< ? H ^
S IN the
flutiS De?0<
fleet I" Wa>
B for a combined rally
:'ledf^ of the Young Demo0
llth Congressional
y h'.M in Waynesville,
1 t0 being officially
J :6lh* v ^ ly officials through2
^H^ct'this week, it was anI
Jhv Dr.ve H. Hains,
W*] :, publicity chairman.
l^pernoi-rats from this counI
take a leading role in
C. nub.
wUimcr on publicity com?iCK'ei,u
' rasa Jones on ticket com *
?n advisory commit
Litive p'-'1-5 ca^ for an ela *.
>janqi:et at the Gordon Hotel, <
K-tdle. at 7:00 P. M., to be fol- I
H-^by round and square dancing ?
ie runes o; outstanding orches- '
tvet to be secured, at Waynes- !
K new Armory building which t
E- o: all modern facilities to ac- i
Eafcte a record-breaking num- J
RrofVeste- N'oi'th Carolina dan- i
mers.
je-r Scgtts. of Canton, District !
Sara Ruth Posey I'
I \f;:pny. di.-tr -t Vice-Chairman,i o
Ejsrpervise the days program. J
ha.n H. Phillips Passes J
h-jral services and interment for
|h. Philips. veteran railway man, ]
L net, Fn:iry, at his home in 1
Ee ..'e. weiv conducted Saturday ^
at Cullowhee. '
I:. Phillips, who was 69 years of (
i had been an employee of the
Bsc:. Railway since 1892.
isint oi Haywood county, Mr. 1
latet moved, to Cuttowhee?" J
{M there to Asnevnie.
is survived by hic widow, Mrs.
iieitson Phik.os. one son, ClinPhilhps.
ore daughter, Mrs. 1
?.?> son. i\:.C ore grandson, B. C.
s. all of A.hvvdlr. His first wife 1
11 . V II.
Wolff Passes At Her J
Home In Forsyth i
i
.'is here of M>\ and Mrs. E. A. ^
vi i regret to learn of the death ,
. V.VJff. at he home on Route |
nolda Road. Winston-Salem, ,
tfjy morning. Ma! ch 0. I
V.'o-ff ,>pent his boyhood in
ir/J Mrs. Wolff spent a sum- ,
.e, Severn! years ago, and at- ^
tue r.irrmer school at Western ,
d Teachers College. : Sara
Martha Wolff, 57, Rey- \ (
i'oc',, Winston-Salem, Route 1, [.
a-' h r'. She was slightly ill j <
Jt iwo weeks, but her condi- j <
OTV r> irvitn nnlv a cV>r?T*f timP
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pore her death. . -. ,'
The funeral was ' held at Vogler's j(
|hne 'i Chapei with Rev. C. B. Ad- 13
^ ?ri charge. Burial was in the I,
family graveyard.
Wolif was born in Forsyth
|Coir'y August 13. 1880, the daugh- ;
the late William Goslen and
^*a lauser Goslen. She had lived
urgent i ome place for the past
k-Airs, the,remainder of her life
riv"ar l"tffto\vn. She made a profes"4?n
^ faith 13 years ago, but was
c^ei filiated with any church. She
married April 15, 1903, to E. A.
" olff.
Sur''ivorr. include the husband; one
*n, Eorger Wolff, Route 1; one sisler;
-tfrs. e. w. Conrad, Pfafftown;
|c'rj v'Ur brothers, J. W Goslen and
I H- r^osien, Pfafftown; R. W. Gos^
Lc.visviUc; and H. B. Goslen,
? J. Crawford Passes
. Crawford died Tuesday mornthe
home of Mr. Bon Crisp,
f]]C??e Creek- at the a8e of 79 years*
V ,n': an attack of pneumonia.
J/' '-^wford, whose home is above
Mr. Crisp, became ill, and
Unable to continue to his home,
c,v days previous to his death.
C* ,a'uv? tf Jackson county, Mr.
^uW:oicl spent his life here, where
a well-known citizen, and
^ere ''e had many friends. Mr.
aMord would have been 80 years
in May.
^ Ur.erai services were held Wednes
in 01 ^ternoon' anc* interment was
d Field cemetery, near Beta.
.'"ll,kv^nS Mr. Crawford are his
KUa f (^
^ second wife), three sons,
Charlie, and George Crawford,
dnJ VQ' by several grand-chil'
other relatives.
couwfir >, ih*-..
jrats To Hold
neaville 26th
THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
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Washington, March 15 (Autocaster)?Washington
is beginning to tafce
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nonchalant? attitude of high Administration
^officials, who Would not
admit thats there was anything to 1t
out a temporary slump; has given
place to a Consirable degree of anxiety
as to'how milch longer it will be
before the tide turns, and what will
3e the effect upon the voters ft unfavorable
"business condition* continue
much farther into an election
pear.
