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fl . ^ ,j.* A YtAR IN ADVANCE IN THE Wv?*&*i Dec. Dec. ??(AuU. I organisation b> I flew York ~S??te of a "Dewey-for~ I president" wonpafgn for delegates ! , ga4 the "i^iUig speech In that cam-1 I >: paigemadekythe District Attorney I ?f New York County in Minneapo-1 lis, the three-cornered battle for the I Republican Presidential nomination I is at tyt fuHy under way. Senator Arthur Vandenberg's or-1 puliation committee has been ac-1 lively vet-week for several weeks, I proclaiming him as Michigan's I Favorite Son, and issuing impressive I "literature" In his behalf, with ail most all of Michigan's foremost Re-1 publicans, from the Governor down, 11 as signatories. J Senator Taft's personal campaign I a the West, which has taken him!' and bis politically-able wife to the I Pacific Coast, has also been goingr ?n since the extra session of Con-11 pess ended. It has the blessing of JJ mio&t of the Ohio party leaders, in- T tfpding Governor Bricker, who was hcing talked of as a Presidential I possibility himself before he declared is favor of "Bob" Taft I litwMR Three Men I As Washington political observ V3 view the prospects from this I liigt in time and space, the real 1 I battle for the nomination is between 1 I fhose three men. Each of than, it is I sipected,will go-to the convention < I irith a practically solid block of i I delegates from his home state. ] I Dewey's will be the largest, Taft'sj I As next largest and Vandenberg'si] I third. Each will hpve a consider- }i I able number of delegates from other \ I Man their home states, the number i I *f whom cannot as yet be estimated } I even approximately. No experienced j I ohferver expects any one of these r I three leading candidates to have a < I aujorlty of delegates when the conI vcfit&ir opens, hut each will- have 1 I in the .final decision j I Only v one man -can get the first .S I prtzev^khd lie 1s Uhl kfauys the can- j I iidate who has the greatest strength j I short of a majority. ' I Observers with long memories I w sisiKifShisgrTbefkiHo^herfUtpiihltrmi I ,ghriifiThpfee ' of 1*820, when it seemed. I a foregone conclusion that the nomI infr'would b* either General. LeonI xrd Wood nr Gov. Prank Lowther ; I ^illhisin. iTke convention - becyjqe^ I 'deadlocked jimd when the nomina- J I either of the. leaders became I utterly hbp&ess, the effort' fo1 fittdf I a candidate-who * would not be too I shjectnmakle tor rboth Wood and I tUwihff to. ggree on -him resulted I in the Uftei'lion of the rinrlrairt ''dark boree" in the convention, Warren UarHnin, " 1 " I Having that episode in mind, f I same astute lookers-on are begin- j I ning to look over the "dark'Jiorses" / I now in the Republican fleid. A' I three-way deadlock is less likely I than one involving only two candi- I I dates, but it is possible; and there ! I are many Republicans who have' I their lightning-rods in readiness in V I ease they might be useful. J J I The present outlook is that many] I Btaies will send delegations for "fa-1 I varite sons" who have no expecta-1 I hon of getting the plum, but whose] I followers could be traded to advan- J I tage to support the likeliest winner. < I New Hampshire's Gov. Bridges, I Massachusetts' Gov. Sal tons tall, I Rhode Island's -Gov. Vanderbilt, I Pennsylvania's Gov. James, are I among those who are expected to u ?jj?osu, numbers of dele- j u?ve wmiMw? ? ? . , i t Wits if not solidState blocks, whe. the convention convenes. DftiMttltfl fOf ... Kansas Is expected to send a so C? tor former Govenmr AK Landon, who will be remembered as the Republican candidate for Presi-. dent in 1M6. " w d ' Representative James W. worth of New York, ^ sentative Bruce Bprton of the sam^ state are moot often sponkct^ _ _ possibilities in case it should : tor ?ut that Mr. Dewey cRnnot get t?v nomination and the New. ere should be unwilling to their tremendous strength to Vandenberg or Taft? # . I Hovering over the whole Repu i hcan picture is the shadow of former President Hoover. Mr* Hoover^ hag no organization working f?r k)s nomination, he has made no public declaration one way or the and those in hia personal confidence -r j _ ! COUNTY -'. . ^wi lation Looms ? . Mrs. Ransom Cowan Passes 1 ' i Mrs. Bonnie McConnell Cowa He# lit her home in Webster, Sat pllSay morning, December 2, follow ing an illness of several months. Sht was 43 years old. