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PURPOSE ;W1l0IEmiSSSl?i' JOHN
OF THE FARM U1E SEHOBL BY -HON
J. Y. JCYNER,' STATE SUPT. OE ' ;
PUBUC54OTtlI0N. - ;-
ITEe dok of the'?sch(4Sv11I "be -as
in nioneyandfnthaCthe will
bring ' thrqugH theApassing yars. If
n;sno . . 4 we ban bubsf art them now and set
Tn thiif and other ways sueh : a them at their everlasting work, the
wmildhndeed prove a. cQntinualattleVm be won, :or the people,
dynamo of agricultural4 interestSid 1 seeing and enjoy in j their beneficen
oVr;.iif instruction and inspiration, f wrirlt: will h mnrp. nhlft and more
Through it the . larger1, agencies -of J willing togivi tkeirmaintrakfoce
ttie A. and M, College the State jand enfargernt as-the yearsg'oby
Department of Agriculture, and .the , , - '
nrntf Airicuiture 1 These schodl become an organ-
the
!0uld operate niojrel effecti
' successf uUVi andfii
ed by these -Warier agencies' rcould
be husbanded applied : P.ef mav
nentiy contimiecLf The work pf the
school could, be correk witK; the
ollee. and many a iboy and ; girl
1?5H0T,
BRU
not be accomplished without con-
"Hcert of flptinn 'an? a "t,;c
RY?: IflF ? 7 ATiH jlRV H Let every Progressive man put his
never to relax in diligence. Let no
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'. ; -- ' va w icmx in amgence. L,et no
UlTT 8t citizen try io shift to individual
Hdiand Honrniy school house responsibility upon the other' man.
" " ,r-T-p- ."'s"1- tvery good citizen in Svlva and
John Brown. W snot and-probably I in Jackson is needed . Boflp.
of Trade to accomplish the work in
hand. The Board also needs the un-
fatally wounde r by: J oe Zachary.
; From the meagrelnformation re
ceived it seems;tbt Brawn, Zach-
arv and
; is- v ' . ivuinuug cuuiusictsm 01 every
some, .other, vounfi men mDmKn, j m,. .
. " , tuiiiiik irr i hi huhi'i in uui iiiii no rm
FACULTY NAMED FOR
THE SUMMER CAMP
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FLANS OF THH CAMP OUTLINED IN THE
AUfiUSTA CHRONICLE EDUCATORS
ARE PROMINENT.
v.-. ; - J' JT'-i: , -w.x ui uiuj uicciiug- iuc urn
were Tiding along ahe road, when
Brown missed ms, pocket book con- i ThP RhmH
tainmg somethingjoyer an hundred jseif on record as f woring all moral
some one 01 rP.fnrm0 oh Koi,;
and makeit easier to secure
means and the interest for the suc-
cessfullihaintenahce of the entire
system, v - : ;
... County Schools ofihis sort are in
would bfe inspired by the trste of ; successful bper ,ti6n in many States
better nTplri y'faA the
at the larger fountain ever flowing most: successTul yarjE?- those in the
in copious: streams in thelrcoile s
and t6 prepare themsetes pec-. thW provided for in this
ial leadership. -'.n'-.cvvf v f ' T . f , , .
o- .u . K..t ,.w Wm . act for North Carolina.- About ten
county trmning school for the :ranH years ago they beton w.th one such ried ZacUary is about the
and file of the rural school teafihenS; : . ae and has a, wif 'Both
in agricultural as . weU as literary oUilud conditions in the coun- ig !aidj ha(J beediillkica.
subjects. The head of the agricul- try as they existed. Dusiea useii Th physicians;;haVe little hope
tural department of such a school with tne prac ucai eyeryaay- proo
wouldbe made the supervisor lf tass i farm life and
.,.;,,hi Snotminn : in 11 the work and with finding pracucal
public schools of the county, and in and and more profitable ways, of
Muh thP m'intv Winer- doing these. It had to win its way
dollars. He
the crowd of having stolen it and
wanted to search ithe membt rs of
the crowdr Tm
and some . words; fpllowed when
Zachary drew'i tos' gun and shot
Brown twice, the Airst shot" glancing
his head and the; second entering
his jaw, rahginidOwnWard and
severing his windpipe lodging in
his right lunger? '
Zachary made ; his escape, and !
has not yet been apprehended.
