North Carolina Newspapers

Vl V 1 , . - L i r, 1 I , , f -J "4 f VOL. IV NO. 7 OIJAlLi OVER THE TOP T im very glad indeed to report that Qualla has gone over the top orwiil within the next few days we are so near out now) in pledg ed her quota $27240.00 of the &000 00 worth of War Savings mDs'that Jackson county has 0 asked to buy. I feel like we Save done exceedingly well, when talie into consideration the fact fhat this drive came in the very Liest time that it could have come for us farmers and also the 'ict that we haven't a single limit -number in the township. Not a Se man bought the limit ($1000) ;'nd not one man 'pledged for over S60000. So it is plain to see that '.nost everybodv in the township is behind the government and behind -.'lis proposition or we could not have laised this amount in pledges. Everybody who was able pledged ivith the exception of a very few. If there was any feeling toward Qualla that she was not willing to come up and do her part, I feel sure there is no longer any ground for such an idea to be entertained since the Red Cross drive and since we have responded so well in this drive. 1 wish to thank the canvassers, whose names will appear elsewhere ia this paper, who so' faithfully and so willingly helped me to carry this work through and make it a com plete success. And I also wish to "extend to every one that pledged iiim or herself my heartiest thanks for responding to this noble call. You have done well and I feel like i.ro ficx7f rmlv Hnnp nnr natrintio. aud Christian duty. I am glad and thankful that I can do a little taough it be a very small part in helping to send defeat to German militarism and heartless brutality, iy standing by oar government and behind our boys in the service who we sacrificing their.lives for us. . S T. Cooper. -w. s. S.- KBALOFEVANOEIM (TINA) RIDLEY IY MISS LURA SULLIVAN, WHO HAPPENED 10 BS IN ATLANTA. Mieg Evangeline Ridley, daughter cf Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Ridley, pass- away Tuesday morning at a ;.:ivate hospital in Atlanta, where :'iie had been critically ill with ty ! hoid fever for several weeks. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the Central Baptist church of eh Dr. Ridley is pastor. Tiie services were beautiful and impressive. The casket and pulpit c uanKea with riowers. Hie 1 'urch was crowded. Sixteen auto-i-oiies were sent to the church to ' y the friends to the cemetery. Sunday school and school 's-mats attended in a body, the -'s dressed In white, the boys act- j as pall-bearers," The deacons v1 &e church acted as honorary ' -uearers. Ihe services were conducted by Major, assisted by Rev, 1 ocoggins. esteem and love felt for Miss feline and the Ridley family ;:e revealed in the tear-wet faces over th jwded house and the lu people who crowded for- 1 S!?H i. . . t 4a 10 take a last look at ihe ,lu ur feive a sympathetic hand- l( the bereaved parents and 1 ;re . j u iv riiii it 1 11 hi im rur 1 1 -, uicm in tne nosmtai- .,: Jtod Eunice being seriously ;utthankful to beimproying. . tlendsnf thor;! 'ftni, . luieya synipauiize "wy with th . . "-u ClJ a,.t -"'M m iiipir e.reavfi- iv chiluren y, u j 'Hip ujr ukz jspaicu V) Wj it n m K.H, 71 I. - v V (JV1 V 1 a 1 . 1 I Will II 'M lOo If 1 f. fiIS,i3 ucSiiii: MAY N8LEY DEAD Miss Bessie May Ensley, young est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. En-ley of this city, who has been in f oct health for the past several months, died at the home of her pareiits last Monday morning and was laid to rest Tuesdav afternoon at the Keener burying ground. Ihe funeral services were held from the Baptist churctiv and were conducted by Revs. E. R. Harris and J. A. Cook. The large crowd that filled the church to pay their last respects, and the floral tribute were evidences of th- high esteem in which the farr.ily i held. She i-j survi ved uy her father and mother, three sisters aad four broth ers. 3. Dept. Of Farm Demon stration. I will deliver an address to the farmers, on fertilizers, at the High School of Sylva Saturday 6th at 12:30. The wheat crop as a whole is heavy, but many farmers have been disappointed because iheir wheat is not well filled. It seems that there are at least two reasons for this failure for wheat to fill well. In the Lr;t place, much of the wheat was seeded the last of Octo ber and thd first of November. In order to get the best results wheat should be sown on a firm sod bed between September 25 and October 10, or a better guide still is as soon as possible after the first killing frost. The first killing frost kills the Hessian fly. The. wheat seeded late fails to get a good stnrt before cold weather ana conseq lenuy is. moje-suscepu- 1 ole toTungous