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, at 2:00 q&lock, at the Webster Methodist ? church. Rev. G. A. Hovis, pastor of the churbh. and Rev. W. N. Cook. pastor of the Webster Baptist church, conducted the service. Interment was in the Still well cemetery, at Webster. " Mrs. Cowan is survived by her husband, Hansom Cowan, and eight children: David, Pearl, Woodrow, Kenneth, George, Bragg, Eugene and Sally, all of Webster; her father, George W. McConnell, four brothers: Williajp Burch, Fred, and George, . Yr7, and five sisters: Mrs. Myrtle Crisp, of West Asheville; Misses CalLie, Ida Bell, Annie Laura and Jo, all Df Webster. BALSAM * h V h Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gentry an- b inline the birth of a son, Cleo Rus? t y sel, born Nov. 25. i|e Mrs. Tela Peebles visited her sis-in ter, Mrs. Bob Hall on Indian Reservation last week. Thanksgiving was quiet here. We iidn't hear any I turkeys gobbling iround the day before, but heard some logs squealing. . ' An interesting union service was . leld at the Baptist church Thursday ** light. ! '"'2 For the past week, we have had a *7 /ariety of weather?snow, rain, sleet, /ery cold, and some warm sunshine. ^ \ccording to some diary records Tuesday the 5th a year ago was the, coldest of last winter. | Mrs. Mary Shi tie and little daugh- 1 ^fr, Louise, who hafce' been visiting ier '"r w"hort":gn* turned to their home in Henderson* _ /ille Sunday. ! Tr ~ ; 01 Grand Gttampion i yi HH i I WE^Mp I I 11 lb I; iei I 'k I ' LOS AN0ELBS . . . "Oregon So-' JI preme," 1,000-pound Hereford steer shown at the 14th Annual Great ? Western Livestock Show, after he : rr was judged the Grand Champion of ti the show. # He Is shown wfthtifols owner, Blli McDonald, a 10-year-old 4-H Club member of Dalles, Oregon. . f< ., " :L. -- 41 assert that he has no ambition or o desire to run for President again. But his recent' frequent contacts M with political leaders all over the . ii nation, hsi public addresses ana *< magazine articles and the quite gen- c eral and definite growth in in Mr. ^ Hoover's personal popularity, and ^ the public's respect for his opinions, ? look to some of the Washington ^ observers as preparing the way for * his selection to lead the Republican ? party once more, whether as the result of a deliberate effort on his part or as the result of a deadlock from which no other way out could . be found to which the convention J would 6gree. |i Swinging Toward Opposition |l 1 ah nnnrern. which almost| | /111 V/l Maw ^ amounts to excitement, about the I I next Republican convention, is based , upon the belief that the public's mind ;is swinging toward the Opposition j party, and that the right man with : the right appeal whom the conven- , tion will nominate has a better thar .< 50-50 chance to defeat any candidate whom the Democrats may put up. 1 There are many observers here who think that does not iiold good lit MrRoosevelt runs again, but the numbe? who think he will not ask for a thin term is increasing. As among the three leading Re publican candidates, Senator Van^ denberg is the first choice of thos' I ? ' T% ' ' . ' I ; I I I ? B - B 4ce skating star, who arrived In Nei her tot appearance in coitume hei skating award when only ten years _ . .' I I Club To Spw8Qr j Highway Beautification The Sylva Woman's Clib ] has. dcjpted for its program, for the com- [ ig1 year, the beautificationj of <the' ighway between Sylva and Pills- ? oro. Plans for the work have hot et been completed, btyt it is expectd that they will be completed hi the ear future. 