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ji.OfA YEAR IN ADVANCE IN TH
?S WEEK IN THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
V'achlngton, Mar. 15 (Autocaster)
r jc President and his counsellors
^ c ill looking across the Atlantic
^ pacific oceans. The Senators
and Representativies in Congress are
a..p y divided as to whether external
r internal affairs call for the
cliivi attention of the United States.
T'iv-re is almost a hundred percent
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I agreement thai me nauoa snuuxu
I put i s military, naval and air dcf^no-v
into flrst-rate condition, proof
o i vViich is found in the a Inmost
| unanimous vote to appropriate 500
I rniUioa dollars for the War DepartI
ment, the largest peace-time fund
I ever granted for that purpose. The
I Present has asked for another 13r
I millions lor supplemor tary Array I
par*. &>> and probably will get j
I wh.-re Congress and th* E::e _u~j
live risagree is on the question of!
the nation's foreign policy. There is1
a fee' ng that Mr. Roosevelt is "stir-.
nng Op the animals" by his frequent
utterances aimed at the dictatorships
of Europe. I
He hid that again in his speech
More Congress in celebration o
the yOth anniversary of that body
wher he took a crack at the-dictators
O* asking whether the United
States should sit passive while reliIgious
freedom was suppressed in |
othe; nations.
May Reveal Secrets
No sane person believes for a moment
that Mr. Roosevelt wants tc
lead t ie United States into a foreign
wui, hut the belief that his Xrequen:!
rion-irfi^ti ins of the governments 0i I
i
UV4* - v. _
I the ' cry nations from which tht
I tour, try has most to fear are at least
I provocative, is freely expressed anc
I depleted by even his mo.t devctee
I adherents.
I The demand on Capitol Hill fcr a
I full revelation of the mternalicna;
I t-.tLM on as it affects the lnicvust;
I cf me United States is increasing
I It is not minimized by such st t^L
ir.er.U as that made on the /loot- b}
I Sena .or Lundcen of Minnesota t si
m Mr. Roosevelt, in his confidenaa
I talk with members o. the Commitie.
I uii Military Affairs, disposed "stunI
Ling secrets" which, if made public,
I v.oulc shock the nation.
I The ieeling that the public should
I be taken into complete confidence
I on anything whicn so vitally affects
I ever} iody is strong, and the ponsiI
bility grows that a stenographic reI
por: Li the President's talk with the
I Sen .tors may be made public. |
I Mvtumme the movement for a
I Constitutional amendment proliioit- i
I ing Congress from declaring war (I
without a popular referendum, ex- j
cept .n case of actual invasion, nas,
Oct.. revived.
Recant disclosure of the activities
ox Japanese spies on the Pacific
Coot are stirring up international
disgust. The disclosure by a high
Ar.. y officer that German avia;.or.
were using in tne attack on Earce
Ions a new kind of air-bomb charget !
with liquid oxygen, capable of kill
Ing everybody within a quarter of
mib irom where it strikes, has furnished
flash impetus to the program
oi a oigger and stronger air fc ce
Th? removal of the general head
Quart-rs of the Army Air Corp
from Langley Field, Virginia, to
Scott Field in Illinois, as scon as
the new buildings can be finished, is
pert of the general program of shifting
the more vulnerable points of
I national defense away from the seaboard
and into the interior, where
they will be safer from air raids
froir overseas.
Building Huge Reserves
lJoi t of that program is the build
ing up of huge reserves of war ma
teriais in the Mississippi Valley, an.
01 enrolling some ten thousand inAtrial
establishments, mostly in
ftlP ( tnn ^r?rrir?n tf) be pCCpcli'SCt to
WrV^Um^Vts of ? on shor.
nolle-. Also, as part of uhe f?v*(ic,v
ie et.so program, int-ios ^
flo lla Ship Canal has been revived
on ti g principle that it Will
a sa;e, sheltered water rou ,
the Mississippi Valley to the
he Coast intiine of war. ,
Th. War Department has reportec
to Congress that the Florida Canal
would be of vital importance tc
commerce in peacetime as well as
in war, and the United States Geological
Survey has revised its finding
as to the effect of the canal or
the water supply of South Florida
now stating that it would affect only
shallow surf tea wells within <J
RVjes the route of the cmael?
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ECOUNTY
FIRE COMPANY HAD
2 CALLS, M0NDA\
I Thehome of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
J Garden, a four room structure, ir
! 2ast 3ylva, war. entirely destroyed
j y lire Monday n.: ning. The house
j nd contents, with the exception o'
sixteen cans c< ;oca a total loss, no
{insurance having been carried.
