SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987 $2.00 A YEAR IN A0VANCB OUTSIDE THE UHJNW
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fT R.'s Farm Plan
faces Compromise Vote
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4\g:itMi|tm.i- ronsoivation
jiiJ." TIu-m- 'in.iiy assoou;.
nll bp tii-a throujj,-.
? T-omil aiitl >'i',.;iial aetnpn j
ii a oa ou^titol r-> neat* a far.n
j(v w],ich ?:??'< tar l?\vond o-o J
uliit'h b?> t-^r 'j'vii nfteinptd i
l.uocnWy. u ?n/rj.-l through,
jjonnwli tiii'tli*''" i''V>'Vd brinjf
a (H)iiiiniiti.t\ oi' i.it?rust
all t'?nuY.\ o) u'l ^eotiotih
grrf tlu' l *i-tn??tmni orgnn
tliriiu.',! lJoinur. It
[yjcft i*r iii ? mi a'->" :i* iau (Knic-e
ilu nation ?! democracy
10 svriu^r lVsiil''l''?i l e>ctiOIH
dictate nati*?i:a! |>tilictfM, o:ic ?
.ers arc al! p:oim?t .into lint',
?re i> JilTcii'iai' <>:' opinion it
lirgton as to w Ik hor. tliroiicii
imp. tk' Federal Government
?onfroi tl'e taimen w the farm.
iii control th,. ?.!? raj Govern
.so lar as ngri.-uYuv in cor.
Si,i ko?!iifn tor ' lu? fiiHiiew
lliir bi?i*n par ic:?)-|??ni^ in the
its, tore s|?'a'; confidently o l'
w jVan as ? ?>iir program
ly n ?nat ?l?^i| of po'i ic?
ill tlow thruiu'ii t-'0 lines .
?d to s<\t up, hm .t may f!o\
11 directions. (Vr.aiivy nobodv
[ifely ;?y that anyb.?d,\ contro >
powor now, nor i-* it !lkoly t^a'
pom which the pi.:u will confo'
'(srnors ns a who'") will die with
prssin^r ot' any pc'sor. or an*
wl party. The p?rticfc>afcin|t
?r represent divergent po'iticp
oli".- bo;icfs. But In meotino
kr ami working together to
saconminn gon,', they are be
ty joined toeethr-r through tluir
ta iurve.<*' in siii!i n n ay as t(
ti'e; their power and want
k:>;.n it.
ft farmers thoinhfiif-.S help to
pt'np and administer their pro
They n;so Uft'p to meet to J
K First, the pio?^uu\ has be^n
Jul out b> the A. L A official'
ft?hincjtoii in con -uUption wit:?
cotnerva'.ion vi|?rfts?;iitatives,
1 by the l'umif ''s 'Mhoir d?s
P5 Next, the pniw mm .?? applied
jeounty committal (f farmeri
pen hy the lanrtfti H .h'Vii selves.
county committees, althouiji;
by the Xaione', rip/cnal and
"'programs, have tSo i-oiv.?r to say
th? program shall I o applied to
'Mlvidual farmor, and .? delov
pft# extent of compliance by any
'iftoal farmer. The orrent of cacl I
^'s I'ompiiance deteimiite8 the I
his benefit paytuetiU. If he if |
1 atisflcd, he may appeal to th?
* committee, and from the eonifltrt
<'f still unsatisfied, ho may goto
!n?otia'. aj dixtctor, wl'oie deck
' "i final
I " 'be least import ant pavt of the
L '. |':an is the region*? rot tip,
ls 'n line with the proposal
V the Presidient scvoraV year*
^ the United Stages was lo<>
1 l!?l i's regions to.> diverge in
^tolw admintHtcvd from Wash
^ a'0lio, while, the state units
** ip on any oeonomil p Vin
JJWM thn,+ tiic nation should
?^?(1 into a number of admiirf
,v? ^ons, each vith titf? sub
L ?0USt? as It were, with the
I 1411011 of stajte linos as far aa
, . ' " ur thought prevails In
(JJu?r "sevea T. V. A's" for
^Ministration of the national
,*** It is uudedftood here
^ ^imnidtrativQ regions py<?
'tiitflL?e new Eapm P '^ c?*n
Wk v wHjch ;.he Prcaiden1
It ^ established in til
P? wUns ^ an^ ?^cr ndhninistra
kriVc *or tl'rinor Pa^iciP0
iVtVr^ are cfon& enough.
