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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
COURT UPSETS CURB
ON CANADIAN ALIENS

Buffalo.-The decision of the fed
eral court of Buffalo, denying the
right of citizens and residents of
Canada employed in the United
States of seeking employment here to
pass freely to and fro across the bor-
der has been reversed by the circuit
court of appeals. The decision was
unanimous and was based on the Jay
treaty with England, made in 1874.
The government will continue its
rule, except in the case of the parties
involved in the suit, and will appeal
the decision to the supreme court.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
COMPANY "UNION"
PLAN is Reject
ED BY MINERS

Columbus, Ohio.-Striking miners
in the Hooking Valley district reject
the employers plan to accept work on
a cooperative" basis and join
company union"
Miners officials declare that the
coal owners offer is a gesture to kill
contributions to miners that is ac-
quiring statewide momentum.
Governor Donahey ordered the state
armories thrown open to receive these
contributions under direction of the
National Guard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
BARRIERS
international Union Attack
ed by Benevolent Open
Shoppers
By JAMES C. SHANESSY

General President J. B. l. u. of A.
The next interpational union to be
made the target of attack by open
shoppers is the Journeymen BARRIERS
International. Union.
For several months, articles have
been printed in barber trade paper
and then published in pamphlet form
for general distribution amongst
master BARRIERS, attacking the Bar
bers' International Union and its Off
GERS for compelling boss BARRIERS who
display the union shop card to sign a
union contract calling for a wage
guarantee, claiming the work of the
barber is prospective" and not posi-
tive" like that of other trades and
callings. This attack of the open
shoppers is disguised as "benevo-
lent paternalism" by cloaking it with
the friendliness of a Newfoundland
dog. The writer says, Il am fully in
favor of organized labor and in the
same breath turns like canine with
the rabies and says, Capital and la
bor are inseparable in the discussion
of either. But in this particular in
stance, that of the barber business,
the employer must not be confused
with the capitalist, manufacturer or
contractor" In other words, such
businesses are all positive, and the
barber business is only prospective :
1t is only another way of presenting
anti-labor propaganda. All business
is more or less of a prospective ma
ture, and this new subterfuge to de-
stroy the Journeymen BARRIERS Inter-
national Union will not get very far.
The workers are wise to the tricks of
the enemies of labor and will not
stand idly by.
This ti-barbers union propaganda
is entitled "Why Labor Unions Can
not Generalize the Barber with Other
Workers." and a subtitle says, Bar
bers' Craft Unlike Other Trades"
In the main, it advocates the reduc
fifty per cent commission on the gen.
that of the barber's wage to a straight
eral taking of the barber at his rule
in organized barber shops. The per-
centage or commission basis as advo
Gated by the open shoppers would re-
duce the wages of the journeymen
barber about twenty-five per cent, and
bring them back to the slavery days
of $1,000 and S17.00 per week for
sixty or seventy hours of work, for
with the reduction in the wages it
will be necessary to work longer hours
with the expectation of taking in an
extra dime.
The Journeymen BARRIERS Interna-
tional Union urgently appeals to all
trade unionists to support them in
this fight and consistently patronize
only barber shops displaying the
union shop card of their organization.
To more successfully combat this
attack against their organization, the
Journeymen BARRIERS international
Union has launched an intensive or
ganizing campaign throughout their
jurisdiction, asking their member
ship to hold mass meetings and invite
non-union journeymen to attend. This
membership drive will not only add
new members to the local unions, but
will intensity the activities and mill
fancy of the old members in organiza-
ton work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
FARMERS UNION
OF Illinois Asks Help For
Miners

