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?There are three distinct groups,'
one almost might say three parties
into which the Congress of the I
United States is divided. They are J
I the Republicans, the Conservative j
I Dem XTats and the New Dead Demo- j
cxats. I
Of the three, the Republican I
|gr? .1 is the most efficiently organ-J
b^c, under the leadership of Repre
sardative "Joe" Mai-4in of Massachusetts.
On every question involving
political considerations, the Republicans
have consistently voted as
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other two groups are divided!
and less skar >ly unified. Cne branch j
es tvc Ocm6c-fits are thich-and-thin j
sujv aiders v.' President Roosevelt ?
and it they ?lo not actually take *
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Itlv f o i\e: -3 '"mm me vv.iue nouso t
lac w along on nry matter in which :
tir i: IvUeved t j be especially inter- i
ested"
'i ii third group, the old-line Conner,
th e Democrats, is a fairly well- |
kiiit element. composed of Senators j
i and Representatives who regard |
I theiroclves as the "real" DemocratsI
and cserve the right to take issue
I wi h tne Administration ony any
' question which does not conform to
then- ideas of the best interests of v
their Party and the Nation. a
The real leader of this third
group, which holds the balance iof a
power and can by its votes decide 5
the .ssue on any legislative question,
is Vice-President Gamer. a
Difficult To Agroe
.-.11 of the Democrats would like a
w gv along with the President but ^
rnuny of the middle party find it q
diliicv.lt to agree with many of his
prep.sals. Therefore a committee \
of nur Democratic Senators paid a
I a personal c.Jl on r.Ir. Roosevelt a
lew days ago, to nnd out just what f:
he really wants of Congress. They i d
reported back to their colleagues >1
that die President wants particularly
the .ollowing items of legislation: ft
Fii st, the restoration of the $150,- g
000.' )o for W.P.A., which was cut ft
our . i the Relief appropriation bill c
against txie Presidential wishes.
I'.tr. he wants new laws to aid a
digressed railroads; an expanded rr
fcu?n tenancy program and more aid ^
fvy ttton. wheat and corn farmers;
rsvi. j n fotaxes but not to reduce j ft
the l/ovemment's income; extension ft
of hie mortgage-insurance powers e:
of F.HA ana bOO millions more for
slum-clearance work; no change in ft
tna Labor Relations law until the
Federation of Labor and the Congres*
of Industrial Organizations hivn
thoir HifiWpnep' a
I system of additional credits for ^
&ma;i business concerns and th? appropriation
of the additional $550 ^
millions for na tonal defense for which g
he has already asked. s<
The reaction on Capitol Hill to g
the report made by the President's \x
tisitors was that if tiiat was all he q
trt.vea he coald have it, all but thejg
$i.r0;j00,C00 for W.PA. *
Or. most o: the rest of the Pres- c;
loir's desires there is substantially ii
fib :pposit:on n principle in any of ?
the three legislative groups. There v,
ma/, and doubtless will be, a lot of
I*-' - i:.u:i quarrelling over details, but a
i- Congress felt assured that the f<
m pro^ r..; reported by the volunteer J d
I committee represents all that the < t<
I Pies-div.it will ask of this session of j F
Congress, the road ahead for the
I rest of the year would be clear. ^
More Defenses Wanted 11
Hitler's latest move in seizing o
what was left of Czechoslovakia ^
after he had promised France
I Britain that he would go no farther
I in that direction, has "thrown a
st'.rinto official Washington, and
deHr-it ; . united all elements behind
a rw defense policy even more
ex-*afl has been so far put JH
^yj^^^Hpieasurcs already voted
I of passage through
nr,Jk,s provide for a modernized
I Ni-.v | t least equal n size to any 1
I other, n air force larger than that t
I of ci:y other nation, an increase o. i*
40,0'>Q offioei > and men in the regu- | *
I lor Army, the mobilization of in-,
I dustry to turn out 12,000 pla ics a T
year a nd me necessary arms and
nun itions to euuiD a force oi a mil- <
|ll?n fighting men. 1
^ timates of the cost of these (
D1 titrations for defensive war, if j ]
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washington ... willis j. baling
ger (left), economic adviser to the
Federal iTade Commission^ talking
with Dr. Frederic C. Howe, former
consumers' counsel? of the AAA, i
who assarted 'o rore thv Temporary ! :
National Eccn* . :c Co.are.'tteo thai
the Nat tonal '}>: a y Products Cor 1
poration and t:.> Cordon conmanv ' \
with their "alliv.j," delermino v/hr.t
70,000,000 Amer'cans should pav foi
their milk as wall as what 3,000,000
milk producing farmers should n
ceive for their product.
