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- y -r- - - -- SYtiVA, N. C, FEB. 15 1918, V1 SI wthf ypap Tx7rTf:
rnW" rii iTTPn .7 - ' " -V.- Lr : L - . 5150 THE YEAR W ADVANCE
By Dan Tompkins .
Well folks, it has been quite some
time since I had the pleasure of
telling the people at home what the
boys are doing down here, through
the Journal. And I donj know that
it is necessary for me to write this,
as my very good friend, X. Y. Z., of
Speedwell, has been in this neck of
the woods recently, and I. am sure
that he can tell the story much
better than I shall ever be ablp tq
do. '
I noticed in the Journal of last
weeK, that it carried the story, of
Capt. Dorsey's resignation. His
successor has arrived and is now in
command of the Radio r Company
He is an excellent gentleman, nd
from all accounts will make a good
commanding officer, and best of all,
he is very much liked by the boyf
of the Radio Company, as well af !
of the other (Jompaniei of the Bat
talion. ' , rV
The Radio boys have bought- a
Victrola, with part pf their .Compa
ny Fund, and now we have music
with all our meals, and in between
times, when anybody gets a chance"
to wind the thing, the notes of "Oh
Johnnie, Oh Papa" and other rags,
with an occasional change to "Joan
of Arc They are Calling You," may
be heard coming from the general
direction of the Radio street.
Most of the boys took advantage
of the beautiful weather Sunday,
and went to Greenville or some
nearby town, and took in the. sights.!
Your correspondent tried - it one
Saturday not long ago. He went to
.Greenville an4biag4lrdmes,
time, hied MmsetrEithjeTTo ra cafe,,
and ordered a supper of half a fry,
an order of h t cakes, and a cup of
coffee; a very reasonable bill of fare
for a hungry soldier. When the;
bill came in the charge was 80c.
How the cashier arrived at such- a
conclusion has been a puzzle to me
until a few minutes ago, when I
decided that she looked me over
guessed that I had exactly one dol
lar (which was correct) and figured
to leave a dime for car faie back'to
Camp, and ten cents with which to
buy enough stamps to write to three
friends and try to borrow enough
to keep me in cigarettes until, pay
day. y .
This kind of Weather is mighty
nice, but it is certainly putting the
pep into thework for the training,
which is going steadily forward, al
most every minute during the day
being devoted to learning some
thing that will come in handy "over
there," or in practicing what has
already been learned, that we may
be able to do the right thing, do it
right, and do it at the right time.
The health cx the boys from Jack
son has been very good, except for
the few isolated cases of mumps
a thing every fellow should have
i
nad years before he was old enough
to join the Army.
Sergeant Elsie Dillard of the Ra-
ao Company and Corporal Fred
Brvson, A the Wire Company spent
the werk-end in Asneville.
County Coronor J. R. Dillard was
here the last , of the weejk, from
Webster, visiting his son Will, arid
ther Ratio boy
Lieut. David Lee Hooper was here
st bunday to see ' . his brother.
uourn. ...
Theodore Buchanan arid Harry
"ucnanan stopped over for a visit
at tamp a few days ago, as they
were returning to SylvafronvAtlan
George Snrinltlt was ViAr Snndav
and Monday, visiting his brother,
ho is a member of the, Military
hce, and shaking hands with the
ys from Jackson.
Zeb V. Watson and Lee Hooper
Speedwell were here for the week
edwith the boys. J hink both
;0Uld have enlisted had it not been
7 tQe fact that theyi; afe ;srghtly
a0ov the draft age and thinH theyf
pan be of more service raising hog
and hominy, than they would be in
the army. And by the way, men,
et it ijto your heads that grub is
what is going to count in the long
in tbis wan Jt see that the
County Parm Demonstrator is "on
the job, and is mang efforts tn
arouse the farmers to the danger
as well is to the ahsnlut noocSfr
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lor om Jackson, to raise every pound
of food that is possible to produce
in the county this season.