We 8,1-6 the bencfi,t payment*
TODAY and
TOMORROW
. ? ? . , melted lctj
Meu have i.ever knowu much about
the bottom of ihe naea. Porhapns
nei?.?e will nevei- f.usd a way to ex.
piore tjio ocean 'a ih** a:.d map all
of its mountains aud \aliejs, but new
d'scoveries a re. being matte all the
tiiuo.
The latent of these is that the bot
tom of the aou, lias hui-idrcds of deep
canyons, or cleft,* iu the rocku wblcA
form the body of tbo earth, some of
them as \>ng and at wide as the
Grand Canyou of llio Colorado lii w v.
There 's.r't auy way to a>:ouiuit fu.1
these ocean vade>s except W guess
work. Scientist* aro fcryi.., to juak->
the fmoat p'aiuible {uosses,
--The guess which ?e?;nijl most l'kelv
to be true lis that ill th? parts of
tile globe now c?.or??il by water w or,,
one? dry .and. The enters v ?'ii li.oto
ouce dry land. 1'ho waters \wre fioz '
eu itto ice-caps, mi'cs high, over thn
t,wo poles of the t avll% As the sr..!'
grew hotter and the ice bojjah to'
melt, enormous rivers flowed forth'
(iImI gouged out deep chon..e'? lor
thenuseUcs. But 'n the com so of mit
lions of years so u uch of the i<v
tur led to water mat it tilled a 1 the
'.owlanda, creuting mihat is now t!?e
ocean, a d those o!d river chnnuol*
ar0 now just deep gaahiM in tie
ocean's floor. Maybe that's true, it
sow ds interesting, anyway.
AGE . . . . . . of Barth
The age of the Fartli is on? Of th*?
questions to which men of science are
ceaselessly trvi. % 'o find the answer
Their general belief is that our p aiie"'
is from two thousand to three thoui
and miJNo a of years old, i ud tliot
life has ?xi a ted 01 it for more than
two miMir.n.
--Half a million yjar.4 ago, there we e
trees growing m noriheru Oreo.'.
Itv d. Tl.on the *Jin't te eharigod an.i
Mid th.it whole no: :prn h'saispheiv
down as far soutn ar: the Ohio Hive*.
covered wiM? ice a Cuup'e ol
ni'es tiiick. Mars. and all other ani
Hals had to miofe toward the Equatfl
is the ice ad vane* i. Titer the i?*.
molted and man moved ha prac:
Three tihnes (hat has h&ppencd, Tin
Third tee Ajje '.ins not. yel e det'
Every century th- i?.irth go! warm?!
and more of the po'ur ioe melts am!
the n odthorn r?^.ui s become mo.??
habitable.
A thousand years from now or
?rondchi|dreii of t'K thirt'clh o.l
ation may pick nraififO* of Hudhf*'..
Bay for a warm willed vocation.
PICTURES . cag.ortot-ke
. have hoc a ?'i"amatur photograph
or a'l nip lifo.1 made my first camera
l";o,n I wns sixteen. There ig.i't any
thing ?>"ch more fu:; 1ban taking pic
'. en, and lit, never was so oagy fod
n y body and evcrvlM dp to take pood
Pictures as it ia <odny.
Tho latest enrnorm wili take pi?
tildes almost in the dair. fndeod, by
the use of the now infra led plates,
protographs can he mado where there
is no light at a]l, so fir l)S the aid
ed eye can determine. The mew flash
light bnlbs make it poeaibJr to get
for soil conservation, which is a term
which can be sfrqtcfced to cover many
kinds of degulation of production.
These benefits run to $p00 or $300 a
war for a quarter soot ion fami. A
??corn! reason for the farmer partie
pation is the expectation, if not the
guarantee, of better j rices for 'farm
products. And a third reason ia the
conservation of the soil of his farm.
?'TKc program lb to be justified t?
the public as promising a <*ontinuinp
and adequate suppy, at fail- ant'
stable prices, of food ?oJr everybody
rb?cco and flares for industdy, while
at the same time conserving the n?
tion's moat precious rosourco, th.>
soil, and imaktng the farmers more
contented and more profitable cusf.
mers for the product* of industry. --
Whi'o the funds for benefit pay
ments are to come out oi Congjressio-i
al appropriations under the Soil Con
servation and Domestic AK-itanent AL
Up to five hurvdred raijlio t dollars a
year, the costs off loca: ad-vuis^r^tio''
of the organisation set up will fee pro
rated among the parties1 pacing farn
era.