1 Sunday School ConveUtiin Will Meet at Old Savannah Church . . . i *" " The Sunday School Convention vof te Tuckaseigee Baptist Asspciaiton rill meet in the regular monthjjjr s $on, at Old JSavannah church,^Sunay, December 10th. Mr. O. V, Cagle ill lead the devotional seryJq^Feaires of.the program' Willl^usikstyy larence Vance, who wiUv |&cuss, Plans for . 1949", and fiA-J^rd orester, whose subject willSfe 5%?" I ? ? A-s-* At Thfie";;) riug V^UlSli - m jMii ^ unday School, under the direction, f Mrs. Myrtle Hogiem * J The session will begin at 2 o'clock J unday afternoon. ' ? - ?. | Credit Association To: Meet In January ; . - * . r i Stockholders of the Asheville Proration Credit Association will hold leir annual meeting in Asheville at le CourtHouse on Monday, Jan. 22, 0:00 o'clock, according to an anouncement of John A. Hudgens, resident of the Association:. At this meeting, complete and dented renorts will be made by the fficers of the Association on its op- I rations for the past year, directors I ill be elected, and other important1 usiness transactions. In announcing the date of the pnual meeting, Mrj. Hudgens said that was hoped to make the attendance f the stockholders at this year's leeting the largest in the history of i le Association. He said that the an- I ual meetings of the Association af-! 3rd the stockholders an opportunity 3 learn every detail of the operations f their organization. The Asheville' Production Credit Lssociation, which makes short-term ' Dans to finance all types of farm and ivestock operations, serves Bunombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Avery, Haywood, Henderson, sckson, Macon, Madison, McEfc>well, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania and rancey counties and in 1939 made Dans totaling approximately $112,- f 00.00 to its 500 members. ' ^ Tested ' 11 ' Every herd of. cattle in the United States has been tested for tuberculoss at least once, announces the U. S. , Bureau of Agricultural Economics." More JLiean BBP!!P As a result of consumer demand, experiments are underway in several sections of the United States to breed itype of hog with more lean meat in the bacon. ' who khow film best through their association with him for ten years in the Senate. But this idea is partly based upon the fact that Mr. Dewey, who still ranks first in polls yf Republican voters, has not yet developed his ideas ot natoinal and nteraational policy in public addresses. He has just begun to do that .. .. ' f-v.^ I *- ' |H| f ?X?< -> R ID J ^n^'^SS [29 S ^ p W-#2" I? -il * ^ Wn" *^tv" ^X 4still>>Vk3^V^ w%i?' jffiSK'''' *^H SSt'ESI; old. -* r'i . * . **'. 1 * v' ' Silas Gi Cabe Passes ? Silas G.. Cabe,-63, died in Morganton, Monday, Dec. 4th, and was buried on Wednesday, the fungal and interment being at Wesleyanna Methodist church. The funeral was conducted by Rev. G. A. Hovis, Rev. T. F. Deitz, Rev. H. M. Hocutt and Rev. *? t, Mr. Cabe, who had been ill for a number of years, lived in Sylva for several years, until the death of his wife, which occurred last January. He is survived by a littl daughter, Joyc, a sister, Mrs. Brown, of Cullowhee, and a half sister, Mrs. Buchanan, of Gay. In.--* * i : Edna Owens, Wins In National 4-H Club Contest Two North Carolina 4-H girls, recipients of state blue awards in the national 4-H home, beautification activity conducted the past year by the extension service, also win national hlue awrads. Members from 23 states Ward^re* given^- Mrs. Charles R. Walgrcer., Chicago garden club rncrnber. . - .'The girls are Helen Gainey, 15, of Fayetteville, ariji Edna Owens, 16, of Webster. Helen . submits a scaled drawing of her home grounds, indicating improvements made and pending. She set 235 trees and 35 shrubs, and planted a hedge row and 1150 bulbs along a new flagstone walk. Flowering shrubs were placed around the base of the house and periwinkle on a rock retaining wall. She values^ the w%rk at $100. ^ F. T. A. To Meet Tuesday - The Sylva Parent-Teacher Asso-: elation will meet on Tuesday afternoon, December 12, at 3 o'clock, instead of on Tuesday the 19th, as was previously announced., ^>:r "j ' ? W.C.T.C. Students Take Part in Forensic Contest Cullowhee, Dec. 6 (Special)?Nine npembers of