Jackson
is not a slacker county. More men
volunteered frDm that county for
te-s War, in p abortion to the popu
latlon, "jthan h j any county i the
Stale. She furrbhed her full quota
for the draft, auf perhaps more,
wten the fact iluc she got no cred
it for the volunteers is taken into
consideration, without a murmur
the boys coming forward whon the
naaon called. And I know that
the ifarmers will redouble the spled
did efforts of last summer. .The
boys in the army are counting on
the people of the home county to
)ack them up. And we are sure
we shall not be disappointed.' Get
behind that f arm Agent. I have
never seen Jiim, but from his 'arti
cle's in the paper, I think he is start
ing o good campaign. So grab on
to anything good that comes along.
Tne only .way to carry this conflict
to a speedy and successful termi
nation i3 by concerted efforts of the
nation. We can have no slackers.
Now is not the time to stop and
wrangle about things. When the
house is safire is hot the time to
tpp and count tjie cost of cutting
a tiblejn the rpoL . The only ; ques-
twrr anyr man worthy of v the name
tu,i ue 4Ji- more service, in v me
arihr : outside? -Can I serve t)Sst
n ! my present position, or had I
better tVy something else?" Ameri
can "soldiers are holding a section
of ' the western front. Americans
have made the supreme sacrifice
on the battle field. American boys
have gone under on the high seas.
hevictims of cowardly attack of
he assassin submarine, and rest
the honored sleep of heroes, as the
waves of the Atlantic gently rock
them to and fro in the cradle of the
great deep. Hundreds of thousands
of Others are trainin g in the camps,
waiting the call to service over
3eas. l tie ooys. are. in tne ngnt.
The baptism of fire is just beginning,
and to carry it on to a successful,
honorable, lasting peace, they must
have the backing of the nation, and
any man wno tries to mnaer or
who tries to dodge the issue of ser
vice, should not be tolerated in the
society of decent men and wom ;n,
now or hereafter v hen peace shall
have come. Each one must do
wifh his mgiht whatsoever his hands
find to do, and with a firm faith in
God and the righteousness ot our
cause we must battle on until the
strains of Dixie on the Unter Den
Linden sound the knell of autocracy
and (he Stars and Stripes are -tun
up on the.palace of the Kaiser, by
the boys from the Carolina moun
tains, as a token that Democracy
and Christianity are triumphant
throughout thvi world.
Camp Sevier, February 11,
TROY ALLISON
. DIESJUDDENLY
Troy Allison, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carey Allison of Barkers Creek,
died Friday morning at the Sylva
Collegiate Institute, of which he
xaaa a student. He had been sick
for only a few days and his death
was Quite a shock to his relatives
and friends. Much sympathy is
felt for the bereaved family. The
funeral services were held in the S.
C. I. auditorium Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock.
y Henry Buchanan of Greens Creek
was in the eitvfc Tuesday; on busi-
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Weekly
War
Stories of Activities and Conditions Through
out the.United States and oil the Battle
Fronts, from WashingtbuDV C.
GEN. CROZIER DISCUSSES
L" MIT ENLARGEMENT
AGE
OF
SELECTIVE SERVICE LAW
Discussing enlargement of the
age limit for selective military ser
vice, Provost Marshal General Cro
zier said: -
"A pronounceil majority of the
boards favor some enlargement,
but there is great diversity of opin
ion as to the proper ; age; limit.
Nineteen and 35 are perhaps the
limits most frequently ' suggested;
but some recommend 40 qt45 years
as the upper limit, TherL asU
distinctly stronger - demand :V;drt
raising the maxium age' than for
lowering the. minimum. ,p:
Gen. Crozier estimates that 1,389-
388 acceptable single men would
be made available by an increale
in the age limit, to include men up
to 45 years. The estimate places
the number of acceptable single
men between 18jand 21 years . at
1,546,283. the number of probpo-
y acceptable single men already
registered but not called is 1.321,
845. According to these figures
should the age limit be enlarged to
include men of from 18 years to
45 years, inclusive, 4,257,516 phy
sically and otherwise qualified un
married men would be open for
call to service.
