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vSAit IN ADVANCE IN THJ County Refills /Vtfnrt 1P r I Chair.Tan H. D. Cowan, or the I itord of County commissioners, Dan I ? J.'core, cou.'y attorney, and T. I trat"?r Ashe, county auditor, have f I retimed from Raleigh, where they/ I cormh'ted the transaction for the re- I J :':!it'jicii'n ef tiic county s bonds, which I I ;:is osumn?*d will save the countyI the s-:m of approximately $232,000 in I r jxt ten > ears. I Kflective June I, las', the p]an calls I t-r tie issuance oi $511,000.00 of re- : I .una.'ig bonds of extended maturity ' I ,o bo given in exchange, par for par / I :or tie principal of ail bonds now I past :ije or maturing through June ' I ]?1, all bonds for the next fjVe1 mu. to be a' the interest rate of 4 ! I .vrntjm per annum, and at c> per I - ,ii for iiie successaing five years. ' I \t Ju close of the ten year period, : I the resent contract ra:e of interest I will again become effective. j I All bord oo-.!pons now in default. I c:t;:.u were uue before June 1, 1937, I v.iil i c redeemed at forty per cent of I 7h. plan, as promulgated also calls v sinking fund, and provides I aer.eve - the sinking funds exI :,cus fie sum of $10,000, the county I call for tenders of bonds, and I .shall purchase offerings at whatever I race below par they are offered unI t:I sinking fund is exhaused, Iti I t axi that here, in addition to i I ttv intercut living, a substantial sav- ! I in* tu Me cou .ty can be effected. I In approving the plan, the North I I Carina .Municipal Council said: i I -The- prcrapt consummation of the j I ph.. and early return of tne county { I to a current basis will benefit ihe ' I creditors and the county.'' j I $a:d the Local Government Cornmis- j I w::: "We have collaborated with j B be rep* Ncntatives of the holders of f rountv for the pur- ' UiV krviiv*.-. iw? v N*e of determining a fair and ! M equitable basis on which the county i ir.il, u remove its default, and adjust j I ;u lidebtcdness within the ability of J I thecoun.y to meet. The plan has been ; I apprjved by the Director of Local I Government of North Carolina and it is believed that its consummation I will .e tor tiie best interest of the | trtyi'j.s and the county." j I TI.l amount of d. faulted coupons i ..... ... \o at n ui;y v-iucii -- , disc.-unt of fifty per cent, is $166,- j 4t3.0i; o: a saving to the county on !W present past due obligations of , S3,211.54. i Tt.e r..vse-"sed valuation of the coun- ; ty is ^8,004,100.00. The net debt of ticvjnty is $1,017,000.00, or $68.60 per cap. ... The population, as by the WO ce: us, 17,519. This does not in j elude >27,000.00 Sylva township, nor $2,000 00 Ccllowhee township road, ^nrts which are not included in the.. financing plan. I Tlu county is now in default in the ^ ih-'l sum of $272,688.92, the plar>' and the bocal Government Butv^iues in Raleigh state that the co-intv is unable to pay its total debt under the present interest rates and W-Ui ties. Under the old plan the -Aou}d have \q pay, in 1937-38 uf $110,100.00. The new plan for payment during this year of $'6,741.00. The greatest amount to be ^ in any one year, under the refinancing plan will be $80,080.00 in ' b55-v3. The entire present debt of, be county, under the refinancing h--. will be paid off by 1963. InterM ar -j principal of the final payr;?n' ;o the sum of $3,115.00 will be -0 u' 1962-GR But, under the ^infc-y l!jSfuntl, and lowest offering prqvisiqn j. }< P^sible tu liquidate the ontifP hinded indebtedness lonj* before then p offerings of bands are made at bQ* ^ PW prices, s ^irman J. fi. Cowan, of the coun^ ' ^'^bxioners, the present board ^ board that retired last Det _ (|<-inupr> ^ave collaborated with the J^a; Government Commission and representatives of the bondhold*,s for more than a year seeking to ^ ue at a settlement that will bring 2^'tial relief to the county; bring bolded indebtedness within the jHjty of the county to pay,' and at j uhfc Wtuofy \y$ut4 meet rL approval of the creditors. tyl Club Elects Officers ! ? i'lAr r1'" ' <' %!va Wsh ^-1 j- . uo president, O-iy ^,.r v'lp<*-pr'i.ident; Roger Shdicn, rt)jr ~'ror.surer; Bobby Allison, ,l' ^ Cunther, local load^ d Allison, Guy Enslty, Uutte^ ^r^ce? Program com BCOUNTY mcing Plan ! i State Capital 49 YEARS AGO |, . 