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rver since the beginnings of the
^ nerican Government, Congress j
been suspicious of every act of;
the ^ecutive having to do with for-,
^ a affairs*
j^eorge Washington's warning
agiinst "entangling alliances" in his
farewell Address took root in the
spirit of the people and has become,
li5 .j;? course of a century and a half,
almost as sacred an American pri 1aj.
as the Constitution itself.
[i was tliat principle which kept
the American nation, when we entciV<l
the World War, from becomj-1
^ any official sense an "ally" cf
tiu powers which were fighting
^aiQst Germany and Austria. We
ffere associates but not allies.
prudent Wilson and the Congas
oi that time took great pains
o nwto * clear 5111 1116 world that
America whs fighting for its own
tand and was not bound by any
arts of agreements of the Allied
Pot/ere.
Jud it v??.s the ingrained Ameri i
fear w foreign alliances, as
nlh w an/ thing eLe, which prex
wited the Ui :t*i - lates from beI
casing a roemo-r ot the League of
N#i.or?J aftei the great war.
*,V:th that historical background
GtP.b' in Iiliild- lt etl9y t0 imder*
J:u J tho furor which hae been stirp,d
up by t. e disclosure that Preside.:
Aucst\ell hud authorized a
v( *et French mission to inspect
American aircraft factories with a
Vice*- to ordering a large number of
jilting planes.
Result Of Accident
The disclosure was the result of
^ accident. A new type of military
r.ane was being tested in Los Angeles.
It crashed ane. the pilot was
His companion, however, was
rtsc.cci -'ram the week with \.\vj
v .: . ; .>eft?r e tAt {. C?U>'hl |
IV.
i%mK. .; a mce:u;:iK' a'u.*.
V'u* i s kid < Lit. how ^ : i
tf; \ ? ;->i :T?V. W.IS ' .0 - j
mw'.n. . n resentative
Fivi?, V.'.,: (>!Vic?\ over hoi ' --'.th
a go up ;o: crmg phnes for Fr.nah
7:.. ui.- : v, i'e stertled Coorrcss-J
An r.:,?-y .v.-.s otgur. which .0 1
Vvultd tl:a'. Mr. C.einiuhn and tiu ;
res; ut the French mission had re- |
(,-jved specific ."itiiurity by order of
the Pr 'aider/. himself to inspect
Anoncan airplane factories and take
par* in tcbts of now military planes,
IVot. hjy nobody hod the slightest
bjtcticn to the purchase of
Ansei lean aircraft by non-combatant
Euro.ean powers. It had been reported
that not only the French but
the British were buying or about to
bay planes in this country.
Indeed, the British orders for 400 '
mg planes were increased to 050 J
( dtei he incident of the injured
frfcU-hmun was disclosed. And
^ra" s had ftpenly announced ?that
it in? vded to buy at least 500 planes
ia A. wrica,
Pearad Special Favors
Vhit stirre up Congress, includ^
tiioeo fri( .Uly and unfriendly to
^ President, was the feeling that
*rfr>e of International negotiatton?
were goang on, clouded in
?er?cJ. It looked aa if special fa- I
rors vtr? being, shown to France.
Jfa> Roosevelt- sent for the mem^
^ Seriate Committee on
of\l^ry i, iieventeen Senators
* ^ b*rtiea, and in a closed-door
0n laiting n iarly two hours he
^ with a grt at deal of frankjj
the international eituahe
?eY/ i t. He pledged the
A'a-h svec' r^y? but nobody nu
i. b"?.i ever foun.i a way
'.n^ secret which sevflllfpt
, .1 .
f^uticirns know.
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^-cu' lantfuagel
flH 311 ngre-e on the exact ho-v 1
Bthe Prudent had used, hut A
Bwer* in subshuitial agreemen I
B** Iwd insisted that there %v ^ _ \
BklUam.e, secret or otherwls^? 1
B^een the United States and Fr 'I
BtUat he had welcomed the r. _nl
Bcitture to buy enough Axneri . \
Bplane> to keep our aircraft fac 0 1
^y uutii t.ic United States 1 1
ttary ^ .r the and-ip?ld se^j
<^c . - . >.\ extender or u &l" 1
Bu^d government hut - \
Bplar.es < \. by both France auc j
-.v; >e being paid lor as dc- ;
Vlv^ut. cadi on the barrelhead.
B" iv;.y other nation wanted to 1
B^hen an planes on the same tei ms
B^-y c aid do so. I
I the President, according to
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News In
tional Capital
John R. Jones Better
i
The condition of John R. Jones,
A'ho has been ill, in Biltmore Hospital
for several days, is reported to
oe improved.