Outside aydvisers who have been
:alled into consultation with the
President .'aad Cabinet members
forecast six paonths more of bad busiless,
with recovery setting in about
iie time of the November elections
and the business affairs of the Nation
running at top speed by early next
pear. This point of view iji not pteOH
ng, naturally, to those who fear the
xjliiical effects of a long-drawn-out
>pell of h^rd times, and who hold
:hat it is not only the Government's
"unction to set economic conditions
ight by some sort of political magic,
Dut that it is possible for Government
to do that. Spend?Or
Not to frpond? 4
The result of the situation is thXt
there is again a bitter controversy
nside of Administration circle be*
tween the ovjt-and-out New Dealers
and the more conservative group of
advisers close to the President. The
"save-the-nation" boys are urging
Mr. Roosevelt to try the free-spending
remedies which have been used
off end
let the situation work itself out with
.vhatever aid and comfort Congress
nay decide to give to business.
"WaitN three months' is the ofte
pea ted slogan of this group# Harry
tfopkins, relief administrator, has
Deen persuaded to wait three months
?^pmandi! for a
:>eiorc rcncwi*i? ***?,
luge W. P. A. program, in the hope
:hat in that period the Federal
Housing Administration will have
got the long-heralded building boom
;o well under way that its effect on
cusiness recovery and employment
will be noticeable.
No Building Boom 'Till?
That this will be the case is not
widely believed here; the outlook is
generally considered to be that any
real "boom" in building will have to
wait upon the stabilization: of general
business * to the point - where
people of small incomes will feel
enough confidence in their economic
futures to venture upon the purchase
of new homes.
The indications are that the President
is listening to the advice of
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those who hold that the main obstacle
to recovery is in certain acts
of the Federal Government, and
that if he would abstain from making
public statements which sound
inimical to business, and let Congress
go ahead and modify the tax
system so that' business could look
forward to reasonable profits, the
process of recovery would be immediately
speeded up.
That is the point of view expressed
at a Congressional hearing
by Bernard M.;. Baruch, whose devotion
to the Democratic party and
personal loyalty to the two recent
Democratic presidents, Wilson and
Roosevelt, is not questioned by anybody,
in spite of the fact that he is
a man of great wealth, most-pf
which he has made in the stock
market.
Urge* Tax Modification
The former head of President
Wilson's War Trade Board, and the
trusted confidential advisor of President
Roosevelt,; urged upon Congress
the necessity for the repeal or
ri**rhr'taxes. And
Profits ana cit^Hu
that is exactly f what Congress is
perparing to do.
The new tax bill which is before
the House for consideration doubtless
will be modified considerably
before it is enacted into law. There
is a strong element in the Senate
which would go a great deal farther
in relieving business and industry
of a tax burden which is held to be
a main factor in bringing about the
present depression. But the House
bill as drafted goes a long way in
that direction. ,^It is the product of
an immense amount of study on the
part of the Ways and Means Com(Pksaa
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SYLVA, NORTH CAROL
?1XtaaB?mIfcggMiMg~ ... . ... ?., ' > .muss
FIELD DAY TO BE
HELD TUESDAY
A Field Day program will be held
at the elementary school hare next
Tuesday. This program is being promoted
by the principals and athletic
coach?6 pf Sylva, Webster and Cullowhee
school districts, and sponsored
by the Jackson County Recreation
Project. The contests are for both boys
, and girls. .
The program follows.. \ ^ i
High school?100-yard dash; 502
yard dash
Graded school?100-yard dash; 50yard
dash.
High school?25-yard hop.
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^jrraaea scnooi?^o-yara nop.
High school?Running broad jump;
standing broad jump.
Graded school ? Running broad
jump; standing broad jump.
High school?Running high jump;
standing high jump.
Graded school ? Running high
jump; standing high jump.
High school and graded school?
Relay races; basketball throw; baseball
throw; football throw; baseball
, catch; shot put. j j
QtJALLA J
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The^funerai of G. J. Raby was con- j
ducted at Qualla Methodist church '
on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Mi T.
Hinshaw of Sylva and Rev. J. L. Hyatt.
Interment was in Thomas cemetery.
