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Mr Snyder, is Opposed.
Dillsboro, N. C.7: ApriL 6; 1914.;,
Editor; Jackson County Journal:
I hope you will: allow me; space .in
your paper" to" express myself ' to
:he peopled generally, and . the
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armers especially, relative , to tneKhat tU fnwnsh:n . , lirY "
stablishmeht ;of.a Farm-Life School
at Webster. .It appears that , this
proposition is, the alii absorbing top
ic of the day and will be until the
voters niake theif final decision in
the matter. --'Y:l 1 . '
Having been a farmer during my
entire lifeI'amr:ire'hat:Inave as
sincere interest in seeing trie coun
ty, generally, advanced along this
line as any one, I stand, and have
always : stood, for advancement
along educational lines,- of whatever
nature, acd' l " do not -believe
there is a man in the county today
who has ever extended a more wil
ling hand- towards 2 the elevation
and advancement of our citizenship
than I have. I stand for education,
and always expect to, in the right
way and manner, but I do not, nor
can ever, sanction such a move as
is now on foot to fleece the REAL
FARMERS of the county 6ut oi
their hard earned savings and pres-
tige by those who know no; more
about farming tiian- a mere child
would know about running a loco
motive engine. ;Thb;men who are
agitating this move s are. good . T citi
zens, men' in whom everybody base
-the greatest' confidence, but they
are just simply on 'the wrong track.
-,In fact, they are not
The advocates of-thisr great in-land suppose the farmef&' "of the
stitution of learning, say that ve' county were to establish a law
shouid get out of the habit of going ' school at Webster. HowYmany
to mill with corn in one end and- a young men do you suppose would
? rock. in the other end of the sack.
In this, my friends, you.5 are rignt,
but let us be careful, that we don't
trr ' the devil for a witch, and 011
our return from the mill . find that
v have a lawyer in oneend and a
b. . I teacher in the other end of
the ck. This, I am; sure, would
be a bad piece of business, and I
for one, had rather have half a loaf
than no loaf at all, . , -
it's the men who have made a
success in any iine'of; business that
we are prone to follow, and , make
criterion of, and as I -think of sucn
men as Davie Rogers, Jno. L. Fer
guson, Lambert Hooper, Joseph and
Henry Halcomb, D. JJ.'Owen Peter
Wilkes; Jack-Wike, DYD,. Davies,
Jim Worley and scores of f others
that it is not necessary to mention
I stop and wonder what kind of im
provement these 0 Farm-Life school
people propose to make with their
work, Theiind of farming r I was
raised to do, and have . been doing
all these years if I could only get
my own boys " to do,,-1 would be
satisfied. But, on the :other hand,
suppose my boy, or , your boy i has
no inclination to! the ;farih; will fore
ing him to it helpmatters?'Certam:
ly it wllLnot, but on theothes hand
he would he an absolute failure no
matter wh at kinds of inducements
were offered him t , .
Men who leud others in' any pur
suit of life should themselves be
a succes in that particular; line. ; In
order to let you draw your own con
elusion, my; . farmer friend; I: will
, ask! you to run pyerthe lisijof 1 the
men who Vare'Y working ; for this
GREAT EDUCATIONAL CAUSE
and see how many-of them : are :
success in tha art of . farming NOT
ONEl But on the other Y hand
there is not a man in , the 1 whole
crowd whom you would trust to do
your, farming. ; And if you your-
TEW ISSUE
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"At the meeting of the Gommissibn-
ers Monday:a petition of the i Web-
ster citizens was resented asking
that!, th6 townshipbe placed - under
the provisionof the Sylva-DiUsboro
and Cullowhee road ;law. The Com
missioners granted: the petition and
the following men are ro'ad trustees
of Webster1 townships A1W. Davis,
Abe Moore ' J. ' Al Stillweli, Law-ex-ence'Oowan,
Coleman Cagle, T. B.