T
All Stars To Flay Double
Header Monday Night
The Dandrige, Term., basketball
teams, both boyT and girls' will be \
here, Monday nigat, Feb. 20, to meet
the Sylva all-stars teams. The games
will be played on the high school
court
Coleman Painter Dies in
Knoxville
A. Coleman Painter, 73, died at
his home in Knoxville, Tenn., on
Monday morning, and was buried in
the Cullowhee cemetery Wednesday
afternoon, the funeral service being
held in the Cullowhee Baptist church
at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Fred
Forester, pastor or the church.
Mr. Painter was born in Jackson
county and lived here until his young i
manhood, moving to Knoxville a a
number of years ago. He was the a
oldest child of the late Roland A. 9
Painter, and besides his widow and v
one son, L. B. Painter, of Knoxville, 9
is survived by a half-sister, Mrs.
Frank Bailey, of Sylva, and three
half-brotilers, George L. Painter and $
vVillie Painter, of Sylva and Roy ?
Pamter, of Fredericksburg, Va., ana 1
nis 6tep-mother, Mrs. R. A. Painter, 1
of Sylva. ' n
Mr. Painter retired in 1937, after t
a long service with the Southern J
A tail way, having served as conductor ^
jetween Asheviile and Knoxville lor jver
thirty-iive years. _
l*c was a ui. ^-oocoad degree 1
v d a li-.Liw-or of Uie Order v
c .ij c. i. >rs. i/iembeis
oi : ?. is: uS puiloearers.
Deal*:, hxc Glenville
v
Fi.ikrai s. v.*.".:; la. Mrs. Sarah
ivloso, Childrens, i. v ore ncld ijt the
i.i t?.e - ^ cv - bOction or
j?c: ji: couhv o - u.. oy the Rev.
A. I.. Cowk a.-.d me Ac v. w. C. Mor- u
gan.
Mrs. Childress, known as "Aunt ^
.osiah," was the wife oi Uie late William
Dougias Childress.
ohe is survived uy the follO'Wihfl u
children: Mrs. JLmir.a f'enson of Wpl- >
nalla, S. C.; Mr s Delia Children, of *
Washington, D. C.; Mrs. CK>r<Ua
Moody, oi ilra-tus,*:> '. C; Gertie
* * 1 w>, t ia Moodv.
rowier, of ?.is.
of Lrastus; John, van. Carl and r<
Huyse, of Eraslus; . act Port* of Sylva;
51 grandLiiloisii; 32 great- p
grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. y
Dorothy Baumgamcr, of Gleayille, ic
and Mrs, Dialpha Stewart, of Bfplio, jj'
X. C,
interment was in Pine Creek rem*tery.
Funeral services for Joe Watson
wore held at Hamburg Baptist church
Monday afternoon by the Rev. W. N.
Cook, pastor,
The following children survive,
VIrs. Beth Hooper, Mrs. Loanie
/oung, Mr3. Kuttie Bradley of plenville,
Mrs. Beulah Calhoun of WoodruiT,
S. C., Don of Highlands, and
Webb and Lee of Tuckaseegee.
Interment was in Hamburg cemetery.
mm i m in ?? 0/ ? *
x>me of the Senators, stressed his:
belief that American interests Wfre J
being threatened by the rise of the I
dictatorships, and that if the democ*
icies of Western Europe should be
ireed to succumb to superior force
'.raerica would be in grave danger.
Interpretsd By 8snatort
According to some of the Senai
ajts who heard him, he gave the
I imnmuion that he believed $he
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CJnited States would have to Join in I
le defense of England and France, I
in a crisis. One phrase which some I
n the Senators attributed to him j
./as '.hat "Our iir . .'-~2 of defers:. I
i ir in Franco." /
I T.'c Presidoni ' >' notice of the 1
irmcii which hi:: art ions had caused
i y declaring; at die most largely
| <: Mended press conference since the
Marly days of his hrst Administrai.on,
that some Senators had deliberately
distorted {he tenor of his
'oik to them, and denouncing as a J
eli berate U-' the s aterncnt that he '
ad s: id that the American frontier i
/as hereafter in France. Pressed |
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLlf
"Most Typical Wa
K^mS^ft ^jjtWaM^y'fr": >.' :
^KbbS^*<?$
NEW YORK CITY . . . From thoi
of eliminations, the "Typical Ama
(tfkcwn above), were selected at t
Serereth Division Association at tl
horw went to Fred J. Wallin, 4fl
a-.? his wife and two children.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Tuckaseigee Democrat,
February 16, 1889
It is rumored tint a petition will
\o before this Legislature to have
i now township formed, to be known
13 Sylva township.?Our aged friend,
daj. W. II. Bryson, Democrat office
vith a visit Monday evening. The
dajar has attained the ripe old age
>f ioui score and ten years, and has, j
onsequently, lived under every
(resident of the United States. He
ays the secret of his longevity is
ibstinence from whiskey and tobaco
and keeping always in a good
iumor.?Jackson" Academy has suspended
duties until next week, on
ccount of the mumps.?Snow Suniay
night.?The editor of the Demorat
is a victim of the mumps.? :
faster Jim Shuler, an attache of the
)emocra w is -sick with -mumps.-^'
Ve' noticed the folh wing arrivals at
le Hampton 1Iou:j2 during the last
wo duj s: Prof. Boron D.
