feel that they
had had srficient time to determine
the exact amounts, but suggested that
the matter be referred to the incoming
Highway Commission, with power to
act. Three of the members of the Com
mission of nine made a minority re
port, in which they said several of the
counties were entitled to definite
amounts, but did not see fit to desig
nate the amounts that each county is
entitled to.
It is no surprise that the authori
ties were not eatiiAed with this type
of report, and so, with the Assistance
of GovernCi Hoey and the members of
the House and Senate, House Bill No.
778 was drawn up and passed by both
Houses of the General Assembly.
Judge Guy Elliott, of Kuistou,
Chairman of the Legislative Commit
tee of the Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce, and Secretary N. G.
Bartlett, have spent moat of the time
during the la&t twelve months in tho
interest of this project and, useless to
say, they are delighted with the out
come. The suggestion is made by them
that as soon as the new Highway Com
mission is apponted and takes up its
duties, that the counties that have
meritorious claims should immediately
contact the Highway Commission and
secure a3 speedy an adjustment aa
they possibly ean. The total amount
that will he required to adjust these
claims has been estimated all the way
from five million up to ten million
1 dollars*. More than a score of counties
joined with the Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce in a coopera
tive movcLiont which made possible
this legislation.
1 Jackson county authorities filed
claims amounting to $668,000 with t he
commission, and believe that every
item in the claims is legitimately due
the county from the Sta^c Highway
and Public Worka Commission or if*
uicceasor. Jf the claims are adjusted
and pud us authorized by the G-'nei iil
Assembly, it is believed that Jackson
county will share generous'y in the
payments made, since the officials and
county attorney wen.' careful in seeiii*
that the claims filed represent bon;?
fide amounts advanced by the county
to the State.
D. C?. BRYSON HURT IN CRASH
D. G. Bryson suffered inji'pf; tn
hit eye and head, neeeesitat:ng taking
several stitches to close nnd dress
his wounds, and a light truck in
which he was riding was smashed,
when etruok by a paueuger car driven
by ?lmer Walker of East LaPort, brr
tween Sylva and Beta, Tuesday even
ia*
Walker w taken into custody by
officers of the State Highway Patrol,
and Esquire John H. Morris bound
him over to the May term of court to
answer to n charge of drunken driving
Fmok Bucfcansn, driver of the
track In which Mr. Bryton was riding,
escaped without injuries.
Ths tiro vehicles were traveling
opposite dbsetkas, bat tWtruek wt|
Assembly Paves Way For
Money Refunds To County