diseases. Th& least thrifty plants are more likely to show the results of the fungous at tack. D"ring the past two weeks the Co. Agent has discovered a diseased condition of much of the wheat of the county, brought about by. the presence of two differ nt fungi which are parasitic. One cf tie fungi is wheat scab, the otl er is floret ster ility. The wheat crop of Jackson Co. has been cut at least 30 per cent this year by these two fungi. The farmers of the county have lost many thousand bushels of wheat this year because of the presence of these fungi. As pointed out these wheat diseases are quite wide spread in the Co., consequently many more thousand bushels of wheat will be lost next year if coiscerted action is not taken to check them by procur ing uncontaminated seed wheat for next fall from fields not infested with the fungi. The following letter from Dr Wolf, State Plant Pathologist corroborates the above: There is. at present upon the specimens of wheat which you sent, a diseased con lition biuught about by the presence of two different fungi. Both of these are known to be Darasitic but neither one has been investigated to any considerablej extent, one oi tne aiseases is known as wheat scab and is caused by Fusarium and the other is called floret sterility, caused by Stemphy lium tritici. , The former Of these diseases is at Tanlac and I am well again. I unhesi present being investigated by the tatingly recommend Tanlac to anyone Office of Cereal Diseases at Wash- ington. Nothing has been found out of significance other than the fact that those grains already stunt- ed harbor, the scab fungus within ! them, and the planting of such grains, therefore, will result in the production of a diseased crop next year. It is very probable that the other organism winters over in the seed also.. In any event, I should advise against planting the seed from fields where these diseases are present and try to get seed from j fieids where the seeds are normal, ' or at least where the berries are plump. Yours very truly, Frederick A, Wolf J. M. McClung, Co, Agent. SYLVA, N. C, STATE COLLEGE MAN CITED FOR BRAVERY LIEUT. G. C. COX. Lieut. George Chandler Cox, of Cullowhee, N. C, a graduate of the North Carolina State College of Agri culture and Engineering, class bf 1917, has been cited for bravery in battle in "displaying courage in maintaining telephone connection, and great efficiency in enabling the command tot follow all the time the progress of the fighting." The press report says that his name appears near the top of the list of citations made public by the War Depart ment. George Cox is a son of Senator T. A. Cox, of Cullowhee, N. C. He enter ed State College in September, 1914, -graduating in the course of electri cal engineering in three years. The course is laid out for four years' work, and is one of the most difficult of all tke (rsesi,at. the college, is record there is 'liigb. ;VJHe Jias inany friends among State College people, and among the people of Raleigh, who will be pleased to hear of his early recognition in the ser vice of his country. He has been out of college only a little over a year. He is 22 years old and is a first lieutenant. He went to France about the first of February, 1918, as a member of the 105th Field Signal Battalion, 30th Division, on detached service. News & Observer, June 30. w. s. s. Southern Bankers Enthused Over It, President and Cashier of Louisiana and Georgia Banks are Strong in Their Personal Endorse ments. Among the countless thousands of prominent people all over America who have taken Tanlac aud praised it for the benefits they have derived from it, none are more enthusiastic than the two well-known southern bankers whose statements follow: E. J. Henry, president of the Haw kinsville Bank and Trust Co., Hawkins ville, Ga., says: "Last spring I was all wrong some way or other and couldn't eret riht. I took a bottle of Tanlac o j and began to improve. Two more bqt ties Dut me in good shape and I felt perfectly well, A few weeks ago, I took the grippe and was getting down and out asrain. 1 bought another bottle ot who sick and worn out, y. W. MC,iyeen, cashier Bank of Hornbeck, rjornbeck, Louisiana, says "I have taken five (5) bottles of Tanlac aud have gained fif te?en pounds in three weeks. I thiuk it i a great medicine," Tanlac is sold in Sylva at Sylva Phar macy. advt. W. S. 5.