r MmWi Mgmsicii ?:cn. March 9 (Auto frst real Presidentir ^m.-, rjo has bean launched her reception and banquet t ^^J^Vutt, High Commissioner t opine Islands, former Gov and former Comman American Legion. Politics takes tne MeNutt boor It vs being managed b Hn ^atinnr )vHale J'ei'-w.ic.u.v. ? ^H^ri.eman o: Ind" i;at ;.nd i by Gc ernor Tovvnsend an ^Hr::re "regular" Democratic or ^B,j0n of the state. A. McNuf V: fund is being raised by th Hr . ciuk" which collects t\v fthe aiarms of all Indian r ajerr ^B- erpJCinTy interests Wash , 1S that no sign o:' cppositio ^ ^eMcNutt boom has come fror ;v;e House or the Democrati Corn mi .ee. This is inter some quarters as indicat the P'vsit'.ent does not see ^MVjrerm tor himself and is con iet others scramble for th - 'hrnvs Drovided Lis ores out in front are his friend: |Gov. McNutt's supporters call hii L jr?: yew DeM governor," an Ljr. thi: he will withdraw fror L^jfMr. Roosevelt should de ^ LWt he wants to run again. Th j#; plan is for Mr. McNutt t sjn his Phillipine post in Augu; iff me back to the States to stai je A-naking and organizing, frppean affairs have taken th asue situaticui out of the lime itcipolitical interest, at least fc It is no secret that th I if England's foreign poiic ne ol almost defiance of Ital of conciliation and coroprc is relieved the State Deparl of a cons', demote amount ( It is clear now that Englan fthe limf. to \ -event a Eurc ir, ar.v. tea i remove:" the fee s count;; r. : be -.on who' 3 in a con...at a: ; of our se'ek # English re en ..I of polio; cr, has ,g.,na :.;r to set at re: tii/i: that any all : nee wit i could :e counted upoi :ve dean nitrated again, it e. ihrt Britain wil! alwaj Biitish interest drst, an Jisreg rd the interests c itio.is, however friendly. South America :: phase of the Europea nvever, is causing considei iccm; that is the growth < ir. Europe with the immi ssibility that the Fasci: [ready noticeable in Sout nay grow. With Germa an pdicies now controllin to cpr.trc! C/ochcr'ovaki T T1 IV* rx\ar> \ r T n r ^ Balkan S atcs, there will be N'e.ful block of Fascist goverr occupying all of Central ar i Europe, and capable of pu L% powerful drive behina the d< -a:!- for co jnial possessions in b expand. Je dight of the six America ' "! fortresses," U. S. Arn t0"' r-r!b planes, to Peru and Argei *' regarded here as a piece /" )n n'ic strategy designed to t ,e k0^'h American republics fno ^ !-v' b the United States. It (e 0 department's policy to t: , ult' up an Ail-American urlti Jn' a?a;^i Fascism, though the official utterances on the sul Set. yhe situation in Biazil still giv ^ of the State Department of Jthe jitters. Both German at influences are suspected n behind the recently-proclaim form (\f . v>4 ^M-uunciu in * the number of both Germ ^ talian colonists settling in th ^ ttme other South Americ J 1 ries is increasing. ^o/ery Thru Lending k- recent renewal of the Reco ^chon Finance Corporation's c * to lend money to businesses ^ ?f funds, is regarded as *jdenee that the Administratioi ;lc.v of spending money for *'pum is shift'mg toward a poli wiping business recovery by len ^ The theory that free spendi t the Government results in i ^ed purchasing power is bitte; ^i^osed by the Treasury, the Fe Housing Administration and 1 " f r ( ' *intong others. 1)on^nts of spending say tl F distributed in the form a2'--s for v.. p. a. work does ] Urease turn to page two) i HE COUNTY TODAY^d I TOMORROW) (By Frank Parker Stockbridge) BIBLE . . . literary masterpiece I e The book which has been the greatQ est influence in shaping the English 0 language into its present form, both in the common speech of every day and in written literature, is the "King James" translation of the Holy Scripn t.ures. which we know as the Bible. y Three hundred years ago the cornel mittee of scholars appointed by King s James I of England to revise the ear3 lier translations of the Hebrew and _ Greek texts of the Scriptures produced a literary masterpiece, although e that was not their purpose. They only 0 sought to make the Bible readable to L every Englishman wiio could read. | Their work still stands as the . [ greatest book in the English