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?-Whether there will be a revision
of the tax lawis to eliminate levies
which are hampering business expansion
seems somewhat more doubtful
nowtivan it did a shortoime ago.
The reason for this doubt is the
refusal of the President to give his
indorsement to the tax-revison program
prepared by the Secretary of
I the Treasury ana nis sum, worKuig
I in cooperation with the chairmen of
I the Congressional committees havI
ing to do with tax matters.
I There is a strong inclination on
I the part of Congressional leaders to
I go ahead with a tax revision pro
gram regardless of whether the
president approves or disapprove,
I Secretary Morgenthau may present
I his program to Congress without
I Presidential indorsement,
I The President has not said that
I he will not approve a tax revision
I bill if passed, but he has let it be
I known that he will not let any proI
gram which would reduce or repeal
I exisiUng taxes be put forward as an
I Administration measure.
I Washington observers are some-;
if* Roosevelt's
what puzzieu sr?8aBEn_mm* ?.
attitude. Early in the year the an
nounced polcy of the AciminisVaI
tion was "appeasement" of business,
Resolution* Offered
At the meeting held here of the
Chamber of Commerce of . the
I United States, remarks were made
I by business leaders and resolutions
I offered which were extremely critiI
cai of the Administration's policies.
I Some of the President's intimates
I seized the opportunity which such
I criticism afforded, to point out to
I Mr. Roosevelt that the business inI
terests of the nation did not seem
I to be grateful to him, but we
the belief of many Washington I
I servers, accounts for the chSttflfll
I the Presidential attitude towaBS(^6^tr
The second part of the President's
departmental reorganization, proI
gram, like the first part, has ;met
I with general approval, ft provides
I for consolidations* and shifts of
I bureaus from departments where
where
I they don't belong w ? ...
I they fit, which every President for
years has been trying-to get ConI
gress to approve.
I The President's estimate of
I money savings by reason of these
I changes is $1,250,000 a year. There
I is no doubt of Congressional apI
proyal, even though Congress is in
I a spending mood. b
I propriation: It was
voice vote.
All the talk about econor
was heard on Capitol pi
the session has dropped
Per. The slogan of "recovery in
stead of more reforms" is no longei
I heard. There is no such thing as f
concrete recovery program in Wash
ington, either In the Executive Office
or in Congress.
I The national income is 4isappointI
ir.gly low, and shows no signs of earlj
increase.
The one bright spot in the eco
nomic situation, as most careful obI
servers here see it, is the home-buildI
|ng boom. That is growing rapidlj
I in every part of the nation* The sys
tem of insuring building loans set uj
I by the F.H.A. is considered by man;
^ be the most useful of all the Nev
Deal's achievements. Under it privat
I ^aPital is more and more freely get
ting to work and hundreds of thou
sands of new homer are being buil
Much of the confusion of mind
which everybody can observe i
I Washington can be attributed to th
I ^fr. 8care- There is no doubt thf
I a* war talk has had the efifec
I verting the attention of man
fairs m ??ce internal af
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3ors For Tax
Mrs. F. J. Conroy Passes
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Funeral services for Mrs. Ma
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Dayies Conroy, who died at her home
in Ashevtlle. Tuesday, after a long
illness, were held Thursday at 2:30
: at All Souls Episcopal chunph at Biltmore,
with Rev. Arthur M. Aucock
! and Rev. Herbert Mayers officiating.
n Burial was in Green Hill cemetery
in Waynesville.
j Pallbearers were Dr. S. Crawiford
Gillespie, Dr. Donald MacRae,
S Floss Salley, John E. Schnel, J. Newton
Jarrett and Wythe M. Peyton.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
C. D. W. Colby, Dr. Thomas K. Huffines,
Howell Barwick. Robert- M.
Wells, Mayor Holmes Bryson, Henry
Hood, Henry T. Sharp, Walter Weibe,
J. Gerald Cowan, W. H. Davis, C. D;
Beadle and John 1*. Fisher, all of
Asheville; Ralph Pfaff, of Charlotte;
David H. Brown, of Cullowhee, and
E. L. McKee, of Sylva.
Mrsv Conroy was the _ widow of
Frank Conroy, a former consultant
mining engineer, and the daughter
of the late Daniel David Davis and
Mia. i: Katherine E. / Sensabaugh
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: mym pioneer selli^rs 61 the LU116whee
community.
Mrs. Gonroy was a member of the
AsheviHe branch of the Needlework
guild and of All Souls church. She
and Mr. Conrby, who died in 1932.
came to Asheville from Idaho.
Surviving Mrs. Conroy are one
schv Dr. Fmnk D. Conroy of CinMr.