Chicago. U. L. N. S.)-Announcing
drive for funds to relieve suffering
women and children of strikers in the
Pennsylvania coal fields, the Farmers
Union of Illinois appealed to all farm
ers throughout the state to assist in
this move to help organized work
men win their fight for decent wages
and working conditions.
Impoverished workers can't buy
food" the Farmers Union statment
declared. "This mine situation indi-
Gates conspiracy to smash wage
levels and disrupt labor unions which
is certain to result in lower living
standards and a restriction of our
markets for farm products"
Headquarters of the Farmers Union
at Pontiac, H., instructed officials of
all locals to stress the appeal for
funds as special order of business y
at farm meetings. The relief fund
will be handled jointly by the Farm
ers' Union and Chicago Federation of
Labor, which staged a monster radio
revue March Ia from its own broad
casting station in Chicago.
Contributions from farmers will be
received at all Farmers Union locals
in Illinois and at state headquarters
400 Sterry building, Pontiac, H.
The Farmers Union Live Stock
Commission at Chicago stock yards
turned all commission charges on live
stock sold for Illinois farmers Tues
day, March 13, into the miners relie1
fund.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
MISS WILSON OUT FOR
CONGRESS

Harrisburg, Pa.-Miss Agnes Hart
Wilson has filed nomination papers
as candidate for congress on the
democratic ticket.
Miss Wilson resides at Blossburg
with her father, who was the first
secretary of labor, and was also Sec
retary treasurer of the United Mine
Workers. Miss Wilson is well known
to trade unionists. She is her ia
theirs fright arm"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
HOSIERY WORKERS OUT

Kenosha, Wis.-The Allen-A Full
Fashioned Hosiery Company locked
out employees who refuse to abandon
the American Federation of Full
Fashioned Hosiery Workers. The
company is doing prosperous bust
ness, and operated day and night
shifts, but was not satisfied and at
tempted to inaugurate a speed-up
system.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
JAMES STARR ELECTED

New York.-James Starr, vice pres
ident Of the United Textile Workers,
has been chosen secretary-treasurer of
that organization until the next con-
vention. The selection was made by
the executive council. He succeeds
the late Mrs. Sara Agnes Conboy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
FEDERAL ANNUITY
OF $1,000 FAVORED

Washington.--The house civil serv-
ice committee has approved the feat
ure of the Lehlbach bill that in
creases the maximum annuity for
federal employees to $1,000.
Another accepted provision permits
the annuity of those on the retired
roll to be brought up to the same level
as the beneficiary would receive under
the liberalized law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
HERE'S PROSPERITY"

New York.-Talk of unemployment
does not affect stockholders of the
General Motors Corporation. In one
day this week the value of this stock
jumped s4O,OOO,O0O for the 17,4OO, 900
shares outstanding.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16
CHILDREN PICK UP COAL;
PARENTS WAGE REDUCED

Lewiston, Me.-City police and rail-
road detectives arrested 16 children
ranging in age from 6 to Is years,
who were caught picking up coal in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16

create stock companies, which should
embody the same principles as for
eign concessionaries." The new eco-
nomic policy is certainly advancing in
Russia!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-03-16

the railroad yards.
Parents of most of the children are
textile workers whose wages were cut
10 per cent few weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

Of laurel, delicate as old Lowestoft china
dishes, the wax-candlelike blossoms or
flaming raspberry red OF the rhododen-
dron and the aZaleas in vivid clumps of
blood orange. lemon yellow or pink
shading 10 deep rose, These are the
gay floral designs in the natural patch
work quilt that spreads over the Great
Smokes. There are other flowers. too.
Of many kinds, TO be found from carly
Spring till late in the Fall.
Nature has not neglected the lacy
frills for this favored range Of noun
tains. Many places In the mountain
sides are patterned with the intrieacies
Of maidenhair and other ferns and the
shimmering. delicate wells of waterfalls
plunge Unexpectedly and gracefully from
many a corOnet of rocks down TO Join
eventually the 6Wift-flowing rivers that
In some places run distinctly separate
yet side by side until they are finally
merged And although there are some
Of the most admirable automobile roads
in the country available for the tourist
in this section, some Of the most pictur-
egque spots worthy of Corot or more
modern Cezanne. still lie along the old
river roads. Yet even these secluded
roads serve the tourists who would use
them as trails for their horses 10 follow.
There are also many interesting trails
for the mixers, and perhaps the most
noted stop-oyer shack for such tourists
is LeConte Lodge. on Mount LeConte,
which Is haven for thousands of
mixers annually. The fragrant balsam-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