1 Tuckaseigee Democrat, < February 2,1889 < Gen. E. R; Hampton*-with a targe ; tjrianHff nf Vian^e g ?,? UIU aVSIUC? V diUdUJC work' on the road east of Sylva, last Thursday.? i Rev. Dr. Buel, of the Episcopal 1 church held services at the Academy, ? Sunday evening, at 4 o'clock.? Dr. J. H. Wolff showed us a fine j leaf of the Yellow Orinoco tobacco, 1 last week. It is a luxuriant specimen j of the bright golden color and was J grown in the Scott's Creek valley, not | over a mile from here.? j Esq: J. C. Watkins and J. H. Bryson j of Dillsboro were in Sylva Thursday j c on business.? j J Mr. J*. H. Painter visited our head- | ^ quarters this week and ordered the continuance of his paper. . . Master Willie F. Baum found his way to our f sanctum this week. . . . Capt. E. R. | v Stamps, of Raleigh, one of the peni- j tentiary board was on the west bound train Thursday. ... A spirited discussion was indulged in at the meeting of the Literary Club a week ago. The question was "Resolved that t dancing is contrary to the principles a of Christianity." The affirmative was j$ represented by Messrs. A. M. Parker a and O. B. Coward; the negative by 1 General E. R. Hampton and E. B. JS Madison. The judges appointed to render a decision on the foregoing j were Martin Baum, R, M. Davis and j, Jas. MoKee. The verdict was given \ 0 in favor of the negative. , . . Mr. Zeb | n Dillard and Mrs. Ta^itha Wood were I united in the bonds of wedlock on Tuesday night, the 29th, Rev. W. En- ^ sley, officiating. The bride is a sister Q of Mr. A. M. Parker, of our town. a Jackson County Journal, January 10, 1908 IC S David Coleman Camp Confederate veterans, will meet at Savannah I school house January 19 and 20. Hon. ' C C. Cowan will deliver the opening , * address. T. G. Picklesimer, F. E. i ' i Alley and James H. Cathey will de- j liver addresses in the afternoon. On !v Sunday Rev. Mr. Clyde and Rev. Mr. : * Gaillard will conduct the services. It ' ^ is especially desired that all confed- j ? crate soldiers, with their wives and r the Sons and Daughters of the Con- 1 federacy attend this meeting. The t meeting will be held in honor of Gen. o R. E. Lee's birthday. We have asked i W. H. Jones and R. N. Deitz to con- ; 5 duct the singing. By order of the J Commander J. W. Shelton. 1 The quarterly conference of the Sylva and Dillsboro Stations met with the Sylva Methodist church Saturday c and Sunday, Presiding Elder Taylor in charge. The Ladies pf the Home Missionary 3 Society pf the Methodist church met 1 with Mrs, M. Buchanan last Monday s afternpon. -Mrs. Buchanan sent a r turnout in for the ladies and they eh- jj j _ T-iHn nut to the home qf { joyeq a bu(t? AH?V ~ ~T the hostess. Those present were Rev, I and Mrs. Q. H. Neal, Mrs. Nina Gail- * lard, Mrs. J. J. Gray, Mrs. Joe Sher- ? rill, Mrs. J. W. McKee and Mrs. Geo. * Bryson. * T. G. Picklesimer, of Webster, has 1 sold his property at that place to Mr.) \ Andy Allison. Mr. Picklesimer and * family have moved to Bryscn City. 6 The firm of Allison and Broyles, of 1 Webster, has dissolved partnership, 1 J. T. Broyles paving bqugh^ the in- I teresf qf Mr. AJlison gnd wjlj continue * thp pusinessi under tf\e npe of J. L. < Brqyjes. 1 Diljsboro- One marriage in our town to bid the old year adieu, a quiet i hpme marriage. Miss Minnie Dills i was married to Mr. Gray, lumberman. * Rev. J. J. Gray, of Sylva, performed the ceremony. They left on the first ^ train after their marriage for a wed- ^ ding trip. . . . Miss Gertie Dills is , I teaching a select school in town. . . . ( I t j Hooker and Scroop Hooker Went , * w: to Knoxville today. . \ . Miss isaun # Moore, of Ashevilfe, daughter of Judge t Fred Moore, has beer} 'visiting rela- ^ tives in Billabdro. . . . W. Enloe went up on Cullowh^e bird hunting last Saturday. . . . Henry 3ryspn has purchased one of the most desirable i [ lots in towji and is going to erect a 1 nice building