Cowan and ColmanC. Cowan, The
authority of the law;gives , the trus
tees the right of issuing bonds for
the purpose of buildhg roads in the
township It is understood that this
will be done and Webster township
will have asysteni of well: graded
and constructed roads.
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James R. Love, well known in
Sylva died at his home in Athens
Tenn., Saturday. Mr. Love was a
native'of Jackson bounty and ' had
a numberof friends and relatives
here. ''
' About two years ago he moved to
East Tennessee hoping to regain his
lost health. - C-
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He leaves a widow: who resides at
Athens. T Y :
self would not trust him, then why
rpply for instruction? It seems to
me that the same principle would
apply here as elsewhere. v
To show you, my ' friends, that
this movement will not accomplish
the purpose for which it is intended,
I have only to refer you to the class
of men who are advocating it. Why
is it that the leading farmers of the
county are not insisting upon its
establishment?., I-f.wiU answefthis
myself. Because in their work, they
jeel that they are gradually
by much thought; reading different
agricultural papers, and hard Jabor,
getting the art of farming up to that
'degree - of perfection, where, when
they shall have passed to the. Great
Bey 9nd, they can transfer the work
to the hpulders of those who have
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aoorea wun mem, wno win mem-
selves, go on from year to year
making such improvements as to
them appear the best suited for the
particular . cirquinstanc
which ihey aieY MrmihgY- My
friends, T believe in, education; but
it takes 'something ' more this to
make a farmer. : Teachers are all
right in any pursuit : of life," but
practical experience that greatest
of all tochers;; isn bssenri
success as immersiop- is tbaptisin,
and you all knd how I ; stand on
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t! It-has been said iby J many V that'
the 'whole hsiriesslYiromltopt
bottom was only a political machine I
but thisrLdo nfoKemeia
believe. ; The men who are advo
cating this cause areV and-" have
beenractuated bgncCTeJ motives
it makeVno" difTeencwh
political, .opmiblasjga
sure .that. efatogdS
cbuiity, generaliyvadyance alon
agricultural : luies,! g bup heyj:fare
just simply mistaken
life schobr being Uie -means; : by
WEI
on a track . at ; will you place your boy or .girl un-
SYLVA;CDLLEGIATE : i
llSTlTUTiiNTESTS
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, ' ;T wo interestmg-f eatuf es lately " iri
Sylva yere therdeclaniatioh bontest
and the recitation -t contest " at ,the
Sylva olIegiate.Iflstitute, "7 ? . -Y'The
young men acquitted them
selves wellRoscoe'Farris was - win
ner. . vy'V- . y
The young ladies acquitted, them
selves' equally wel); liss Mde Har
wood was winner. -
tThe alnounjToHabor done by the
faculty ,:in, driTlfng' these students
certrainly.speakswell for them.
Heretofore Ab;6ep;pMiller has
done most of-tlieilling for con
tests and entertainments, r and I
understand, has, acted in this role
again, showing herself noiess effici
ent than at other' times," She also
does a great .deal of the same ;kind
of work at the Sylva High School.
She also teaches rnusie at both
schools; seems; to have the capacity
for doing an enormous amount, of
work exceptionally , well.
In fact, j udging J)y the . exercises,
Prof Ingiam anH tlie entire faculty
deserve high commendation. A
worthy principal " and a worthy
faculty. : YY
J. J. Gray
which held its'sess6n'at the Audi
torium here was a pronounced suc
cess arid showed that the efficient
president, Holmes Bryson and . sec-
retary John Kg Jones with the pro-
gram coTiTilto have been doing
SftrilP vniiVKiiio Mim wnrbnrf
he Go ivYtf cy: was lardelv at-
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tend ed the auditorium being well
filled all day "and about ten Sunday
Schools of the County beirlg repres
ented. The crowd was agreeably surpris
ed in haying State Secretary Long,
with the Convention.