A large audience, with many
visitors attended the funeral. Many
beautiful floral offerings were' carried
by his ;rtiee?t. Mr. Raby was a
Spanish-American wrr veteran. He
was of & friendly, cheerful disposition
and had many friends who were made ; i
gad by hi* death.
The following was read at his fu- u
neral: *
"George.. Jegerson Raby -was bom <
1 IffBftiary iFj/itiffTHe departed "this :
life March 7, 1938, age 61 years, one ]
month and two days. He was married <
to Miss Sallie Battle on May 31, 1908.
To this union was born one daugh- i
ter, Irene. He is survived by his wife, >
one daughter, one brother, John," of.
Gastonia, and a number of nieces and ;
nephews. He professed faith in Christ
about 40 years ago and joined the <
church at this place. He was a kind j
husband and father, a good neighbor j
and friend. He will be missed by all i
who knew him."
Married in Clayton, Ga., on Feb- (
ruary 27, Miss Mary Emma Fergu- <
! son of Qualla, to Mr. Caroll Trull of <
Bethel. Mrs Trull has been teacher
of home economics at Bethel high
school for the past two years.
.Large Crowd Attends Sunday
School Meeting At
Webster
More than, 450 people representing
18 Sunday Schools, ? attended the j
Tuckaseigee Baptist Sunday .School
Convention, which was h$ld at the.
Webster Baptist church, last Sunday
afternoon, with Clarefice Vance pre|
siding. " I
j The devotional service was led by
Miss Mildred Cowan, of Webster.
Other features of the program,
were: an inspirational address by Mr.
R# F. Jarrett, of Dillsboro, on the
subject "The Value of Sunday School
Training"; a solo, by Miss Mildred j
Cowan; music by tye East Sylva J
Quartet and the Dillsboro . Junior ,
Choir; and a solo bj^ittle Miss Ruth <
Hooper,^ 5-year-old* daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Hooper of Tuckaseigee,
and a report, made by Rev. Fred )
Forester, of Cullowhoe, on the Sun- j
day School meeting which was held
recently at the First Baptist church .
in Waynesville.
j The next meeting of the organiza- i
Ition occurs on Sunday, April 10, at <
(the Shqpl.Creek Baptist church. The .
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meeting will begin at z o cjock m uic *
i afternoon. j
BALSAM
. fByvMrs. D. T. Knight)
The Knights, Mrs. Farnell and Mrs.
N. R. Christy attended service in
the Methodist church in Waynesvilte
Sunday morning. Bishop Kern j
preached in commemoration of the;
two hundredth anniversary of the
conversion of John Wesley at Alders- j
gate in London. The entire service
was exceedingly interesting. ?
Mr. John T. Jones and family and
jMr. and Mrs. A. F. Arlington and
many other Balsam!tes attended the
.. singing at the courthouse in Waynes- j
'ville Sunday afternoon,
j Mrs. George Coward and son, Wil\
liam, attended the burial of Mr. Sam
j Phillips at Cullowhee Saturday.
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IMA, MARCH 17, 1638
Cowan Will Not
Run In Primary
Mr. J. D. Cowan, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners has
authorized the statement that he will
not be a candidate to succeed himself.
Mr. Cowan has been Chairman
of the Board of Commissioners and
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w)umy rmancs v^mcer ior iwo
terms, and is now serving his third
term. Mr. Cowan has recently completed
the refinancing, plan for the
county, or rather he and the board
of commissioners have done so; and
Mr. Cowan has been working on the
problem for several months.
It is ^believed that the plan, as
outlined in a recent issue of the
Journal, will save the tax-payers a
large' sum of money, over a ten
year period. It is estimated that
the saving will appropriate a quarter
of a million dollars.
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This plan nas oeen auopieu., upproved,
and is now in effect.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Btockbridge)
R0B0T8 . . . one thing well
Some years ago a brilliant European
dramatist wrote a play in which
the principal characters were machines
having the form of men and able
to do anything a human being could
do except think. He cafied these man
like machines "Robots". They were
useful workers in any kind of service
until their inventor equiped them with
brains. When they became able to
thtnk they revolted and -slew their
human masters.
The play was, of course, a; satirical
coijpinent on therelationsof labor to
capitalistic employers. But many of
Robots jKave actually been built into
modern machines. Some of them
even seem to be able to think.
Not long ago in Washington I saw a
machine in the Coast and Geodetic
survey office which the men who run
it call the "Great Brass Brain". Once
set into motion, it can work out With
with more than human accuracy the
exact high and low tide for any port
in the world at any future date. But
it can't do anything else.