- SMITH-COWARD Mr. Will Smith of Wolf Mountain, and Miss Emma Coward were mar ried last Sunday morning at the home of the Dride, Rev. G. T. Nich- 0isom performing the ceremony, Mr. Smith is .the son or J. n. Smith of Wolf Mountain, and is now employed by the Champion Fihrft Co. Miss. Coward is the ' daughter of J. B. Coward of Coward r JULY 5 1918, GEO. C. COX I FOR BRAVERY Beftw is an interesting bit of news f rom fthe Asheville Citizen for the people of this county. Lieut. Cox is tnenrst boy from Western N. C to be'eited for bravery, and it is no mare than the people expected of him, as he is a very fearless young man, arid is one of the best electric tions tn Western North Carolina, and if he has the good fortune not to be disable this is not all that we will hear from him. Washington, June 28. First Lieutenent George C. Cox. of Cullo-whee-yackson County, has been cited or his bravery in battle with the American expeditionary forces abroad. He displayed courage in maintaining telegraphic commun ication and great efficiency in enab ling the command to follow, all the time, the progress of the fighting. The name of the North Carolina boy appears near the top of the list of citations made pubic today by the war department. Washington, June 28. The war department today received from General Pershing the names of 35 officers and men who have ben cited for bravery in action by the gener al commanding the French army with which the unit is serving. The names previously had been carried in Associated Press dispatches from France. Night additions to the list from Southern states are Lieut. Geo. C. Cox, of Cullowhee N- C, and Corporals gfalmadge W. Gerrald, of Galivant'sfcFerry, S. C. and Cartor C. Selfe, of Bristow, Va. TO THE KAISER. They are fighing witht sword and lance, The boys who are in France; Let us buy War Savings StamDs To help the boys in the camps. They will fight for the Red, White and blue. That belongs to me and to you. We will feed our men and bovs. Buy War Savings Stamps and no toys. Ihen win this war. we will. If we slay the Kaiser Bill; He ruined the Bulgians by starva tion, And now he is fighting our own true nation. Qur nation is just, our nation is true: Our nation Is brave under the Red, White and Blue. Kaiser is a bad man. Kaiser is mean. Kaiser was a fat mar, but now he is lean. Kaiser is spoiling our lives, Killing the men and torturing their wives. Let's raise more wheat and keep more meat For our soldier boys to eat. The farmers help all they can. Because.they know the liberty of man. We get our living by hard, honest toil, Working and cultivating our fertile goil. Our boys will run old Kaiser down And when they do they will get lu's crown, I've said and said the Kaiser is out of his head, When he began to sink our ships and talk of pleasure trips. If he comes on our track He will never get back, ,By Walter Robinson, Dillsboro. N. C age 12. w. s. s. John Cook of Beta, N. C. who has been helping Doc Shuler put up electric lines for three days has got linesman job of Jackson Tel egraph & Telephone Co. Doc says that John is about - as active as a cow on a pole for he only fell 7 times m 3 day work, - LIEUT CITE SIMULTANEOUS EVANGELISTIC MEET ING FOR COUNTY The Jackson. Union Meeting, which was held at Beta, was one of the best and and most far reaching that has been held in years. It was well represented by the ministers of the county, and all took an act- tive part in the discussions. Among some of the most import . 1 am inings aone was a movement started to have a simultaneous evan gelistic meeting in the Tuckaseigee Association, beginning the First Sunday in August, and continuing for ten days. This was fully dis cussed, and unanimously adopted, and every Baptist preacher in the county is. urged to co-operate in the work. There being only about eighteen Baptist preachers in this Associa tion, it will be necessary to get some outside help. But it is thought that this can be done. If the thirty churches of this Association can have a good revival at the same time, it will mean so much to the entire county, and will be a bless ing to the boys who are soon to leave for the camps. There was a committee appointed composed of the Executive Commit tee and the County Missionary, to formulate plans and get in touch with all the churches and preachers in tne Association, that the work may be co-operative. It is hoped that the churches and preachers will be patriotic at this time when the Lord needs them so much ia His service. Brother; God jsjllin be one? ' : For further information write W, N. Cook, Beta. -J. C. Ingram, Sylva. w. s. s. Demonstration Work In Home Economics Thorough co-operation is now upon the American people, because this year there is not enough focd in the world for the worlds s needs. This is the fact according to the U. S. Food Admistration whether the war be long or short. Our soldiers and our allies must have more food than can readily be spared. To do this a few definite changes in our daily habits MUST be made. Neither producers, nor dealers, nor