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ENLARGE
Mr. Henry, Altenbrand, President
of the Beta Fertilizer Company, a -rived
Tuesday from New: York and
will spend several days here and
and at (Beta. Mr. Altenbrand in
formed the Journal that the Beta
Fertilizer Company his machinery
on the road which will arrive in a;
short time and will installed at the
Company's plant at Beta.
The installation of this machin
ery will increase the daily capacity
of the factory to 75 tons.
The talc works of the company
will be opened up again at Beta in
a short time.
Mr. Lewis J. Henson has been
made manager of the Beta Fertilizer
Company and the Beta Talc Com
pany. Mr. Altenbrand also stated that
he will buy a farm somewhere in
V. lrtro1i-T -wf rl t7a rv ho iicaH in !
experimental and demonstration
work, for the Beta fertilizers.
IS. EUZABETH RABY
Mrs. Elizabeth Raby of Qualla
died at her home on the 9th inst.
Mrs. Raby was the sister of Mr.
B. H. Cathey of Sylva and -leaves a!
large circle of kindred and acquaint
ances in Jackson. She leaves a
considerable family amo ig whom
are Mrs. John Henderson of Glen
ville and Attorney Andrew D. Raby
of Eatonton, Ga.
A more extended notice will ap
pear in next week's Journal.
SPEEDWELL
The Jennette Lumber Co., is do
ing a large business at their plant
at Fall Cliff. They are putting from
8 to 12 thousand feet of lumber on
sticks every day.
The measles are still raging but
seem to be in milder form.
Lavada Fradv, wife of Richard
Frady, d ed near Speedwell a few
days ago. and was buried at Cullo
whee. Miss Pearl Ashe has returned
from Georgia.
Mr. S. B. M. Farmer, one of Qual
la's best farmers, visited Speedwell
last week, much to the delight of
the writer and his family.
The Cullowee High School is full
of students from all sections of the
country.
Z. V. Watson went to Hamburg
Saturday afternoon to see his aged
mother.
D. H. Pressley of Glenville was
on our streets a few days ago.
J. B. Farmer of Qualla spent
Monday night in Speedwell.
Frank Eishop moved to Speed
well some time ago.
Harley Peek says that love is an
abscess that forms in the mind and
bursts in the pocket book:
X.Y.Z.
WORK AT YELLOW HILL
Mr. C. A. Miller and Mr. J. A:
Smith of Waynesville have the con
tract for extensive work upon the
Cherokee Indian School at Yellow
Hill. The local men are doing, all
the plumbing, heating, tinning, and
electrical work there, and the job is
a good-sized one. The money for
work was made available by. Con
gress some time ago aril soon the
Indians will have a splendid' equip
ment at their school. A Hay wood
county man, Mr. James" Henderson,
is now the superintendent there.
Waynssville Courier.
PLANT
GULLpWHEPS
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There is being completed at - Cul
lowhee one of the best and most
convenient buildings for school pur
poses in tne State. ' ' .
The building is well conrtructed
of first class brick and concrete with
asbestos state roofiing. In the en-
tire structure, there is not a foot of
wasted or unutilized SDace. The
basement is to be used for physical
and chemical laboratories and for
baths for the students. The floors of
these rooms are concrete and the
rooms are well supplied with run
ning water making "them especially
adaptable to laboratory purposes
On the first filoor are two admin
istration offices and five well light-
ed and well ventilated recitation or
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The second floor has four class
the
rooms the same as those on
first and also has two society halls
with library rooms for each.
Even the attic is turned to a good
purpose, the whole of it being made
into Y. M. C. A. hall and lecture
course room.
The building as it stands com-
completed except for the plastering
and work of that character, has
cost the State $14000.
The building will be heated b ?
steam, but every, s.oom4 ia supplied
with an emergency flue to guard
against any mishap to the heating
plant.
The building is a credit to the
State and a monument to the busi
ness ability of those who have the
construction in charge. For we are
of the the opinion that m this build-
ing the state has realized more for j
the money invested than in any j
: A r
purpose.
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A 1 lIUuSiLliuiJu ULU 1 lUn
In it's report of the Counties com-
prising the Association The Greater
Western North Carolina Association
says of Jackson County:
"Jackson county, feeling the
throbs of the march of progress
that is evident throughout this en
tire section of Western North Caro
lina, has moved its capital to the
line of railroad, and erected at Sylva,
the new county seat, a magnificent
court house. Much money, has been
appropriated for the building of
roads at Cullowhee and other points;
a summer camp has been located at
Sylva to be known as Camp Jackson
for the education, and preparation
for college of young men from all
sections of the country, this camp
is under the direction of Prof. Jordan
H. Sandfordof Augusta, Ga. The
people of Jackson coutny are also
endeavoring to locate a summer law
college at Sylva. The citizens of
Sylva, Dillsboro and Cullowhee are
preparing to endeavor to entertain
a large, number of summer guests,
many (having' been turned away
from the county last season on acr
count of lack of accommodation.