Owens, who has been in the!
United States Marines for the p&stl
15 years, had recently returned from!
South America. He was climbing I
^FOn~
family have moved into Mr. Backs
;< home here.
Mr. John Allen Kenney has moved
to Spruce Pine and is manager of
3 the Western Auto Supply Store there.
His wife and little daughter will
join him soon. /
r Mrs. Herbert Bryson has bought
Mrs. Maybelle Perrys stock of goods
and took charge Wednesday. Mr,
Herbert Bryson is operating a saw
mill where his father had one several
years ago. They recently moved
here from Detroit where they have
been for about fifteen years.
? Rev.0 L. B. Abernathy, DJ)., of El^
kin, stopped here a short while
Wednesday morning en route to the
C district conference of the Methodic
church at Bryson City.
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S Eghty Georgia
a People Fed Here
e Eighty teachers ^from the adul
schools of Georgia were served din.
^ ner at the Community House, by tin
y 3eta Band, on Wednesday. Thes
. ieorgia teachers came to Sylva t
attend n the pilgrimage and com
iiencement of the adult schools c
the Western counties of this titate.
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Two thousand students and teadj^
jrs in the adult schools of the wesUK
counties of North Carolina held thlr
A
annual commencement and pilgrimage
at Cherokee, Wednesday.
The- exercises began at 11 o'clock
at Cherokee, and were completed afi
Bryson City Community House. J Speakers
-on the program were
WPA Director McGinniss, of Raleijjh*
Mrs. J. M. Day, adult education field
reperesentatives, Mrs. E. L. McKee,
and others.
Exhibits of the work of the adult
schools, Cherokee Indian games aft|:
dances, a picnic dinner, and oth<?^
features were crowded into the day.
The teachers in the adult schools^?
Jackson county are Mrs. Maude Bjp|
son, Cullowhee; Miss Clara Buntin,
Cullowhee; Alvin Crawford, Cullowhee;
Miller Edwards, Sylva;
Rena McDevitt, Cullowhee; Mr&
iDelphia Potts, Cullowhee; Mrs. Carma
T. Reed, Green's Creek, Trojj^
{Rogers, Willietts; Miss Ida Smith,
Cullowhee; Wayehutta, and Fall Clifl^
Mrs. Jerdie Stephens, Barker's Creekj?
Mrs. Maggie P. Moore, Addie. Mrs>
Mary Cowan, Sylva, is county direct
tor. William L. Howell, colored,
the teacher for the adult Negroesi
The advisory committee for thes
county is composed of the following
citizens, who are interested in the1
.education of all the people of the
county: Mrs. H. T. Hunter, Mrs. E.
Ed. B. Madison, M. B. '
jmpkins, Mrs. Jessie
Mamie Sue Evans,
Hall, Mrs. Howard
Lackey, Dr. Grover
aison,. C. A. Hoyle,
ter, J. S. Seymour,
Its. Irene Clayton,
I Miss Marie Jones , of Barker's I
j Creek, and Mr. Thomas Gunter, also J
jcounty of the "dictionary derbySj
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Is Improving the Pines p|
i o-.
The Pines, popular summer resort
and farm, at Speedwell, has recently
been purchased by Major David Lee
Hooper, of the United States Army,]
from his father, Mr. Lee HoopenJ
Major Hooper is expending a conjj
siderable amount of money in im-A|
Ig the property as a tourijS>
He states that his ultimate
l to prepare for the accommoseventy-five
guests. |
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ears of ground limestone hav
rdered, as a grant-of-aid unde
pdcultural Conservation pro
by six Edgecombe count}
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' Fifty Year Fete
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CuUowhee, May 18, (Special) Pro"cssor
P. L. Elliott, bead of the Eng
lish department at Western Teach
'
ers College, and a member of thi
special committee selected by president
H. T. Hunter to prepare a pro gram
for the celebration. Cullowhee's
Golden Anniversary, today announced
a tentative program.
Other members of the special committee
are Mr. H. E. Buchanan of
.iendersonville and Mr. IBaxter C.
Tones, of Bryson City, members of
the board of trustees; Professor E. H.
Stiilwell and Professor Cordelia
Camp of the college history department.
Robert Lee Madison opened the
doers of Western Carolina TeachersCollege
on October 28, 1889, and the
-institution has been in continuous
)perat?on since. The program celenaling
the Fiftieth Anniversary will
lake place on October 14 and October
18 of this year. The first day will
se a sympasium of distinguished
-ducators on the subject of teacher
raining in North (Jarolina for the
-?ast fifty years. There will be a
uanquet in the evening followed by
Iramatic and'musical entertainment.
