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Christmas Ilf
Be Turne<
(Pho Christmas Lghfc* will be tumrd
on next Sati^day mgl t> Dtec(en^
lor ti, an J Sylva will again become a
place to flight the eyes of people
9f afl ag?- ' -n : *
Xhe i/iiattwbeir of Gom^aree and
m .toiiioffi houses, of the town are,
having the lights anfi decoctions i
put up, aiul the Dillidyne and Sylva
Elcctdc I fight Company wilt doinate
? i? nKvAiM-pTr lha ciroaf a
the power lu cicvi,i?Vf
e^ry nigriit until after Christmas.
I The county offtcials and employees
will again placo the hug? stair in the |
dome of the couj t house and will <lcc I
I orate the building and grounds. j
LaLst year, Sylva was said to be ihe
nu.,7 beautifully V^rated town in j
this aera, and this year it will be I
I > ii.ally as lovely, if not ^ore so. :
I Kveiybody ib invitcrl to com? to
S;lva at n'ght to see the Christmas'
I l-'ptits,
I T. J1 FISHEB .CELEBRATES
EIGHTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
I i On last Thursday, November 22, a
I larfev4 circle of friends anH kindred
I gatiered at the home of Mjt*. J. C.
I Joik'S, 011 Fishier Creek, to celebrate
I with Mr. T. J. Fisher, his 87th birth J
N ine of h s ten ^children were I
p.t-scnt, only MrU. Howard Fislrar,
of Blackfoot, Idaho, being absent;
ind sic was represent^ by her
fAugnt *r, Mi^4 AfSe Fisher, who has
taught in ihgh school in Honolulu,
I sad is now teaching izi nimghaui,
Alabama. .:
Those ,of hufc c $&re% Aid thei11
1 usbanus and; wivA wt* were jireiK
<nt were: MJ.S. Emitt* Painter *Hn
Air. artd Mrs. S. H. Motifbeithj S
Mrs. Nannie Cunningham, Kin^V
Mountain; Mfcr. and M;*. J. A* Peed,
Cole Akms, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Jones, Mas. Tiu^d Req.1, Mr. and Mt3.
Guy JQsher, all of .Beia; Mir, aud
iiT'o. Cole iiitfley, of Wayr^*f?Be. :
Crdnfrlchi^fren, and their, hushandS s
and wivet: : sHr. and Hugh E.
Jb.ntaith, MJr. and Mrs. Willie Aionteith,
MusA Sailllw Monteifih, Mrs. W.
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V. Cope*, Mrs. -?Mrs.
4Wi Keed, Charles Guy, Ruby, I
Joyce, and XoniKUy Fisher, anfi Misal
Ahie Ffcrtijefr. - Two brothers, ft- W. I
\J>a*jjul W. J. Fisher ( and Mrs. j
i- ?her). >Aphewa aqfl nieces: Mr. J
Of^aud '' A lWi, ^ and Mrs. C, 0.1
Fisher, Mr. ahd Mrs. Lloyd Fisher, 1
'Mrs. Clifton Fisher, M^s. Charlie j
En*, ley, Mrs. Carole o El^aJ
hdth and Mary Klqthryn lf*si -r, anvjjj
little Paula Ann Panfisi, and Jaci'c Da l
vis, Friwyia and neighbors: Mr. Jeff
seph Ent&y, Palltye MonteitbJ
Rev. and Mrs. T- F. Deitx, Rev. and J:
Mrs. Geo. . Snyjdor, Rev. H. M. HckJ
eutt, Rev. R. F. Mavbefcry, E. B. I
Wilkes, Mr; and Mrs. Roy Dills, and I
iwo i^us* Mrs. J. W. EnGey, Mqij
^isllie TVeemau, and daughter, MrCf
fften Crisp, Dixie Parris and Rutf I
LarmeL f A
The members of the family end J
guilts garhoVdd, with the patriarch!
in (th^ cetAjpfr, abont Atlarge table [
that had been buitt on the lawn, and?
tnjttyfid a bountiful repast.