langun [ age. Many attempts have been made n I to revise and "modernize" the text, _ r hut none of these ptYnrts ha? the liter- I - ary quality of the Aing James version. - | The best attempt A- make fehe Bible ^ | readable to the present generation is a . l book: "The Bible designed to be read efas living literature" is selling faster rt ? than most popular novels. It ought 3# to. It will outlive them all. INCH .... getting shorter n How long is an inch? That ded pends on whether one is talking about n an American inch or an English inch, - for the English inch is shorter than e the American inch by one half-milo lionth of its own length. Nobody; >t knows how the variation occured,1 *t and it doesn't make mucn difference 1 anyway, but for the sake of conform- ' e ity to international standards the U. - S. Government Bureau of Standards >r has asked Congress to enact a law e making the legal inch an infinitesimal 1 y fraction shorter than it is now. y j The effect of the proposed law >- \ would be to make a difference of about. I- ; an eighth of an inch in one mile. The )f advantage would be that microscopic d measurements calculated in fractions >- ! of an inch would be the same in :r , America as in all other Englishv : speaking countries* - i Only in English-sneaking coun- I i - : i ~ r I j tries is the men urea as a uim ui j Y> ' measurement, anyway. Most of the | ?t rest of the world uses the metric sys- j h ' tern, reckoning in millimeters, eentii ; meters, decimeters, meters, and kiloi* meters. The inch now is 25.100G > | rs millimeters; under the new law it! 3 will be 25.39996 millimeters. And that I would make a thousand yards of muslin about a sixteenth of an inch shorter1 than it is now. r, JOBS too insecure ! The hitch in the plan to revive the I ^f building industry by making it easier j i- for ordinary folks to build or buy j st new homes is that so many of the peo- ! h pie who would like to take the ad>n vantage of the easy terms offered ung, der the new F.H.A. amendments don't a, feel sure enough of their jobs to war- I id rant committing themselves to making a payments on a home over a period of i- twenty years or more, id I have talked to several men, and t- have heard of several more, who are -- holding back until they see some betio ter evidence of general economic ! recovery than is now in sight. They in I want to know whether their employiy j ers are going to continue in business or i_ I whether there wnl he some more disof I missals of employees which might ,ie include themselves.' ? a npw building I com would start I t' ?* ?w i: a real recovery, create jobs for milry '.ions and make the jobs of those se-. sd cure. But it hasn't'started yet, flhd it re won't until a hundred thousand or b- more people are wiling to take a chance. es PRICES and wages ft- On one page of my morniUg newsid paper the other day I sawi three items oi of news all having ^ wijQi' prices, ec The President said that prices ily ought to go up but thai'manufactured an products ought to co:r;"'/down.V A iat spokesman for Labor said that indusany trial wages should go up. The chairman of the Maritime Commission told the President that the prices asked by n- ship-builders were so high that no>f body could afford to run ships which in cost so much and pay the wages to an seamen fixed by American Laws, n's The first of those statements points p- toward higher textiles?an increase cy in the cost of living. The second 13 d- another signal of the unceasing efng fort of organized labor to get more n- pay, regardless of the effect on any one rly else. And the prohibitive cost of ship?d-. building is, inlarge measure, the outthe come of the ether trends. Some day, maybe, we Americans iat will approach the problem of costs of from a realistic point of view, and not will stop trying to repeal the law (Please turn to page three) - ~ 1 :??>? ;? . S7UVA, NORTH CARO I Only Confederate Veteran Csebrates 9 5th Birthday Elbere Watson, Jackson County's sole surviving veterai of the Confederacy, celebrated his 9.