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RURALITE VoL 1 Sy!va, N. C., Tuesday June 29, 1926 No. 10 PROSPERITY OF SOUTH BREAKS ALL RECORDS IN HISTORY OF NATION Atlanta, Ga., June 25.—The south land is enjoying a degree of prosperi ty unsurpassed in previous years and the outlook for the rest of the year is ^ very favorable, according to M. B. Wellborn, Governor of the Federal re serve Bank of Atlanta. ^ A slight decline in building activi ty ties is noted but is not appreciable, Wellborn said. Crop conditions gen erally are favorable. "With all things taken into consid eration, everything points to a very prospehous year," he said. W. D. Hoffman, president of the Atlanta chamber of commerce, also was optimistic regarding the present and future prosperity of the south. "The montniy report of our bank clearings, car loadings and employ ment of labor justify the feeling that the south is in a very prosperous con dition and while there undoubtedly will be reduction in some lines during ^ the last half of the year, business generally appears to have a prosper ous future," he said. L 'The building construction for 1925 was above normal, due to the large ^ amount of work done in Florida and while 1926 will not reach the record of 1925 it will be a normal year due to the number of new industries and people who are establishing themsel ves as permanent residents of the South/' Building activities in 440 cities in the United States in February 1926, show a loss of 7 per cent in permits as compared with the same month the previous year points out Frederick T. Newell, secretary of the Industrial Bureau of the Atlanta chamber of commerce, while for the same period the 80 southern cities represented in a survey.taken show a gain of 20 per cent over last February. The remainder of the year promises continued prosperity for the south in the opinion of P. D. Houston, presi dent of the American National Bank of Nashville, Tenn. "Agriculture is one of the south's chief resources," said Houston, "and the crop outlook particularly in Ten nessee, is unusually bright at this time. The weather has been season able and price conditions are such as to encourage the farmers." L. Sevier, president of the Asso ciated Industries of Alabama, says: 'There is^ no basis for any pessimis tic forecasts for the remainder of 1926. The first part of the year has fulfilled all expectations." "I am very bullish on the general business outlook for the rest of this year," C. E. Fenner, head of the firm of Fenner and Beane, large southern brokerage firm, told the United Press at New Orleans. Florida is safely through her "boom" stage and is in a sound finan cial condition, according to state of ficials. The commissioner of agricul ture reports a 40 per cent increase in number of hogs with excellent prices in prospect. An electrical building program of $150,000,000 is under way and the chairman of the road depart ment says $14,000,000 is being spent this year on better roads. A conservative estimate of $25, 000,000 a month of building permits for residence and business houses is made by one state oihcial who adds that, "Florida and the south will be prosperous forever." MAKES PICTURES IN GREAT SMOKIES Mr. George Massa, oihcial photog rapher of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, passed through Sylva Thursday enroute to Bryson City, where he was joined by Mr. Horace Kephart of that place, going for a trip in the Great Smoky Mountains to make a series of pictures at the re quest of a larger number of periodi cals of the country, which will be used in advertising the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. They will also be used in booklets and folders. Mr. Massa is equipped for making all kinds of views. This will be of a great advantage to Sylva as it is the gateway to the National Park. REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE FOR CONGRESSIONAL RACE Captain Smathers, the Republican nominee for congress announces the appointment of Hon. Geo. M. Prit chard, of Asheville, as manager, and Mr. McKinley Edwards, of Bryson City, J. Ed. Kanipe of Asheville, and Mr. Walter Chamber of Marion as assistants. Captain Smathers is well known here, having visited here several times, and he also has a large num ber of relatives here, his mother be ing Miss Bumgarner before her mar riage to Mr. Smathers. ROAD WORK PROGRESSING * NICELY It is reported that the contractors who are hardsurfacing the Sylva-Bal sam portion of No. 10 have connected the concrete oh top of the Baisam Mountain at the Jackson - Haywood line, and that there remains but a 11 tle less than four miles of this road to be completed. The contractors who are pouring the road from Willets to Balsam be gan work at the mouth of WoodRn Creek and have completed that part of the road to the top of the mountain and that they will begin at Willets now and Rnish the retaining two miles just as soon as