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PAST PORK CUTIZEN * \
PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY
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F^trutral services for Mark C.
who died at Ms
;*>^ne on East Fttik of 3a vam labMop
dj?y morning were conducted at
Fork Rapt\)t chtxreh.
Mr. Doitz, i :rie&b** an 0A1
p"?W'nent family of the \>*twfy,
' .viive of J.v-kson CjUiI' V. lie *va*
* y* uTh of age. '
M: iVitz is anrvived by ids V i&fc*
?.n<f tl-iee sons, Hart*?/, ^ r.tioitdii^
e.id Lawrence J)eitz, ul! uf "*avftm**fi.
ip, by one brotbe-, Ttev.
* K '17, of Beta, and' oth^r tetMiTi*
aoed woman bttsiep ^ ' p*
at oulbowhb8 jtttooh
' services for M?s> Bac|^
Pottk, 82,were heW at 0 G^lockd*** !!
Patwfey afternoon at *Kp B*r4??t|
at CuJiowlree. by^loy*
Foster. Mr*. Potto ftad
r*? <; for tl'c tecai rl vev* ttj&r 1
&h* is survived by on* a^ny D?y '
Pott*, of Oil'mvhee. oti& daugatorffe
Add'c Davis. ar*1. ?3\^ral gr?>*d
f "'Wren and gfpat grand iiildrom *
| Mr*. ODell Bman-i .T or
JttotW, Dr. Conrad NichoJ?,. "'sitent
?t week-end befee with t!?e:r par
**, Dr. M* Al a Nichols.
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TODAY nod
TOMORROW
JEWS . ^outrageous
XotRng lias alxju^d so much indignation
throughout the Christian
world as the outrageous treatment ol
th:? Jews by the Kaxi government of
Germany, Unlike previous antl-JewILsh
niovetn ents, the excuse thht the
-|Ow* are enemies of the chutob is
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aoi pan iqrwajd now. Ine HixUr
government's attitude toward .Christians,
both Catholic and Protestant,
is aimost as outragtoos ?g iS3Jt;iloce
toward Jews.
What tli-Q dipta^f \.f l-erdSjjfe
k\ nwid of fe any *09$ ^ligiia. j^e
X?i vVtatait&p a? * survive ? ^
as religious jdeala a? 5 pfaaofc\ <?t* it*
PpipL,, ffcrtfia e&s&tim t?mcMng oi'
a 1 ne|igion it that i ev?i*mta for
and allegiance to God first. A .govern
mpnt which rales, force com
mai^d tbh oniy,allcf*.aii?vs of itk pec?
pie, or sooner di latcir they Ynll ftej:
in revolt and overthrow the diet-atop
That is why Hitler and hisj gai?g
have outlawed all religions. Vv nos-r*
ministers arie not willing tojteach
their people subs3ry!;anee to Nfcziimh
They have gone back to the y>ag-?n
teazling of pf AmjitiVe times* ah J t it
up the mythology of anc'ent ' d.*i yi?,
which was based on force and conquest,
.as thai only religion which
good German subject's should l>eli?v*
ir *
: Mussolini has not gone that tar i?
\ fcrty, He still gives lip-service to
;%h# Cfeu'ch to which practically vl Italians
adhere. But he, l k? Hitler.
K? begun a campaign of pcffeeui n?.?
against the JeW^., over the Pop .* "
ttJwihimOH i . ' . mo. ej
?w5 nttnaiyftM vi years before the
Emperor Coi^tahtine astabH*ho.
Christianity the Roman reli*r on,
m tba^ year *31-2. 'T(he motivte bound
those early persecutions was the
sarna as that Uebinri flititj/s now.
-. Jews have alwaySM^oon the smartest
traders and best moneymaker* in
the wo. Id. A government in nee 1 of
money cou^l d' outlaw the Jews and
replenish its treasury by taking tflAi
money away from them,
Tharo flrdrte Jewish tracers in*What
is now C^rz^any?ancient Gaul? iL
the time of Julius Cae?saiL Th>aj|jjjad
almost a monopoly in intern?||k&i
trade for more than a thousanil-Jpufc
- When the Roman church fo^arn
ek?:i>f;onv fn take interest for loam
VUj* VV ? ?. - .
the Uews became the chief mofljaylcnders
of Burppe. That ma^e tbam
unpopular with the people, but vty
useful to the rulers, who had a plajtf
ant way of permitting* them to ljvt?