Ihe Syiva Fn*o Department
Promptly answered the call, but as
no water was available, the flames
;] and. gained ten rni ch headway to
j| j... ;_u.. i -*i.- ?. ... ?: ^
|? JC LAaujjuxaiii.' ii'e me was ScUQ
1.0 have caught :r-. :r? an inside flue.
The same d.ienu.on, a cali to
Jillsboro was a. v\ creel by the fire
-ompany, but ir tu:s case, too, the
l ire had progressed :o far to be put
i out, and the we'.d house of James!
' Vinson was d- sivoyu.
| Tciis was ? fire within a
E .. ec!? hi the v -s !?,/, considerp
aoie damage . . .i. ~ ceil done to
I? .he dwelling nou.-\ cc./ .pied by Lon
^'Cunningham, in .has-. S>iva, on JLon{'
day afternoon Ox If...I week.
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[ Sunday Schools Of Tucka- '
! seigee Association
Hold Convention
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A large numb.-r cf delegates at-1
.?ndea the convent on of the Sun- j
iay schools oi the t'ticKaseigee uap- i
ist Association, iusl Sunday, at East
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iTork church. 13 gi. :ing with a devotional
service, co.-a acted by D. G. j
Bryson, at 2 o'clock, the delegates:
! neard an adurc:?:: by Ticv. T. F. Deitv. j
j jn the subject, what a County- ;
5 Wide Revival will Mean to Our Sun- j
| .iay Schools", special music by the'
| Sast Fork Quartet, and a tiemonstrapon
or an intermediate department
j program.
J Sunday Schools of East Fork,
f Sreen's Creek, Hamburg, Jarreit
i memorial, at DiiNooro, Lovedak,
| Jchre Hill, Sava?...aii, Sco.t's Creek,
[ Sylva, Tuckascigee, White . iioci
veoster, Zion Ii_ii, North Fork an-.
Juliowdtee had ^representatives at
jic; meeting. ,
An increasing interest in the San- l
iay Schools oi uie association is |
ioted, according to leaders in thoi
vork, I
The next meeting will be held at
jcoL's Creek c.u.rcn on Sunday an- t
- rnoon, April 9tn, beginning at 2:00 {
j clock. I
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John ?1. Joned Returns !
\ From Hospital I
Mr. John R. Jones, who has baen
i ill in Biltmore Hospital, Ashevillo,
, tor several weeks, nas improved
sufficiently to iet:irn to his home on
me Cullowhce load, last Saturday.
Altogether, t he atmosphere of
Washington is more warlike than it
las been at any time s.uec 1218,
ith all sorts o". :nd speculation!
1 - - 1 Mir fnrfigm I
card every../ o_ _
la lions. (
The United 3' Ambassador to
jpain, Clauda 3? >v. ;?, who has been
' ixying in franio. close to the
order, has been sc. I .'or to make a
port to the 3??tc Department and
ae President, presumably bearing
n the qnes-ica vbrhker this coun-;
-y should g:'c omdal recognition,
I a the new France government of
I ipahi, as England and Franco seem i
about to do.
Independence Questionable
The question which worries Washington
is whether the new Spanis.i |
government will really be indepen- j
dent, or merely a puppet with Hitler;
nd Mussolini puling the strings,
nd providing in Spain a jumping.i
place near r lo the United Slateo
.nan any ether part of Europe,
/here great cases might b^j
. siablished.
In internal affairs, by all odds the |
nost important e!/ent of the year, scar
is the decision of the Supreme
' strike is
yOlirl th_l LflE .SH "u^vm
uicgul and that employers are fre^ I
vO discharge woikers who take pail
m such seizure of company properly
jr other illegal uses of force. That
decision is believed to point tov/ard
an early re vis. or. m the Labor ilelaI
Jons Act, in which the rights oi
| employers and the limitations of the
authority of the Labor Relations
3oard will be more clearly defined.
The chance of such legislation is
.ncreased by the efforts being made
jy both Administration and Congressional
leaders to repeal or modify
existing laws which have tended
to hamper business txpaasioc.
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SYLVA, NORTH CARO
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iTRA]NIN8 SCHOOL
SLUE TO SiVE PLAY
The Pendragon Literary Club of
he Cullowhee Trairing School wiU
ve a three act play, "Forever True",
[arch 24, in the Training School
. ciC. 1 tC lium. There will be two per"L
'ormances, at 1:30 in the afternoon,
I and at 6:00 o'clock in the evening,
the college band, directed by Mr.
George Tracy, will play. Taking
part i i the play are Warren Hooper, i
Opal Youngblood. Gordon Bryson,:
Davis Zachary, Virginia Mikels,
j Robinette Tritt, and Columbine Tritt j
J Middleton.
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Watch Tlios?