MACHINE8 ... . lighten labbr
Engineers can make machines to |
do any kind of useful better than men I
or women can do it. But no machinfe 1
ran do asmany different things as people
can do and. ;behind each there is
and must be a human brain, to start it
working and, to stop it when its work
is done.;
Some ? time ago I visited theMassachusetts
Wstitute of Technology to
see the machine invented by Dean
Vannever Bush which solves intricate
problems in mathematics in a few
minutes^where a skilledhuman mathematician
Would' sperid^ weeks. But
the machine has tO;be"set by human
intelligence, to solve just one problem
and no other.
As a young man I used to visit a
machine shop owned by my uncle, and
marvel at the muscular development
of the wprkmen. Years later I visited
the same shop and saw some of the
same men sitting in chairs watching
the machines which were doing the
hard work their own mUscles used to
do. Themachines had not taken their
jobs away from them, but had lightened
their labor., .
HUMANS . . . versatile machine
The human body is the most versatile
piece of mechanism known to
science. It can do more different
things than any machine that ever was
built. Bat it can't do any one useful
j: ?t, no o/vMimtelv as rapidly
piece 01 vyuixv M uw? ?
or as untirely as can a piece of machinery
built for that one purpose
alone. The machine never makes ft,
Inistake, ff it was set right to start
with^ It obeys orders without thinking
about them,
Factory labor is becoming more and
more a mere matter of watching machines
to see that they start and stop
at the right time. The brains which
used to actuate the human workman
have been built into the machine.
That is why the unskilled laborer who
used to earn about $1.50 a day can now
earn about $5 a day or more. With the
aid of the machine he can turn out
more and better work than the skilled
worker formerly was able to do by
hand.
The greatest need of industry now
is more trained brains to design machines
with brains built in, and more
skilled hard workers to build those
machines, so that more unskilled men
can have jobs, running them.
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In Finals ,
Republicans Held
Meet |aturday
The Republican conventionof Jackson
county; meeting at the Court
House, last Saturday afternoon, elected
the following citizens of the county
as delegates to the Republican
State Convention, in Charlotte, on
Wednesday:
J. B. Ensley, Tcm Cannon, Z. V.
Watson, Fred L. Hooper, P. E. Moody,
J. R. Snyder, Hugh E. Monteith, Miss
Lucy Bumgarner, E. P.t Still well, J.
R. Long, F. E. Parker, John Painter,
J. M. Worley, Mrs. R. F. Jarrett and
Miss Bonnie Rogers.
The convention voted that any Republican
from the county attending
the State convention be admitted
as a delegate.
Prominent Hamburg Farmer
Passes
Griffin Norton, prominent citizen
of the Hamburg Section of the county,
died at his home at Norton Sunday
afternoon, at the age of 70 years, following
a long period of ill health.
Born in the Norton settlement, Mr;
Nnrrm <ment his entire life there, en
gaged in farming. He was a member
of the Methodist church there,
and devoted much time to the church
and its acivities.
Surviving Mr. Norton are his widow:
two sons, Leonard Norton, of Sylva,
and Lewis Norton, of Norton, two sisters*
Mrs* Matt Halt Highlands, and
tfrn, Belzie Taylor, Speedwell, seV-'
eral gradnchQdren, two great grandwer^
conducted
at his home cn Monday by Rev. W.
F. Beadle, pastor of the Highlands
Methodist church, and interment was
in the Norton cemetery.
Triolets Born
Triple boys were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Green at Tuekaseigee, on
Sunday, March 13. Two of the boys
are still living.
Trains Discontinued
Trains Nos. 19 and 20, between Bryson
City and Asheville were discontinued
on Wednesday, following
authorization by the North Carolina
Utilities Comtntatan. The last trip
of this train was from Bryson City to
Asheville, Wnfl?ilay morning.
The Southern Railway Company
has been seefctnf permission to discontinue
this tmln service, and opposition
to such action was lodged
with the Utilities Commission by citizen?
in Sylva and Bryson City, but
they did not press their claim, when
notified by the Commission to be
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present at me onmig Ui xvaicigii. a
Rev. C. E. Stedman Dies
. Rev. C. E. Stedman died of a heart
attack, at his home in Cherokee
County, last Tuesday at the age of
^4. Prior to entering the ministry,
24 years a00, Mr.' Stedman lived in
Sylva, and he has many friends
throughout Western North Carolina.
He is survived toy his widow, and
one sister, Mrs. F. E. Hearne, of
Eatonton, Oa.
Funeral services were conducted
fromjhfe Peachtrce Methodist church
Thursday afternoon with the Rev.