Brown As the s?nfof Julius Brown
and is 23 years of age and unmar-
same
men. it
officials in carrying forward all judi
cious and needed improvement for
the town.
Let no citizen consider his person
al interest as paramount to the
general interest of the town but let
the whole .people come together and
do what they conceive to be for the
best interest of the town. The Boord
of Trade invites every citizen of
Sylva and Jackson County and oth;
ers who are interested in tne growth
of Sylya to become a member of
the Board. - '
W. H. Rhodes .
MEETS THE 22N
of Brown's recoyeri; ; ; t
Later reports-. J ae ' to the effect Bryson City, N. C, Feb. 2, 1914.
that Brown dieMiesday night Jackson County Journal: A meet-
from the effects?6fmis wounds.: ling of the progiam committee' of
Every effort ising made by the the W- -N. C. Bible Conference is
.1? rwStinTi with thft r'.nhntv fsiiner- noing
intendeht, tJiroUghV Hstructioh: of : flowly. 1 he farmers of the county igff s gts;t0 app re - h2reby called to meet in the Bai
.i, nnfu.roo,horc ,in thA mAPHnd m which it was located had to be it, . -Xx&m ci
IJUC WLliicjr ivuyuviu --p , . ! 11611 U lUC SldY Cl mill It .! KlCicUiy
if their county teachers' association.: convmceaoi vame ana necessi-, -
nanas
i The following clipping from J the
Augusta Chronicle containing infor
mation concerning the complete fac
ulty which will be in charge of Camp
Jackson, wi be read with interest
in Western Carolina:
"Superintendent Lawtor Bx Evans
of the public school system of Au
gusta; Professors Jordan H. Sanford,
J. T. Spears, W. D. Sanford, of this
city, and Prof. C. H. Bruce, superin
tendent of the public school system
of Macon Ga., and a former AuiSns-
tan, have organized into a board of
directors for the purpose of opening
a summer camp-school for boys in
the mountains of North Carolina, the
Land of the Sky.
The summer school is to be lo
cated at Sylva, N. C, and is to be
open for those boys between the ages
of 10 to 20 years who have condit
ions hanging over them from their
last year's term, as well as ambiti
ous students. It is also to aid young
men who feel that they need furth-
.. .
er information long the linfc -of their
Study. The opening day of the sch3ol
.will be July 1st and it will close
August 26th, thereby giving the
scholar almost two full months of
study, together with an invaluable
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rfh Wlirtmn of thA .honls ' by results obtained, by the prac-
fmm tiniW'to time: could aid in nVed from its w5fk. ' T
frrm . tim" th fimP? COillCl aiQ in
seating a farm-life atmosphere in As the farmers ot the county in
the rural schools, and in bringing which it was located saw and felt
into them such simple elementary J the uplifting and transforming pow
instructions in agriculture as would er of its-work in their homes and
w T,roto nd : P.ffentivelon their farms, they rallied enthus-
through , intelligent and interested ; lastically to its support, and it be-
kliort-
A DELIGHTFUL
OCCASION
tist church' in Sylva on Sunday amount of training in the way ; of
oi tne auiuoruies. u.wiuuu a i p. in. uxc uuiuuac ,ui aiauiiBt ineocuwi ,wiii,.ue iiuuvvu cur-, .
vy liin vyiu wiivcxic wo Tuii)i via . yj,.j uesires io uecoiue u leaueru auuci?-:; ",: u f ;
next August. ; . ics or his studies, these two months
The arrangement of program and work while his comrades are taking
! the engagement of speakers will be their vacations, will put him in the
i the important feature of this meet- best of athletic as well as mental
-v o ! ing. Let every committeman be conditions, andlie will be enabled to
pany of invited guests assembled at j Present and any others who are in- ie,d the class from the beginning of
teachers under intelligehthstruc- ame their pad Farmers of other j pany of nvned guests assembled at , Let ,ook forwald next gcnolastic year;
ttu,ni,i h,. nitnrfPthpr nos- counties began to take notice of its : tne nome ouuage u. u. vie io;
tion. It would be altogether pos
sible and practicable for successful j
work in agriculture, cooking sew-
successful work, and some of the
more intelligent of them began to
v , ., i .1 : , o! demand a similar school and to
me, anaotnernouseKwepmgsuujcwi.D , h .