possible. Nance and Overstreet began work at Willets and have poured the con crete to Addie, and they haye some thing less than two miles to Rnish before they reach their camp at Fos ter Siding to which point the road is Rnished. It is said that if the weather is any thing like favorable this road will be opened about the Rrst of August. GRADING STREETS IN NEW DEVELOPMENT The Sylva Realty Company has a large force of men at work on their new subdivision just above town, grading streets and doing other work preparatory to placing this beautiful residential property on the market. They are offering ten dollars in gold for the one suggesting the best name for this subdivision. The selec tion will be made the Rrst of July. If you have not suggested your name yet you had better do so at once. Go and look the property over and then go to the Turkaseegee Bank and deposit the name in a box that has been prepared for the reception of the names, then on July thp Rrst the committee com posed of Billy Davis, Mrs. Ben N. Quern and Mrs. Carrie McKee will make the selection of the name. TO REBUILD LAKE CASHIERS Work was started on the dam of Lake Cashiers yesterday and a large force of men are at work rebuilding the dam that was washed out some time ago. The dam will be of concrete *and earth it is stated by Mr. Frank Cole one of the owners. This lake is right in Cashiers with in a few hundred feet of the high way and covers about forty acres of land. This is the property of Cole and Tate, and when the lake is finish ed it will be sub-divided and placed on the market as resident property. It is understood that it will be sold at -auction, the date to be named later. This property is well situated for resident purposes and is in the heart of Cashiers Valley, one of the most beautiful sections in all western North Carolina. And when the roads are all finished Cashiers Valley is destin ed to become the most famous play grounds of the mountains. REVIVAL SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH R^v. J. B. Grice, pastor of Calvary church, West Asheville, is assisting the local pastor, Rev. T. F. Deitz in a series of evangelistic services at the First Baptist church of this place. Mr. Grice is a earnest preacher, and the services are well attended. Everybody is invited to attend these services. WORK ON HOTEL COMPLETED The work of adding another story to the New Jackson Hotel is just about completed, and the rooms are now ready for guests. The Print Shop is now preparing a neat little folder, which the manage ment will send out all over the coun - try advertising the New Jackson Ho tel and Jackson county. Mr. J. W. Doggett of Shelby, Mr. C. P. Wilkins and son of the C. P. Wilkins Realty Co. of Brevard were here Thursday and Friday. INCREASES OUTPUT OF ICE PLANT The Tuckaseegee Ice Company has just completed an addition to their plant at Dillsboro, which will enable that enterprising organization to give their customers much better service, in fact it will enable them to treble their service. This addition increases their output three times. The original machinery enabled them to turn out Ave tons, but the new machinery just installed enables them to turn out 15 tons per day, says Mr. Jarrett, the manager. Mr. Jarrett says that they are pre paring to have a large cold storage plant in connection with theid ice plant, which is not yet completed but will be in operation before many months. , WORK BEING PUSHED ON GLENVILLE SCHOOL BUILDING Work on the CHenville Central High school is progressing rapidly, and it will only be a few days until the work of laying the brick will begin. This building is to be of modern construc tion and is to have ten rooms. It is to be one story; AUCTION SALE JULY 2 The auction sale of the Tuckasee gee Garage property on Main street and ten acres of iand on the Love farm known as "Oak Grove Park," will be sold Fr day, July 2nd, by the National Realty and Auction Compa ny of Greensboro. Mr. O. V. Cagle, of Cullowhee, is the local representative, and he was very busy last week putting out the advertising matter. , WARREN RE-APPOINTED POST MASTER Word has been received here that W. D. Warren has been re-appointed post master for another four year term. This appointment was made some few days ago by President Coolidge and confirmed by the Senate the first of this week. Mr. Warren was appointed post master four years ago to succeed Mr. H. R. Hastings. RAIN STOPS AUCTION SALE The auction sale conducted by the Home Auction and Realty Company of Franklin held last Tuesday was a success as far as it went, but was called off on account of rain. It is an nounced by the management that they will finish selling the remainder of the lots in the near future. Misses Elizabeth Daniels, Harriette Wilson, Annie Jo Hooper, Messrs. Theodore Dills, Overstreet and Ol n \ ' ' ns were visitors in Bryson City Sunday.
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