'The following subjects , were dis
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The Bible Class in the Sunday
School, by Rev. J. J, Gray, Shall tne
Sunday School be graded by Prof.
W. H. Rhodes, Th- Sunday School
and the Social Question, by Hon.
C. C. Cowan, The Graded Literature
Series by Prof. H. BY Jones, How to
secure better attendance by Mr. T. C.
Bryson, How good btder is secured
in the School by Prof.x; H; Utley,
.What constitutes 'a Sunday School
teacher :by Mr. R. F. J nrett, The
Sunday School and Missions by Rev.
R. P, Ellington,; The Philathea Class
and its work by Miss Euphemia
Collins; The Baraca Class and its
work, by Revl F. 0. Dryman.
The day was enjoyably and pro
fitably spentand will no doubt result
in the. stimulating of y the Sunday
Schools of the , County ;to " greater
usefullness.,, :,;: ; Y:
Yl)inner iwas! served by the ladies
of Sylvavand community,
Music was i fufhished by members
bf:tKe:r$daySciipol Choils of Sylva,
Cullowhee and Dillsboro and by the
v Robert Reynolds of ; Asheville
spoke to ther people of ; this commun-
!?ledhesayieyenin at the
aU(!Jtriiiri in behalf of :; his; candi;
da:oir thf democratic nomination
for conrs.- Mr" Reynolds - is mak-
igfaonr!6i?me ,oistri6t on horsed pP week;' ' ; :
-ackand ls .askmg tne aemocrats to
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ARCH 4) F TBIUE5PH
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In response to. the. call for a meet
irig of the Confederate;. Veterans
sons and daughters of the- Confed
eracy and citizens of the county as
published in the Journal' of the last
two issues, a meeting was iheld'last
monday ' afternoon vati the Baptist
churchxfor the purpose I of laying
plans for the recticm , of a monu
ment to the Confederate soldiers of
Jackson county. - J :
Short speeches were:, made by B.
L. Love. Upon motion an ' orgahi-
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zationforthe purpose of . erecting
a
monument to the Confederate,
soldiers of Jackson county was per
fected with C. C. Buchanan as pres
ident, Dan Tompkins - .as secretary
and A. J: Dills treasurer.
On account of limited tirfie.it was
impossible to complete, ; the; organ
ization at that time, however, plans
are being workedout for carrying
the organization" into every town
ship in the county, the township
I organization and that 'ot the county
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working in co-operation. Y! ,
Mr, S. C. Latham, of Greenwood, !
S. C., an experienced monument
builder, was present andupon reJ
quest of the association submitted
designs. The one that was unani
mously adopted - is a . Triumphant
Arch of Wray nesboro ' granite and
Georgia gray marble to be capped
with a bronze figure of a ;Confeder-
:6r:eiefarien-?rT"tw:
the memory of the Confederate sol
diers and upon the other to the
women of the Confederacy. - As
soon as is practicable a cut of the
design will be published in the
Journal so that everyone may see
just what we are to build. , Y
A committee, composed of T. C.
Bryson, James H. Cathey, Mrs. C.
W. Aileh and Mrs, J; J. Gray, vas
appointed for the purpose of receiVj
ing bids, selecting the site and ' pre
paring the i iscriptions for. the mon
ument. .., . r
The contract was awarded to Mr.
S O. Latham, he beind the lowest.
bidder, at $1850.00 for the job com
pleted. The association is in earnest and
we are going to erect the monument.
We call upon the sons and daugh
ters of the Confederacy and -all. citi
zens of our county who treverence
the memory of the heroes of the
South to join with us in : building
this tribute their patriotism and
valor. :
COMMISSION
RECALL ELECTION
It is hereby orderrd by the Board
of County Commissioners of Jack
son County1 that the order calling
an "election for Farm Life School,
said election to be held oh thetl4th
day of April,v1914, be and the same
is hereby revoked. L, y -
This the 7th day of Apnl, 1914.
t Jt M. WATSON, , Chairman
Attest.: - "
. John R. Jones Secretary . : ,
. Mrs. A. S. Nichols is spending, a
few days, in Asheville. Y- ; .
