North Carolina Newspapers

-W-V- , / >; : -? - v >. * . * ,? * *" > ,t yeas lv advance in the ^a?d 3s Elects Of Hgus< Raleigh/ Jfin- ^-sD. L.Ward . 0f Gaven, was elected Speak j er of the Houae ot Reprc ; sentalives, over W E? F**??r Lf Nvh. and, Victor Bryant,; j of Wake. * * ' - I w Frddn Smith, ot Stanly I " - .. wis elected president prof (em oI the Senate. ??* (By Dan Tompkjnt) I fcleigh January 4?With the election pi the Speaker and the other officers ' cf tho General Assembly behind it ihe Horse and Senate got going for a good <tf*rt. and Is ready to go to-1 j vrfc in er.rne.-t upon the many pro_ [.itir.-; '.ii.u 'J;--1 past biennium have' b'-ous'.* to the State. ; A1J ii o officers wore nominated at the raucu ^ o' . !^e Democratic mem* b?;i? cf Senate and IJoi:?? meeting ^p::/utcjj :nnt night. The election *' ** h i v,x> bi't a mutter 01 iozin, iur iv, ?i j Kttki in the CaacrMG last night I ^r? *|..iates for Speaker were' YicJ r;rvc.nt of Durham; D. L. Ward fr\;vn. and W. E .Fenner, of Nash LcV 'H hh^e men have waged inicashe campaigns io- the past sevcra rjuth-, each hoping to win enougl votes 'o our hhp through in the caucus Vow that it is *?ver, there k no bituti.css and r.o hard feelings for all the candidates have served side by ?ido in the HouiJts and all are good friends. The two members of the General Assembly from the extreme Western t'yVjutCiv. *viio t -l'*(' had the greatest amount of }egisla!iVe experience arc trmatar Morphew, of Graham, and Representative Dan Tompkins, of Jfx-k-sop. While Vr;. 'Dr?hc a; i? a pyw ^urr er to the Soraie, he h^s h$d Ihtog terms in Uw lR>v.ae -r>ndr*3 tfH'j t krovn m Raleigh and throughout the / State. His voice will be powerful} in the Se nate. | "dr To(npklns go~s back wit^ jnevrf ' enperlei oe Than anyone to th* House west of Salisbury. He !;; > .served ,u n member of the House $';j ^ Hcv iih.y, i^f the In \v. u ipeviai and. one l'-egui&r Wssloa cr me General Assembly. Rej're.er.tahve Finch, of Buncombe .K"*v??d in 1837, as did Mr. Kimsey, of ^" uifayivonia, Mr. Burgin, Hendersmv a; d Mr. Wi throw j of Rutherford. Mr. Balcy, Republican member from Madison, is also a aecond term man, fM:. Bryson, of Swain, Mr, Crawford, of Graham, Mr. Paiton, of Macon, I Mr. Palmer, of Haywood, and Mr. I Jarrett, Republican, of Cherokee, artel fill lust-termers. I A X ej-wrr ? - ^ : 1 ? * cwu cijv uic sptrtirver juuwuiw-xa j Hi? c\?a?iUf,ie'* alignments, the House frill -be re?dyt<y iitttfcg- UiP jot) be ford it and the members hope that th^ frork can be completed with |n the pU day period, qr shortly ^hete^^er, Sqm? (if thg problems that ars to be 69lvgd are vital ones. In ID36 the people sraendad the Constitution 50 it?, tri glbw classification of property ior wxatj^n, pp to $ 1,000 valuation. The General Asjjerjibly pf 1937 failed to cv*hi take notice of the new CdHstitutienal Amendment, and chose to torg*?t it. Now the problem artses ?1; hpw it. ran be put into effect even partially, v. liityiK sd depleting - the treasuries oi the' weakerxoupUf* 101 ftr.Ke it impossible for' them to r heir obligations. In fact, it apP^Js io* that it cun't be done, unless {he >;Uu* shwUiuers some pf the respahr ability 1 r toe ind*k4?'t1n?$3 that Jp >n die government Tneli aa usual, the public schools *111 toe up a- M S tl-.e time and the thought of the Generll A?8e?b'y_' Taere is considerable sentimen a forcible to adding a ninth month to ? \ ochoc/l letra, Then the problem has Kotne up of adding pnpthgf ,~ ihe stStols, which would ] the employment of more teachers* QWr j ci these objectives of the education?? forces may be ppfttfied, but it is np ~~ii ; tA3t tDpin 91 tnefji win ^ taken on at this session $f the Assembly. The matter of Social Security, Of retirement fund for teachers, and oU-.ers on the State Pay-roll, is sure to aru'*1. as they constitute a jar?9 Ja^>r ^hat is not now covered by the Social Security legislation, Acd, sj-eakirpj of the Social Security. there is already apparent a ssnti? merit that would shift the entire