An a country until they hajd aceu^xu
lat-eM enough treasure to be.#oit'
Stealing, then confiscate (their prop
erty and banish
The laws a^ni^^and-owning b
f J rfwfc wero to . them to k&
their wealth i#fkfl$|bl'8 form so tb
it would easj^To^.the governments
confiscate.. Thar "were compellekt;
live in xc?4?$(?BI section^ and iM
in iitself kept tliera from MM* I
active in gnbtylc affairs a?(d Km J
their social -contacts to their1 o 4
papolK They were thus set off a* 1
race apa l, and it was easy fo
demagogic ruler to stir up popu' !
feeling against the Jews-on the
ease that- they were enimias
Christianity. , -C
CBBlBTtAintT . . . hatThe
Chrj itian church caT/ies
'heavy reipossibility, a^ I see it, r
the 4srriiMte situation in wh'ch '
Jews of " Continental Euorpe fi
themeelves today.
We owe our refcgfc^ iftielf to t:
Jews. Tha Christian Tftble,except i
for the Kc-w Teefcamant, is the i.
eiant Jewish Scripturtf' All of *
Christian bft^ptb oft morality, ;
i teachings em belied in the Tan Co
r ?orn J,P7^ hrv JEavr*> a& w
i The onlv important defies enec
Ahm question ife whether Jesus Cln
I WaSfr actually the Messiah whose c<
the J>ws prophesied
He was born^ Jew. His
were Jews. The congregation^ *fx
ftstenctf to His preachings were
ra^ most important part of */
fetching of Jesi& was- that al1 \,
pt. undtajr* the father}
of Cbq. None can .call Warolff *.# /.&
0hrt^ian who dtofe not hold to that
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SYLVA, XORTH CASOLIN.
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Congress Soo
internati
? Waehingtoa, Wbv 30?Intemation
al afikt.3 are pddis'ng' upon the at
tention of Washington from a doze,
different directions, and raisng nun
crone gueUtiooa wtjleh are Ikely t<
1 engage Congress in discussions whiel
^ay be prolonged and acrimoniousFi'Alt
is thai situation in Germany
cheated by the recall of th,^ Amerl
can Ambassador, Hugh W Isou. }bf
lowing the President's public declnr.
ation that he was pained and horr
flejfl a? the brutality of the Htlo:
toward the J*ws>ihe
h?^ fSfer report add pojwultauon'
*4 the Of .diplomatic move which
'haadften in th^ jp?4t |>ree^ij4 war.
Through Ambaaja 'or Kennedy iu
London >rua Gover<|p?nt is i& ng
litfcfetljve hand in the effort to
initabhr tuew homes to which th>
3eyf& wohm H^lsr is driving; out of
Gmnany and Mussolini is threat
cuing to erpel #.*>!?. Italy can be iv
moved by international action.
teaching.
Yet some Christian prelates and
preacher^' have led their peopk into
hatred of Jtews as a people,and v-any
who have tfemainod silent while their
ignoTant followers have tortured, rob
bed an>mujrdcied Jew& merely bv anse
they were Jews.
It is not sifrpi&ing that 1 in the
Countries; whero the church controllbd
tthe S|tate for thousand yeifcfe a
public psychology of Jew-hating has
pe|rt|i&te|d among the ignorant and
>r>efp.t/ tious ma^??p.
REFUGE , ireeaom
Today the civilized wortd is tiying
o fin'd a permanent refuge for the
oppressed Jews of Europe. Then? is
not room enough for them in Pales^ vo
???*d not cnjough mrang of selfsupport.
An international cotnmis8:o;i, in
P., 1.9 co ts d.anug locations in South
AiuerrteAySouth Africa uhd olsewherr
spots where there is euffiicciit un.deveTpp^*
[vfaM'&cy tc provide ;i pionlivelihood
for h million or
more Jfewith refugees from Germany,
Italy and other Euro j van counties.
