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fl.QG A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN THE
General Assei
State's Mos
(By Dan Tompkins)
(Raleigh, April 4?The Genera
AcsP"Ttbly of 1039 is now a matter o
hi'triy. Observers generally cor
sioe' h one of the progressive lcgis
lal .:es of the State. Starting 01
ft-nh.:!y, and with a strict econom
vicwpc nt. the Appropriations Oomn*.iti
m&ae drastic reductions h
the appropriations for various de
purl nents of the State governmen
arcl its institutions; so much so tha
mar of them would have beti
rripi lcd to the point of practical ex'
tine on. In fact, had some of the
appropriations that were tentatively
adopted by the committee have been
approved by the Assembly, it would
have been the part of economy to
abo. ih some departments altogether
ck.i t'lem up, and wait for better
days, -for they would have had noth- I
ing with which to perform their I
functions.
But when a group in the Housebegan
a fight on the bill, the strength
oi the opposition gained momentum;
and .he fight ended with progress as
the motto. The bill is not an extravagant
one; but it does provide
more' adequately than the Committer
Bill for public health service, the
State advertising program, public
education, vocational education, adult
| eciucah'n, Western Carolina Teachers
College, and some other items. J
Th:s was the major fight in, the en- j
tin Assembly. It contemplates no j
increase in taxation, and the Com- ]
jni.-sioncr of Revenue is of the opin- j
ion ? tai the Revenue Act will raisej
sufia.ient money to meet the expen- f
din:res voted by the Assembly.
Ballot reform was another matter
that held much attention both of the
members of the Assembly and the
public. It resulted in the repeal of.
h'l local election laws, the abolition
oi absentee voting in primaries, and
stricter laws regarding ail absentee
voting. These measures passed the
House without opposition; but there .
tvsa considerable discussion in the
Senate.
Public health required much attention;
and the Assembly went
d'cn^ with the Department of Health
in iha enactment oi laws seeking to
protect the next generation from
sypm.is and other diseases. Every
u>i:pie obtaining license to marry I
r.iu:i present to the Register of Deeds
a ce:uuicate of health, showing that,,
tic on u-sis and oi.ncT examinations
k.. o been made. Couples marrying
outside the Slate must submit to
such examinations within 60 days
alter tacir return to North Carolina.
Pay mans attending prospective*
inct.ius must blood tests for the jl
protecu .-Q of the oil-spring. It is !
hvpec. that by these two measures
and v ith the large amounts of money
that tne State Departmont of HealUi
has to spend, from State, Federal ana
Reyn >ius Foundation funds, that sotiui
entases will soon oe stamped
cut in the State. Health authorities
iay hist nyphil.s is the gi*eatest health
menace in North Carolina, and thai
1.,.nmo twin noo people
u: uui pouiauoii aw?"v. www,
we i lected with this dread disease,
wide has crowed our hospitals, instiiuUjn^
for the feeLle minded, insane
asylums, penitentiary and prison
camps. It is hoped that the cam
yaign that is being waged against
this oisease will relieve the burden
that .he tax-payers of the State are
havih" to bear for the support oi
the institutions. Victor Bryant, ol
Durham, in sponsoring the measures
in the House, stated: "I am iOr these
bills because every child in Nortu
Carolina is entitled to a sound bod}
and a clear mind."
The more adequate appropriation
to Western Carolina Teachers Coll*ge,
coupled with the present building
1'ic^ram, will make of this inin
a real college in every sense
... . - fart fine.
Ui.-r WOVd. It Will D'-J cui?.v
../od as a standard four jreai
j '"wv . and will be able to go torto
greater service to the State
to ^e| j..oys ancj gjrjs 0f the
r^ouiilains. j
^vision was made for a more j
Q 'w^ate old age assistance, and the
^ ftk'r c?unties will benefit from
1 ^p* that next year, instead of the
P-c'Seu $100,COO equalizing fund for
[iu}s -,UrPcse, there will be $370,000
0 'e distributed to the poor counties,
1 * of Slate and federal funds.
local bill, introduced by Thad
iyson, of Swain, which would
prohibited the pollution of the
c<?ascigee River by induction ol*
* ^?*r*nfui matter or discoloration,
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QtALLA
Rev. an ] Mi-?. J R. Church spent
*?day night at Mr.iH. G. Ferguson's
"oute to S<>iner.-ct, Ky., where he
conducting revival services.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Howell anrunces
the birth of a daughter,
'* atrice Lucile, on March 22.