burden of eld-age assistance, blind pen(K?m$ Turn Tv Pa40 2) ** " -..? cf.r* A - > - : r-f ,vffi*- .3 ^ ??v~v " "**.. ' ' 1 * " ;'V . , ** pS' : - .:: ... : 1+ ?" . ? * t* v . r :COUNTY id Speaker Wednesday i r - \.. Sunday School Convention to ,* Meet Next Sunday The Tucknseigee Baptist Sunday school convention will be held with the Webster Baptist church, next Sunday afternoon, beginning at- 8 o'clock In the afternoon. This ?eipg the first. meeting of the new year, large delegati&n from the Sunday er?V?ru-?lo a# IK? ? vi'" VX WiU V.UUX1 VJ IB CAjpt3tvtV| IU attend. Following is the program which, is to be presented; Congregational ringing, devotional, H. Cope, special musip by Wikle qUftrteti Fall call Of Sunday schools, demonstartion by adult department, In charge of, D. M. Hooper; special music, Wyklt? quartet; talk by McKinley Edwards, of gryson City; installation of new officers by Rev. H. M. HoCutt; adjourntnant. Adult Education Teacher* Hold All Dey Meeting Here All all day meeting of the WPA Adult Education teachers for Jackson county, was held here Tqesday, t which time Mrs. Day, JBtate Field Representative, Mrs. Edith Jarrett Morgan, District Supervisor, and Irs. H. T. Hunter, chairman of tfyp Advisory Council, for the pqunty, vere present and spoke. Hunter offered the cooperation oi Wests rn Carolina Teachers College and of r.he Advisory Council In the campaign against illiteracy in Jackson county. Mrs. Mary Cowan has recen.ly appointed head of the adult tcac! ling siafT far the county, anc} at the meet ing Tuesday a'nnjbnced that* a meotng of the adult teachers of the county would be lu Id Saturday, at at which time a -cugrflm far i-caci-x ir.g every uty in the f' with en adult teacher and, th. local school officials, to find crkjt^tfjh all school patrons who cannor read and write. Mrs. Cowan's office is in the Coward House: In the mc-'UUK Tuesday it wju; pointed " out" that Jackson county has 1,204 adults who cannot r. an r. .d write. There, rre a quark r ?/ ^ Kijilmn such people in North G'iioiina. 4t was stated that the WQ[& dt.iDn af ail organizations and all citizens is needed to reduce the number oi illiterate in the coupty to the minium by the time the census oi 1949 is taken, which ts t'ggfcl-tif' the' project." Ev/91 y adult teacher in the county has pledged himself or herself to teach at least 60 people before June SO. Mrs. Day said: "It is not a <ttsgrace not to know how to read anawrite, but it is a disgrace not to want to know. Any citizen who knows any adult in the county who cannot write Avili bef doing" a neighborly deed to' report any such person tp Mrs. Cowan.' *'J Fnr Pnntrol /VIU iu r axiuvio * v? of Erosion Farmers of Jackson County are losing thousands of dollars in .soil wealth each year through the destructive agency of erosion. Here is an opportunity to stop at least a portion of this loss. The North Carolina Agricultural Extension- Service and the Department" of ForWry Relations, TVA, are launching ? ^fcgranv for direct cooperation witf> fatTuers in fifteen coun| ties in an effort to control soil erosion I and give aid in flood prevention. The rounties to be included in this prograjfl pre Avery, Buncombe, Cherpkee, Clay, Graham, Ifon^ derson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, S'vain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey. In Jackson County the campaign will be led by County Agent, G. R. Lackey, and Assistant County Agent, H. R. Clapp. Plans pll for the planting of 2,000,006 "tp (fOp on >Qrn-out, abandoned and eroding dejds- in jlecting areas for. this "cooperative J forest planting, primary considera\ 1$# Will ?ivcn to purpose oi stopping 9F jeoriitoUjpg y^jstin^ "erosion and prevention qf future ? * ? ? * The kinds of lives to be planum will include Black locust, Yellov. popjar, &l)ortleai' pine, pitch pine ant j Virginia Pine. Who is eligible for aid? Any far mer who has land in need of erosioi control and will agree to give reagen^ able cooperation in carrying out th project may avail himself of thi " "J' ''SL-y - SYLVA, NORTH CABOtf^, ' .' ; -.!f jHardware Firm Hem Undergoes Chang| One of the oldest and most prcfi gressive bus ness firms of the tow J and county changed hands with th| coming of\he: new year, /when Roy C. Allisoji bought the interest of Johd R, Jones in the Jackson Hardware J Coi&pany. Tfie consideration wag notjt made known. .. . 