h h . i, . Wa/nesville, Capt.
GYv'li i. t'.,siacr of Bank at Murfreesjro,
t ui.; Mr. Lawson, of Knoxille,
d.iu l'vir. Lynham, of Richmond,
ra.
or a clear statement of his Adminrtraton's
foreign policy, he dictaxi
tlie following:
1. We are against any entangling
lhance;, obviously.
2. We are in favor of the mainmanoe
of world trade for everyody?all
nations ? including ourelves.
3. We are In complete sympathy
rith any and every effort made to ; ^
educe and limit armaments.
4. As a nation ? as American i
eople ? we are sympathetic with
le peaceful maintenance of polit- ]
sal, economic sand social indepen- j
ence of all nations in the world. <
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iA, FEBRUARY 16, 1939
r Vcfteran Family"
isands of entries and after montha
ican War Veteran and his Family"'
he annual meeting of the Seventyleir
clubhouse in New York. The
i-year-old building superintendent,
Ern?st Wilson, Jr., Has
Traveling Position
Ernest L. Wilson, Jr., has accepted
a position with Liggett & Myers, Tobacco
Company, as traveling salesman
and has as his territory twelve
counties of Western North Carolina.
Mr. Wilson lias already entered upon
his duties, but spent the week-end,
here with hi? nnrpni*
" ? ?* J " - " ?./V4* VW .
Mrs. Ariail Hostess To
Methodist Society
Mrs. R. L. Ariail was hostess tc j
the members of the Methodist WoI
man's Missionary society, which met
on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. E. L.
McXee, the president, presided over
Ihe. business meeting. Mrs. C. Z.
Sadler- led the devotional and Mrs.
-Dan Tompkins was program leader.
The sut joe t for the meeting was
"V/idenirg Mori ,>ns". During the
afternoon, Mrs. ArlaiJ served a salad
course.
Twentieth Century Club
Elects Officers
The Twentieth Century Club,
meeting at the home of Mrs. Ben,
Sloan, last Thursday, elected Mrs.
John II. Wilson president; Mrs. Dan
K. Moore first vice-president; Mrs.J.
Claud Allison, second vice-presiclent,
Mrs. Ben Sloan secretary and
Mrs. Kermit Chapman treasurer.
The book, "Be Your Age", by
Dreenbie, was reviewed by Mrs.
John II. Morris, in a most interesting
manner.
During the social hour, which followed
the program and business session
Mrs. SToan served her guests a
delightful salad and sweet course.
le Then, True I
PREPARED POP. WAP (S
Me. V-OST EFFECTIVE Ml
)F PReSffRViNG- PEACE.'
iMOTON^y F1RV.T Ai/NOAL AAB33A4* TO CC
JAN. 1*7 9 O .
rzsae ( H
$8.00 A TEAS IX i
4,000 Acres Being
Planted to Kudzu
Some people know it as "telephone
vine," others as "porch vine" and in
some sections it is given the somewhat
exaggerated name of "mile-a
minute vine." Its real name i?
kudzu, and it has a much more
valuable use than that of shading
porches for which it is generally used
in the South.
During January and February
North Carolina farmers cooperating
with the Soil Conservation Service
in its erosion control program are
planting 4,000 acres of eroded land
to this soil-conserving and hay crop,
reports W. D. Lee, soil conservationist
nf thp Statp C!n11p?* Extension
Service, and E. B. Garrett, state coordinator
of the SCS.
Probably one reason v/hy kudzu
has remained a porch vine so long
is that farmers, observing its habits
of growth, have been wary of letting
it get into their cultivated fields.
But though it spreads rapidly?
kudzu vines have been known to
grow 70 feet in a single season?it
does not form underground stolons
like Bermuda grass or Johnson grass,
and Lee says it can be destroyed
readily by cultivation ?r by excessive
grazing.
As a hay and forage crop, kudzu
is among the best of the protein feeds,
comparing favorably with alfalfa.
