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Washington, June 7 (Autoeaster)
Most of the talk about economy in
Government is turning out to be
exactly what experienced political
observers have been predicting it
would turn out to be?just talk.
That goes for Congress and for
the Executive branch of the Gov- (
eminent as well. It goes for Republicans
and Democrats in Congress,
for New Dealers and for^con- ,
seivative Democrats as well.
The plain fact is that politicians a
are not alarmed over/the increas-j
ing national debt, but are concerned r
with appropriating more money ['
which has to be borrowed, and dis-5]
tributing the borrowed money J ^
where it will, do them, personally, r
or their party organizations, the most \.
good. fj
-t>wo recent instances . indicate i(
this altitude in Washington, where j ^
ih? nresent Government -policy is).
f
I described as lending-spending." {*
I One is the address of President].
I Roosevelt to the convention of the j
American Retail Federation. Thej
I other is the acquiescence of Sena-1?
tors and Representatives of all
I shades of political opinion, of every '
p;:|-ty and faction, in agreeing to 'J
I add $400,000,000 to the expenditures *
for farm relief, without a record vote. ^
I The President's talk to the retail
er? is regarded here as a statement
o; the Administration policy in regard
to debt and taxes. ..
I The President said, in effect, that
there is no need for anyone to be j
I ronpprned about the growth of thejj
, since the people are I
I money from themselves l,;
ad that the borrowed *
being spent for tilings 4;
\vi:i k benefit everybody and will I +
I eventually result in improving busi-js
ness conditions. f
' Advocated by Eccies r
This is su'istaitftally the policy .
which has been advocated by Mar- v
I rincr S. Eccles, chairman of the c
Federal Reserve*Board,. whose in- c
fluence with the President in ifnancial
mfitters is now considered to t
| be greater than that oi the Secre- g
tr.ry of the Treasury. J
* The Treasury is, however, more j
closely in accord with the President
on the mailer of tax revision than (
it has been for some weeks. The
Ti\a arv's altitude has been for a
Ion/? time that the only way to incurve
the national income, which .
means the individual incomes of ?
citizens and business enterprises, is t
b reap or modify the taxes which [
prevent idle capital from engaging ^
in new enterprises or expanding old j
ones. s
The President has been strongly c
opposed to tax reductions which are r
not compensated for by additional '
taxes, in other directions. How far
he will go along with Congress and
the Treasury remains to be seen.
There has been a noticeable shift '
in the atmosphere of political Wash- r
iaeton in recent weeks. It can hardly ,
be said that, the opposition to the
President and his policies within r
the ranks of his own party has di- *
finished materially, but there are ou!ward
signs of a more friendly- .
feeiitig on both sides. , .
Export sign-readers interpret the
present situation as indicating that ,
lrgV"rbiii-ic i? i i ii i ' " '
snark weighing 1382 pounds, isshown
after it was caught by
tjcPS? ^a^nard, off Sydney Heads,
? recentiy. This ds# the
worlds largest fish to be caught
on a regulation tackle.
county
M
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Henson Reelected Super- |
intendent of Public Welfare
At a joint meeting of :the Board
of County Commissioners and the
County Welfare Board, held Monday,
June 5, as required by law, Mr.
G. C. Henson was unanimously reelected
Superintendent of Public
Welfare for Jackson County for a
period of two years. Mr.
Henson has served as Superintedent
of . Public ' Welfare since
July 1, 1937, at which time'the Public
Assistance Program was Started In
all the counties in.the Stflte. Taking
nto consideration the, setting nn >nf
the Public Assistance Program in
the county, and the many increasing
iuties of the Welfare Department
[or the past two years, he has, withDut
a doubt, had one of the hardest
tasks ever undertaken by any person
in the county.
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He ha$ served the county, while
n this position, in an efficient manner.
He has saved the county a lot
ri money by using the Federal
\gencies as resources in the way of
insisting needy families, whenever
jossible, in getting some type of as;istance
or employment, thereby
keeping them from becoming respon;ibilities
of the county.
Mr. Ilenson's administration for
he past two years has been quite a
;uccess. He has made one of the
>est records in the State in this type
if work. The manner in which he
:as conducted his office, and his
airness to all classes of people, has
eceived both county and State-wide
irention. ' . - ^ '
le President is hopeful of reuniting
he Democratic party so as to inare
himself a third-term nominai
on, and that all but a few of his
nost bitter opponents inside the
arty are beginning to wonder,
vhether the Democrats have a
rhance to elect anyone in 1940 ex
Mr. Roosevelt himself.
If that opinion becomes a convict
ion, party expediency and the per;:nal
political futures of numerous
democratic leaders will overrule
::rsonal antipathies and dictate the.
; pport of the President for a third
crm.