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QUALLA
By Mrs. J. K. Terrell t
I
The home demonstration club met i
rith Mrs. C. P. Shelton Tuesday I
fternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Bumgarner 1
nnounce the birth of a daughter, 1
ifcelba Ann, on March 19. 1
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Ward,
daughter, Mattie Helen. i
Rev. C. L. Fisher was dinner guest 1
t Mr; C. M. Martins Sunday enroute |
o Olivet from his appointment at: r
)ualla. .
Mr. Rufe Oxner's leg was broken!<2
Vec^nesclay morning while loading J v
truck with logs. |r
Friends of Mr. Homer Turpin and '5
mily welcome them baek to Qualla
in?e they have moved to their new j
cme.
Mr. and Mrs. Pock Blanton and
lessrs. Loftis of Sylva, Miss Mar- J
aret Johnson, of Elaf Mr. H. G. and
Iiss Lillian Ferguson visited at Mr. c
). M. Shuler's. j
The county agent, Mr. G. R. Lackey t
nd Assistant Mr. Clapp called a C
meeting of Qaalia farmers Monday, i
l large crowd auvnded. a
Miss Annie Ruth McLaughlin, c
lessrs. Chas. VLLaughlin and Harry i
far tin of V/. C. T. C. spent the week s
nd with homel'oiks. r,
Miss Jennie Calhey was guest at f
Ir. Golman Kinshmd's Sunday. f
Mr. D. M. Shuler called on Mr. J. J
;. Messer Sunday. i
illion dollars over the next two t
seal years. t
The very sharp note sent to Q
eichsfuehrer Hitler by our State J
' ?nrrifpctine against the j
'C^Ul Uiil-iAV, w ^
jizuie of Bohemia and Moravia, reects
an almost unanimous feeling
i Washington that international
vents are drawing the United
tates more and we, e toward war;
'~ar for the pr: se.va'ion of Amerian
ideals of liter / a id human jus,ce
and war r:-r ir.c insurance of j
American rir>; A throughout the
rorld.
No stron^c? . e c ' Indignation
i:d pre r i .. u :' -U to a
Dreign -ti .; t.: a tha, v/h di Unci*-Secretary
Sumner Velles sent
i Hitler after consulting with the
'resident.
It was followed up by an order
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rom the State uoparunem, _
ig by 25 percent the duties imposed
n the importation of all merchanise
from Germany.. That and the
ote are among the 'Tneasures short
f war" to which President Roose'elt
recently referred as a means of
Tinging dictators to their senses.
Tax Shows Decline
The preparedness program is
lecessarily having a serious effect
ipon the economy program. The/
ax-shaping committees of both
louses are getting under way, but
hey are facing a very difficult probem.
The early es imates of incomc?
shewed a decline of
XCVUXAW
evenuQ irom that source of about I
J50 million dollars.
There is an earnest desire to rc.
ise the tax laws so as io remove
sc.ne of the handicaps to busines;
enterprise v/hich the present laws
nave created; but how to do that
and at the same time bring in
anough revenue to keep tl j government
machinery running ; a tougi.
problem.
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SYLVA, N, C., ^
Community Housej
Benefit To Be Given'
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A benefit party, to help clear the
ndebtedness on the Community
louse, will be held, at the Community
House, on Monday evening,
vpril 10th, beginning at 8:00. Various
ames will be provided for the en- !
jrtained o: those present, but parses
may make up tables and choose,
:.neir own games. An admission fee j
>c fifty cer.ts per person will be 1
harged and it is hoped that a large
umber of people will attend and
.lp to wipe out the debt on the
immunity House.
Fireman to Meet
Monday Night
The Yii ': alar meet: g of the Sylva
firemen v/ill be lit*.: Monday evenng,
April 3, at 7: Of o'clock, at the
3ommiii iiy House, instead of at the j
"Hty Hall.
BALSAM j
? (By Mrs, U. T. Knight)
The closing exercises of the Bal- J
>am elementary school were held
rhursday evening. As usual, the enire
program was very interesting,
put tho ever popular Tom Thumb
vedding received the greatest applause.
The graduates were: Misses Katie
L.ee Coward, Mildred Culberson,
Wargie Ensley, Bemice Ifoxit and .
Maudeline Bryson.