The Cherokee Society will meet
Mr. C. P. Shel ton's Monday even- j
Mr and Mrs. Wade Beck have j
mved to Whitticr. j
Miss Belle Ferguson has returned j
lome after spending several weeks f
in Sanford, Fla. ;(
Mr and Mrs Joe Popplewell, of \
Oetroit, and Miss Uhoda Cope, of
" dva, visited at Mr. Homer Tur- *
ins.
Mr. Rogers Shelton has returnee! "
rom a trip to Baltimore. jj Mr.
M. S. Gallimore has returned i
to Greensboro after a four months' j
? ? a '
atctjr at urietril /ltTCS. %
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Messrs. Chas. McLaughlin, Boyd (
Pool and Miss Annie Ruth McLaugh- y
lin of W, C. T. C., Cullowhee, spent ^ ^
Sunday at Qualla. . f
Miss Geftrude Ferguson is at \ j,
home since the close of her school i d
at Almond. t
Mr. C. B. Terrell is at home since]
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die close of Glenville school. 1 T
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Miss Jennie Cathey and Mrs. Lois; y.
Martin are attending college at Cul-'d
lovvhee since the close of their schools I
at Olivet and Barkers Creek. f
Mr. C. P. Shelton and family, Mrs. j
J. L. Hyatt and Mr. Alton Edwards ?
risited Mr. J. E. Rogers, of Whittier, |
vho has been seriously ill for several .C
non ens. |
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Mrs. P. V. McLaughlin and sons ,
if. Canton spent the week-end with ' ^
vlr. K. Howell and other relatives, j
Miss Gertrude Ferguson called on 1 V
tfiss Annie Lizzie Terrell Sunday, j
Mr. C. P. KiiCiiin and Mr. V/iliard ja
-<itchin of Whither were Qualla vis- |
tors Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Johnson reports fiind- <
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pg a hens egg G 1-2 by 8 1-2 inches j
: ei
.n size. i,.
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Training School Clinic At'si
the Sylva Baptist Church .f<
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The officers ana teachers of the !
Sunday schools in the Tuckaseigee '
"iapiist Association will hold a train- !
J
ne clinic each night next week, April I
n
10-14, at the Sylva Baptist church, j
The meetings will begin at 7:30. Four^
oooks dealing wiih Sunday school!*
.vork will be studied. Every Sun- ! *
iay school is ur^ed to send its officers .
-ind teachers. |C
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- WASHINGTON D. C?Harry ,
F. Cunningham, associate architect
for the proposed German Embassy
here, who quit his job recently and
informed the German Charge
d'Affaires that "it has become impossible
for me to continue in my
present capacity," adding that recent
events were "offensive'.' to his
- American ideals.-vas
killed in the Calendar Committee
of the. House, before it was an
I hour old.
j The bill, if enacted into law, would
have greatly affected the operation
! of the plants at Sylva, and hence the
! sale of chestnut wood by the farmers
of all the surrounding counties.
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Vital Spot in Inte
SZEGED^ lorn
of Szeged, the territories of Hung
as snown in this picture. Before tl
part of Hungary. Now the left pi
mid the foreground section is Yijj
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Moses To Lee
Forces O
Adam Moses was elected as County
Superintendent of Public Instrucion,
by the new beard of education,
t its crgc .ligation, Monday morning.
/Ir. Moses will succeed Superintenlent
M. B. Madison on July 1. His
eim will be for two years.
The new Board of Education is
ompesed of C. E. Smith, Chairman,
oiin Hooper, vice chairman, John
I. Deitz, T. B. Cowan, and Hut Miclleton.
The board elected local commitecmen
for the several districts, as
ollows:
Dis. No. 1, Sylva Dis.: W. O. Sherill,
Floyd Sumner, George Knight.