1 | Mr. Jbnps will retire-to his farm' near $ylvg and seek to build up kisC health before He again enters the business work! in any capacity. Hei stated tp a representative of TheJournal th&t his bes? wishes fqr the continued su?qes$ of fcia termer partner, Mr. Allison, go with him as he* assumes the sole management of theconcern. The Jackson Hardware Company was formed In 1917, when John R. Jones, then one of Jackson County's prominent yc-mg business men, end Roy C. Allilfci" ar# A. Q. who cam? ka?) ttovn Clay oun.ty, asadciiited' together end bought th* hird^rare business of B. H. Cathey and Company^ They formed the Jackson Hardwsfc Cc.^ pany,. and soon one "of the best known buaineases 'in Western Mc^H^rolina. For the past twentyoneyebrs Mr. 3gr~Mr. Jo*^ have operated ttiov8jgn^b pd i| lias taken a place ojf leadership in the business ahd^civi^ eriter.^risee the town and coupty, Mr, AUi*w announced that the business will continue the same prdgressive and aggressive policies that have marked it In the pait ^ He has long been u leader in the. civic ajnd church life of the community, as baa Mr. Jones. the Sylya* Chamber of Commerce ?hdr' lias served the trade bpdy in spme capacity almost continuously ilwfc I its organization, E&th Mr. All^pr i'h'.l MY- have served the"tbv/n ! ..a members of the board of aldermen, md Mr. Jones was register of deeds j ox -the-eountjv aetorcche -entered buSi I ness hc-rc. Tne Jackson hardware Company lifts also been a leh'def in the development of1 the agricultural interests of the county, realizing that its success depended largely upoji a progressive aud pioperous farm population in vhii county. Mr. Allison, in talking with The Journal, stated that he expects the Jackson Hardware Company to continue to serve the int^re^fcj o? thfc peojpl? of the county, and tot assisting them in a every possible manner, gelling them good hardware at a fair price, and continuing to merit their confidence and patronage, will be his policy, as he takes over the management and control of the business. Rites Are Held for Mrs. Frank -G; BroWn oh December 26 Funeral services fur Mrs. Frank G. Bfpwn were held at the Methodist church at Cullowhee, at 2 o'clock on Christmas Day. Rev. C. G. Hefner, J pastor of the church, conducted the service. Mrs. Brown died at her home in Cullowhee early in the evening of December 23, after an extended illness. She is survived by her hus-; band, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Ab bolt, of West Asheville, and Miss1 Katherine Brov/n and by one son,1 Edwin Brown; of Cullowhee; ' Monteith ? peaks At PTA Hugh E. Monteith, ?ylva attorney, was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Sylva Parent-Teacher Association, which was held at i the ejepieptary school, un Tuesday afternoon, During the business session of the association, it was announced that, approximately $65.00 was netted from the sales of Christmas seals, sponsored by the association, seventyfive per cent of which amount will be used for the benefit of undernourished children' in the school. The next meeting fjf the assucia? tion will be held at 3:30 o'clock of " J nrilj I the afternoon of February v, tuiu r?