The War Trachi Board is calling
attention to the fact that license is
required to ship abroad goods on
the conserved list, even when sent
in smajl quantises by p me! p)it.
In many case this has been by j
persons ignorant of the President's
proclamation concerning exports, or
who do not know of many articles
which may be . exported only .under
license. .
For violation a fine of not more
than $10,000 or imprisonment for
not more than two years, or both,
form the penalty. Licenses m3y
be applied for at the Bureau of Ex
ports, Washington, D. C, or any of
its branches which are located at
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Nogales, El Paso, Eagle
Pass, Galveston, New Orleans, Mo
bile, Savannah, St Louis, Chicago,
Boston and New, York,
OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE
OPEN FOR MEN WHO "KNOW"
HORSES
Men not of selective service age
vho are accustomed to handling
horses have opportunity for special
ized service in the enlisted Veteri-
Inary Corps, enlistments for which
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are now Derng taKen, ine uvu
men wanted - include veterinary
and arinultural students, farmers.
had experience handling horses.
Pay ranges (from $30 to $56 a
month, with clothing, food, and
quarters.
Application for enlistment may
be made at any Army recruiting
station.
MEN IN MILITARY SERVICE AT
CAMPS AND CANTONMENTS
MAY WRITE FOR NEWSPAPERS
Persons in military service are
permitted, under certain restrict
ions, to write for publication in
newspapers and maigazines. They
may not receive payment for
material furnished by them.
All letters containing matter for
publication written byv men in ser vice
must be sent through officers
who will delete all references cap(-
able of iSjta:y
iir T-irixTm7 Y o i"i?'rTTrrTJr ?TV CUTD
P POST ;
Digest
j mation tojthe enemy.
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Kegulaf newspaper correspond-ents-not
ipjnilitary service are not
required to sul mit copy for censor-
, ship, being guided by the requests
for secrecybublished by the Com
mittee nJP&blic Information. If
these are ignored the priviles of the
camp may be withdrawn in thedis
cretion'ortiie camp commander.
None of - these rules appiy4 to
troapsin? francs, where the com
mandfng general of the Exoedition
Ury Forces will establish such re-
gulat
are necessary..
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THI GOVERNMENT
lliS TO KNOW
E YOU STAND
0 mo uQvenmieot asKs eacn man
to regster with the local registrar,
M.. Buchanan, in what particular
branch of industv he is most aDt.
so thatwlien the Government needs
Hoi-...
men,foSelp buil i ships, construct
buildings!, manufacture airplanes,
and anyjother w rk that the gov
ernnientmay need they will know
just ivhere to find the men.
This is not compulsory, they only
'asjc that you voluntarily do this as
ohe oft your patriotic duties. In
theiliejtj issue, of the Journal wg
JwillViver full particulars. . ;r-
WHEt NORMAt AN!) 1NDUST1AL SCH01T
One of he mo it ej'jjyablepocials
of the year was vvhen thePhilathea
Class of
the Qullowhee Sunday
School entertained the Baracas of
that place Saturday evening Feb. 9
More tha'n a hundred being present
in1 spacious parlors ana recep
tion hall of the girls' dormitory
which are so admirably arianged
,. ..i
for large social gacherings, were
thrown open. The front of the
building was made to. represent a
mi v
railway st tion and guests vwere
given tickets to the observation,
parlor, and dining cars Where pro
gressive conservation and contests
were carried on Miss Margaret
Flintom winning first prize in "A
Tiip Through North Carolina.'
Those in charge of the contests in
the observation car were, Mrs. H.
C. Bryson, Miss Mary E. Wells and
Miss Essie Norton, Parlor car, Mrs.
H. B. Jores, Misa Emma Johnson,
and Miss Ruth Profitt. Dining" car
Mrs. Flintom, Miss Maude Worley
and Miss Annie Coward.