( "I?i-Bctweei*?J Days
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Believe it or rot, more automobile.
accide its occur in ?c od weather than
in bad. U
The reason, says the National Coni
servation Bureau, accident prevention
department of the Association of
Casualty and Surety Executives, is
that drivers are keenly alert when
rain," snow or sleet make roads hazardous;
but they "lot down" when it
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I V-iV. uio.
j To be more vigilant when there is
ice 01. the road, or rain, snow or
sleet r elta the windshield, is the right
attitude lor accident-free driving
jhazarc-s are ini.jpaided by abnorimal
e.imaUc condi'icns, and call for
[extreme cere. Bui ii is.equally dangerou.
to "let go"' too much when
| wcath t hazards are absent.
I To "let down" is good, but the
! ousinc ss side of a steering wheel is
! never the best place to practice it,
iay ti c Nrrio.nai Conservation Bureau's
safety expciis. Drive relaxed,
ind strain, but alert and
vitti 3 vXv, c-ut always under absolute
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I Henderson vllle Preaclier
He Idling Meeting At
Church Of God. ...
. Pav L. J. Stone, of Hendersonville,
is assisting the pastor, Enoch
Jamison in a series of meetings in
the Church of God, in Rhodestown.
The Meeting be?ar. and will con- [
tinue for two weeks.
Mr. Jamison invites the public to
attend the meetings.
Bryson City Attorney To
Spesk At Sava nnah Church j
Attorney McKinley Edwards, of j
Brysor*. City, will rnrke a talk in the |
Intercut of Sundry Schools, at Old
Savannah Church, Sunday, March,;
19th at 2 P. M. j]
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UNA, MARCH 16, 1939
WEBSTER SENIORS*
TO PRESENT PLAY
The senior class of Webster high
rchool will present the play, "Trouble
In Paradise", on Friday evening,
/larch 24, at 8:00 o'clock, in the
chool auditorium. The cast of charicters
is as follows:
"Spec" John Martin, Leo Cowan;
Wild" Bill Hanlon, Wayne Buch>nan;
Phil Bradley, Winston Cabe;
Tubby" Davis, J. D. Morgan; Prof.
J Fish" Salmon, Lyle Jones; Porter
I Tanks. I TVTnrcraiT "TPrAch
.nan" Jgo Hamilton, James Potts;
fean Harmon, Doris Jones; Daisy
vlorris, Sue Cabe; Alice Hamilton,
.dna Owens; Doris Green, Gladys
vshe; Sophie Carr, Lavenia Rogers;
.unt Mildred Mocre, Nan Buchanan;
iiss Whedbee, Ruth Buchanan
Andrew "Snowball" Jackson, Roy
.,_nanan; I'ayc Barron, Marie Bar
on.
North Carolina Cows
Going To The Fair
North Carolina probably will b
represented at The New York World's
Fair, according to word just received
rom the American Guernsey Cattle
Club.
rtf C r\n/4Pi?/\rklr'' Aiimnn
IViUIid Ui VJctlUCll \_-i ctiv , umicu
by Mr. Arthur Osborne of Canton,
has been selected by the Guernsey
Representatives as eligible to be one
of the thirty Guernseys chosen from
among the best of the breed to form
he Guernsey contingent in the herd
of 150 Purebreds that will be on display
from April until October in The
Dairy World of Tomorrow, a Dairy
industry Exhibit sponsored by The
3ordcn Company.
Mr. Osborne's herd at present contains
about 150 animals and continuous
regular official testing has
beeiv done since 1921?and many
St&te records have been made. "Mona
of- Garden Creek" is the daughter ot
'icing's Judge of Garden Creek^ and,
"Mildred of Garden Creek" and has :
a very fine producing record.
The Dairy World of Tomorrow is
to be one of the striking exhibits at
the 193y Fair. were idu aairy cows,
each a queen on the basis of her type
and performance, will be on exhibit.
These cows will be selected by the
Breed Associations representing the \
ollowing breeds?Jersey, Gurnsey, 5
Hoistein-Friosian, Brown-Swiss and \
Ayrshire. T.iese cows will be milked jj
three times daily on a Eotolactor?i!
giving the public a chance to observe
the most modern methods in hand- j!
ling milk. In addition to the cows]
mentioned, representative calves and jj
a bull of each breed will be on dis- j
play. jj
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NEW YORK, *?. T Dfatriat At
loruey Thomas 3C. Dcwgj, 17, wSno*successful
pro Munition of James l[
Hinea o& charges of conspiracy io
the policy racket has brought fch J
into the Hgulight as a possible P. t
puNlcaa flttdUfcte .for president- \
rr.itcd States.