STRAYS 3. SHEEP-4 Buck; 2
ewes; owner please call for same,
plying for keep and -this notice.
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SYLVA; N. la, JANUARY. 16 1914
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NEEDEittHlMNlY1
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; RecogingSueme import
ance of teachiiCfrmers' children
the science of jam life the Legis
lature has wisely - provided for the
establishment of Farm Life Schools
in the differentcounties.
;howeboshed. '
The county, township or a dis
trict Miust proyMe adequate build
ings and an annual fund of $2500.
00 for the ; mAntenance of the
school; the Stafe then duplicates
this amount, mdping $5000.00 for
the school :annuliV. Several coun
ties haye alreadE-iestablished such
! Schools., ; .
WHY NOTACKSON?
Here at Webstthe county owns
two spiended buMings, both built
of . the, best brickfahd both no longer
needed 'for countylpurposes.
TKo rA : n,TwL
xuc uiu cuunnouse is wen ar
ranged with amp rooms while the
' jail is a splendidibxick dwelling. If
piacea on tne market these build
ngs would go for let song.,
Why not utilizethem ;or such a
school? The school would be oper-
j ated in connection itU the State
0CI1001 aireaay operated nere.
Near by the county owns a fine
farm now conducted" in connection
with the county Some. There is
no reason why part of this farm
! could not be used by a Farm Life
school.
THE COURSE (f STUDY
In our present Stti Schools no
provision is made for teaching the
general subject of Agriculture and
j allied SUDjects. But not so in the
Farm Life School. But the science
of ecu ltry life constitutes the main
part of course of study. Such sub
jects as the soil, fertilizer, crops,
seed, fruit growing, stock raising ;
ana ieeaing, dairying, poultry rais-
ing etc. While the girls are taught !
cooking, housekeeping, and home !
making.
Such a school would revoluiton-
ize the county. These schools wiil
be little agricultural colleges doing i
' the Wrk f SUCb colleges on a sma11 1
but practical scale. On the farm :
the pupils do the actual work and
study at the same time. The real j
, and the theoretical go hand in hand, j
; These schools are to revolutionize
country life, Only thoroughly qual-: hundred and sixteen thousand child
ified teachers can operate the rfm ;n the nudlin snhools of Kansas
schools. These subjects of first im
portance have been neglected al-1
ready too long. Only five out of !
every one hundred High cho.l j
j pupils ever go to college but the
; course ol study is arranged to meet
the needs of this hve per cent
ratner tnan tne mneiy-nve per ceiu
who are to remain at home and
feed and clothe mankind. Scienti-
fic farming has renewed the great ; have inebriates. Twenty-nine coun"
possibilities of- country life and we tjes have not a single inmate of
are beginning to recognize the great their poor farms. Kansas is the rich
fact tt-at soil culture, feeding plants est State in the Union; its average
and animals to the best advant ge j wealth per capita is $1,700, Less
calls for the finest Skill of hand and
! head. But to use a familiar phrase,
what about this school for Jackson!
here in the very heart :pf the moun
tains where God has lavished his
gifts the finest section in the
world for fruit growing, dairying,
cattle raising and poultry keeping,
to say nothing of vegetables, corn
and grasses. The county could
make no investment that would
bring such large returns as a Farm
life School,' and the buildings are
ready. Why not establish one and
lead WestenrNorth Carolina agri
cultuy? uilv IChasH. UtleYIU
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MURDER TRIALS
IN HAYWO!
Trials will be held at the regular
term of Superior court, which con-
venes at Waynesville Monday, Jan.
19. John Waldroup, who last sum
mer, shot R. Fleet Smathers, a prom-
inent farmer of this place, will stand guests were entertained by selec
trial at the criminal session of the ; tions on the victrola. Among those
court and Jim Caldwell will face the I present were Mrs. A. R. Harris, Mrs.
court upon the " charge oi brutally j Geo. Miller, Misses Gertrude Wilson,
killing his wife and her uncle, As-; Inez Weaver, Bertha Mie Henson,
bury Moody, last fail.