>th birthday last Wednesday at his ht me near Glenville. His children and grandchildren gathered at the home for a birthday dinner, and later in the day a group from B. H. Cathey Chapter, United Daughters of the Covfederacy, went | to his home, bringing him a basket of fruit, and wishing him many happy I returns of the day. Among the 26 relatives arid friends >f Mr. Watson, who enjoyed the birthday dinner with ! the veteran, were Franklin I Watson, prominent attorney of Burnsville and his grandson, John W >tson. The group from the Daughters of the Confederacy included Mrs. Herbert Bryson, President of the Chapter, Mrs. Dan Tompkins, Mrs. T. O. Wilson Mrs. J. H. Wilson, and Mrs. E. L. Wilson. Despite his advanced age, Mr. Watson's mind is as clear as that of a young man, and he recalled many incidents of the War Between the States. He told about being engaged in the Battle of Malvern Hill, the culmination of the Seven days Battle around Petersburgh, and of being | wounded in that historic struggle. The hand to hand fighting with the Yankees, who outnumbered the Confederates five to one, and the shelling , of the advanced lines of his regiment by other Confederates coming up, made an indelible impression upon Mr. Watson's mind. After being i wounded, he went to Petersburgh, where he was admitted to a hospital. , The hospital was shelled druing the night, and he was evacuated to a tobacco warehouse, converted into a t barracks, which had been used by Yankees, ^ind which he stated was in| fested with vermin. Mr. Watson volunteered for service in the Confederate A*my in 1861 and was assigned lothe 23th North Carnlinn Rpi>!mc!>t. I Alter the termination of the war, I Mr. Watson return', d to Jackson | County, and married Miss Martha | Alexander. He engaged in farming | in Hamburgh, and he -nd Mrs. Watson j ran an inn at Glenvil'e. i For a time after the death of his first wife, Mr. Watson made his home with his son at Burnsviile; but fater he returned to Glenville and married his present wife, who was Miss Sally I Moody, and has made his home in Hamburgh since that time, 17 years ago. ? GOES TO BRYSON CITY Mrs. Ben N. Queer; has accepted a position with the U. S. Employment Office in Bryson City The office was recently moved from Asheville to Bryson. Sw-s of Stn T V fpERM APs' ( / ffiUoOM ENOUGH ill I / ?? ' Sw ' ((rtT *M!>UAvi?N ( WE'v/E f^^V\ I L^i%tta 1 ? - *. * ..H 4 a '' 1,1 ' ' ' LlNA^MARCh 10, 1930 t **/. ' c; Eisley Opens New ,!Store In Sylva ' Mr. Jchn B. Ensley has recently completed his new store building on ; Cujlowhee read, just inside the city limits, ana has opened his business there. The building is of brick and coricrete, and has ample provision for storage of fe^ds and produce. TVTr" TTnelft-r ie nno rxf *b,o I * ** J V?*IV AO U11V. WA bliv county's best known citizens ard business men, will engage in the feed and grocery business in his new building. Stockholders Meet Saturday Morning The annual meeting of Jackson I county stockholders of the Farmers g Federation has been called for 10] o*clock Saturday morning, March 12, in the co-op's Sylva warehouse.? ' James G. K. McClure, president, and other Federation officials are expected to attend. Principal business to come before the meeting will be jthe reading of reports on last year's j business, the election of the Jackson county advisory committee of 10 members, and the nomination of a director to represent the county on the federation's board. Two directors are named from each .county where the federation operates. Their terms are for two years and -one comes up for election each year. .Nominations of directors are made at county meetings and elections take place at the annual meeting of stockholders of the entire organization. The general stockholders' meeting this year to be held at 10:30 o'clock j Asheville. _ Music will be supplied at Saturday's meeting in Sylva by the federation's string band. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION TO MEET AT WEBSTER The Tuckaseigee Baptist convention will meet with Webster Baptist Church Sunday afternoon March 13th at 2:30 p. m. A large attendance from all S inday schools of the County is expected at this meeting. A BanI ner will be awarded to the Sunday | school having the largest number ! present. Devotional .... Miss Mildred Cowan Special Music .... East Sylva Quartet Report on Waynesville Meeting .... Reverend Fred Forrester. The value of Sunday school Training by R. F. Jarret Special Music .... East Sylva Quartet Round table discusion on the gen-j eral". topis "A Sunday School Re- 1 vival" | Adjournment. ! ing 1^!:^!.