Mrs. Ida Laney who has been vis
ting her sister, Mrs. G. C. Crawford, ;
ipt returned to her home at Ela.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wood' have ;
noved to Brevard. ]
Mrs. Ethel. Bryson who was op- .1
(rated upon In a hospital in Green-- j
dlle, Tenn., recently is recovering j
licely and is visiting her sister, Mrs. 1
toy Duncan in Glade Springs, Va. '
Mis. D. T. -Knight and daughter^
diss Nannie, have returned from 1
)rlando, Fla., where they spent the ]
vinter with Mrs. 1 flight's son, Mr. (
hhn P. Knight and family.
The population of Balsam has inreased
so much since I left last
thanksgiving that I wish to annouce
he new arrivals: Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Hoyle, a girl, Mildred Ann, '
11 Dec.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyatt, 1
1 girl, Bettie Jo, Jan. 4; Mr. and Mrs. 1
leorgc Knight, a son, Melburn, Jan. 1
5; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arrington, a 1
on, in Feb.; Mr. and Mrs. John Con- '
ter, a girl, Helen Louise, in Feb.; (
Jr. and Mrs. W. E. Ensley, a girl, (
3arbara Isabel in Feb.; Mr. and Mrs. 5
araes McClure, a girl, Mary Teletta
n March.
Mrs. R. L. Pearson has returned
rom a visit to relatives in Spartan- *
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A ARCH 30, 1939
!Mrs. John H. Smith
Dies At Son's Home
Mrs. Frances M. Smith, widow of
Mr. John Hamp Smith, died at the
home of her son, Mr. W. H. Smith, at
Tuckaseigee, on Friday morning,
March 24. Mrs. Smith was born on
March 27, 1851, and was, therefore,
38 years, of age. She was born in
Jackson county and lived here all
her life.
Funeral services were held at the
Tuck asei gee Baptist church, of which
Mrs. Smith has been a member for
more than 60.years at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, and were conducted,
by Rev. W. N. Cook, of Webster.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
PaR tearers were D. M. Hooper,
J. K. Hooper, J. A. Kaskett, J.
H. Middl?ton, F. M. Parker and
Cn:.iies . irown, a}J: of Tucka3eigee.
Mrs. Ir.rlth is -survived by five
J a no 3 arjd William H. Smith.
-1 T.uc^nseigee; Xhad D. Smith, of
EighJand11. E. Smith, of Wolf
Mountain; and John B. Smith, of
ivcbbinsvdle. Surviving also are one'
brother, J. M. V/ood, oi Waynesville;,
la grand ch kiren and 10 great grand:
children. Jesse C. Smith, a grandsen,
lives in Sylva.
Sylva Baptist Sunday
School Growing
By Rev. H.. M. Hocutt
The S. S. of the Baptist church
has shown unusual growth for the
first three months of this year over
the same period" of last year. The
average attendance for the first quarter
of last year was 117, but this
year it has been 131, a gain of 14.
For March the average was 151, but
the goal for April is 175. An effort
is being made to reach a 10 percent I
increase over last year. That has
frt?. Ihn rinct lYlrtrifhc
jt lUi iii It UO W LliA V. V? lllvttMWi
With everyone helping we can reach
the goal o 175 for April -andj hold ,
the 10 percent increase. All memoers
are urged to be present next
Sunday. Lot's start in a good way
with 200 next Sunday morning.
Money From Hogs
A group of Robeson county farmers
sold fojr cars of fat hogs last
week at top prices of $7.20 a hundred
md grossing $4,306.83 for the shipment.
These small cooperative markets
organized to serve the farmers
lave been used as a ready source of
rash income and to stabilize the k>:al
market price, report county iarm
i gents.
Lower
The fanner is paying a lower av
jrage intMist rate on hia farm mortgage
tod;.y than at any time on reo)rd,
according to the Farm Credit
\dmini?tration- ' '""j
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(Election Of Town
Officers To Be Hell
At a special meeting of the boar
of aldermen of the town, on Marc
?1, an election was called, to be hel
Ion May 2, at which time a mayc
and five members of the board c
I aldermen are to be elected. Can
didatee for these offices may file e
< any time between now and 6 P. M
April 3.
Miss Jane Coward was appoints
registrar and Dan Tompkins and ?
K. Monteith judges of the electioc
The registration books will be opei
on April 8, 15, and 22.
Mayor H. Gibson, aldermen W. J
Fisher, W. T. Wise, W. H. Conle;
and Harry Evans have filed fo re
election. Raymond Glenn, the ftfti
member of the board, is not a candidate
for re-election and Walter L
Jones has filed for the office.
Sunday School Conventioi
At Scott's Creek Church
The Tuckaseigee Baptist SUnda^
School convention will meet witl
Scotts Creek church Sunday afternoon,
April 9, 2 o'clock.