Delightful refreshments were
served in cafeteria style of chicken
mousse, angel food and coffee by
the Domestic Science girls under
the direction of their teacher, Miss
Myrtie Keller. . , .
INCREASING THE
PRODUCTIVITY
Of THE SOIL
The ropts.of farm crops feed in
soil that has been plowed. Hence
deeper the plowing the larger the
feeding area. The greater advant
age deep plowing is that it en
ables the soil to hold more .watet
The productive power of soil is de
termined very largely by ability of
soil to hold water.
On heavy land one should plow
ten to 12 inches deep. However
this depth should be reached grad
ually by increasing the .depth of
plowing one'inch each year till the
maximum depth is reached. Deep
plowing requires large , plows and
heavy horses. Deep jtiowing will
increase crop'yield'reduce tfcrfe
News
prevent
erosion. .
Deep plowing requires large plows :
and three - good horses weighing
from 1200 to 1400 pounds each.
Too often one finds light plow teams
turning the soil 3 to five, inches.!
The former type of plow and team
not onlv does hetter work, hut mnw
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wnrk in a dflv This is an -YrM
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lugiy iiupunaui pumi 10 coasmer
when labor is so scarce. Because of
the evolution of this principle
namely: More horse Dower.less man i
power, Amertca has. been enabled
to nrndiipp. 'a drartftr nimihpr nf
:ilizer bill
o m j . iu i earn on
crop acres per.man than any coun- Monday nignt that ud to that Hm
j. 1 r e a. ji.l. fhaea ;. i i , , ",ai iltlJty
u y oitue mce oi me giuue.
, There is an old adage that pulver
lzmg the soil is equivalent to fertil
O r -X
izing it. This is true because the
roots oi piams can use oniy tnai
plant food which is in solution, thr t
is what plant food has been disolv
edby water and the sap of the
plants in question. Obviously the
finer, the soil is pulverized the more
surface there is exposed to the dis
solving power of water. Conse
quently the finer, the soil is pulver
ized the more feeomg surface there I
is for roots. The plant food in lumps
and clods is of little Value to plants
because it is inaccessible to water.
Hence it is easy to see why fertili
izer spread upon clods fails to be
profitable and why one should com
mence cultivating a crop before it
has been planted.
Usually it is advisable to plow
land for corn in the fall or as early
in the winter as possrble in ordei
that the sbii may aid as a resevoir
to catch the winter rains and hold
the water for use in summer by the
crop: to facilitate decomposition of
vegetable matter and destruction of
insect pests.
The supply of hamus m the sou
is a very important factor in de
termining crop production. Virgin
soil or land from which tree and
Ibrusb have recently .. been removed
usually produce largercrops, but if
systematic rotation is not followed,
the crops soon begin to dwindle be
cause the supply cf humus becomes
exnaussed. Plowi ig under a sod or
an application", o' manure funish
humus which is partially d com
posed organic 'matter.'
Tf deep plowing is resorted to and
the supply of humus is maintained
erosion will be checked except on
the steepest land which should be
in grass and never plowed.
TELLS OF THE H03
RORS ORRIS WAR,
One of the largest crowds tat '
ever assembled in Sylva to hear a
lecture was that of Monday night
to hear Major John D. Beveridge; a
Canadian who has seen active ser
vice in France for the past two and
a half years. He is not an eloquent
speaker' but . speaks in simple
terms and usually in an ordinary
voice but at times when he is re
lating some of the cruelty of the
Huns he raises his voice to a
high pitch, as though he was angry.
This man has had, .experiences
that but few have had being wound
ed nine times, five times in his
left leg and foot. The last wound
thatlie sustained was when his
shoulder and arm were blown to
pieces and his leg brokep. and' was
buried alive in this condition when
he was rescued by some Red Cross
workers.