on it spqn ( ?e&sie Norton is , visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. Wilson, in White Pine. 1 -;:n Missis Tela , and Lacy ZacJia-y are spj-ndhig their Christmas holidays v/iil- home-folks. . . . Miss Nellie ii:ll, of Cashier, visit- I ed friends at Norton last Saturday! - (Please turn to pa^e twoi ~ _ l< i <! SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, Paper Mill Here j Resumes Operating ! The Mill of the Sylva Paperboard j Company, which has been closed since oefore the first of the year, resumed operations Sunday night, and will operate all this week, and next week, according to Mr. P. C. Ellis, the newly ippointed manager. . Mr. Ellis stated that he had no nformation as to whether the mill *vill run more than the two weeks it this time. Commerce Body j To Meet Tuesday! There will be a meeting ef the \vlvn o17 Pnnim<?rr?p nt I Community House next Tuesday nite, j reb. 8, at 8 o'clock. Plans for the rear's work will be made, and it is i mportant that all members of the j "hamber be present. - ! . I PAKK WUiL BE COMPLETED On Wednesday}- t-hc Congress of the Jnited States passed, in its final form, i bill authorizing the appropriation of 743,000 for the completion of the :rea necessary for tne formal estabishment' and opening of the Great hnoky Mountains National Park. There is no doubt that President' toosevelt will sign the bill when it s presented to him, and that the work f purchase of the additional acreage lecessary will soon be under way. The Journal hopes that the land exhanges will be speedily made, paving he way for a great, formal opening f the National Park, this year. Such * ? : ,1,1 ?nA A nop nxrl ill J1 UtL'ctiiiUU V.UU1U, auu uvjuu utoo nut ?c made a most memorable one, givng wide publicity to Western North Carolina, and attracting many thouands of desirable people to our egion. )rgan Concert At Cullowhee J. Jay Anderson, of Easlcy, S. C., rill give a concert on an electric lammond organ, at the Cullowhee laptist church, Sunday night. Geo. JcCravy, gospel singer, will accom>any Mr. Anderson. The organ will be brought by truck o Cullowhee, and the instrument and | i-rroniff -tvrill h*> nrAsent for the morn- I 'igUlilCV IT AAA IUV ng service, as well as for the concert i Junday night. 'arent-Teachers Met Tuesday The Parent-Teachers Association q( Jylva celebrated Pounders Day, at he meeting held Tuesday afternoon it the Elemetnary School. Parents and eachers from the entire consolidated chool district were present at the neeting, representing eighth schools n this high school district. Mr. F. I. Watson, principal of the iigh school, stressed the fact the high ;chool here is no more Sylva's school han it ih that of any other communiy in the district, and that it is im- | >ortant that parents and studehts rom other communities feel that this s their school, and they take an inttr.?st in it. . Speaking pn the 41st Birthday of he Parent-Teachers Association, $|ss Cdith Buphgnan spotke of the beginlers qf the movement, its ?arly history, and its accomplishnents, through the years. . a ifyhfin^ * service, com? A vanuiv. -nemorating objectives of the P. T. A., was an impressive part of the prdjrum. . r Mrs. John H. Wilson, in change of ;he program, paid tribute to the, :eachers and to the president ^ndj 'orrner president? of the local ^ssp iation. As the name of each past president was called, she earn? for-' ward, lighted a candle, and told something of the accomplishments of the Association during her term p| office. If the past president y/as not: present, a candle was, lighted for her. The first name ca^ed was that of Mrs. M. Qqwpn, %st president pf the Sylya P. f. A. Qthcr past presidents are; Mrs. W. H. Rhodes (now deceased), Mrs. E. L. McKee, Mrs. T. F. Freeze. Mrs. Billy Davis, Mrs. j Clai'd AH'son. Mrs. J. D. Cowan, Mrs.! John R. Jones. Mrs. II. E. Battle, Mrs. ' David M..Hr.il, Mrs. W. ?, H. Gibson, and Mrs. David 1^. Hall,' who Is again president of the assoPotion, , "0111 ill February 3, 1933 Rites Are Held For N. M. Davisson Funeral rites for N. M. Davisson, who died of a heart attack at his