Every Sunday school in the association
is urged to send a large dele
gation.
The following program will b<
given:
Congregation singing; devotional
by D. A. Norman; special music b;
East Sylva quartette; rolls call o
Sunday schools" and business; talk
the training program in our association
by Rev. H. M. Hocutt; special
music by Zion Hill choir; talk
the characteristics of a good Sun
day school teacher by Rev. Floy<
Womack; demonstration by Junior,
of Scotts Creek Sunday school ii
charge of Mrs. W. G. Dillard; song
adjournment.
- Cathey Chapel U. D. C.To
Meet Thursday
The B. H. Cathey Chapter Unite<
Daughters of the Confederacy wil
meet Thursday afternoon, at 3:3i
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. E. L
McKee. Mr. B. H. Cathey has beei
invited to be the speaker for thi
I afternoon.
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Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Morri?
U. D. C. Hostesses
Mrs. Eugenia Allison and hej
daughter. Mrs. John H: Morris wil
be Joint hostesses to the W. A. Enloe
Chapter United Daughters of the
Confederacy at the home of Alllsoi;
at the Apiil meeting, which will be
held on Thursday afternoon, ApriJ
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d By Frank Parker Stockbrldge
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d HISTORY . / . nappineaa
* The only way to understand what
>t is going on in the world today is to
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- study what went on In the world in
it -he past. What we regard as "new"
t. problems are really very old prob|
icras indeed. Human nature has not
i changed since the earliest recorded
Limes, and people acted from the
u same motives a hundred, a thousand
a or ten thousand years ago as they
1 do now.
The only things that change are
7 the material environments with
- which we are surrounded. What
* every generation regards as "pro'
grees" is the effort, not always suc'
cessful, to find new answers to probllems
which have baffled humanity
| from the beginning of time.
I ] The main problem which mankind
"J has always faced is how to live in
j comfort and safety with the mini,t
i mum of labor. In our time we have
i |come nearer to finding the answer
- | to that problem than any people
ever did in the past.
But t is rather doubtful, it seems '
-! to me, that with all our machines
an dinventions we have found the
e road to the supreme goal of life
which is happiness. The ideal of
i, every social organization must be
y the great happiness of the greatest
t number of its members. We are
still far from that.
- DEFENSE . . repetlton
"This or . any other nation, to pre'
serve peace, must be ever ready to
* defend its rights and protect its interests
and its honor." That quotas
tion souncfe like something which
* might have been said in Congress
" yesterday. It was said in Congress
1?in 1839, just a hundred years ago.
Representative W. C. Johnson of
Maryland, pointing out that the
European situation was far from
satisfactory and the French fleet
* was blockading the coast of South
1 America, pointed out that "the best
^ way to preserve peace in this age,
' and perhaps in ages to come, is to
1 be formidably prepared for war."
p What Mr. Johnson advocated was
the enlargement of the Navy by
building more steam vessels. He
pointed out that there was only one
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Navy, and expressed the belief th it
Steam had come, to stay. The cid 9
1 admirals of the sailing ships didn't
I agree, just as some old officers of
? the Navy today think aircraft is all
, nonsense.
'i NEWS crisis
Anyone who thinks that world
' conditions have changed greatly in
t the past century might profit by
scanning the papers of a hundred
years ago, as I have been doing
lately. On enoted British journalist
wrote in 1899 that "At a period
when our country ia threatened with
hostilities by more than one of the
continental powers 1| la worth while
to consider the state of our colonial
possessions."
That might have been written
yesterday. The. English people were
as concerned then as thfcy are now,
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preset danger of war.
ThOn, as now, the threat to Gi^t jg
Britain was the loss of her colonj
possessions bordering on the seven *
Sseas. "It is more than probabie,"
jj the English newspaperman wrote,
r'that the loss of several .colonies
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would be the result of those hosv.:ities
with which, according to ine
warlike preparations of the present
ministry, we are threatened." That
is the major concern of the British
people in the - present European
crisis. .... ,
TRANSPORTATION . . retarded
In 1839 the first proposal was
made in the Congress of the United
States for a canal across the Isthmus
of Panama. A resolution was
I instructing the President to
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consult with other nations involved
as to its feasibility.
At that time the United States
extended only to the Rocky Mountains,
but we had a great shipping
trade with the Orient and thipe had
to make the perilous voyage around
the tip of South America. '.j
It was more than sixty years before
anything serious was done
toward digging the Panama Canal - ?J
more than 75 years before tfie canal
was finished.
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