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Dis. 2, Quaila JJis.: joae nuicuuiuc,
.'rawford Shelton, Jule Hayes.
Dis. 3, Cullowhee Dis.: Jimmie1
.'raft, Thomas Wike, Victor Brown. I
Dis. i, Canada Dis.:Willard Shook,
liias Ca-lov/ay, John Watson.
Dis. 3, GJonvilie D's.: Frank Fugate,
Hi! l-owler, Elbert Moss.
Dis. G, vVVoster.: James John Shep- I
id, Frank Tatham.
Sow Kills Fox
Pev. George C. Snyder was awakn.ed
a few nights .'.go, by a noise
ke fading lumber. He went to inestiga.e,
and found his brood sow
baking the body o.' a large, red
jx, thai site had jast killed.
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Former Jackson
Wo man Dies
Funeral ri-es were conducted jo; i
Irs. IVI. L. Hunter Saturday morning
0:30 at BennettsvilJe, S. C. Mrs.
funter died at 7 o'clock Thursday
vening.
Mrs Hunter formerly of Jackson
bounty, was the eldest daughter of
. W. Cagle, of Greens Creek.
She is survived by her husband,
1. M. L Hunter of Bennesville, a
tcp-daughter, Mrs. Alvah Castor, of
acksonville, Fla., Lester, Ernest,
Lay and Ella Lee Hunter, all of Benettsville;
her father, J. W. Cagle,
nd tlie following brothers: E. B., E.
i.. O. V., Holmes and David, Cagle,
f Greens Creek; "Walter of Enka; A. |
- rv,]{f ancj Harvey, i
/> oi noii)'wuuw, ?,
if Lyman, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs.!
lohn PofTenbarger, of Harrisburg,
/"a.; and Mrs. Fred Williams, of Mt.
)live
Dr. E. E. Colvin, pastor First Bapist
church, Bennelisville and the
lev. E. M Karris, of Aberuen, oTiciated
at the funeral which was
leld at the Hunter home, 107 Robinson
Street. Interment was in the
VIcColl cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Curtis
Dciom, 3. B. Sanders, Jr., Charles A.
itepp, James Barn hi 11, E. W., Rowe
and Lee Harris.
Benefit Party Tuesday
There will be a benefit party at
he community house, for the purpose
of liquidating the debt of the
building, next Tuesday night, April
II. Games of various kinds will be
provided.
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V, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 6, 1931
(
rnational Situation
Hide the Hungarian city J1
a and Yugoslavia meet, |J
ic wuixa war an mis territory wa?
art i? Hungary, the right Rumania
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School
f The County
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Tuckaseigee Democrat,
April 3, 1889
The bill providing for Sylva's munipal
government passed the Legis1
lot are, as all are perhaps, aware. As
soon as a copy of the charter can
b* urocured from the Secretary of ,
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I St^ite, the Government will be put
into operation.?We publish in this j.
paper a list of the magistrates elect- |
ed by the last legislature. We are :
glad to note among the names a ? r
number of young men, and hope 5
they will appreciate the distinction I
and endeavor to discharge conscien- I
tiously the honorable and dignified!
duties entrusted to them. Our young j
men ought to be encouraged and
their services ought to be brought y
into requisition, if their ability and
deportment give reasonable hopes r
of success.?Gen. E. R. Hampton has
I been busily engaged of late, making
; improvements upon his property. A !
neat, new fence has been built, and j
seven substantial gates afford sue- j
ccss to the grounds for vehicle, j
equestrain and pedestrain. The'
front and side yards will be sown n
in grass and the parapets will be
sodded. The place is well provided n
with trees; and when the General
completes his intended improve- s
ments and embellishments we think ^
there will not be a more attractive a
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and desirable piece of property in j
vicinity.?Mr. George W. Cannon, J
Asheville's new postmaster, came out j |
on Tuesday's train'to transact' some J.