Mythical Farm
Hasn't A Horse
Raleigh, March 16.?North Caro?
lina's "mythical farm" has a livestock
population of one mule, on<
milk cow, four hogs and 33 chickens
These are the findings of S. M
Hines, farm census supervisor of th?
j North Carolina Department of Agri1
?u ?i? kin i n fnrmofi nr
culture, wnu uus>cs ins uuvnuuwv>.
on the state-federal livestock report
To be exact, the composite farm
in the state wouldn't have but twotenths
of a horse and two-tenths ol
a sheep. ftffl
The January livestock report indicate
a general increase of all farm
animals, except sheep. Compared
with 1937, the cattle and swine population
was up 4 per cent; cows and
heifers kept for milk, up three pel
cent; horses and mules, up less than
oile per cent; chickens, "uj* five pet
j cent.
Incidentally, the composite farm
in the state is composed of approximately
82 acres.
The present livestock population
at present follows:
Horses, 70,000; mules, 310,000;
cows and heifers, (2 years and over
I'for milk) 381,000; swine, 1,155,000;
sheep, 60,000; chickens, 9,829,000;
steers, (one year old and over)
24,000; bulls, (one year old and over)
16,000.
There are approximately 301,000
farms in North Carolina, according
to the latest census.
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By Frank Parker Stockbrldgt
ROAD8 .... automobHtt
There couldn't be any roads before
men invented the wheel and
made roads necessary. Nobody
knows how long ago that was, but ?
i; was before the Indians cana
from Asia to America, for they
knew nothing about wheels im*tl the
white men came, 400-odd years ago,
and brought horses and wheels.
It was a long time alter that before
we had anything that could be
called a good road anywhere in
America. Probably we would have
had good roads earler if the railcoads
had not been invented. Thomas
Jefferson's project for a great ays
Kin oi uauonai nignways Had Hardly
got well started before people
oegan to build railroads and roadbuilding
practically stopped for *1.
most a century.
| Nothing that we would call 9
1 good road today existed on this
1 continent until the invention of the
' automobile compelled folks to im1
prove their roads. We've got a lot
I f good roads today, but not nearly
. I enough, and few of them as good
,1 s the best roads of Europe.
> IONEERS Ford
I have a deep personal interest
1 roads for two reasons. My first
merican ancestor, John Stock;
ridge of the Plymouth Colony, was
ue first wheelwright in New Engand.
He came over from England
1 -1 1629 inresponse to a call lrom
. ne colonists for, an artisan who
i ould not only build wheels for ve,
.deles but knew how to build a
^ water wheel.
He built the first grist mill and
b -he first sawmill in the colony. He
was also chosert as "pathmaster" of
^ Plymouth, in charge of highways.
^ i sometimes think I inherited some
|?w>f his interest in wheels and roads
^ | to run them on.
, i As a very young man 1 was an
^ | arden cyclist, and took part in the
L movement to bniid cyd?j?aths along ,
every highway. I abandoned the
oicycle for a horse and buggy. When
. tne motor-car came in 1 owned one
of the first American cars, and found
out from personai experience just
how bad a road could be. ^
1 took a hand, in 1912, in organizing
the movement for Federal Aid
for Highways, which has resulted
in the great national road system of
today. We couldn't get Congress
interested until after Henry Ford
had sold enough of his cars to farmers
so that they no longer regarded
| automobiles as rich men's play:
things, and wanted good roads for
; themselves.
ROMANCE .... Romans
To me there is more romance in
an old road than in an old house.
So many people have travelled over
it that the old highway seems to
echo with the clatter of hooves and
the chatter of human beings who
once rode over it but are long since
departed.
The best, if not the only- good
roads of ancient times were built
by the Romans. I drove a few years
ago at 80 miles an hour over a part
of the Appian Way, leading south
from Rome into Campania, with
only a thin skin of modern concrete
laid over the ancient stone pavement
laid down nearly 200 yaw
before Christ ; *r
There is romance, too, in the
ancient Roman roads of England
and France. From 55 B.C. on, the
Romans were building paved roads
| to Ue tneir iar-nung empire ujjgether.
Watllng Street, the most
j famous of the ancient British Roman
roads, is still a main highway,
i and many miles of its first foundsr
tions are still as solid as when
'Caesar's legions built them.
AUTOMOBILES . engineering
I Probably more highly-trained engineerng
talent is engaged in planning
and building motor roads today
than in any other single field.
The combination of speed and safety
is not impossible. European
nrhoro mftHprn hichwavs
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have been built have practically no
legal speed limit But they have
'separate traffic lanes and no cross
traffic.
I In the thickly-settled parts of
American an approach to the ideal'
road conditions is. being made.
There still remains much to . be
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