u -. o,.;o; lwork for it. There arc now twenty- Misses Kathleen Conroy and Annie
. i . cmmn Af thfioa 'cnhnnlo in iifForont ! 5?innnsnn- drafifiill v Attended to the
of the teachers of the county farm- tA" wxu , r V ' 7
. . ootinno nf th Qtate of Wicnnnoin ! WlshftS of the lieStS. While the i
. , x,. k;o rfi,r ! Plan for a great Bible Conference m
do honor to him upon his eighty-; 7 -
eight birthday. A beautiful dinner
w?s served. It was greatly enjoyed,
August
T. F. DEITZ, General Manager.
life school on a smaller scale in
other high schools of the county,
and perhaps in a number of the
other public schools, especially in
the local-tax schools with two or
more teachers. 1 f ; !, -
The whole lump would finally be
leavened. Intelligence . would de
mand and more money, would com
mand for country life, . good roads,
ood schools, good churches good
vehicles, and the thousand of com-
SAPtinna nf thf Stnt nf Wisnnnsin ! Wishes of the lieStS. While the
WW WJhWAAW V. -A A - w w A. I A WA - - - '
They form the most effective means "Judge" and Mrs. Davies and other
for disseminating among the masses members of the family were charm
ofy the people a knowledge of farm-j ing hosts.
ing and farm lite, that has been ' At the close of the meal, a pretty
worth already millions of dollars in cake was placed before the "Judge."
IRE
DESTROYS
HI
ME
Upon the cake were burning bright
ly eight candles in an outer circle
and in an inner circle eight shorter
candles, while 'the number 88 was
dnnft aftractiveiv in large whits
figures on the top of the cake. The
Davis, a distance of about three
milp Hps nntir.ed the
Judge-cut the cake like a young j fl andby the time he reached
increased products on account of
their improved quality; and Wis
consin has been transformed into
one of the leading agricultural
States of this country, though her
natural advantages of soil and cli-
VCU1UCO, auu 1-u.w muuuu w .ww. . . - -
, ii .. u-iJ mate do not compare with those of
lorts ana conveniences iimu uicdiv f ;, : ... ..... iA'n i,fi flnH wit
. . itZ.'kiifA ! iNortn uaronna. wnat xnese scnoois udvaua aium x,uk,x,
up the f" tf it he 'have been worth in the transform- ty remarks of the guests.
V f Ss?mS bvi "tion of the life in the farm homes, Professor Abernethy was asked to
without "JW through the knowledge and training acta's toast-master and several glow
training the chddren to find and in tributes were paid to " the char
make -J.ltiieseKhods, cannot be me tarter of him in whose honor the
treasures God has hidden ; in soil 1 c ' 1 u 1 H:nnpr wfl! dWen
A oUm in root anH tre in iAA J yw,. xxxwow wwxxwwxw, -
plant and air and cloud, .would fte.j therefre ar? j10 lon8er
country life be-transformed into the' ment; bu' a demonstrated success
ideal life, . and country men and
Forty; thousand farmers, through
the farmers' unions of the State,
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asked lor tnese scnooi, inaorsea tins of Judge-8 immediate family.
act, ana mrou& wOmimiiwww ui iuc
State Farmers! Union earnestly pre
sented ' to the General Assembly
"The camp will be located in a
picturesque little valley amid the
mountains, where trout abound in
the numberless streams and brooks
that purl and croon their ways to
the lowlands beneath. Supports aqua
tip and otherwise can be enioved to
Tuesday night the 3 of Feb. the hpnrts rnntftnf PS therft ia an
home of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb. Cook of excellent track for field . sports as
Beta was aestroyea py nte. well as SDaci0us ponds of the clear-
Mrs. Cook was spending the nignt t f crystai water in abundance.