W. Arthur Barber, pastor the Murphy
Methodist church, officiating assisted
by the Rev. P. W. Tucker, of
Marion, the Rev. A. R. Bell, of Reidsville,
the Rev. W. A. Rollins, of
Waynesville, the Rev. E. O. Cole, of
rvmrlotte. and the Rev, W. S. Smith,
Andrews.' Interment was in the
church, cemetery. W. D. Townson,
of Murphy, was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Recommend Members Of
Board of Elections
The Democratic Executive Committee
of Jackson County, meeting in
Sylva on Tuesday afternoon, voted
to recommend Aaron Hooper and
Ralph Sutton to the State Board of
Elections, to be the Democratic mem-*
bers of the elections board of this
county.
Mr. Hooper has been chairman of j
the board for several years. Mr. I
Sutton, business manager of Western
Carolina Teachers College, has
omr served in an official capacity.
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ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
leat Bethel
At Cullowhee
Sylva High did the impossible last
Saturday night when they defeated
the Bethel eirls in the finals of the
Western Carolina Teachers annual
basketball tournament at Cullowhee.
The score was 28 to 27. The Sylva
girl? scored 12 points before the
Bethel lassies tallied. The Swannanoa
boys won out in the finals over
Candler 17 to 13. This was the third
time this year that Swannanoa has
defeated the Candler lads.
This year made the eighh time 7
that the Sylva girls have met Bethel
in the tournament and it is the * A
first time that they have come out . $
on the long end of the score, Bethel -. A
having won the other seven starts.
The Sylva girls advanced to the
finals by elimating first Clyde, then 1 i
they won from Mills River by one
point. In the semi-finals they de- j
feated Etowah. ,
This is the second time in nine
'years that Bethel has failed to win ! J
the title. I.
The final games witnessed by the
[largest crowd to ever attend a cage
program on the college floor, were
packed form start to finish, especially
in the girls contest where the
Bethel lassies gamely fought back
after a slow start in en effort to
catch their fast flying foes.
While the boys game possessed
plenty of fine play and kept the
customers on the. edges of their seats
for tht full period the girls tilt was
really sensational scrap.
With Parker, L. Bryson and Coward
each netting points Sylva rushed
into a 12 o 0 lead before he defending
champions found their game^ 1
Bethel fought back and wi&vGjham* V !
bets and Tiargroit leading the drive .
pulled up 5-14 at the end of tbe-tat ,
end of the third quarter. And the
last period rally just fell short of
knotting the count.
Parker scored 13 points to set the
pace for Sylva, with her team mate.
L. Bryson one point behind Chambers
scored 15 and Hargrove 10 for
Bethel.
Following the boys game Dr. H.
T. Hunter, president, presented the
trophies to the winners and runners-up.
The all-tournament teams, selected
by officials of the meet, resulted
in Bethel and Sylva, each netting
two places on the girls and Swannanoa
and Edneyville landing two on
the boys team.
The girls team: Hargrove, Bethelr
L. Bryson, Sylva, Britton, Mills
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Home, Greens Creek, and Edwards,
Bethel guards.
The boys teams: Peterson Tipton
Hill, Shy tie, Edneyville; forwards;
Home, Swannanoa, center, and W.
Pryor, Edneyville, and Patton.
Swannanoa, guards.
Bethel'^ Hargrove was the tournney's
high scorer with 65 points.
Runner-up in the girls division was
L. Bryson, of Sylva, with 41. Peterson
topped the boys in scoring with
54, and second honors went to Patton
who registered 52.
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W. C. T. C. Extension Course
Being Taught At Sylva
School
Miss Adeline Bowie is teacher of
an extension course which is offered
for teachers of Jackson county, by
Western Carolina- Teachers College,
on "Current Social (or Public) Problems."
The classes are being held
each Tuesday afternoon, beginning
at four o'clock, in the elementary
school building here, and allow a
credit of three quarter hours. The
course started on March 8, and eight
more classes will be held. !
To HaVe Revival Services
(By Rev. H. M. Hocutt)
Armrdin^ to nresent Dlans. Dr. W.
T. Conned, of the Southwestern Baptist
Seminary, in Fort Worth, Texas,
will conduct a revival meeting at thcSylva
Baptist church, from May IK
to 29. We are fortunate, indeed, inbeing
able to secure Dr. Conner's
services, and we hope the people wilt
remember the date and plan to attend.
Baptist Sunday School
Growing
Since the fir^t cf year, the*
Sunday Sah 10! of the Syiva Baptist
church has shown an increase of about
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