*~ r | be an anniversary meeting. - oppoH^i!yT^^eeu}'tt foresf " ^>ee f goslings to p^nt on thege waste ^ areas and thereby stop erosion and 1 bring these fields into productive use. i ] Application blanks are nn\y gyaiU [ able at the County Agent's office. In terested farmers should see Mr. i Lackey or Mr. Clapp at once ?p tfiey - may get an ea. iy start and accome plish much work before the winter si season sets in. . i , JANUARY 5, 1929 ?ii"" mmim * - n i m ? i i ? i I ??pan ? ? i ft o day] I CUvd || itomorrow), \\ FRANK PARKER SI II 8 T PC K B R I DOE H jjEDEN . . . . . popularit) S I had an opportunity to sit directAy in front of Capt. Anthony Eden the young British statesman, on His prfecent visit of America, to listen U ^ n in informal conversation and tc ^ze up his personality, He made o; rgcod an impression on me as he die On all the other Americans he ment v. Few men have gone as far as he 'in the affairs of their own countries ?ipr in world affairs at the age of 41. V He has good looks without being -^pretty," a good voice in whict} h<3 sp'-aks very much like American, frith a ?UgU\ py^Vef Yorkshire acHe gives the impression thai h? knows what he is talking about. I think Americans respect Capt Eien because he has the co.yr*ol hie convictions, HV iwsigned as the tiry of State for Foreign Affairs because he did not apF&ve Mr. Chamberlain's po.Upy- of tMing to appleas^ Hitier and Mus^n the troublous times ahead in Epope I believe the English people wfil call C?\pt. Ekien back into pubU? eerVice. He will be one British leader who understands the attitude ofiAmerica, and that is important, else- our interests and those of England, I believe, are rapidly grafting together. We ^gam hai to staii^ side against I .'.tlTI rl*w8 r Informed of the r^vrvVtes which Capt. Piaue that interested me parjtict^aiiy was that he had been surprl^d to find how well-informed Americans are about what is going ,ch dn the rest of the world. That is.'bech use, he said, qjilt $ieat newspapel's1 rcjjyrt *th of Euro*?; and other countries even more fully than do the English pan.er^. We gre ii^e greatest newspaper reading nation in the world. In spite of all the distractions of modern lifsj, automobiles, radio, movies and the rest, wc still have time to read 2,COO daily newspapers and more than 10,000 weekly pr-ne^s, American newspapers r?ru growing steadily, ifi (bihulatiun and influence. They givQ the people more news, better presented, than etfer before. The great American press services cover the whole world with American-trained reporters, instead of relying, as they did before the World. War, on foreign sources for news of other nations. Capt. Edpn remarked, that it often happened that Englisiimen did not learn the news of their own nation aihd the British . vvuv?.iius until the American papers . j..i J amveu, FINGERPRf NT8 . . protection Not long ago I saw in the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington the*enormous files, of fingerprints of millions of persons, so indexed and classified that when a new finger-print comes in it can be identified at once if it is that of a j pergjn whose prints are already in I the file. j Of course, most of the prints are ? of criminals, but more than a million ' are prints ' voluntarily recorded for fuse in case of accid^ht or for per! sonal identi^cation .'f6r * any other jreasqn. J This plan of voluntary recording "of ones fingerprints in Washington fis growing in popular favor. It has served to identify people who have been' killed or injured away from home, children who have been separated from their parents, to enable applicants for important jobs -to prove that they are the persons named in their letters of recommendation, and for many other useful purposes. I have, long believed that every child born in the Uniter State and every immigrant ?hQVlJd he fingerprinted and f-ecord kept on file. It would prevent many impositions, nnH it would also make it possible to identify spies of foreign powers and agitators wjig gome here to try to propagate unti-American doctrines. PENSIONS ..... identification One of the difficulties about the Old Age Pension system set up under the Social Security Act is that it may be hard for a worker reaching the age of S3 to prove that he or she is the one to whom a Social Security numwas issued twenty or forty years before. Thaf would be easy if everyom I a!BU.*r*5: ^ *rxf ? *?