$ C Q: Oowan was in town Thurs
day anoVmfdrmei us that he would
mbye his ofltlce to "this place 'next
week. , . : yY , , - -
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,C G. Logan of Waynesville ,was
W. D. Wike' was in the "city the
ater part of last. weeli ; ; ;
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ELECTION CALLED OFF
' Opposition.tb theFarm-life Scliool
having developed in several town- ;
smps, ine coara .01 upmmjssiouers
and educatibn deemed it best to call-
off tie bfectipn at present and ' 1 !
mand ifurther a "school for the - edu-.; .'. 7?? 5
umuu ui uicii suus auu ,ua6uw - : v v
along the line of agricultural train-'
ing. When the election was : called '
so far as could be ascertained senti
ment was unanimous all over;, the
county, for the, proposition. -And, in
some cases the ones making the
m?St . aressle fit gainst the
scnooi aurma tne past iwo weea.3
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firsts This is only a postponement
The school will ultimiat.ely be estab- )
lished. The state superintendent was
called upon this week to visit al
ready two of the best counties of
the state to confer with them1 con
cerning the establishment of similar;
schools. Y , '
Approximately three thousand
'schools in the United States in the
past ten: years have either : been
established to teach agriculture and
domestic science or have introduced
these subjects into their courses of
study. '
: Every farmers organization in stat
and nation are demanding the
establishment of schools to teach
eigncaltnre., The farmers of Jackson v
! C6: have no organization Ox any kind.
Thexampaign for the school -will be
a' blessing to the
conduieSireslfe&
andTi)eIie6T can Ysaytbr every
one who has taken part, we one and
all, stand ready in the future to re
new tur offorts to secure for Jack
son a school devoted, to the educa
tiomof boys and girls ."for country
building and home making and
place Jackson County in the lead in
Western North Carolina. '
We have the buildings, and the
farm, and the county holds deeds in
fee-simple to both, and vwhen this
year's taxes have been iaid the hew
Court house will be paid for and
every bridge in the ' county, which
outstanding obligations ' have been
made the basis of opposition to the
school at present. Practically every
opponent of the school in the coun
ty has promised his hearty support
and co-operatipn in itsr establiseh
ment. when these obligations have
been met. We shall rely upon them.
The school will be established yet
by the farmers of Jackson county!4
' :; .: Chas. H, Utley
JUBOBS FQB MAY TERH y
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Ordered by tne Board, that the '
Jury for the. May, term of v Court be 0
and the samels hereby drawn ; to , ,
wit: ... . , -. "
. First week G. C. Rogers; J. ' R, "
Clayton, Thos. MototeithrJ. H: Math
ews, C. W. Mills, Will Lewis.1 0. '
Lombard, W, K. Rice M." Parker
M. F. Wilson, S. W,r Allen; Wi, J.
Pahnel, R. L. Bryson; G. W. Shuler;
E. C. Moody, York : Howell, ' George
Lewis, W. B. Pwen, F.M:vCr6wr :
A. J. Uoer, A. J: Jonesy J. H. "Alleys -Sam
Beck, V: ETLIner.";V"' r -Second
week R E. Hatcher;- W Y
J. Robinson, RL; Khighti IX VlVfc'
Ehsley, WAJ X NicholsbhrChas;;,
mdleyiL ALfStiIes, ; CoIe Sutton,
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jl. xl xiasungs, w.; j. Alexander
W. P. Alexander, S. JL Crispt "J. : D. "
Norwi-EfX.iIsoriI-IQu f
i. ,yv. rnuiips, g. k. Jones.
i' W- R. , Sherrill made a , busineso
rip ' to Murphy this week; Y V -
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