important "business connected with (j
his property here. He returned this
morning.?Following is a list of magistrates
elected by the Legislature, t:
at its last s< ssion, for Jackson coun- ^
ty: Qualla Townshi: Jas. H. Cathey, J
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E. li. Hampton, w. u. IVliUVl j III ?... | ^
Thomas, Jr.; Barker's Creek: Wm. Jj
Bumgarner, Jesse F. Brown; Webster:
A. J. Long, Sr., Joseph Davis; P
Sylva: A M. Parker, W. M. Rhea,
A. W. Bryscn, H. P. Brendle, L. W. ^
Alien; DiUsboro: S. T. Early, J. C. v
Watkins, F. Merrick, James F. Wil- p
liams; Savannah: E. C. Ashe, Alfred
Davis, W. H. Buchanan; Scott's
Creek: D. L. Robinson, L. F. Fisher,
S. R Cook; Cullowhee, J. E. Moss,
Lee Hooper, John Bumgarner; Caney
5'ork: G. W. Hawkins, W. A. Brown,
R. H. Stephens; River: Javan Davis,
T. J. Jacks sn, M. M. Wike; Ham
burg: W. A. Fowler, Thomas Wilson, I
James V/ilscn; Cashier's: H. M. Benictt,
Thc.mas Zachary; Canada: J.
C. Wood, W. A. Queen.?Over a *
dozen town is the State will put in
systems of electric lighting during
die year. The largest cotton mill in
'ho state will be built in Fayetteville.
i'ha projectors of the enterprise are
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j low at the North with specifications,
completing the amount of stock reluired.?Last
week 100 persons left
Mitchell county for Utah, all havinombraced
the Mormon faith. The
Mormon missionaries continue their
work-in Mitchell and Yancey counties.?The
N. C. Sunday school convention
will meet in Charlotte, on
(April 2nd to 4th, inclusive.
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This Week's
The Natio
Mucon Bays Hold Up
lackson County Bank
Tod West arid Johnny Moore, two
Macon county youths, are being held
:ii Jackson county jail, charged with
the daylight robbery of the Jackson
bounty Bank, about 1 o'clock Monday.
Moore is charged with having entered
the bank, ordered the male'
officials to fall on the floor, and de- !
-?-> o?->/-?tint 1\/r?-o Prinlr Pichor I
11UUUV.U uiut 11X1 o# nulla x iunvi
land him some money. She complied
with his demand, and he backid
out of the bank, gun in hand, en:ered
a taxi, and forced Lawrence i
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dates, the driver, to drive him away, j
[n the taxi also was young West.
Nearing Barker's Creek, Gates j
Hooded his engine so that the car
>topped, and left it. He states that
io was fired upon after he abandoned
lis car. Commandeering a truck
pelonging to the Western Carolina ]
relephone Company, the alleged
pandits crossed the river at Barkers
Hreek, went down the other side of
;he Tuckaseigee, and up Nation's
Dreek, where the truck wrecked,
rhey then fled to the mountains,
?1- n fr>w
vnere mey wclc ta^oiuvu. ~
lours later by a posse under Sheriff
-.eonard Hold en. Moore is said to
lave had. $853 on his person when
aken, the exact amount that oficials
state was taken t'rom the bank.
West is said to protest his innocence,
stating that he knew nothing
).( Moore's plans to hold up the
>ank, and that he thought, as did
Mr. Gates, that Moore asked to stop
n front of the bank, in order that he
night get a check cashed. He in;ists
that he was kidnapped and .
orced to accompany Moore, who
vas armed. West was unarmed.
The actual capture of West was by
..ee Cook and Mr. Jones, o2 Barker's
Creek, and Moore was taken by
V. H. Weaver and Ed Bumgarner.
Members of the Federal Bureau of
dentification, who came to Sylva, ,
nade pictures of the two youths. I \
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Twentieth Century Club i'
To Hear Mrs. Gillis <
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The Twentieth Century Club will I
ieet at the homo of Mrs. Raymond t
J. Sutton, on nerct Thursday a'ter- J i
oon, and the members will hear a ;?
alk, given by Mrs. Gillis, on the I
ubject of "Russia". Mr. and Mrs. ?
rillis, who came to Sylva some time ^
go to reside, were for some time t
esidents of Russia. I
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?arent-Tsacher Body j
las Elected Officers !
