SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987 $2.00 A YEAR IN A0VANCB OUTSIDE THE UHJNW ??? fT R.'s Farm Plan faces Compromise Vote ?W*.-W -ls,h"* l'" iv ;0.:S Hio learned ?C?li'ic",r,:.b" if s i r-icturo which *?? o!'ih' *?w ""-"lh r" *? r ."..w p "*? ,hj ""'""'I AAA rr>. ?<?#???*? ?V '-.lvos, ??!. Jiiui 41 ? Httti u. n?tk>? im tumt Co,r ' Aswiatiw. parani now ,,fc?t.il. in !iu- -iw ut w vi be vormoiv. 10 I*?*** Lat?uvp'-,''>'lsl,mH- Evci*v n 14 r ot' hi* btoomi' 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)

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