Observers who accrnpu'ied the
President on his Western trip are "n
agreement in reporting t!.<? farmed
*nd the people general!,t of tlioj
Northwest as grateful for Govern
ment funds already distributed
among them, and eagar to get more.
Tour Party Delighted
With Jackson County
OUR APOLOOIES
We have been taring a heck
of ti time with a heck of a ,tne
?with oar typesetting macMnfc,
day and nlpLt, all ?..**, *Mch ac
counts fcr both th? lateness of (
the per and the nnmwons typo
graphical errors. Ple.so excuse.
We reatfy know better.
pictures at a/?y hour of the d-iy ov
n\ght.
By the use of picture.*, hewspap.R
und ma^a/.i oh aw mr,e!i moro Miter
cresting today than they ised to bo
who* I was a young u.<iu. The ?;.?
Chinese saying that on > picture is
W.?th to*i thousand wo.'d; >nay "ot In
literally true, but, it is u Way of say
ing that we team Ifl.rough our eyes
easier than through our ears 1 think
*?hc yuounk folks of today a ow a !o*
more .than did those of i.?y gem im
tion, they so0 so many p'olures, in
newfipapers, showing how the
world and its |>eoplp loi!-? a ,d net.
MEAT . . t.? fctay high.
vi'D. v-livo yoars ai?o I wo'it out
into the cattlt coufiiy o; the W? *t
to flnJil cr.it wi7? porterir c ate. k i:
Now York had gone up to 33 eO"la
a pound. I wrote a'i ni'iel,* in which
1 predicted that it wo-ilb k<'ep on ff<>
ing up. A couple of weeks a?o o
ono who wanted port i>riious.? stoak i t
New Yorx had to ]?y 90 cents a
pculd for it
Tho uuswod to *.he r finjr eont o!
meat is simple. 1 h.> !aw of supply
j.nd de.mai d is ut work. I\t. <1 rough 1a
of two and tjweo y.wa njjo ?re heg:n
ning to have thoir u-so \paI>le offer;'
.'on consunw prices I; ukes on tin
overage, flireo yen is ro plow a beef
steak .Tihere was no: .?n ?.ifth bwedi
stock left in the cattle coir tr>', after
the drought, to piwJtK-c a normal
crop of steers for ibis jwr. Mor,,
people want beef; tcve '?< i^ss be>f
vailable; hrf'ce t'lio high prices- ,
I don't beljevj nt will over se?
cheap beef again. It tik?"e a lot of
capital to miso bee?.' ost'le, and !?
'a g waiLt'or returns. In the p'd dnvs
if the open range ? '? f was ohoj'p.
Vow the rango eoiit t'\ l\u been fen o
ed in, and the eost of eaii'e
.vUl never go down agidv.
BOOKS . . .an author s gamW
have just Huislu-d ?vnive a hook
I have done little else for Hie pad
five montrs but, Work <ii 'hat boo!'
't wil| be published i:i lhc?il*T ami
then if enough peopl. lviy eoifes ot
it, I'll begin to my >vijics for tin
time I spent o:n writing it. II a w.hoV
lot of poip'o like rh'.s L? ok well
enough to buy it, f n.av ffH better
than wages fer my wu?>.V
Onev ii* a while someone writes h
hook which becomes a M.tst seller,*'
but only onee In a while. For ipvo-y
?,Gone With the Wwl*" which has
,.arned over half a in'Mioi d'-llars :\?r
rum To Page 2)
| Sylva and Jackson county were
hosts to the tonr editors and tour ???:
ocutives of the United S.ates, who ns
guests of the SLVt of North Caroliai
\ * i
began a tour of the State, on Monda ?? ]
morning. Starting at AsI.eviHe, tfce
ladies and gtntl'emen who direct trav j
J el agencies and write auo edit trawl
articles for the newspajujrs and- inago
ziuea of America, wi!; traverse tho
entire State, from che top of the
Great &n*>kies to the Aduntic oce;-\
I The party was met in ^YHynesviUe
by a welcoming committer from Sy ? a
J and escorted into Jack.;tounty. ? t
I Sylvp a deHghlful luncheon was await
ing at the Community H??nsc. Mayor
1L. Gibtpu and Mm. B. L. McK<?;
\weWjomed the party. M^s Virgiiia
CriiKtaffson, accompanied by Mr.Geo
Ti-HCcy, delighted then, with two -k
lections from Kreisler.