the Forensic Association at Western Carolina Teachers College, who won in preliminary contests in cjebating and > impromptu, sneaking at the college Mondays ^c?j Tuesday nights, leftfthis'morning , for Rock Hill, S. C., wfiere they will take . ? part in1 the Strawberry Leaf Tournament to be held at Winthrop College DeSf. 7 and 9. The winners going from Cullowhee are: Lee Phoenix J . of Cane River; Charles McCaU, of Lake Toxaway; Eric Lloyd, of Nashville, Tenn.; Burke Ferguson, of Cullnwhee: A. E. Leake, of Marshall; June Marion, of Pilot Mountain; Zelda Murray, of Bailey; Joe Lance, of liot Springs; John Wikle, of Bryson City/ i V i Sponsors for the Forensic group at Western Carolina Teachers College are Miss Cordelia Camp of the education department and Dr. A. L. Bramlett o fthe history department. Dr. Bramlett will accompany the students to fhe tournament. Wool Increased domestic and foreign demand for wool brought about by the European War and reduced supplier of wool in the United States will tend to support domestic wool prices in 1940. ,^> . ! 1 i . | - jt '-r.*^* " 'V'sP^^I. j*"*^'.$h ,:*^-&$jffi-' ^**'$(''i \ ^ ' ^? ' | - ^ t&M A YEAR Of ,' , E. L. McKee County Chair. man For Jackson Dqy Dinner 1 Success of the Jackson Day Campaign in Jackson county is indicated by appointment of E. L. McKee a. county chairman. Announcement to this effect has just been made by i-1 , ,, -jj State Director John D. Larking, Jr. The purpose of this campaign, which began last week and will culminate in a mammoth Jackson Day Day Dinner "at 'Raleigh on January : \W 13th, is to raise money for the Demojcratic campaign and convention next j year. North Carolina and Jackson county have established reputations lot exceeding expectations in similar efforts. Under the leadership of Chairman C. L. McKee, Jackson county is expected to be among the first to announce completion of^its quota. The first county to reach this .goal will be _ accorded very special, recognition, not only at the Jackson Day dinner, but also in the permanent records of the State and National party organiaztions. Official ruling that the Hatch Act will not prevent any federal employee other than relief workers, from contributing to the fund or attending the dinner makes success easier to attain. Junior Class At WjCTC Has Held Party * The Junior Class of Western Carolina Teachers College were hosts to the entire student body at 7:80 Friday evening, Dec. 1, at which time, they gave a Keno Party in the recep-1 tion hall of the new student union building. This party was arranged by the class in order to raise funds for financing a junior-senior banquet that will be given next spring. Business houses in Cullowhee, Sylva, Asheville, and Hendersonville contributed prizes for the eccasioh. ' sisted of the class officers, John I Henry Gesser, Alwayne Delozier, [ Betty Penland, and three other members of the class, Mary Kathryfi Gardner t J. Thomasson. Jr.. and Alan Whitt. K Lowest . The total employment of both family1 and hired workers on farms November 1 was estimated at 10,762,000, the ^malfest November 1 total recorded in the 14 years covered * Federate?.; , ?? Tested ' ' . -s' Every herd of cattle1 in the United States has now, been tested for tuberculosis at least once, assuring the successful completion of a program to eradicate bovine TB from the United States. Outlook A record, .1040 production of commercial truck crops for fresh-market 'shipment, together with improvement in demand, us: indicated by the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Cit* ' ; " ; , ' " * \ ... _ ;"v..... \ f : SockefeBep^-Ri^fer I : jw I B NEW YORK, N. Y. . . . John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as he drove the last rivet in the last column of Rocke" feller Centers fourteenth and final building at a ceremony recently marking the completion of the cem tor's eight-year construction project Ample About 2,300,000 acres for the production of clover and alfalfa seed in 1940 probably will be "fully ample" for the expected sowing requirements of 1940-41. '*V' "* j ''' t " - . :< W/KmiM ,> "v' ip gb -. >lt*S / IMIf . .. ? y-1 A9VAHCB OCT USE THE COOT! 1 ! Houm M"OMORROw\ ll FRANK PAfUCEB ? I 11,3 T O C K^B R IjHI t^| NEWSPAPERS ." .'"I"IMI 13,00 J " '; I Every thoughtful observer wl.o r r'*j .... * . - i.