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with hpr father ana motner.Mr. ana
Mrs.. W. V. Davis, and7 Mr. (
oassed the house about 11 o'clock Llirp flnH frp.e. as invigorating ex-
that night and it was all right but hUerating and animates the boys
oeiorene got 10 uie uume ui ,m with a gnint fit for both study ana
sport. After all the study periods
will be short, but to the pointy and
it will be like taking two months'
vacation in the mountains instead
of at the seashore or some other'
not riiww T oif
ylalfV xxv 1. utui wv ""o"v w.. .w
thA.. house it was to late to save
inthing in t-ae house.
. The oragin of the fire is
known, as there had not been any finest material for professors y in ,
of them at nome since eauy uiai athietics as weu as m study WUL De
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morning.
women enter into the inheritance
prepared from thev; beginning for
thein--a healthful UfSl of;ireedom,
fullness, sweetness, pf ace and beau
ty. Then y;ill men desire itimore;
seek it mSrerand live it more T con-
Those present were, Professor and
Mrs. ReyholdSi Professor and Mrs
Abernethy, Professor H; B. Jones,
Professor Dean, Mrs, ; Brinson, Miss
Young, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Mr. and
Mrs: Conrby, Misses - Conroy, Miss
1ECEPTI0N TO
HARRISON,
engaged, as the faculty of the school
and sports and athietics of all kinds
will be a feature of the summer
school. -
Tfofessor Jordan H. - Sanford
known and admired by all who know.
v"- T'' mi-'
t I
n ' tt him, will be the head of the .-faculty; -fi
President Fairfrx Harrison of the . Ah -t- Thereniitation:
it. . 1 mmm. mv awba m w - w - , 4. o . -
-Simpson. Mr, Hall 3nd the members 1 Southern Railway Company will be profess6t Sanford has made this 5,
the guest, ot the .Greater; western
SYLVA BOARD OF TRADE
Some will say that thepictiire is- their request lor its i enactmeiit.l
overdrawn Not so. j vlt but inade
quately portrays .wlat we have air
The teachers and county "superin-
ready seen the beginning of in other ithe State by reutiohs . and corn-
favored portions of our. owri land:
Only through the portals of such! a
A hurnber of the citizens of Sylva
believing that the time and the op-.
portunityV has come for; making
North'Carolina Association and the
several Boards of trade of this' sec
tion, at a meeting to be held in' the
city of. Asheville on Monday ' Feb;
ruary.23 at 3:30 p. m. f " ;
Later in the "evenings a banquet
will be givtn by the association at
which tM-people will be given an
opportunity, to meet Mr., Harrison,
ittPPUf the North Carolina Teach-" Sylva a splendid town have ;organ-
A0AmMv'anvi Wi theState As-Mzed a Board of Trade In order ,to
school as we have endeavored V to sociatiorfof qounty Superintendents, e iect this oojei. - inese uuztuu manyof people asis possible
describe can our own ; country boVsi unanimously . asKeaioruiese suiwu. uavc imr r areurged to he present.
:..! -v... : ,d..7:.... . ...-1.. .r: Kill : ;nrtffraqtap wiva 'i ni nnwpvpr riii ;
ana girls enter
c'ty in both the line, of sports and
a cademic studies will assure mm or
a large number of pupils during the-
summer at his new summer schooLr
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Floyd Bryson v and sister Miss;
Mi m 2 of Franklin are tne guests of
Mrs. Theo. Buchanan of this city. " ,
" The Eastern Star, of Sylva, enter- f
tained Mrs.' Geo: Bidwell of Frank- -lin;
N.C. Grand Worthy Mati-on, of
the western district' i of the rterrt
u our own country Doysfunammousiy.aaivwvi www-v, - . . f are.urgeu iu dc y?cuu - V j Qtaf r ' ,
iter into andpossess this land urged the passage of the'bill iinggreater Sylva. ms. however can j. ( , .. ; ?- J Star' , v.. .v;,