The chanced art that no Jews will
He to take any ?>? tlioi
j wealth' out of those com?cries. It wil
I be confiscated by the rulers, us rul?u>
have been confiscating Jewish wealth
[ two thousand years.
Jews and Ch'riotians of the frt'
nations anil their . govi^pmai^s* are
expected to contribute ro ih&gmt ^
voting no this unhappy jwKmJn '
jgew land irlwfre they
frorrr opprepsioa^ ? ' ^
It la mite potiible that on/ great
grand* hfdren a Jewish
Ration taking ltrplaee among the
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A. DECEMBER 1,1936 |
n To Face
onal Problems
{iPHtBKEN 8P0NS0E
BASKETBALL T1AM
1 The ^|ij4 Fire Department has
* dapidfrl to sponsor the All-Shir
: Basket Bafi, Team, for the. season
1 that is sodlO^ open. Sraaoii jtickcLe,
good fqj all games except the Golu
' Mfdal ToinfiStetot, wLl be plaeed on
" ' Jtofe at all ejwy & ate, and all money
above expeai* will go to the support
! of the f&? ^yaitfeent, ^
That tbeoa is gra vq apprehension
5 m Avlminiljlpt'ott circles of efforts
j oy Itaitmanyf* find Italy to tstabish
' '. olonies of their nationals id &>nt!<
1 America, tbitfcby gfcn jtolitic.il
nfluenee which #ould b o'a contia1
vention of tljf Anleric&n Monica Doc
r-|iie, has bfcen indicated b^ many
f?*#e in tm wifcl, lately.
. Point waa jftren to it by tb" Pres
ident V declaration that the whol*
Wcateni Hemisphere, from Hudson
B&y to CapefHofrn, had identical in
"ereVta and that' all of the nations
?f Anirrlca, North an)d South mast
dand togetb^;- "1
When be coupled this with a declaration
that this country must give
, firJt attcntlote; to our nat onal dot
fensos, especially fa the matter ol
fighting aircraft, it was taken in
yany quarter^ as serving notice on
the dictatorships that th.e United
States will fight, if necessary to keep
ihem out of aputii America.
Po&ible fricton with Cuba seem
in Viuvn K,ipn Amoved hv 'he offi'iai
visit to this eotmtry of Colonel irul-|
gencic Batista^ the actual dictator ofl
Cuba. The importance of Cuba in
the international situation that it'l
would furfriah an ideal a'rplaue andJJ
submarine base for a forolg 1 enemy
if it were not tied closely to the
United States, ' . ?
Aje for the rest of the Latin A.^ier
iffuina^ons, I
FVira, % expectcjd to reassure all-of
nations to dhje south of usj of the goodll
ntentionh of the United States toward'them.
The ' Prime Minister of Canada/isit'ng
the President, is understood
to have renewed the as. urancc 1 hat
Canada wiU -make ccmnion ecu J'
wV<h the M-iited States 'n acy s'tuadon
wiiicb threatens the interest' < of
any par^f the A-ericas.
An etfwkely important step, cal mlat/e'd
-to remove any p ssiblc fricion
between the Unitqd Stated and
ihe British Emp're and to further
vtrehgthen the friendship between
the English-speaking nations was
'he signing in Washington of the
reciprocal trade agreement between
'Irs- country, Great Br'tain, apd Can.
4k
Thf^ was the) nineteenth such trade
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The newly elected officers of th*
eounty wilj assume their duties on
next Monday, December 5/
The pjhanges that will be made at
the court house are:
Boy M, Cowan wtH succeed Dan
M. Alhsoo da Clerk of the Superior
Count (Mr. Allison has been Qft-k
for the past eight yeasts, and was not
a enddidafe thifc year);
Leonard Hoiden wity dncceed Mrs.
Cumi Mason as sheriff. (Mm Mason
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wa& appointed snemn to sucoeea nerj
Wtand, after hi* tragic death, l*#t I
Sheiifl) Mason had served twv> |
V ?rnfe and hajd been renominated in
the June Primary. When his death
oautcp afvacancy, 011 the Democratic
ticket, the county executive commit
tee nominated Mr. Hplden. ' T.