home at East LaPorte, early Monday morn | ing, were conducted at Waynesville, I Tuesday afternoon, and interment was in Green Hill cemetery, at Waynesville, with Masonic services c<wif ducted by Unaka Lodge, Sylva, of which Mr. Davisson was a member. Mr. Davisson came to Jackson county 17 years ago, when the Blackwood Lumber Company . first began operations here, and has made his home in 1h;g county since that time. He is survived \>y his widow, Mrs. Lyda Moody Davisson, a two-yearold son, Joseph Rector Davisson, one sister, Mrs. Joseph Keys, East LajPortc, and two brothers, Burton r\ ^ L n s. 1 uavisson, oaxaicnewan, i^anaaa, ana James Davisson, pf Nova Scotia. Mr. Davii.son was secretary-treasurer of the Blackwood Lumber Company and of the Tuckaseigee and 'Southeastern Railway Company. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON Washington, January 31. (Autocest- j er) ? There is very decidedly a bet* j tor feeling between Government and | business, it by Government is meant j Congress. How far that is true if by Government one means the President j is uncertain. There have been nil- ; merous conferences lately in which . the President, has sat down with lead- j ers of business and industry, the; latter seeking to get some sort of ftj i ?i . i _ i i _ j* 1! JI aennue siaieraeiu 01 poncy wxucu j they could tie to from the President's lips, and the President, presumably, | seeking from them. the facts about, business conditions and their ideas of the causes of the current slump, j Some of those who sat in on these conferences have reported that they had never heard a President talked to face to face in the tone some of. those present used in attributing to him the major blame for the bust- ness recession?"depression" is not. a polite word to use in Washington tiiese days. Out of all the confer- ! ences, however, the President himself emerged smiling, giving no sign of any influence which his visitor'! picas to let up on business may have had on him. . Political Strategy Sensed Smart political observers here believe that the failure of the White House to utter reassuring words at this juncture is part of a clever political stretegy^ which has peea ill progress since the present slump first began to he -visjhW -J* the blame can be successfully fixed. in-.the public mind, '/economic royalists." and along around the Spring primaries, when the -mass, of consumers have just begun to feef the. pinch of the slowing down of factory production. and increasing unemployment, , a new big Government spending plan is ini- j ti&ted, pouring out a billion, or more unexpected relief money, v the effect upon the average voter, witf BPtbe too friendly toward Congressmen ehd Senators of either party who have refused to go along with the Administration in all ifs projects. ' Whether that, is the conscious plan . Of the Administrate or not, such .1 a program would have,the effect of strengthening V the . Administration politicallyH And, the growth o?. the spirit of indopendiance r in Congress has become so marked ain.ee last Fall that, it is-,time some attention was paid to the repairing of many political fences.. 'Congressional Indepsndenoc Grows . Congress, for once, seems more definitely concerned with the eco noiT>i& situation than -with politics. Of course,, no, Congressman WUIipgly throws awey, * political advantage if he can grab it hon^t]yvku{ihi& f?w independent m Capitol. H&l who stood ahio?| alone, like voices crying Jp the wilderness in the early days of the New Deal have been recruited by" so many? others that it no longer calls for the courage of a ^ai\ie] to take , a stand in pppos^an to the Aduuhistr^i^. Pef. ; projects, The brav? Congressman no longer haa to stan$ ?lgne. s Mr. Roosevelt. mindful of the support and encouragement he has long had from the "Left Wing* -i group with which he was once entirely surrounded. He has wrung their .heartstrings on more fhan on^ oceasihn, by taking a too. friepdply tone toward princ-oa yf privilege, and feil&g \b heed the hdviee of the starry-eyed ' young intellectuals who think that there is ho sense in