Garner Boom Alive
That is not to say that the Garner
boom for the Presidential nomiation
is dead. It is still very much
dive. But Democrats are asking
hemselves and each other whether
t would be safe to put up anybody
tfith a less wide-spread personal
ollowing than Mr. Roosevelt him;eif,
to contest against whatever
ndidate the Republicans may
icminate.
' Under-cover gossip in Washing>.n
is that the scheme in which Post
naster General Farley, as Chairman
>i the Democratic National Comnittee,
is currently engaged, is not
o collect pledges of delegates for
limself, as had been whispered, but
:o insure the backing of the state
:arty machines for the renomination
the President wjth Mr. Farley
is Vice-President.
There arc signs that all is not
Toing smoothly in the Republican
groups in the Senate and House,
rbart they have not agreed upon a
^ r?nn all adhere.
:r>jicy 10 wmux ?
j evidenced by the large number of I
Republican members who voted
vith the Democrats on the Agrir.iltural
bill, which is conceded by
practically everybody to have been
i barefaced bid for the farm vote,
paid for with public funds. "
There are indications that the
louse Republican organization is
J oping away from the leadership
Congressman "Joe" Martin and
hat the boys are beginning to run
\ lid. And in the Senate the revival
I
h the Vandenberg bodm for file
1 residential nomination has not j
:ly threatened the, leadership of
,
1 inator McNary but is causing dis1
irbance among the friends of Senaor
Taft.
Jesse Jones Considered
The prospect now is that Ad inistration
pressure" will be put. on
ongress for new spending-lending
. ograms, which are not yet fully
.-iveloped, bu|
-o stimulate business by some
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Officers Crack Oowr
On Pin Board:
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Cracking down on pin boards an<
slot machines in Jackson county, tb
sheriff's department and the Sylv;
police made a clean sweep o
the county, last Sunday
' A dozen or more machines, value<
up into the thousands of dollars
were taken by officers and stored a
he court house. Other machines
the operators or owners evident!:
learning of the drive that was beinj
made, disappeared before the officers
arrived to take them up. It i
Believed, however, that th?re Is no
now a single machine or device o
the kind in the county.
scheme of forcing idle capital to g(
to work. How this is to be done ii
not clear. Much will depend upor
whom the President names to heac
the new consolidated Federal Lending
Agency. ;
The most likely prospect is Jess<
Jones, head of the Reconstructior
finance- Corporation, Whose recorc
is administrator of a difficult job i.?
considered by almost everybody t<
be excellent.
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I The^June term of Jackson county
* superior court will open next Mone
day morning, with Judge A. Hall
a J hnston presiding, and Solicitor
I Th^ term is for the trial of criminal
c"sesi?mly, and will last for one
* - Fodfthe first time in the "history of
[, this Spunty, or of nearby counties,
t taerefwill be a bank robbery trial.
, Ted west and Johnny Moore, Macon
' c ;unty youths, just out of the CCC
J camSjL will go on trial for holding
^ up .fkflL Jackson County Bank, on
" Apf#?l|nd of kidnapping Lawrence
s Ga|Pl*lfeci-driver and forcing him
^ hpCansport them-to Barker's Creek.
jS Is ~Hso probably that -Solicitor
. Queen will charge the two with kid,
j napping the driver of a truck be
j longing to the Western Carolina
5 Telephone Company.
s J The two were taken by local officers
and possemen, in the moun1
j tains, near the head of Nation's
* (Creek, within a few hours after the
holdup; and $853, said to have been
taken from the bank by Moore,- at
s the point of a pistol.
It is thought that Moore may enter
1; a plea of guilty and throw himself
* upon the mercy court; but West has
s protested his innocence all the while,
j slating that he knew nothing of
I.ioore's plans, and only happened
to be with him at the time.
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151 In Gradu
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T? esicrp war<
One hundred and fifty-one seniors
.received their B. S. degrees. This
graduating class was the largest to
nave been graduated in the history
of the college. I
Among the students, who received
degrees from the college, were1
twenty-three from Jackson County. |
They are: Hannah Lou Brown, 1
Jamc Bryson Brown, Kathleen BryK>a,
Belzora Hoiden, Jessie Pressley,1
fdith Alley, Alliney H. Bryson, Clara '
3untain, Carma Ashe Crawford,
. Xathleen Fuli bright, Juanita Farmer
md Bertha Elizabeth Ammon of
-uilowhee; Bennie Cowan of Green's
Ureek; Fannie Green of Cowarts;
Sara Belle Hooper of Speedwell;
vlyrtle Henson, Geneva Turpin, and
Jdna Allen oI Sylva; Elsie Monteith
Glenvilie; Mary K. Owens, Hanna
Jowan, Pearl Madison of Webster;
Jonathan E. Brown of Tuckaseegee,
iiid Litcile Long of Erastus.