Walter Ashe will stieeoed J*
D. Cowan as commissioner of fyuuice
I (After serving 8 yeara, Mr. Cowaan
did not run again. Mr. Ashe has been
county auditor for eight years.)
Glenn Hughes will succeed Mm
Margaret SheriU Roane as regiafcfrr
offde^ds.
County Comjnis&ioners R. C. How
ell and GleVe Fisher,., Coronor C. W.
Dills and Surveyor* Lyi^n Stewart
will1 again qualify for the offices they
^ow hold. v
Clerk Dan adtohi&fcer
the oath of office^-Mr. j^jowari; and'
| the new clerk wilt then qualify the
W.her officers. *
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agrjpement negotiated vby BSfctetfary
Hull with various nations. It f%S
.effect .on January 1. Un e/ it Great
Britain abolishes all tariff dates in
American wheat, lard, canned grapefruit,
cotton, com and other far*
products, while we mate tariff! concessions
on textiles, metals, and man
ufaetured goods- of .several kinda^ ..
Canada reduces duties ou. A.nerikinjefe
of manufacture hoods, while
the tJnibed States agrees to continue :
on the free list all Oaniidhivr. pro- J
ducf^ which! now enter duty fr v.
This closef tying together \?f the ,
English-speaking democracies is payf
part of a brtoad program itv a un!t*?fc I
front against aggressions by the i
authoritarian dictatorships of Bud \
rope. It is the hope, \d? no: the
pqcitation of tha AdjTftn&?t{ ation thak
the condtt^ons whicU point to intera
national complications -will creat-sk^ ,
public sentiment strong enough
dqce Congt to authorize
nend:jtm>e of of millii^^
parhap^ billions, of fresh funds
building up the Army, Xavy, and A V
Force to what military men oomdklep J
essential,^ * \ \
Tfya Mwident is not unsejndful of 4
the fact that 57 Bepubllcaip members
;e /
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FffiB DESTROYS ttUWPORtt
. !? home of W? ^ Crawford, ' =
havfe. Parted from a heater.
The building waa ownej# by IB
efwi?w .-'4
1 1 miii ??^?? ?
of Congreae voted la&t ye^ ngMUl
h^| btllion-doftja?' naval Mpm 8*I r
iaanxhras .not to have national ^oicu&e
become a party qoeetioo.
That ih taken here as;the reaaea
why he appointed the nominal fcajjl.
of .toe Republican Party, Ex-Uyporn
orAlfM. Innfton, as a member <jjjf
the U niter States delegation to tfco
L-'^a Pan-American Confmcuro,^ A
Hueh etaess la being Ufcdupoa
a " " % t * a
Landon's declaiation, in accepting
the appointment, that partisanship
ei&2a at the hagndariea of ^be nation
^ way include^ beside* the huil^a f_i#g
of the largest navy ^America ha*
ever had, orders to laigA manuf%a*
hirers foir essential war, supplied, 9Q ^
that they can get immediately into
mats production of wapons^ ga* leasts
apd other essentials if thfTj.t
nation gets critical. ; 'xJvv : > y T
The President is backing the plan;
to increase the number of fighting *
a~^ f.anes from 2,230 to lucre than
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i stage is being set to figjit if
Vi e havte to. The real idjea back of it \
jal;., however, is to convince Europo
that we aite ready t$> ^ fight if the integrity
of the Americas- iMhreatrjwil
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Friends of Mr&. J. I). Moore, \QOjM r Western
Union manager, who in 41 ^
wii hje gl^ toien^i thni her
T**n Sloan went
ie,r\ *,ees ?o,r Dr. J.* P. Jkkbel.
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As for us, it wouVt s^t ^chnjmWy
^ these "tense'' intentional
0M* W??M W# ***
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listened and believed that -r*
broadcast jrtxwt the invas^
N$w Jersey by racfe from VNow
Miss Sara E. Collins, aefcf
wan^^$^0,0Q0
cast Syrteirj of California and I *
York Mid a couple of John !> . J
Bliss /Colons is showd ragk.eriiij radio
tferror. <
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