Then, on Joanna Bald. near the head
of the Valley River line between Chero-
kee and Graham Counties. there lived
according to tradition. the equivalent
of the old Teutonic Dragon of fairy
tales-Diyahaliyi (place of the lizard.
This giant lizard. with the gliStenine
throat that could be plainly seen
haunted this mountain top. Just threc
miles above Bryson City is a spot which
the Cherokees call "Gakatiyi," mean
ing place of setting free" where. aftel
old wars the Indians had a meeting
place to free their captives.
At present the allotment Office OF
the Department of the Interior has I'd
names of $500 residents of the Chero-
kee reservation on the rolls. with 1905
more as applicants, and 500 who's
claims are liable to be contested. TIL
allotments have not been worked OH
completely as yet, but have TO do vitr
giving as land allotmentS not more
than 80 acres TO an Indian.
II is interesting that. like some OF
the Europeans, the Cherokees had
worked out a tribal system of seven
clans. The most prominent and trans
latable are Ani-waya (Wolf), Ani-kawi
(Deer), Ani-TSiskwa Bird. Ani-wa-dl
PAINT, with also Ani-Sahani. AMI
Gatagewi and Ani-Gi-lahi. The Wolf
clan Is the largest and most important,
They seem to have had a connection
with the seven mother towns" Of the
Cherokee. described by Cunning in 1880
as having each a chief whose once
was hereditary IN the female line. At
present the Cherokees. like many of
the other Indian reservation tribes. are
proud Of their schools and other In
situations.
The best part. from a practical
standpoint. about the Great Smokes,
this newest national park. and its fasci-
mating Cherokee protectors, is that
BrySon City. the North Carolina gate
way is, In actual mileage. only 1884
miles from Boston. $50 miles from Chi
cage, 500 miles from Cincinnati, at
miles from New York. S94 miles from
Savannah and $50 miles from Wash
ington, d. G. When Summer weather
gets too warm pile In the car and head
for Bryson City TO get your eyes full
Of scenic beauty, yourself cool and re-
freShed with mountain water and
mountain trout, and carry home some
Cherokee handicraft for unique. 100 per
cent American Christmas presents for
the friends back home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

show interesting gold ore, but the veins
seem to be shallow,
The proprietor of little shop along
the Great Smokes highway, selling
Cherokee beadwork and pottery, spoke
hopefully of some assayed ore which
ran 80 per cent gold. However. project
after project has been abandoned be-
cause of the prohibitive cost of mining
IL. The rock formation in many places
along the highway, where 1t crops out,
more especially on Nantahala, Is very
interesting Great. vertical cleavages
of reddish brown rocks. In mica-like
sheets. seem symbolical-petrifled leaves
of a giant portfolio In whose much
hethunbed, ragged pages the story OF
the new worlds birth and adolescence
might we'll be written for biologists to
read
But the Cherokees are not essentially
'gold-diggers." and they form one OF
h9 feature attractions OF the new
rational park. as they still engage, IN
zrge part, in occupations that have
He'd their time since before the Eng
shmen ever set foot in Virginia or
lsembarked on Plymouth Rock.
In their stuffy little cabins some
What modernized. but full of flies and
ncongruous cooking stoves that have
arrisd them beyond the cleanliness OF
1rimitive fires yet kept them far from
he sanitary living rules of the Amer
lean homes with ami. they bake the
pottery. The results are fascinatingly
,sded in golden brown clay. notified
with black There are vases. ash
rays. peace pipes and larger vessels,
1e-orated with the traditional Indian
ieads.
4 FEW Of the old women take great
pains in making the long chains of
peautiful and authentic Indian bead
designs, using some of the Plains de-
3igns and original Indian conceptions
of conventionalizing snake. buffalo.
bird. lizard and deer. There are others
who use more modern designs for the
bead necklaces for tourist trade, but
the old women look down with scorn
UPON such work. And then, again,
there is their quaint basketry, dyed
principally with the real Indian vege-
table dyes that will never fade. although
a leading trade dye sometimes is mixed
in with these others.
They weave the splint baskets as
they sit before dark. stuffy little cabins.
and catch a vagrant Chinook's cooling
breath, while the intense, neauy eyes
of the weaver sometimes wander of to
the Great Smokes. They have these
baskets in many shapes and sizes. and
in them the Cherokees have a highly
salable product for such baskets can
find many uses to hold flowers on table
or as fiat-backed wall-rack. to hold
mending, or to be used as waste-baSketS.
The colors and the patterns are many
and varied. One of the most beautiful
and authentic Of all the designs is a
combination of cross and three dotted
lines, done in black red and yellow Of
the real Indian dyes. II is a gay and
festive scene when, in the Fall, the
Cherokees have their annual fair and
bring all their baskets, pottery and
beads to be sold,
At other times at the little shops III
the reservation which are located on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
"Home of the Pill"