From Sylva, the tour j loceeded to
Cherokee, the Great S:?vi'ty Mountains
National Park and' Brys >? City. Goin^
from Bryson City to Franklin and
thence ?o Highlands isu.i Cashier s
VaUcy, they were lunchem guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R L. M 'Ki v at High
Ilanrptou Inn, ' , |
| AJl the leading traw. ,'igencies oi
the United States, thj travol and
H]x>rting magazines, th<> i ?-ws agenciis
and travel depart mo. of dai y
papers were represents! by lugh e\
eentives.
Coleman Roberts, chaV'ran of the
Governor's hospitality committee,
headed the four and nets as toiut;
nias|er at r.ll meetings. Cftain nan l'.
Rm?e Ethridge, of th<k Carolina
Department of Cbnse?,':uu a and l'*
velopment, joined the party at Sylv i.
He flew from Raleigh to Asheville t?
arrive hi time for luncheon hove, and
to go wifh the torn- to the Great
Smokies.
The committee of lad es that p a
pared and served the tvr cheon and
deoonited the eompnnnity house, was
headed by Mrs. J. C. A'Von, w char
CALLS SOLISITOK "LIAR"?
GETS SO BATS' ON ROADS
H. 0. Kirk, new corner 10 Moun.ari
township, said, in answer to a cros*
examination question bv Solicitor
John M. Queen, "Thair V a lie'. Jutifrt
Hoyle Sink sent ,the Mrv lj?om the
room, held Kirk in comemp- of eoir.t
sentenced htim t > se?" 3i; 'lays
on the roads.
Kuk was on tria!1 for ??. assault oil
Govaai Stewart, 'over a dispute eon
re ruing Kirk's wish :o |ot>s over th?
land of Mr. Stewart, in prying to a*>i
froom his own property. The jury con
\ie%|| him, aJid lie was f'ned ^0
and cost*, Judge Sink made l,hc :e
mark that Kuk has the makings of t
fine citizen, if he wilj learri to euro
his temper.
Trotcst *ihom ^he Sidelines t>y A. B. CHAPIN
??N (TSV? i: i |
(A? sick of this/
Heavy Fines And Light
Sentences Handed Out
By Judge H. Sink Here
INlIANS WILL NOT
VOTE ON PARKWAY!
It has become apparent that the
Eastern Band of Qherokeos wiil rold
no election on the quest'**; nf txchatig
ing land* on Soco for other tunas at
Sjnokemont, in oidcr to peiuiH the
B'.ue Ridge Parkway 10 g?i down Soco
Creek fro Soco Cao. The election
must have been held witlrn sixty
days after the passage ct the Weaver
Bill provldina for it lbat sixty
days Avill expire Swday, t I'd no elet
tion has been called by ihe Tribal
Council. The new council, o majority
of which was elected on a platform
of opposition to the Parkway dow?v j
Soco, met on October ?>, orgamized, |
and adjourned until the 18th, without ,
making any provision for ib>> e*ection('
thus making it impossWo for it to
be Iheld prior to the dale ptuit set
by Congress.
Three times previously u e Tdiba! i
Council had voted the proposal down '
Secretarp Ickes stat.x. earlier i?
the week, to Chairman IVi'sp of ti*c
North Carolina Highwaf aid Public
Works Commission, and to Zebjulon
Weaver, Congressman from tthtis dis
triit, that he wohld not consider any
proposal to reduce the width of the
light of way down Soco, ard that ho .
would not. try Ito force il?c Cherokees j
to accept the road i a rough thoir j
lands if they do no>t wanc :i to do po. j
On the other hood, b'! stated that!
if the Cherokees do not want the j
Parkway, it will be cons; rue ted down j
the Tuckseigee, and en tec the Park at
Cherokee.
Persons conversant with the situa
fyon say that the Cherokees are op
posed to the proposal, and would I
ovenrhehniiigly defeatit, if th*re|
should be an election licM
SYLVA BAR HAS NEW MEMBER
Dnvid Silcr Stillwell took the oaih |
M an attorney, before J 'dge Sink
in Superior Courft here this week,
and became a member o*. ihe Svlva
*r. It is unedrstojod thil he will
have hii offices with hU undo, Mr
E. P. Stillwell.
Mr. Stillwell, a recent graduate of |
Woks VWoct College, is a ion of Prof,
and Mrs. E ll. StillweK of CuUwhee
Kirk bought the large holdings of
A&ex Moore* in Monrvihin township
and moved tfceee a few months aao.