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The Sylva Parent Teachers Asso- 1
ion, meeting Tuesday, relected all i
-3 present officers for the year. Mrs. t
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1. U. Sutton is president; Mrs. wauei
ones, .vice-president; Miss Bertha |i
!unningham, secretary; and Mrs.
)an Tompkins, treasurer. c
A program of much interest was. i
resented by Mrs. Helen Dillard and ?
ie Recreation Unit. Mrs. Dillard c
xplained the work that is being j
one, and its purposes, and other 1:
/orkers under her presented the t
rogram. r
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Washington! d. c.?William a
0. Douglas, chairman of the Securities
and Exchange Commis- j
sion, who will fill the vacancy on ?1
the United States Supreme Court !.,
bench caused by the resignation of
LouitfD. Brandeis. a
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Doings In
nal Capital
. Washington, Apr. 6 (Autocasttr)
?It usually takes a new Congra*
about three months to get "shaken
down" so that it can tackle matter!
of legislation with a clear under*
sLanding of what they are all about
ano what chance there is of getting
action.
This 76th Congress is no exception.
Here it is April and the boys
Capitol Hill have been in Washington
since the first of January,
learning the ropes and getting acquainted
with each other's points of
view. Now it looks as if they were
about ready to get down to serious
business. .
To be sure, the departmental reorganization
bill was serious business,
but not as serious as the President's
opponents made it out to bo
The major points on which the reorganization
bill was beaten last
year have been taken out of the
measure as it now stands.
While it gives the President wide
powers to regroup and consolidate
Government bureaus and offices and ~to
go as far as political expediency
will permit in lopping off useless
jobs, the powers granted him are
not as great as those which President
Hoover asked for and the
House voted to give him in his last
two years in office And before Mr.
Hoover, Presidents Coolidge, Wilson
and Tait had asked for the same
authority lo introduce business-like
methods into the administration of
Government.
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The big job which Congress is-_
now about to tackle is taxation.
Here the President lent a helping
iiand by agreeing to accept the proposal
to amend the Social Security
old age retirement will not go into
eftect next year, as provided under
tire law as it stands.
Act so that the increased taxes for
trialists and economists say have
been preventing expansion of business
and the creation of new jobs
.or workers.
Details have not been made public
d[ the Treasury's plan, which has
been carefully worked out by experts,
but in general it proposes to
'broaden the tax base" by including
n the income tax millions of persons
who are now not directly taxed,
providing for collection of such
axes at the source, Dy aeaucuons
xom payrolls, scrapping all the presmt
various forms of taxes on corporate
business and substituting a
iingle graduated tax on corporations
vith special preference to small
puisnesses.
Part of the plan is to abolish
lil the excise and "nuisance" taxes,
put here the problem of what to subititute
for them arises, and is likely
o cause a row.
There is every expectation that
Tongress will pass the Rankin bill
providing pensions of $40 a month
or every veteran who wore a uniform
for 90 days or more during
he World War, whether he ever
jot farther than a training camp or
pot.
The only veterans' organization
ppposing the measure is the Amercan
Veterans Association, whose
;pokesmen contend that the total
post to the taxpayers of the proposed
pension plan will run to at least 13
>iilion dollars. There probably w. .1
)e some exciting debates when the
neasure gets to the floor of both
louses, but the best-informed men
in Capitol Hill concede the likeli^od
that the measure will be passed.
Ask $1,000,000,000
Back of the new Agricultural appropriation
bill, the largest ever
proposed to Congress, the Farm
Lobby is solidly lined up. The bill
:alls for' the expenditure of a trifle
iver a billion dollars in the coming
fpar, which is almost 250 millions
nore than the budget estimates.
More than half of the amount is
.'or soil conservation and other direct
subsidies to farmers and an adlitional
250 millions for "parity paynents."
Even with the certainty of
i bitter fight on the floor, the geniral
opinion is that there will be no
erious changes in the measure.
The controversy over the failure
t M^am Perkins. Secretary of
^abor, to order the deportation of
larry Bridges, the West- Coast
Communist labor leader who is not
n American citizen, came to an end
/hen Miss Perkins convinced the
louse committee that was considerag
her impeachment that the had
10 power under existing laws to daCONTINUED
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