** ?r- r- . -7. ,. r ?2.00 A YEAE DF I Seventy-Sixth Settles Dc QUALLA (Bv Mrs. J. K. Terrell) Mrs. EmersQR Cathey went to Webster to attend the funeral of her sii. f tcr, Miss Mary Thomas, who died a. the home of her parents on Thursday. Dee. 22. . 3 There was a program and Christina: 1 tree at the Baptist church on Satur 'j day afternoon. The pastor, F _v Eer: j1 Cook, preached Sunday morning. 11 Miss Clara Buntain, of Culiowhee, spent a few ddys, visiting in Qualle.. ' She was a former teacher at this J place. A family- dinner reception was 1 given on Christmas day with Mrs ! A, C. Hoyle and Mrs. J. H. Hughes. Mr. J. E. Hoyle and family, of Thomasville, spent tbo "week-end with Mrs. Cha$, Ward and othei relative#, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Trull, of Bethel, are.visiting at Mr, H. G. Ferguson's/' Mrs,.JX Shuler visited her father, Mn.-M. L; Blanton, at Deep Creek. Mrs, Ellis Stockton and sen, of Canton, spent week at Mr. P. H. Fergusons. ' " Miss Nell McLaughlin, of Murphy, Miss Gertrude Ferguson, of Almond, Mr. Chas." McLaughlin and Miss Annie Ruth McLaughlin, of Culiowhee, spent the holidays with homo-folk. Mr. C. B. Terrel^ ylsited relatives in AshcvilljC. last week. Rev. G. Jl Fisher and Mr. H. G. Ferguson visited at Mr. J. K. Terrell's. A genw'ous treat arranged by Supt. Mr. j. E. Freeman was given the entire Sunday school at the Methodist church Ciudstmas morning. I FIFTY YEARS AGO : Tuefcascigee Democrat, Jan. ; _ ' _ ' " 5, 1889 'Sylta ^'nT'Vis~ ifcreV a depot, postomce, express office, telephone .ana telegraph office, a school and churcii .building, a printing office, blacksmith shop, shoe shop, barber 'shop, livery stable, lumber yard, sawmill, flouring mill,, besides a lawyer, physic-an Stticf a number of carpenters. . The youth, beauty and maturity of the good town of Webster were present at the New Year's Entertainment of the Sylva Literary Clun iuesaay night. ' ' I The firm of Hall, Smith & Co., has | 1 dissolved partnership and the busi-| ness will be conducted at the same stand 1?y Mr. L. C. Hall. Sylva needs an incorporation. Every slight rain puts the streets in an almost impassable condition. The ' railroad track is the only thing re-' 1 sembling a sidewalk. Let us adopt some plan to remedy the evil. [ Our county seat was enliven- d by Christmas week by an intensely interesting entertainment. . . Dillsboro celebrated Christmas tree on the night of the 25th has concluded the gayeties of the season with a supper New Year's night. Both were successful. The Quallatown Methodist Sunday school commemmorated our Lords Birthday with a Christmas tree and oilier appropriate exercises. Senator L. J. Smith left on Friday's train for Raleigh. Representatives l a .Tnnps. of Macon, J. A. I ueuigc , . Franks, of Stfain, and W. A.: Dills,' jf this county, passed through Friday, enroute for the State Capital. Having-disposed of the management ; of the' Democratic to Messrs. R. L. Afadis'on, F.; A. Luck, Sr., and F. A. ' Luck, Jr., idi ;persons indebted to me Oh past subscriptions or advertising 1 are notified' that' they can make set. tlement with them and" I will recog' nize same. E. R. Hampton. registered under the lav/ had his or her fingerprints on his card and on file in Washington. They are planning to extend the benefits of the Social Security law to domestic servants and farm work' ers. The way the tax will be col< lected will be by stamps which the ' employer will buy at the Post Office ; and paste on the employee's card every week or month, That has been the system ir. Germany for years. I don't like the idea of putting everybody under the rye of the Gov-eminent 3II the time, but in a coun? ?n crood r try as big as ours mct^uv xv^ ~ 0 plan to make it possible to find out [ whether anyone is who he pretends to be. Fingerprinting voters might . be a great help in keeping elections 51 honest, for example. \ - v \. - -*j V\ jr-r r ??r . - ? i SS SflE ujvancs ov ga>e the covht* * '" * * *** ~ .Congress iwn To Work - V Washington, Jan. 4?As the new Coft* cress geU down to business and thft lcgislative\progra:n lor the session be* . gins to assume form ,members of botk houses find themselves wonderinf how they are going to work out a compromise between the demand* for continued and increased spend- . .'ng of Federal funds, on the'one hand and for economy and retrenchment on the other hand. There is no doubt that the temper of the- 76th Congress on the whole* is toward economy. Leaders and a great part of the membership of both parlies would like to cut expenditures but the .