-. * visits America from abroad: is amazed to discover how much the people of the* United States know about what is going on, not only in their own country but all overthc world. The American people know more than the people of England, Germany or Russia know about what's going on in their own coun- , tries, j " ;vr' r , The reason for America's wide ? 1 knowledge ofevents and public affairs is that we are &e greatest nation of newspaper readers to be found anywhere. More of Us can read, more of us are ^gager for information ?and we have more newspapers. . Few even among Americans realize that there are more than 13,000 newspapers published in the United States. About 2,000 of them are daily papers, the rest w**JrU?c. /*? _ _ ? ? ve Wflft * semi-weeklis. That doesn't count the enormous number of magazines of all kinds, of which we read more than do any other people. No wonder we are so well iiilprmed. FREEDOM. . -. opinions The German or the Russian or the Italian can read in his newspaper only what his government wants him to read. No editor in the totalitarian nations dares to print anything which criticizes the government Most of them have to submit every line to some government official before it gets into print Nothing of the sort is possible in America. Government may not like I what a newspaper says,/ but it cant do anything to stop an editor from printing any news or opinion he chooses to print So long as he does not libel anyone, advocate the overlence or incite pSpS^to' fiot or crime, or use indecent language, anyone who has access to a printing press can print whatever he wants toprint, L The Supreme Court of the United States has just ruled that this freedom of the press, guaranteed by the Constitution, extends to pamphleteers, who may not be restrained from dis(rihutincr rirenlftps KbdAHIb nr an* other form of printed matter. This is a restatement of what is perhaps the most fundamental of all our liberties, the right to express our ideas and to tell, the: truth a?r we see it, without let or hinderance. POLITIC8 :'f . . . truth Politicians who want to make themselves the rulers of the people, rather than their servants, don't like newspapers because they are too likely to tell the truth about what's on behind the political front Every attempt' ever made in America to suppress1 or control the press has originated in political cliques or gangs who were up to some skull-, duggery that they didn't want the voters to know about Up to about 150 years ago every newspaper was owned or controlled by politicians with an axe to grind. The first newspaper to set itself free from such control was the London Times. Its founder, John Walter, figured that if he oould get enough small advertisers so that it wouldn't ruin him if a few dropped out, he .could run an honest newspaper and prnit the truth about public affairs. That was the beginning of the real freedom of the press. There are still a few newspapers tied up with political backers, but nine-tenths of American papers are free. The freest of all are the ones that have the most advertising. CONTROL 'legats' <1 j When Miiey Long was nuuu:ij$ himself "Kingflsh" of Louisiana he got his hand-picked legislature to pass laws of many kinds intende d to cripple the newspapers. Some of those laws were upset by the Supreme Court, but one which fill stands on Louisiana's statute books is held responsible for the orgy of I financial crookedness in the shoe since Long's, death. This law abolishes the publication of so-called "legal" advertising. Most states require all proposals involving the use of public funds,) tax lists, bond issues and the like, jto be advertised in newspapers in every county. Those things are the public's (Please Turn To Page 2) / - . J. ? ' -nitM
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