giy-r ihg the capitalistic . system gnathic | ?. (piw*pmj 1 Mcawaaw?c i i i11 im jQUI A YKAJt IN J 1 MtHMBKaHHHBKasssBasr^: Four Escaped Are Retak< I a 1 TODAY and TOMORROW RADIO ?... fireside visitor Ajghort time ago the Federal Communications Commission warned one 61 the big broadcasting companies and a long list of stations that they were likely to lose their licenses if they ever put another program on the air; like one which had brought an avalanche of protests from indignant ' listeners, because it overstepped the bounds of public decency and good < act a * I VWOWl I Up popped thousands to protest rthat such censorship of the radio was f an infringement of the right of free : speech. Of course, it was nothing of the sort. No one has a rig ht to come into your home and use language which offends you or your family or tell stories which you do not want your children to hear. Radio is different from the theatre, the movies or the press. We 'can keep scurrilous newspapers, (home. We can keep our children I away from offensive plays and ? though with difficulty ? choose what movies they can see. But the voice I of the radio comes right into the living room. Every possible control should be used that it does not defile our homes and offend our sense of decency by speaking the language of the gutter where our children can hear it I. * SPEECH ?... be careful ; The sumt road to success is to ! master the spoken word. I do not j mean the ability to make speeches, | but to apeak the English language the way people of education and reflneroept speak it. The -yetmg man or young woman who habitually uses wonts which express the speak- | er's meaning plainly, enunciates them clearly and pronounces them correctly has an invaluable asset; for when he ! I talks to people whose decisions may make ot mar his career he will stand out from the crowd who use slipshod English, incorrectly pronounced. The use of bad English is usually not so much from ignorance as from carelessness. Employers do not want help with either of those faults. Incorrect pronunciation is a mark of inattention or of poor breeding. Too manay Unfortunate .children never heard, good English spoken, even by >1 ii AH! if acuwjiw.w> ? ; Nothing falls me so much as to hear attractive and intelligent persons pronouac? common words intofrOCtfy* It is a sign that tliey either do not- know or do not care what impression they malm. My pet peeve is to hear someone who ought to know better pronounce "address" with the .accent on the first syllable. I . . LIQUOR ... In moderation : Now that the sale of liquor is again legal in almost every state, a great deal more attention is being given to the Study of the effects of alcohol on the human body. A great deal- of what used to be taught by the "temperance" lectures and ichpofoopks in my youth turns out, under sciendAc inquiry, to be largely bunk-. '*.i We used to be shown horrible pictures of (he drinker's inside, showbig how alcohol caused many terrible-diseases and- surely hurried its yictimS to an early grave. Some of hs wondered,in childhood, how if Ithat weire so Uncle Ezra Peters and ! the hard-drinking Rollins family, all grandparents, happened to be spryer and live longer than many good who never touched a drop, jilt not fair to children to teach them Hes: even in a worthy cause. j \ Now the state text-book board of Virginia has approved new scboaU books which will teach Virginia children the truth which every modern doctor knows ? that the use of j liquor; in moderation is not harmful tp: people in good health. It is up to -the parents and schools of today ta teach moderation, it seems to me. * * * INSURANCE ... at low cost : In Massachusetts the mutual or Aon-proflt savings banks have been issuing life-insurance policies for mote tk$& thirty years. Their experience has been so beneficial to large numbers of people that the govenors of Ne\y Y<?rk and Rhode Island are ?o\v urging the adoption 01 similar systems for their } ? What the Massachusetts plan uijMljpfli to is the-largest insurance E tra to DlM tVOl I k ;iiM I I. m ? ' mi xs w ^ : LDVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTT j I Prisoners j j en By Officers J * i * <k Three of the five prisoners wh0 ^ ' escaped from the Jackson county jail* X.Vhere Sunday night, were captured A before midnight Tuesday, by local j? officers. Bill Dockins, who " with [ <j Luther Owens, is charged with break* ing and entering the store of R. O# } . ,/* ! Parker, at Tuckaseigee, was captured ' on a mountain above Birdtown, in \ company with Lt. Richard Murray. . Murray is an officer in the Reserva Corps, and a .former commanding officer of a CCC Camp. He is charged with issuing worthless checks, and his family had sent money to make good his alleged wrong-doings, and ^ : he would have been released, Mon- ? v; day morning. ;>j;x Owens was taken on a mountain ' "J between Canada and Caney Fork, when he was presumably trying to > work his way back to his home in Canada township. Leslie McDonald, v ;} held on a charge of larceny, and *U Frank Brown, Negro, charged with j drunken driving, have not been re. taken, as yet. ^ The five men escaped when one of n^.! V.' '*** them a blanket over the head of ,.* t Jailer Homer Turpin, and stunned him with a blow on the head. Thir- *' .*$ teen other prisoners in the jail made * > no attempt to get away. luaituiui jjiuwu unguuj iu" .:<i j jured In Bus Accident '??? i +-7X | Malcolm Brown, of Sylva, and son vsj?| of Mrs. E. E. Brown, received slight injuries in a collision of a Carson- ^.S Newman College bus and an automo- % * > bile near Bull's Gap, Tenn., Tuesday ? night, at which time two students of the college were killed an a num- ^ ber injured. . The basketball squad of Carson- * Newman* of which young Brown is Hfer inwnbtfrTu> "f jj City to meet Eastern Tennessee ^ Teachers College in a game basket- : lB| ball, when the bus in which they 4 -5 were riding is said to have collided ' >' with an automobile and trailer, re- '* } ; t suiting in the death of two of the . members of the squad, the serious >( injury of several others and slight , j injuries to a larger number. Members c>f his family communi- V '* cated with young Brown Wednesday * ' ? morning, by telephone and found thai /? he was not seriously injured, and thai he was able to be at school. ^ Finds Penny In Building Rooi Gordon Diliard, who has been J workuig on the razing of an old building and the construction of a new one, - ~ at the Armour Leather CompanyL \ ? Plant here, found a one cent piece embedded in the concrete roof o; the old building. The one cent piece. r an Indian Head one bearing date of . 1893, was placed in the concrete ?' j when it was poured, in 1910, by B. 3 K. Morgan, who was helping to con- ' ; struct the building at the time, and ' J -1 0..1 . who is now employed ai uie ojnv? Paperboard mill. . i J Mrs. Stovall In Hospital A . Mrs. Phillip Stovall is a patient in v'' the Community Hospital, where she is recovering from serious injuries -A received in an automobile accident in Waynesville, a few days ago. Two cars, in one of which Mir... * Stovall, 'was a passenger and guast. of members of her husband's fami- . ly, collided at a street intersection. and she received a broken collar bane and injuries to her shoulder. ' f . , ' 5 Sylva Boy Goes To Eanam* ' - - # * George McLain, son of Mr. and: Mrs. Fred McLain, who recently an.i listed in the United States Army, and has been stationed at Fort Bragg; will., sail from Charleston, S. C., on Feb^ ruary 6, for Panama, Canal Zona. BALSAM (By Mrs. D. T. Knight) ! ' 'j V. C., the nine months old boy of Mr. Lon Crisp, died Friday, the 28th, 'and was laid to rest Saturday in die % Crawford cemetery by the side of its * I mother, who preceded it about aix months ago. Rev. Aaron Bryson conducted. the service. ' . The rtlany friends of Mr. J. K. KOn? . V ney, who has been very ill in Ashe? ville, are g!ad to iearr. that he if :~ti? proving;. ' | Ai-:o M:\\ .i ' ;>ds been- '3 ' very siek but .j .;o-.v improving. j Mr* aixd Mrs. Corbclt Ensley, o? | Ashe ville, visited his mother, miAv rA [X, IMK waak-amL ~ ^ ' -tfgtlr if- r f 'JUJ
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