* pressure of well-organized lobbies added to what are generally regerded as necessary'extra expenses may easily, prove too much'for the well-intentioned ones who would like" to see the Federal government get out of thf; red by keeping its costs withta its income. . If the present feeling that* it is necessary to balance the .budgef coo-" tinues, those most experienced in estimating future actions of Cohgrolil look for a broad increase in geheral business will pick up so that the uonrd taxable income will 'be' lhrii ' enough to provide all the money aefc- ' cssary But unless there are dofinitq, ind^?.v ' cations of such an increase, pa Jhl ^ course of the next few majnths, .tb# tax bill which will be enacted beford'** the end of June is Ukfly brackets and probably an jexteritiiti downward of the income tax base^tfT"' include several million persons who 1 ' i * j. ^ t. T-? _ A now pay r.o direct taxes 10 me reaeral treasury. ' v. * &j*rm To Amend Social Security " ^ ^ Among the items which y."ill caJI for greater expenditures is. the for amending the Social. Act to make -payment of..Old Agp Dneflts ba?j.a m 1^40 . ins^ea4. 'a:.d Cc^ene. ; * | those" ; h\v ring . tlje y etir?* 2 Some c:v ima M (his law seem | certain, as a: r t.sV: TV*, a the ckinjinds toi the Town ea-.i Han advocates .and-. a v. V 8 others ::oo':i. ;g >::i*.V.,::a4 e vderai P?0-; I sions for the e-' A.r y. -1 ne. project,. o? |submitting"a Coa.titiilionzil- amend^ Ijment for oV: age pensions to the pepjjple ,probably will not the .car;ri?jcL. (through, but it is fairly certain the whole Townsend Plan and similarprojects will have a thorough airing at committee hearings and in- debates on the floor of both houses. As another measure .of,.social, reform, the prospect is for lively agitation in favor of some plan of providing medical care for everybody, whether at government expense .or (by a system of voluntary or enforced: individual contributions. Sentiment on this idea has not yet "jehad" in either house to the point where .the likelihood of such action can be estimated, but it is certain it will be a subject on which there will be rniich discussion. - ?1 ^ Farm Problem One of the organized demands which Congress will have to Aace is th?t of the Farmers Union for a continuation of the Agricultural -Act..of 1938, with an appropriation of million dollars. M. W. Thatcher, leg' islative representative of the Farpmrs Union, has served notice on Cpng^ess tha tif this is not grantetd the,result will be a rebellion in the Middle W.est o-innr.t hf> nut doWn-Wlth cut WlUCil N. UAJ.AX/ ? ~ ? x tne use of the Army. ^VvV-takc that ilireat too seriously, but the farm relief problem, in..still a perplexing one. Secretary \Vallace points to the recent vote on. the oontinuation of the cotton quotas, as proof that the farmer likes his present program, and will be insistent in his demand for its continuation. The Work Relief problem is another difficult one. The general feeling in Congress is that, the whole relief, problem should be turned back to the states, with such Federal aid as may be required. The W. P. A. matter touches on the conflict between Congress''xand he Administration, which is not as .serious on the surface as it is in* the private conversations1 of members of both the President's party and the Opposition. t ' , The ,:rr of Federal domination is a constant ircT grc.Fng ofte regardj ler of part., linos, whether through I \V. P. A. and other Federal spetfd! ings, of by other hvnnhs. 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