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Recreation M Centers for; Jackson €onnty One of the greatest misfortunes of rural communities at present is the movement of its young people to the cities. It is not so ^nuch the number of people on the farnjs that deter mines the value of the rural communi ties as it is the quality of those who are left. It is a deplorable condition when the intelligent, ambitious, and progressive boys and girls no longer remain in the rural communities but ' dock to the cities. Why do the young people leave the farm and go to the city? Perhaps one of the most discouraging things to young people in rural communities is the lack of amusement. When rural communities do not attempt to give the boy and girl the amusement he craves there is no doubt as to the result. We are no longer living in the age of our grandparents. The old ideas, which have long been the standard, have shown to us their deficiency in maintaining the ideals of a communi ty. The old is rapidly passing out and the new is taking its place. It is a serious problem to tear down the old order of things unless we are able to build a new one that will surpass it in efficiency. Play is an instinct of childhood. It is necessary to the development of the child morally, spiritually, and physic ally. Rural people have long been tied down to the idea that play is a non essential part of the child's life. They think it unnecessary to have play di i ected. It is true the child on the farm has enough physical work but it does not answer the purpose of de veloping his physical powers co-or dinately. Some parts of the body are overdeveloped while others are left unused. Play is a necessary activity of the child but it can be of harm if not di rected in the right way. Well or ganized play is the best way in which Lo develop the physical possibilities 01 any child. Good and wholesome re creation will do much to keep the boy and girl on the farm. Most cities ha\e seen that well directed play is essential for the proper development of its future citizens. Are not the fu ture citizens just as deserving of such opportunities and possibilities? Grant ing this to b^True how is such a thing possible in Jackson counv? Jackson county has a wonderful op portunity of organizing recreational centers for the children. The group centei schools with their playground / facilities make this possible. Equip menc is not such an expensive item— most of it can be made by the schools with a little . aid from the clubs and other civic organizations of the community. the boys and girls would enjoy the hours at these centers and it would aiiord a large amount of training they otherwise would not get. The grounds should of course be in charge of some one who is experienced in a^ervising play. When the parents once see the ef fect of well directed play on their children, they will be more anxious about thje playground. There is no place where the group spirit is better developed than in play. If well direct ed, play will build up a strong team spirit. It requires co-operation. All children are on the same level when in a good game. His ability, not his name, will determine his standing. If this proposition is taken up with the county board of education and ex plained the members will no doubt be willing to try it at least. The school trucks could be used to transfer the children. If once started it will soon become the most attractive part of the community life. There are a few school districts which cannot be reached by the group center schools all of the time but if we cannot give all the opportunity why not do as much as we can? There should be some competition between the recreational centers. There should be prizes and banners for attendance anct improvement. At the end of the summer there might be a held day in which all of the children from the different centers take part. The different organizations of the county would be glad to aid in giving awards. HORACE FRANCIS, Education 1S5. Cullowhee Normal School. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of the power and author ity conferred upon the undersigned, E. P. Stillwell, by a certain deed in trust, executed by Jim McMahan to E. P. Stillwell, Trustee, on the 16th day of October, 1920; said deed in trust being recorded in the oiHce of Register of Deeds for Jackson County, N. C., in Book No. 81 at page 182 et seq., reference to which is hereby had; and default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness therein secured, and the same bemg lost past due and unpaid, and demand having been made y on thV undersigned Trustee by th^owney and holder of said note or indebtedness therein se cured by the said djeed in trust, that the undersigned now execute the power of sale contained in said deed in trust: \ /\ 91, E. P. Stilh^ey,t Trustee, will, on Saturday, May 29, 1926, at 11 o'clock, A. M. in front of the Court House boor in the Town of Sylva, N. C., of fer for sale, at public out-cry for cash, to the highest bidder the following de scribed tract or parcel of land, lying and being in D llsboro Township, Jack son County, N. C. BEGINNING at a locust 14 feet to the right of Hall Rock, a line agreed upon between Mitchell Sutton and David McMahan and runs North wardly with a conditional line to a small chestnut oak on the point of the Humphrey Cove Ridge; thence a West course up a ridge a conditional line to a chestnut; thence a condition al line a North course to a chestnut