He told his audience of some of
the cruelty that he saw at the
hands of the Huns in Northern
France, he said that he had "seen
little children with their hands cut
off and old men laying all along the
road side, whole towns wiped out
and all of the savage work of the
Germans.
He also told of the valuable work
that the American Red Cross was
doing and said that he spoke from
experience as he had spent several
months in their hospitals, and' bad
seen some of the comforts that
they furnished the wounded soldiers'
Mr. Beveridge remarked on the
street just before train time that
he was not able to fight the Ger
mans in the treach s and across
No Man's Land but he felt that he
was doing the next thing to fighting
them by going around where called
and telling tne people 6T their, crue
acts. ' ;v . . . ,
THRIFT STAMP
SOClTlf DOES GOOD
WORK IN SYLVA
On February 1st Mrs. E. L. Mn.
, -rr . ' M. XTi
' -tvee oreaniZftd- tha .
v v. tz.li is nr ovlva
a inntt Stamp Societv with
Miss Lura Sullivan as md A
Miss Ashceaft as secretary.
It WOllM hfi horl n j
' enthusiastic band of work a
manv werft finmrio t'
s and
Vk f' ' w U1UVU11L j 1 r V I IIP
Jfen sold in only two afternooiQ
"vqi Ul I 1 1 IK ntYlAtinf - 1 1 .
lU( y "a ve gone about their wnrir
t Vk au5, manner. the town
?;yfgb?? vided into sections
and two girls appointed to canvas
each section weekly.
To show the spirit of the girls it
might be added that each of them
nnSmPieer herse,f t0 buy a certain
number of stamps each week or
month during theyear
WRATHAPPH r
TO BELGIUM
The ASHEVILLE TIMES begins
the publication Sunday morning of
a series of exclusive articles written
by Brand Whitlock, United States
Minister to Belgium. This will be the
farst complete, authoritative, official
record of that devastated country
whose martyrdom has called the
"hzed world to arms. Brand
Wnitloek has seen. He knows. And
he will tell. -powerfully in illus
trated installments, the TRUTH to
the readers of this paper. Watch
for and be sure and read the firs
story which will appear in the
ASHEVILLE TIMES next Sunday,
February 17th - -v. -
You can get The TIMES seven
days in the week, three month for
$1.00. If you live on a rural route
The TIMES makes a special rural
route rate. Be sure and get next
Sunday's TIMES and read the first
Whitlock article. It is a stupendous
story, magnificnt, astonishing, piti
iul, inspiring, horridsensational,
too for the whole account of ravish
ed Belgium is there.
ENSLEY- MM WDDINfi.
The following was taken from a
Nasheville, Tenn. paper. Chester
Ensley is welb kno wd here, this
having been his home until he left
here several months ago for Nash
ville. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs
J. B. Ensley. Mrf Ensley is one of
Syrva's leading business men
Chesters many friends, will learn
with pleasure that he has finished
school and is now making good in
the business world, and that he
married very popular young lady.
Saturday evening, January 5, ia
the study of Dr.arey E. Morga i,
who officiated, tne marriage of Miss
Katherine Lee Harrteand Mr. Ches
ter Erwin Ensley took platfe quiet
ly. A few relatives and intimate :
friends were guests at the ceremony
For the occasion the bride was
charmingly attired in a street cos
tume of brown broadcloth with
which she wore a hat in corres
ponding tones. The flowers that
she wore on her corsage were lilies
of the valley and Brides roses.
Mr. Ensley formerly made his
home in North Carolina, and during
his residence in the city has made
many popular connections in busi
ness and social life. The couple
was remembered by their friends
with many handsome gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Ensley will make
their home at 118 Seventh avenue,
North.
The Jackson County Chapter , of
the American Red Cross will be
organized at the Graded School
Auditorium, Tuesday night, Febru
ary 19. All the Red Cross workers;
in the county are cordially invited
tobe present v :
The many friends of James A.
Maaison, u. b. Manne Corpse will
be glad to learn of bis safe arrival
m France Feb. 7thV
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