Both the defendants, who will be
tried for murder, are well known !
here and great excitement was caus
ed at this place at the time the two
crimes were committed, because
numerous relatives of the victims
live in this community. It will be
recalled how Waldroup shot Mr.
Smathers following an argument
over a trival matter and a posse of
several hundred men spent the
night searching for him. On the day
following he was caught some dis
tance above Sunburst. Caldwell,
whose crime was said to be largely
the result of drinking, shot his wife
from whom he had been separated,
and later killed her uncle after Call-
ing him out of a house of worship.
A number of attorneys have been
employed in both these cases, but
it has not yet been announced just
what defense either prisoner will
make. Asheville Citizen.
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Mr. T. L. Marshall died on the
train monday night at Blacksburg
S. C. as he was returning to his home
in Florida.
"Mr. Marshall has been in this
city for the past six months for his
health he has had charge f the
pkorfo ;r Mr Arrc,oii
haa madp mnnv fHpnris Hnrin hi
,j.nv v,prp wun w;i rPdrpt verv miioh
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kt0 iearn 0f his death.
THt D 1EST DRY STATE.
A Kansas paper declaring that in
Kansas, the driest of the dry States,
prohibition is stronger now than at
any tjme jn ner history, gives the
following figures recently reported
Dy Attorney-General Dawson: Five
never saw an open saloon in the
gtate jyore tnaD one-half of the
COunty jails are empty. Sixty-five
0 the 105 counties of the State have
, no inmates of the State penal insti-
; tutions. Many counties have not
j had a jury try a case in ten years.
Eighty-seven connties nave no m-
sane. Fifty-four counties have no
feeble-minded. Ninety-six counties
than ten of 786 newspapers in the
State accept liquor advertisements,
one of them being in Atchison."
Bibical Recorder.
IMPORTANT!
Let every one in Sylva who will
keep summer boarders during the
season send in their names at once
to the Board of Trade. The town
Booklet is now being prepared and
tins is very important. .-r
ONTO
THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
TENTH GRADE
RECEPTION
Miss Alice Gray gave a reception
to the tenth grade of the Sylva High
School, .at her home Friday evening.
Numerous games and other plaes-
antries were indulged in and delici-
ous refreshments were served. The
Helen Cathey, Mary Willie Wells
Lena Ashe, Otelia Cathey Annie and
Mayme Long, and Messers, A. R.
Harris, G. T. Hampton, W. T. Broth
ers, M. Buchanan Jr. B. H' Cathey
Jr. Donald Cowan, and Dan Tomp
kins. WORKING 11SIDWALKS.
The Street Committee of the board
of Alderman, has been on the job
this week having the sidewalks of
the town, where they are not paved,
covered with cinders. This is quite
an improvement over the mud.
Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson
and son, Frank, were ir ylv?i Wed
nesday, returning to their xiome in
Glenville from Quallatown.
J. B Raby of Whittier R. F. D.
was m Sylva Wednesday. . , - '
W. A. Wilson of Glenville was in
Sylva Thursday. v V r
Milas Parker was in the city Tues
day from Cowarts.
Jas. R. Thomas was a business
visitor in Sylva Wednesday from
Waynesville.
Mrs. Graham Grindstaff of An
drews is spending a few days with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H.
Cathey.
John E. Tritt, was In town on
business yesterdry from EastLa
pjrte. Holmes Bryson's store at Dillsboro
will be closed January 21 because
of preparations for the big sale
which will begin January 22.
LOCALS
FOR FROST BITES AND CHAPPED
(SKIN.
For frost bitten ears, fingers and
toes; ciapped hands and lips, chil
blains, cold sores, red and rough
skins, there is nothing to equal
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Stops the
pain at once and heals quickly. Ia
every home there should bexa box
handy all the time. Best remedy
for all skin diseases, itching eczema,
tetter, piles etc. 25c. All Druggists
or by mail.
H, E. Bucklen Co. Philadelphia
or St. Louis.
WONDERFUL COUGH REMEDY.
Dr. King's New Discovery is
known everywhere as the remedy
which will surely stop a cough or
cold. D, P. Lawson of Edison. TeniL,
writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery
s the most wonderful cough, coldff
and throat-and lung medecine I
ever sold in my store. It can't be
beat It sells without any trouble 'y
at all. It needs no guarantee." This
is true, because Dr. King's New Dis
covery wiU relieve the most obsti
nate of coughs and colds. Lung'
trouble quickly helped by its use.
You should keep a bottle in the,
house at all times for all the mem-1
bers of the family. 50a and $1.0(L
All druggists or by mail. H. ET
Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or-Stv
Louis. - " ; n::) M'mm.
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