on the Main Mountain that divides McTown and Laurel Branch; trencc up said Mountain a South course to the South boundary line of the W. H. Higdon and Buchanan tract; thence with that Lne to Thomas McMahan's beginning corner at a chestnut, with chestnut oak pointers in the South boundary line of the Buchanan and Higdon tracts; thence S. 55 E 84 poles to the BEGINNING, containing 15 acres more or less. This April 28, 1926. E. P. STILLWELL, Trustee. QUEEN IN RACE FOR COMMIS SIONER I wish to announce my ""candidacy for the office of Commissioner of Pub lic Welfare, subject to the Democrat Primary. If my past t^o^egfsser vice as commissioner^ms pleased you I ask your support in this June pri mary. BEN N. QUEEN. I am a candidate for the office of Road Commissioner, subjepf to the Democratic primaries to be held in June. / / I wish to l#tuik/fhe people for the confidence theywfave had in me in the past and promise if nominated and elected to look after the interests of Jackson County to the best of my ability. Yours truly, J. C. Allman. FOR SHERIFF I take this method of announcing myself as a candidate for the office of Sheriff, of Jackson county, subject to the will of the Democratic party^ in the primary. My jmomis^T^ if nomi nated and electedfj^o^o all I can to enforce the law. C. C. MASON, Dillsboro. ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby take this manner of plac ing my name before the democratic voters of Jackson County as a can didate for the ofuce of Chairman of the Board of Education—or Commis sioner of Educational—subject to their will in the June Primaries. Your support will be highly appre ciated and if I am nominated and elected I will endeavor to All the of zee and to serve all the people to the very best of my ability, I will be in position to devote my time and attention ijo t%e work of this oRice, and to my tuition in regard to the affairs of yie country I wish to say that I am im favor of a reason able amount of progress but on the other hand taxes have reached the point where they are burdensome, and I stand for a strict economy program with the view of getting 100% value for every dollar of\ tax money expended. G. T. COOPER. For Sheriff I hereby announce nlyseif a candidate for, Sheriff for Jackson Couptty/subject to the action of the Democratic Fatty in the primary. N. DON DAVfS I am a candidate for the ofRce^ef Finance Commissioner, subjectJ%)the Democratic primaries to hg<held in June. * / I wish to thankAhp"peopIe for the confidence they h/y/had in me in the past and promi^f if nominated and elected, to look after the interests of Jackson County to the best of my ability j Yours truly, J. M. Watson. HOW MUCH DAMAGE WROUGHT . BY THE FOREST FIRES 1 If somebody should carelessly or otherwise let fire burn up the average *d welling house and barn of a Jackson county farmer we would say the loss amounted to four or five thousand ' dollars. Surely we do not often real ize the fact that when we carelessly ^ ^ or otherwise allow fire to burn over fifty acres of average woodland the farmer or his children are damaged equally as much as if his house and barn had burned. . / Most of us say Oh! well it's not half as awful to have the fifty ac/Js of woods burn as it is to lose t$ie house and barn. But that's just a^ superstitious idea we have, and as soon as we open our eyes to the fact that dollars are dollars whether in woodland or in barns or houses we will be more willing to stop careless ness with outdoor fires and stop being contented to see a neighbor's woods burn without joining to fight the for *est fire as same as if his house was burning. Do you know the fire not only de stroys practically all young timber but stunts the growing timber three fourths for 15 years after the fire. TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY At the urgent solicitations of many ^ of the good citizens of the county I have decided to oifer myself as^a can date for Judge of t^*"R&corders^ Court of Jackson County, subject to the action of tjCe D%^ocratic Primary June 5th. / Your vote apuy support I assure you will be appreciated. If nominated and elected I will ^endeavor to act as a just and upidght judge and do my duty at all Inmes to the best of my ability and to demean myself as be comes an upright lawyer and judge. I wish to thank my loyal friends for the support they have given me in the past, and with assurances of my appreciation for their future suppoit, I am Very respectfully ^ JOSEPH J. HOOKER. ENTRY NO. 6163 NORTH CAROLINA, JACKSON COUNTY. I, Dr. A. S. Nichols, do hereby en ter and claim 30 acres of land, more or less lyinjy in Canada Township,^] Jackson County, North Carolina, ad joining the lands of Roscoe Calloway and others and bounded as follows: Begins on a Hickory, Roscop^Gallo way's and Milford Galiow^^s coiner and runs S. 20 E. 134 po%s to a stake in County line; thence with county line N. 36 E. 3^ polp^to a White Oak.^ J. E. Norton's/coyner; thence with J. E. Norton's lme N. 2 E. 83 poles to a white oaJ%f thence N. 45 W. 68/ poles to a White Oak; thence N. 2 E.^ 34 poles to a stake in W. H. Smith's line; thence with Smith's line a west course 22 poles to Milford Galloway's line to a stake; thence with his line S. 14 W. 38% poles to the beginning, containing 30 acres, more or less. J))j Entered this 8th day of April, 1926. DR. A. S. NICHOLS, Claimant. Approved: Raymond R. N.cho^sjn, Ex-OfRcio Entry Taker.
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