^ " :r i sra A MCVCPN,R0BlN77ti (.jAK^ / // i = GOT TO CXECK OUT|^ V //P1 / 7-2!S. EARUY WDfcM IS ,fc?J \y jS/sll t-riNG- ?Oii vs UPWOfilH S \ '/////ll,/ J -T #?/ pt^w .A 7/4/ WA CQMIMC- // fr \-i r. ' l $2.00 A YEAR IN sTTmaOBBSL-. Ui iAiV nag CI.: raii^jj==aca?a i FLOGO LIGHTS ARE | BOUGHT FOR ATHLETIC FIELD At a meting of the Smoky Mountain Athletic Association held Monday night at the Sytva Central High School it was decided to order immediately 16 flood lights. Tliis will enable the soft ball league to play their games at night this summer. When the committee which is composed of L. O. Huff, T. N. Massie, Phil Stovall, Buddy Hall, Wayne Terrel, Ray Cogdill, and R. U. Sutton, that had charge of raising the money with which to purchase these lights, reported it was found that five hundred and five dollars had been raised. [ The 16 lights for the soft ball only cost around $275 the remaining will be left in the treasury for the purpose of being used to purchase the remaining lights necessary to play nigbt footfc&ll nezt fall. This will necessitate the raising of about a hundred and fii'ly dollars more. Anyone wishing to donate Jo this fund please see one of the committee or Claude Jones, who is treasurer of the Association. A meeting will be called at once | of all the soft ball team managers * for the purpose of deciding which teams will be in the major league and which teams will be in the minor leagua. The soft ball teams will begin play around tht first of May. Teams that will play this summer are: Two teams from each of the Armour TanitiA Qwl\;a Pnnprhnarrf The i lldlj CU1U IMV Lions Club, Moore's Cleaners, Massie j Furniture Co., Cannon Brothers, and ( I Velt'f Cafe. The Rotary Club pro bably also will sponsor a team. BALSAM Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Beck announce the birth of a 10 pound boy?Nathan ! Edward. He arrived March 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bryson and son, j Clifton visited his mother, Mrs. Sue j Bryson, at Gay Sunday. It was re- j ported that Mr. Bryson's mother had been struck by lightning during the electrical storm early Sunday morning, but fortunately she was not hurt, although there was much damage done to a water pipe and the yard was considerably torn up. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bryson and two Sons, Junior and James, of Madison Barracks, New York, are guests of Mr. Bryson's parents, Reverend and Mrs. A. C. Bryson. Former Jackson Woman Dies Mrs. Mary D. Styles, 69, a former resident of Willets died Sunday at her home in Brandon, S. CJ., and luneral was held at Brandon Baptist church, of which she was a member, Monday afternoon. Among her surviving children is her daughter, Mrs. D. H. Gunter, of Willetfc by A. B. CHAPIN : Ishftu we try 1 that t&uft'sr i s/ ^==^ | 440pe ?ziz| last ome you / yjj ^ o \r?vt inc. lit WOO u ?v>v. V?. ? the Spanish-American War, and ;c well-known citizen. Funeral service were conducted at Qualla Methodist church, Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. M. T. Hinshaw, supply pastor of the Sylva MethodisV churchj and Rev. John L. Hyatt, Bap tttst minister. Mr. Raby is survived by his widow and one daughter, Miss Irene Raby, and other relatives and friends. .. Active pall bearers were six of his nephews, Frank Battle, Miller Hall, Frank Hall, Horace Howell, J. M. Hughes, and Mont Raby. Honorary: Dr. R. W. Kirckberg, J. O. Fisher, TVnv McLean. W. T. Patton, R. C. ? , Howell, J. C. Hayes, and Jode Holcombe. Flower bearers: Misses Blanche Cantrell, Mary Battle, Sarah Raby. Kate Hughes, Mrs. J. D. Norton, Mrs. Jeter Snyder, Mrs. Don Cogdill, and! Mrs. Vinson Jenkins. Commissioners Elect ListTakers For 1938 The commissioners of Jackson county, at their monthly meeting, Monday, elected list-takers for the taxes of the county. (Please turn to page two} y