The CITY of Detroit turns out more
than rs per cent of the worlds
supply Of pills, or in round numbers
each year 5000 millions. More than
1000 kinds of pills are made In the
City OF Straits, enough. the calculatorS
say, TO reach three times around the
earth at the Equator.
Interesting statistics are gathered by
the pill manufacturers and these show
that the pill habit" is rapidly ON the
increase In the United States and that
at the present time II Is growing NJ
the rate of 20 Ter cent a year. Each
year about zoo new makes are adde's
To Detrott's list Of pills. for pin dis
covererS are ceaSelesS In their en-
deavorS
Few persons dream of the romance
and tragedy that play a large part In
the building up OF these little pellets
The entire world Is searched for the
materials that are to be found In mills
and expeditions are sent into the frozen
North and others into the widest parts
OF South America. Ceylon, Africa and
Asia. The hunt for herbs and banks Is
as unceaSing as that for gold. and
sometimes " Is no less exciting. Even
ushing Meets are chartered by pharma-
ceutical institutions and at certain sea-
sons these fleets sail the seas for those
creatures that contain valuable oils
used In the manufacture Of pills,
One maker of pills led 10 South
America an expedition costing $50, 600
In search OF a valuable drug. and he
was 50 long in the wilderness OF the
Amazon region that his friends sup
posed him to have persisted. Another
representative Of a hig Arm IN Detroit
crossed the entire South American cen.
tlnent on horseback. aud stu anc AyF
went Assoc miles up the Amazon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

ritorv. IN the early DAYS when william
Elcunt was appointed the first governor
Of the State of Tennessee--the terri
tory Of the United States of America
south IF the River Ohio" was officially
the title Of the tract Of land ceded by
North Carolina 10 the United States
Mr.. Roosevelt says, in describing these
Grants
Early In f79i. Blount entered into
negotiations with the Cherokees When
the weather grew warm, he summoned
them 10 treaty They met on the
E0lstou-2fl the noted chieftains and
hundreds Of their warriors-and con-
cluded the Treaty of Holston, b. which.
In consideration of numerous gifts and
an annuity Of 81 900 (iater increased 10
$1,000 the Cherokees at last definitely
abandoned disputed claims 10 the va
rious tracts Of land which the whites
claimed under various former treaties.
BY this treaty with the Cherokees,
and by the treaty with the Creeks en-
tered into ia New York in the pre-
ceding Summer, the Indian title to most
Of the present State Of Tennessee was
fairly and legally eXtinguished. How
ever. the westernmost part still was
held by the Chickassws. and certain
tracts On the southeast by the Chero-
IN the middle Of the territory were
thrust In between the groups Of settle
nents on the Cumberland and the
Holgton. On the ground where the
treaty vas approved Biount proceeded
10 build little town which he made
the capital % the Territory and chris
tened Il Knoxville. in honor of Washing
tor & Secretary Of War"
BryGon City. the North Carolina gate
way. easily access NJ over the good
roads for which the ~rarheel" State is
famous, Is Just a tiny town. not unlike
some Of the small Western towns in its
general aspects.
Between these two. Knoxville and
Bryson City, lies what Is To be the NTH
largest national park 1t has territory
II more than 300 600 acres, more than
hall Of which is still virgin timber, &C
cord!ng 10 the North Carolina National
PARK Commission. This very timber is
srouslng g. great deal Of comment
smong the people in that region, for 1t
Is from about q dozen large lumber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
Cherokees Form Colorfu Group in Shadow of Great Sn