He is a yoong man from Marietta, Qa
Before eonrt adjourned 'udge Si?;l
re'ented lad look off th? i?G dnys.
Heavy fines and rather light i
ccs, as a rule, were numerous in the
Superior Court, which completed its
criminal' term today.
Jack Hall, on a charge if violating
J o pro.iibi j on lawB, was fined $250
Port Joues was sent up for two
years, and given a suspended sea.
and costs.
tenet- of live more in i ?ase n wiacS
he was convicted of >eu. j iuplicate.1
in which he was convicted ol bein*
implicated" in breaking and enter:ng
li.%. i hlsani Hotel, a coup1-: ol years
and the removal nj' projHMty
I.on it, during the sets .? when tl.o
hoi* 2 was closed.
F ank Stepp, Calvai Slepp ' l J
C'l-rence Slepp were convicted of
?Jv?iamitin?f the rivei, end F:a?k
C iuence drew six months each, fci:d
Ca'vin 4 months.
Fded Ashe, of tha couniy home,
was sentenced to serve 2 years on an
assault charge. The Judge put in aa
order that, since Ashe :s an afflicted
man, he be given immediate hospiaal"
kation, aud' stated thai; if he is cd ed!
of his trouble, the Ju?e vi.l redot i
mend a pardon.
Chas. Moore dref 90 days fixj
operating an automobile u i;ile (intox
icated.
Vollie Shook, carrying concealoi
weapons, 90 days.
weapons etoa inshumwy \ bgkh inwy
Odell Bryson, violating the prol"b?
tion law, 5 cnumahs.
Clyde Carroll, prohibition violation
and' carrying concealer weapons, 8
mpnths.
Abe Browning, trespass, 00 days
John Farley, operating an auton.o
bile while intoxicated, 0 mouths.
John Bradley, intoxication, 30 di>?
Robert Cabe, redisiiajr an <jffic^rt
'0 days.
Fred McQoy, drunk, 30 aay.l.
Chas. Hensley, assauir., 90 days.
Glenn Calhoun, operating an auto
mpbile while intoxicated. 5 months.
Venoy Settlejnyer, operating an ai|
tooiiobile while intoxicared, $50.
Abe Keener, drunk, 925 and costs.
Rector Coggins, opera'.iUif an a-.l<i
mobile while intoxicacc'I, .*50.
John D. DavSs, samo offense, $60
Clyde Hall, game offense $50.
Henry Messer, driving withon*
license, 2 years suspended.
GusgHedden, carrying ?oneon'e 1
weapons, $10 and oosts.
Crump Wilso^ prohibit'e i violati**..
4 months, suspended upon payment
of $25 and1 costs.
Jim Pangle, operating en aut onto
bile while intoxicated, $00 and c-?ta
Larkin Parker, same offense, ?50
W. K. Kenney, reck'ess driving. >.'l>
Ted Fincannon, operi'u;.* auto?"o
bile while intoxicated, 4 r.ionths.
Champ Dyer, prohibition violation,
6 months.
Fred Henson, drank, $T5 and costs
Elsie Lay, prohibition violation, $50
Chas Norman, recklesi driving, $25
Geo. Poole,prohibition v otation, $3>
Bill! Crawford, operating m autorko
bile while intoxicated, $5C
Jim Curtis, prohibition violation,
$25.
In every ease of drivinc rhile int*
icated or reckless driving the co'i-i.
ordered the surrender of driver "a
license.
The two automobile death eases,
that against Charles Cvl-ey, and tht
in which Verlon Queen is indicted,
were contined until nex. term of th i
court
GRAND JURY KEG0UKE8O8 BOS
STATIONS FOB THE CHILDBEH
The grand jury, In Its report today,
recommended that booths bo erected
at. road intersections for the eonve
iennce and comfort of school cMJdrci
while awaiting bus transportation t*>
school. The jury also recommended
that the compulsory schoo.1 attendance
law be rigidly enfoictd is this
oonnty.
The county home was f sand to be
well kept with plenty of con and
feed for stoek and inmates; boi
recommended thai five fines at the
fhome be reaired, that tt-e rofaf bo
put in oider, that 14 fed:ufc staHs bo
constructed at the barn, tnd ithaf *
new dairy be buDi.
'All guardians, admin:r* retora, an?ir
justices of the peace have trade the'r
their reports, and a'l offices ; stiff'
records of the county were in gnd
order and well kept, the j?ty fooftd
The jafl and prison e:?mn ore sr?t
kept and in good condition.
(Pima turn To P?fi 2)