Miss Hannah Lou Brown, who for
-he last year has been working on a
masters degree in education at Peabody
College at Nashville, majored
I ac Western Carolina Teachers College
j in elementary education and minored
I in art. She was president of the two
; year senior class in 1937. She was
| assistant editor of the college handbook
in 1937 and editor of the college
handbook in 1938. She was a
member of the standards committee
in 1937, a commencement marshal in
1938, a member of . the student
j senate in 1937, a member of the
debate club for three years, and associate
editor of the college annual
in 1937. In 1938 she went to Nash|
ville with the college . broadcasting
group.
j Miss Kathleen Bryson majored in
j primary education. She belonged to
-- - ' ? +Ko aec/v*ifltion j
the local cnai^er ' UI U&&V* l
I for Childhood Education. She was i
; a member of the Day Student's
. Council.
? Miss Jc-ssie Pressley majored in
j education. She was a member of
the loeai^haoter of the Association
of "ChHdhooS Education, and sSf^fed"
(as program chairman for that clup.
She was for two years a member of
I the day students' council. For two
years she was the recipient of the
Dr. Grover Wilke's Schoarship Fund
.of fifty dollars.
Miss Clara Buntain, who is at
present making her home in Cullov/hee,
majored in grammar grade
. education. She belonged to the Cojlumbian
Literary Society, Day Stu1
dents' Organization, International
Delations Club, Cclege Chorus, M. Ek
! Church Choir, Woman's Club, and
Missionary Society. She was assistJohn
M. Queen prosecuting for the
State.
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ant librarian in 1B24 when she was a
student at the college. She is now
doing community welfare work. /
i Miss Elizabeth Ammon majored
. in science and minored in mathematics.
For four years she was a member
of the Alpha Phi Sigma and the
honor rolL This year she was a
member of the science club; Epworth
League, and the Columbian Literary
Society. She was named in who's
who in American Colleges, and receieved
honorable mention to the
Dean's List She was one of eighteen
students to be graduated with honor.
Miss Edna Allen mnlnroH in Kn?i _
ness education and minored in English.
She was a member of the
senate, and was secretary of the
Day Students' Council.
Miss Mary Kay Owens majored in
primary education. She belonged
to the local chapter of the Childhood
Education Association, the Dramatics
Club, International Relations
Club, Epworth League, and the Girls'
Athletic Association for which she
served as secretary and treasurer in
1938. ?
Miss Farmer majored in the field
of grammar grade education. She
was a member of the f?lee niuh #nH
the Halcyan chorus. She belonged
to Alpha Phi Sigma, honorary society,
the Dramatics Club, and Standards
Committee.
Mrs. Pearl Madiaon majored in
the grammar field. She was one of v
eighteen students in the graduating
class to be graduated with honor.
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Information about the extra-curricular
activities of some of these
students was not listed in this year's
college annual, the source from which
this information was taken.
i iifsn. The
three-day commencement program
of Western Carolina Teachers ColChicora
College at Charlotte. ,
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B.S. degrees were conferred upon
one hundred and forty-nine seniors
by President H. T, Hunter, rour
graduates receiving degrees with
highest honors were Mrs. Carina Ashe .
Crawford, Porter Garland, Nancy
Linda Haynes, and Carl David Moses.
Eighteen students receiving diplomas
with honor were Elizabeth Araraon,
Agnes Dalton, Bertha Fuqua, Thelma
Galloway, Helen Gibson, . Elvira
Greenlee, Sue Haigler, Charles Holloman,
Lenore Johnson, Mrs. Selma
Young Jolley, Vera Jones,* Frances
Leatherwood, Mary Anne Leslie, Mrs.
Pearl B. Madison, Marion Posey,
Mary Elizabeth Preston, Violet
Spivey, and Edith Wilson.
Special awards were made by Dean
W. E. Bird to six members -of the
graduating class. Miss Melba Fowler
of Glenville received one of the
fifty dollar scholarships given annually
by Dr. Grover Wilkes to
.vorthy Jackson county students, and
Ocie Bryson of Cullowhee received
the other. The E. H. Stillweil scholarship
was awarded to Thurroan
" erkins of Goldsboro. Miss Deane
7lazier of Canton won the hundred
-nd fifty dollar loan fund given ann?ally
by the college to a rising
i nior expecting to become a primary
teacher.
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Charles R. Holloman of Hookerton,
named the best citizen among the
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hoys of the college, was given an
nward of $10.00, which is donated
mnually by Prof. E. H. Stillweil; Miss
'dith Wilson of Hayesville, named
be best citizen among the girls of
he college, was given an award of
.10.00 which is donated annually L/
'dr. S. W. Enloe.
The Mrs. E. L. McKee aervta
ward, given to the student who lot
wo years renders the greatest se /ice
to the college, was also jrWanLd
o Charles R. Holloman.
A two-year secretarial certificate
;)d a gold medal were awarded to
liss Rachel Louise Bryson of Win
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