the main auto road-gasoline stations
or small general stores-the baskets ana
pottery are offered for sale. The pest
known of these is owls Place, owned
by Chief Owl, who Is genial, bespec-
tacled soul, middle-aged, and a great
base ball fan. His wife, Juanita, part
Cherokee and part Catawba, is gifted
with remarkably good salesman sense.
and is known throughout that part OF
the country by every one.
Back. tucked in the hills of the reser-
walton in humble huts, live some OF the
most talented makers of pottery and
buyer can make much better bargains
without the genial Juanita as an astute
middleman.
One old Indian woman, who Is said
to be more than 100 years old, has
wonderful smile and takes great pride
In the baskets that she makes. She
speaks no English so, to one not know
| ing Cherokee, trading must be done by
| signs. In buying three beautifully
symmetrical cane baskets (nuch more
rare and difficult TO get, as the cane is
not easily available) the purchase price
was settled upon by q system OF laying
down half dollars, then putting down
green-back. taking back half-dollar
! The trade, however, seemed TO result
in a manner satisfactory to all con-
cerned, and the old lady then did up
| the unsold remaining baskets in a big
| sheet slung over the end of a long
| pole, and parked them back where the
| supply was kept, swinging over the
bult-in bunk in one of her two tiny
| rooms.
Some of the Cherokees' vast funds of
highly fascinating legends deal with the
Smokes and vicinity. One of the leg
ends shows that the Cherokees believe
in fairies-a rather amazing revelation.
The Cherokees have named a ridge be-
low Yellow Hill on Oconaluftee River
in Swain County, "Nugatsani," for il is
said to be the resort of the Nunnehi
fairies. Another tradition tells of
Tsastawi, an Indian hunter who lived
in the old town below the frowning
Smokes. and who used to stand on a
bluff overlooking the settlement and
throw upon the roof of his own cabin
the liver of freshly killed deer
thrown from Nantahala-so that his
wife could have 1t cooked and waiting
for him by the time he got down the
mountain.
GREGORY BALD-one of the Great
- Snlokies-has been called by the
Cherokees, "Tsistuyi" rabbit Place.
for there is legend that here the rab-
bits had town house. and Chief Great
Rabbit. large as a deer, who could be
seen by the Indian people in the old
times. was head of this place and all
the little rabbits were his subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

a mixed blood who in 1922, invented
the Cherokee alphabet. raising this ma
ton to the status of literary people.
Al the height of their prosperity,
gold was discovered near the present
Dahlonega. Ga. within the limits
of the Cherokee Nation. and at once q
powerful agitation was begun for the
removal of the Indians. II was then,
after years of struggle that a large
part Of the Cherokee group was in
eYitahly forced out of this territory
and westward,
Even in the eastern group remaining
in North Carolina, there have been
persistent legends of gold mines which
have been hunted time and again IN
the Great Smokes. only TO have the
seekers never return. Up near Nanta-
hala. a high mountain with a beautiful
lookout, named fully Nundayeli, mean
ing place where cliffs shut out the
sun TIL noon" there are bits of loose
rock which may be picked up and