consumers can aff ct this ALONE. There MUST be, universal, generous whole-souled and decisive cooperation. This co operation must begin in the home. You ask: What causes brought about this universal shortage of food? There are many first of all there is such an increased number of consumers. Before the war statis: tics showed the two-thirds of popu lations were consumers while one third were producers. Then late springs, poor conditions of rainfall late or early frosts, periods of in, tense heat and other weather con ditions have ruined or lessened the production, In Europe The reduced produc tivity of soil, bad management and unskilled labor due to employment of eld men, women and others who are unjnteresled in work or are physically unable for work. President Wilson says It is then the women of America, whose pa triotism is thus eloquently appealed to; it is they who" purchase and handled most of the food of the nation and their cooperation is es sential to the success of this cam paign. They must be persuaded of the necessity for saving, and the elimination of wasto and of their responsibility to do their part to ward winning this war. Women It is up to us to do this. It means you. and you, and you. Are we going to fall down in doing our part? Mry Feimster. 1 . . Emergency Home Demonstration Agent. S1.50 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE FOR CONSPICUOUS DEED OF BBAVEiiY IN RATHE Washington, June 30.-Private Dewey S. Shepherd, of Franin Macon county, is extolled S ronf r"han 8rmV 0Q tfle French front, for his conspicuous deed of brayefy m America s notable con tribution m checking th t adr!f ,WeSt -P"-" Thierry. aua oa 1 got the message back" was the lamn.v ' 1 ? the North Carolina -grnegauntletofdeathin cross ing two open fields hn . n "5 owcui DV German maohin rf,, 3 .. SULia. Dewey SheneH f - "'uicu a party of Amencans that captured four teen prisoners and dnQ , , o"o i a uiusier of popiars beyond fte objective. The news dwpatch stated -ft was neces sary to get SUDDOrt tn hri,,- ..... the prisoners and Shenorri i.. teered to take the message to Capt the adjoining woods, ft waa n sary to cross two open "fields swept -uiy inacmne guns. Hamil ton saw Shepard comind nd oA vanced to the ede of r h w and met him." Thank God I got thp mflM ;.,Was Sh6perds onIy comment While confessing to the inah;i; of picking out the most conspicuous ueeas 01 bravery amoung the hund reds reported in the days of fight- ng sence the Americans helped to block the German advnn Junius Wood places the name of Private Dewey S. Sheperd - foremost nmong the recitale of heroism. R ft . ' otriomiN. Canada is again nn th t u hsning season being open,-visitors begin to flock to nnr Ihe club house on the Tuckasiegee a rareiy empty. If our people could only wake to he fact that good roads A V ilVI. merely a convenient hut sity, Canada's history might change. c viuiuur ior scnools and churches we also long to be onit nf tho k,J element of our citizenship, and all me wnue we nre unt mo v, means at our command for the im provement of our public highways, ths erection of better public build ings, and the helping hand is never extended to our teachers and min sters. We find it is a lot more fun to roast our politicians and nublio officials for what they are not doing tnan to try to help them accom plish what they do' have the temerity to undertake. This condition pan - AX be improved, and we believe thfi first step to be taken is the opening of our township by building good roads. The blockade still is not go ing to thrive when a country is easy of access to the revenue officer, and pub ic services are not going to be disturbed where there is no whiskey. At the same time Canada shoulders an unfair share of the blame for whiskey traffic in cur county. While she is certainly guilty to some ex tent, God also help other section . Every quart you see does not hail from Canada. We want help to improve, conditions, but first let us show our willingness to be helpt d by helping ourselves. Let us, if we only build one mile of road in a year, build it for permanency. A few local news items may be of interest to those who know Canada and its natives. Mrs. Elbert Coward, of Webster, recently spent a week with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Queen. Mrs. David Shelton died Friday June 7th. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. A. C. Queen and L. H. Crawford, and Mrs. Shelton was I:Jd to rest in the SmiJh grave yard on the Saturday following her death. The many - friends of the family extend their sympathy ta 1 the bereaved ones. 1 Continued oa h.k page is ti' If jr. a . i 1" 1 -ft 1 -It t 1 4 Jit VII 4 . 1 y . V',V 1 J 1 - v - t 4 it- V.. i