State officials and representatives of
1 *>?*?<? and universities
I J to lUlJLUUl^
II if tliis area will be invited to attend
I Lhe sympasium and banquet.
On October 28, the annual Home|
doming Day, exercises will be merged
^yith the final golden anniversary
fctervance. North Carolina officials
Wk Governor Hoey will be invited
Ke Culiowhee campus for this
Kin the morning, dedication oi
Kjmlant will take place. The
^^Jding's; training school
B^Lrniaryy -^boys' dormiK
and students unior
Kr construction wil
P^ection. An out e
served, a footKtfternoon
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ti to state
0 board oi
WR. of all the
Kn North CarW
celebration on
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BrA. P. Ratledge, Mrs,
H^s, Mrs. E. L.. McKee,
PBson and Mr. E,. J. Duckett
PKnted Sylva * church at the
^^vaynesville- District Methodist conI
[Terence, on Wednesday.
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Senator Bailey has written us that* 4-\
( cognizing the need for improved
icrketing facilities for all farm com*
.odities, on April 24 die introduced
ogislation in the Senate providing
or an annual appropriation of $5,)00,000
to develop and improve the
I marketing services for such commodities.
Senator JBailey's Bill, S. 2212, states
Ithat it is "for the purpose of organizing,
fostering, promoting, and dereloping
marketing and marketing
services for farm commodities in
such State, with a particular view to
providing a marketing system which
will furnish a steady flow of standardized
basix farm commodities to
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vide for farmers adequate and readily
available marketing facilities for
commodities produced by them."
This Bill has the approval of many
of the State Commissioners of Agriculture,
and at the meeting of the
Commissioners of Agriculture held
in Washington on May 5th and 6th,
unanimous approval in principle was
friven to the legislation.
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Dr. Clarence1 Poe, Editor of the
Progressive Farmer, has commented
on the legislation as follows; "I believe
the $5,000,000 a year your bill
proposes to set aside for marketing
farm products will accomplish ten
times as much good for farmers and
public at large as average Congressional
appropriation - of same
amount."
The Bill at the present time; is in
the Senate Committee on Agriculture,
and it is hoped that it will be reported
on the Floor of the Senate in
the near future and that fjmrable
action thereon can be secured.
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Bible School Closes
The VacationChureh "School, at the
Sylva Methodist church came to a
close on Friday, after having attracted
with interest among the young
: people of the community*
There was an enrollment fiiSl attendance
oi fifty-three, at the classes,
\ which were held each day fo rten
days.
The teachers were Mil. Fred L.
Hooper. Miss Polly Wilson, Mrs.
Poole, Mrs. A. P. Ratledge, Miss
J Louise Mason, Miss Mary McT?atn,
: Mrs. H. Gibson, Jr., and Miss'Eliza..
beth Warren.
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Carl Byrd Fisher p
To Graduate
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.Brevard, May 24 (Spedai)-?Carl
Byrd Fisher* Whittier, will be among
jthe 110 graduates of Brevard College
who will receive their diploma*
af the graduation exercises on May
30 at 11 A. at which time Dr.
Gideon I. Humphreys, President of
High Point College, will deliver the
address.
Dr. Henry C. Sprinkle, Jr., pastor
of Black Mountain Mdthodlst church,
! will preach the baccalaureate tenant
Sunday, May 28, at 11 o'clock, at the
! Brevard Methodist* church.
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j Revival At Baptist Church
,JBY REV, H, M, HOCUTt)
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A scries of revival services will
begin at the Sylva Baptist on
Wednesday night, June 7, wilh Rev.
C. F. Rogers, Pastor of the Baptist
church at Franklin, doing the preach,
ing. The services will continue thru
Sunday. June 18. The public is cor
dially invited to all service*. The
revival is already started. Sunday '
May 21, was one of the greatest day*
in the history of the church. At the
two services of the day 16 people
joined the church, 11 for baptism
and 5 by letter. At the night service
15 were baptized. We are expecting
a great revival. Come and Join in
the services..
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Dr. Ralph W, McDonald addressed
the student body of Western Carolina
Teachers College, at chaps), this
morning. Dr. McDonald spent part
of the day in Sylva, the guest ot Mr.
r and Mrs. Charles L. Allison.
|| Mrs. Helen Dillard, Miss Doda \ .
Garrett, Mrs. Loy Bryson, Mrs. Mildred
Crout, Mrs. Sophia StiHwell,
;Mr. J. B. Madison, Miss
Allen and Miss Mar^orie Grindstaff,
ot the Jackson County Recreation
Unit, are attending a cooflppwct si
: recreational workers, at Canp Qla^ M
hee, Btfevard, this week. " . _
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