Once k-udzu has become firmly established,
it can be cut for hay at
any time during the growing season.
It is highly resistant to drought and
can be used for temporary grazing
iuring hot, dry weather when othar
pasture is burned up.
But in demonstration areas and
ioil conservation districts, farmers
ire planting kudzu primarily for
erosion control. With proper land
preparation, careful planting, fertilizing,
and first-year cultivation it
will grow on denuded areas and perpendicular
sides of gullies, checkbig
run-off water and holding the soil.
Hogs And Chickens
Columbus farmers sold 15,911
)ounds of poultry for $2,383.17 cash
a I the car door and 77 other farmers
hipped G6,210 pounds of fat hogs
for $5,005.89 as a boost to the farm
income of the county last week. The
sales were arranged cooperatively
by the county agen's office.
Time To Top-Dress
North Carolina growers of small
grain are now preparing to top-dress
their small grain with nitrate of
soda, according to reports from county
agents. Extension specialists recommend
an application of approxiImately
100 pounds to the acre ap!
plied about March 1.
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Baptist Society To Meet
I Wednesday
The program meeting of the Baptist
Woman's Missionary society will
be held at the church, on Wednesday
afternoon, February 22.
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RESEARCH mtffttll*
I had never quite realized the full
2xtent to which industry is emptap*
ing scientifically trained technfffftflg
to improve their products and Sue*
vise new ones or new ways at using
the old ones, until I saw a rap&ti
the other day by the head of a great
industrial corpoi'atioh.
Langboume M. Williams,
president of the Freeport Sulphur
Company, points out that there um
now more than 1,706 industrial research
laboratories, employing $3^
000 technicians, on which Industry
is spending 250 million dollars a
year.
These research workers are trained
men recruited from the freed
technical schools and universities
This particular company lias appointed
one of its engineers, Donald
B. Mason, as technical director tor
the purpose, among other things, of
establishing and maintaining caw
tacts with the universities so that
the pick of the annual crop oX technical
graduates will find Jobs Walt*
ing for them.
"Research," says Mr. WU&Ufts,
"is America's most promising OHinc*
of jobs as well as higher profits." I
know that in many onemicai tooustries
more than hail the profits cow
from new products developed by research
in the past ten years>
PROGRESS .... f
The world is what it is today fae*
cause of scientific research which
has laid the foundation for these beU
terquality and wider variety of
useful things which make life easier
or more enjoyable.
Not only have the great inventions
of n.jav.1 times come largely
out of the .nt. research laboratones,
but ...v Lijntific principles
are constancy being discovered,
opening new fields in which inventors
can exercise their ingentunity.
The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology announced the other
day that in its laboratory it had been
discovered that metal at a temperature
ot 460 degrees below zero becomes
a perfect conductor of electricity,
eliminating all resistance and
loss of power. Someone may find
a way to freeze the high-lines and
so reduce the cost of current to coir
sumers to almost nothing.
Assen Jordanoff, a young air pilot,
nas lately made experiments with
ireezing the gasoline in an airplane^
tanks. It takes extremely .low temperature,
but it eliminates the most
dangerous hazard of flying, that 01
the plane catching fire after a crash.
INVENTIONS . . . tefcvtoen
Few people have any notion of
the amount of time and money
which it takes to bring a new Invention
of importance to the point
where it begins to make money fW
the inventor and the people Who
nave put money into it
Right now the big broadcasting
companies are announcing that they
are about ready to begin commercial
television broadcasting and put television
receiving sets on the market.
vVe have been hearing about television
for nearly 20 years. The other
day the .original Inventor ol the
oasie principle on which the broadcasting
companies are working tuld
of the time and money It lad ca?t
Philo' T. Famsworth of FftftftTnrh#?n
a hOV of 14.
wwyMM., ' ? * r ?
a domestic generating plant an tfo
family's farm in the West, warfcRi
out the idea, but trying to pot it
into "operation was, as be puts U.
like trying to build a locomotive a*
a desert island." He persuaded our
ousiness man after another to put
iip money for experiments until
now, sixteen years later, more than
i million dollars has been spent Cfc
nring television to perfection.
SCIENCE pleas
Besides alt the industrial research
vhichi is going on, there are hun
Ireds of scientific laboratories
vhere the purpose of the research
vorkers is to discover new scientific
jrmciples v. Yo rr.ay or may not
lave a prac com mercial value.
Sooner or laurr, however, most of
hese additions to human knowledge ,
>ecome the basis of new inventions.
Almost anyone can imagine uses
or invisible glass. Dr. Katharine
Hodgett, a research worker in the
Jeneral Electric laboratories at
ichenectady, discovered that . by
eating. glass with chemicals so
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